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C172 WGU COMPLETE V3| COMPREHENSIVE
Q&A FOR CERTIFICATION SUCCESS 2026
Occupational Safety and Health Act - correct-answer -OSH Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - correct-answer -OSHA
National Fire Protection Association - correct-answer -NFPA;
creates standards and codes to help form safe environments and prevent
accidents
Code of Federal Regulations - correct-answer -CFR
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Emergency action plan - correct-answer -EAP
Fire prevention plan - correct-answer -FPP
Safety data sheets - correct-answer -SDS;
required documentation that identifies potential hazards;
formerly MSDS (material SDS)
Biometric Systems - correct-answer -Systems that measure and analyze specific
characteristics of the human body for the purpose of authentication
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) - correct-answer -federal law
that requires all educational institutions to protect the privacy of student
education records
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FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) - correct-answer -a
federal law that was developed to protect government information, operations,
and assets against security threats
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) - correct-answer -federal law that requires all
financial institutions to protect customer financial information data, to safeguard
the financial information against security threats, and to deny any unwarranted
access to financial data
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - correct-answer -
federal law that requires all health-related agencies to protect the personally
identifiable information (PII) of patients
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PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) - correct-answer -
standard set by the Payment Card Industry that holds banks and merchants
accountable for any credit card breach
OSI Model (Open Systems Interconnection) - correct-answer -a seven-layer model
that describes network functions
CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection) - correct-
answer -the Ethernet LAN media access method
frame - correct-answer -a format that provides grouping of information for
transmission
NIC (Network Interface Card) - correct-answer -The electronic hardware used to
interface the computer to the network
C172 WGU COMPLETE V3| COMPREHENSIVE
Q&A FOR CERTIFICATION SUCCESS 2026
Occupational Safety and Health Act - correct-answer -OSH Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - correct-answer -OSHA
National Fire Protection Association - correct-answer -NFPA;
creates standards and codes to help form safe environments and prevent
accidents
Code of Federal Regulations - correct-answer -CFR
,2|Page
Emergency action plan - correct-answer -EAP
Fire prevention plan - correct-answer -FPP
Safety data sheets - correct-answer -SDS;
required documentation that identifies potential hazards;
formerly MSDS (material SDS)
Biometric Systems - correct-answer -Systems that measure and analyze specific
characteristics of the human body for the purpose of authentication
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) - correct-answer -federal law
that requires all educational institutions to protect the privacy of student
education records
,3|Page
FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) - correct-answer -a
federal law that was developed to protect government information, operations,
and assets against security threats
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) - correct-answer -federal law that requires all
financial institutions to protect customer financial information data, to safeguard
the financial information against security threats, and to deny any unwarranted
access to financial data
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - correct-answer -
federal law that requires all health-related agencies to protect the personally
identifiable information (PII) of patients
, 4|Page
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) - correct-answer -
standard set by the Payment Card Industry that holds banks and merchants
accountable for any credit card breach
OSI Model (Open Systems Interconnection) - correct-answer -a seven-layer model
that describes network functions
CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection) - correct-
answer -the Ethernet LAN media access method
frame - correct-answer -a format that provides grouping of information for
transmission
NIC (Network Interface Card) - correct-answer -The electronic hardware used to
interface the computer to the network
