WGU COURSE C836 - FUNDAMENTALS OF
INFORMATION SECURITY ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK |NEW AND REVISED
Which security principle is being attacked?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability - ANSWER- D
A new start-up company has started working on a social networking website. The
company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider and wants to protect
this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to maintain the
confidentiality of its source code?
A Alarm systems
B Account permissions
C Antivirus software
D File encryption - ANSWER- D
A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage systems.
During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most critical data is used.
,This determination helps the auditor ensure that the proper defense mechanisms are
in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility - ANSWER- D
Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
B Clickjacking
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery - ANSWER- C
Which file action implements the principle of confidentiality from the CIA triad?
A Compression
B Hash
C Backup
D Encryption - ANSWER- D
Which cyber defense concept suggests limiting permissions to only what is
necessary to perform a particular task?
,A Authentication
B Authorization
C Defense in depth
D Principle of least privilege - ANSWER- D
A company institutes a new policy that "All office computer monitors must face
toward employees and must face away from doorways. The monitor screens must
not be visible to people visiting the office."
Which principle of the CIA triad is this company applying?
A Availability
B Confidentiality
C Utility
D Integrity - ANSWER- B
At a small company, an employee makes an unauthorized data alteration.
Which component of the CIA triad has been compromised?
A Confidentiality
B Authenticity
C Integrity
D Availability - ANSWER- C
, An organization plans to encrypt data in transit on a network.
Which aspect of data is the organization attempting to protect?
A Integrity
B Possession
C Availability
D Authenticity - ANSWER- A
Which aspect of the CIA triad is violated by an unauthorized database rollback or
undo?
A Availability
B Identification
C Integrity
D Confidentiality - ANSWER- C
A company's website has suffered several denial of service (DoS) attacks and
wishes to thwart future attacks.
Which security principle is the company addressing?
A Availability
B Authenticity
C Confidentiality
D Possession - ANSWER- A
INFORMATION SECURITY ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK |NEW AND REVISED
Which security principle is being attacked?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability - ANSWER- D
A new start-up company has started working on a social networking website. The
company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider and wants to protect
this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to maintain the
confidentiality of its source code?
A Alarm systems
B Account permissions
C Antivirus software
D File encryption - ANSWER- D
A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage systems.
During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most critical data is used.
,This determination helps the auditor ensure that the proper defense mechanisms are
in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility - ANSWER- D
Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
B Clickjacking
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery - ANSWER- C
Which file action implements the principle of confidentiality from the CIA triad?
A Compression
B Hash
C Backup
D Encryption - ANSWER- D
Which cyber defense concept suggests limiting permissions to only what is
necessary to perform a particular task?
,A Authentication
B Authorization
C Defense in depth
D Principle of least privilege - ANSWER- D
A company institutes a new policy that "All office computer monitors must face
toward employees and must face away from doorways. The monitor screens must
not be visible to people visiting the office."
Which principle of the CIA triad is this company applying?
A Availability
B Confidentiality
C Utility
D Integrity - ANSWER- B
At a small company, an employee makes an unauthorized data alteration.
Which component of the CIA triad has been compromised?
A Confidentiality
B Authenticity
C Integrity
D Availability - ANSWER- C
, An organization plans to encrypt data in transit on a network.
Which aspect of data is the organization attempting to protect?
A Integrity
B Possession
C Availability
D Authenticity - ANSWER- A
Which aspect of the CIA triad is violated by an unauthorized database rollback or
undo?
A Availability
B Identification
C Integrity
D Confidentiality - ANSWER- C
A company's website has suffered several denial of service (DoS) attacks and
wishes to thwart future attacks.
Which security principle is the company addressing?
A Availability
B Authenticity
C Confidentiality
D Possession - ANSWER- A
