WGU C838 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
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QUESTIONS
◉ "Which phase of the cloud data security lifecycle typically occurs
simultaneously with creation?
(A) Use
(B) Share
(C) Store
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Store
◉ "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle uses content delivery
networks?
(A) Share
(B) Create
(C) Destroy
(D) Archive"
Answer: Share
,◉ "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle is associated with crypto-
shredding?
(A) Use
(B) Store
(C) Share
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Destroy
◉ "Which cloud data storage architecture allows sensitive data to be
replaced with unique identification symbols that retain all the
essential information about the data without compromising its
security?
(A) Obfuscation
(B) Tokenization
(C) Anonymization
(D) Randomization"
Answer: Tokenization
◉ "Which methodology could cloud data storage utilize to encrypt
all data associated in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
deployment model?
(A) Sandbox encryption
(B) Client-side encryption
,(C) Polymorphic encryption
(D) Whole-instance encryption"
Answer: Whole-instance encryption
◉ "There is a threat to a banking cloud platform service. The
developer needs to provide inclusion in a relational database that is
seamless and readily searchable by search engine algorithms. Which
platform as a service (PaaS) data type should be used?
(A) Structured
(B) Unstructured
(C) Long-term storage
(D) Short-term storage"
Answer: Structured
◉ "Which platform as a service (PaaS) storage architecture should
be used if an organization wants to store presentations, documents,
and audio files?
(A) Block
(B) Object
(C) Distributed
(D) Relational database"
Answer: Object
, ◉ "Which technique scrambles the content of data using a
mathematical algorithm while keeping the structural arrangement
of the data?
(A) Tokenization
(B) Dynamic masking
(C) Proxy-based encryption
(D) Format-preserving encryption"
Answer: Format-preserving encryption
◉ "Which encryption technique connects the instance to the
encryption instance that handles all crypto operations?
(A) Proxy
(B) Database
(C) Server-side
(D) Externally managed"
Answer: Proxy
◉ "Which type of control should be used to implement custom
controls that safeguard data?
(A) Application level
(B) Management plane
(C) Options for access
(D) Public and internal sharing"
2026 FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
QUESTIONS
◉ "Which phase of the cloud data security lifecycle typically occurs
simultaneously with creation?
(A) Use
(B) Share
(C) Store
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Store
◉ "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle uses content delivery
networks?
(A) Share
(B) Create
(C) Destroy
(D) Archive"
Answer: Share
,◉ "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle is associated with crypto-
shredding?
(A) Use
(B) Store
(C) Share
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Destroy
◉ "Which cloud data storage architecture allows sensitive data to be
replaced with unique identification symbols that retain all the
essential information about the data without compromising its
security?
(A) Obfuscation
(B) Tokenization
(C) Anonymization
(D) Randomization"
Answer: Tokenization
◉ "Which methodology could cloud data storage utilize to encrypt
all data associated in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
deployment model?
(A) Sandbox encryption
(B) Client-side encryption
,(C) Polymorphic encryption
(D) Whole-instance encryption"
Answer: Whole-instance encryption
◉ "There is a threat to a banking cloud platform service. The
developer needs to provide inclusion in a relational database that is
seamless and readily searchable by search engine algorithms. Which
platform as a service (PaaS) data type should be used?
(A) Structured
(B) Unstructured
(C) Long-term storage
(D) Short-term storage"
Answer: Structured
◉ "Which platform as a service (PaaS) storage architecture should
be used if an organization wants to store presentations, documents,
and audio files?
(A) Block
(B) Object
(C) Distributed
(D) Relational database"
Answer: Object
, ◉ "Which technique scrambles the content of data using a
mathematical algorithm while keeping the structural arrangement
of the data?
(A) Tokenization
(B) Dynamic masking
(C) Proxy-based encryption
(D) Format-preserving encryption"
Answer: Format-preserving encryption
◉ "Which encryption technique connects the instance to the
encryption instance that handles all crypto operations?
(A) Proxy
(B) Database
(C) Server-side
(D) Externally managed"
Answer: Proxy
◉ "Which type of control should be used to implement custom
controls that safeguard data?
(A) Application level
(B) Management plane
(C) Options for access
(D) Public and internal sharing"
