WGU D484 DKN1 PENETRATION ANALYSIS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ The Fabrication attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of the
CIA triad?
A. Availability
B. Integrity
C. Confidentiality
D. Integrity and Availability
E. Confidentiality and Integrity.
Answer: Integrity and Availability
◍ The Interception attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of
the CIA triad? This task contains the radio buttons and checkboxes for
options. The shortcut keys to perform this task are A to H and alt+1 to alt+9.
A. Integrity and Availability
B. Confidentiality and Integrity
C. Availability
D. Integrity
E. Confidentiality.
Answer: Confidentiality
◍ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets is known as a(n)
________.
A. Threat
B. Impact
C. Risk
D. Vulnerability.
Answer: Threat
,◍ Controls that protect the systems, networks, and environments that process,
transmit, and store our data are called _______.
A. Logical controls
B. Administrative controls
C. Physical controls.
Answer: Logical Control
◍ What is the first and arguably one of the most important steps of the risk
management process?
A. Assess risks
B. Mitigate risks
C. Identify threats
D. Assess vulnerabilities
E. Identify assets.
Answer: Identify assets
◍ Protects information and information systems from unauthorized access,
use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
Answer: information security
◍ A type of attack, primarily against confidentiality.
Answer: Interception
◍ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets.
Answer: Threat
◍ A weakness that can be used to harm us.
Answer: Vulnerability
◍ The likelihood that something bad will happen.
Answer: Risk
◍ An attack that involves tampering with our assets.
Answer: Modification attack
◍ A model that adds three more principles to the CIA triad: possession or
control, utility, and authenticity.
, Answer: Parkerian hexad
◍ The physical disposition of the media on which the data is stored.
Answer: Possession or control
◍ An attack that involves generating data, processes, communications, or other
similar activities with a system.
Answer: Fabrication attack
◍ A multilayered defense that will allow us to achieve a successful defense
should one or more of our defensive measures fail.
Answer: Defense in depth
◍ Sometimes called technical controls, these protect the systems, networks,
and environments that process, transmit, and store our data.
Answer: Logical controls
◍ Controls that protect the physical environment in which our systems sit, or
where our data is stored.
Answer: Physical controls
◍ The risk management phase that consists of all of the activities that we can
perform in advance of the incident itself, in order to better enable us to
handle it.
Answer: Preparation phase
◍ The risk management phase where we detect the occurrence of an issue and
decide whether it is actually an incident so that we can respond to it
appropriately.
Answer: Detection and analysis phase
◍ The biometric characteristic that measures how well a factor resists change
over time and with advancing age is called __________.
A. Collectability
B. Acceptability
C. Universality
D. Uniqueness
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ The Fabrication attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of the
CIA triad?
A. Availability
B. Integrity
C. Confidentiality
D. Integrity and Availability
E. Confidentiality and Integrity.
Answer: Integrity and Availability
◍ The Interception attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of
the CIA triad? This task contains the radio buttons and checkboxes for
options. The shortcut keys to perform this task are A to H and alt+1 to alt+9.
A. Integrity and Availability
B. Confidentiality and Integrity
C. Availability
D. Integrity
E. Confidentiality.
Answer: Confidentiality
◍ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets is known as a(n)
________.
A. Threat
B. Impact
C. Risk
D. Vulnerability.
Answer: Threat
,◍ Controls that protect the systems, networks, and environments that process,
transmit, and store our data are called _______.
A. Logical controls
B. Administrative controls
C. Physical controls.
Answer: Logical Control
◍ What is the first and arguably one of the most important steps of the risk
management process?
A. Assess risks
B. Mitigate risks
C. Identify threats
D. Assess vulnerabilities
E. Identify assets.
Answer: Identify assets
◍ Protects information and information systems from unauthorized access,
use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
Answer: information security
◍ A type of attack, primarily against confidentiality.
Answer: Interception
◍ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets.
Answer: Threat
◍ A weakness that can be used to harm us.
Answer: Vulnerability
◍ The likelihood that something bad will happen.
Answer: Risk
◍ An attack that involves tampering with our assets.
Answer: Modification attack
◍ A model that adds three more principles to the CIA triad: possession or
control, utility, and authenticity.
, Answer: Parkerian hexad
◍ The physical disposition of the media on which the data is stored.
Answer: Possession or control
◍ An attack that involves generating data, processes, communications, or other
similar activities with a system.
Answer: Fabrication attack
◍ A multilayered defense that will allow us to achieve a successful defense
should one or more of our defensive measures fail.
Answer: Defense in depth
◍ Sometimes called technical controls, these protect the systems, networks,
and environments that process, transmit, and store our data.
Answer: Logical controls
◍ Controls that protect the physical environment in which our systems sit, or
where our data is stored.
Answer: Physical controls
◍ The risk management phase that consists of all of the activities that we can
perform in advance of the incident itself, in order to better enable us to
handle it.
Answer: Preparation phase
◍ The risk management phase where we detect the occurrence of an issue and
decide whether it is actually an incident so that we can respond to it
appropriately.
Answer: Detection and analysis phase
◍ The biometric characteristic that measures how well a factor resists change
over time and with advancing age is called __________.
A. Collectability
B. Acceptability
C. Universality
D. Uniqueness
