WGU D487 SECURE SOFTWARE DESIGN
EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Design Phase (SDLC)
Answer: Requirements are prepared for the technical design
●● Implementation Phase
Answer: The resources involved in the application from a known
resource are determined
●● Maintenance Phase
Answer: Ongoing security monitoring is implemented
●● Planning Phase of SDLC
Answer: vision and next steps are created
●● secure code
Answer: a principle design in coding that refers to code security best
practices, safeguards, and protection against vulnerabilities
●● threat modeling
,Answer: a structured process to protect against vulnerabilities
●● What are the three core elements of security
Answer: confidentiality, integrity, and availability
●● 8 phases of the SDLC
Answer: planning, requirements, design, implementation, testing,
deployment, maintenance and end of life
●● What is software security
Answer: Security that deals with securing the foundational
programmatic logic of the underlying software
●● Which part of the CIA keeps unauthorized users from accessing
confidential information
Answer: Confidentiality
●● BSIMM
Answer: a study of real-world software security that allows you to
develop your software security over time
●● dynamic analysis
, Answer: analysis of computer software that is performed when
executing the program on a real or virtual processor in real time
●● fuzz testing
Answer: automated or semi-automated testing that provides invalid,
unexpected, or random data to the computer program.
●● measure model
Answer: A set of data security methods that developers take to protect
against vulnerabilities
●● metric model
Answer: allows organizations to determine the effectiveness of their
security controls
●● OWASP
Answer: A flexible and prospective framework to build security into
your software development organization
●● static analysis
Answer: The analysis of computer software that is performed without
executing programs
●● Computer Vulnerabilities and Exposures
EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Design Phase (SDLC)
Answer: Requirements are prepared for the technical design
●● Implementation Phase
Answer: The resources involved in the application from a known
resource are determined
●● Maintenance Phase
Answer: Ongoing security monitoring is implemented
●● Planning Phase of SDLC
Answer: vision and next steps are created
●● secure code
Answer: a principle design in coding that refers to code security best
practices, safeguards, and protection against vulnerabilities
●● threat modeling
,Answer: a structured process to protect against vulnerabilities
●● What are the three core elements of security
Answer: confidentiality, integrity, and availability
●● 8 phases of the SDLC
Answer: planning, requirements, design, implementation, testing,
deployment, maintenance and end of life
●● What is software security
Answer: Security that deals with securing the foundational
programmatic logic of the underlying software
●● Which part of the CIA keeps unauthorized users from accessing
confidential information
Answer: Confidentiality
●● BSIMM
Answer: a study of real-world software security that allows you to
develop your software security over time
●● dynamic analysis
, Answer: analysis of computer software that is performed when
executing the program on a real or virtual processor in real time
●● fuzz testing
Answer: automated or semi-automated testing that provides invalid,
unexpected, or random data to the computer program.
●● measure model
Answer: A set of data security methods that developers take to protect
against vulnerabilities
●● metric model
Answer: allows organizations to determine the effectiveness of their
security controls
●● OWASP
Answer: A flexible and prospective framework to build security into
your software development organization
●● static analysis
Answer: The analysis of computer software that is performed without
executing programs
●● Computer Vulnerabilities and Exposures