WGU D482 SECURE NETWORK
DESIGN TASK 1 2026 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ What is a suite of tools used to identify and report on fraudulent,
illegal, or other undesirable behavior concerning data in transit or at
rest? Answer: DAM
◉ Which specialty appliance would be used to make SSH2 connections
to backend database or directory service to perform secure dedicated
management and administration as opposed to direct connections?
Answer: Bastion host
◉ What is a network with resources under the control of another
organization such as a strategic partner in which your organization also
needs access? Answer: Extranet
◉ Which switch port security initiative is referred to as port-based
network access control (PNAC)? Answer: 802.1X
◉ Which of these mitigating features on a WAF WebACL will look for
attackers attempting to modify the back-end database of a front-end web
server? Answer: SQL Injection
◉ Which of these protocols is commonly load balanced? Answer: HTTP
DESIGN TASK 1 2026 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ What is a suite of tools used to identify and report on fraudulent,
illegal, or other undesirable behavior concerning data in transit or at
rest? Answer: DAM
◉ Which specialty appliance would be used to make SSH2 connections
to backend database or directory service to perform secure dedicated
management and administration as opposed to direct connections?
Answer: Bastion host
◉ What is a network with resources under the control of another
organization such as a strategic partner in which your organization also
needs access? Answer: Extranet
◉ Which switch port security initiative is referred to as port-based
network access control (PNAC)? Answer: 802.1X
◉ Which of these mitigating features on a WAF WebACL will look for
attackers attempting to modify the back-end database of a front-end web
server? Answer: SQL Injection
◉ Which of these protocols is commonly load balanced? Answer: HTTP
