WGU C961 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT AND PRACTICE
EXAM NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK| C961 ETHICS IN
TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM REVIEW WITH COMPLETE
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
The leader of an IT department is approached by one of her managers to
ask for a salary increase. The manager does a fantastic job of presenting
a solid rationale for the increase. At the end his presentation, he says he
knows the salaries of all his colleagues because he accessed the payroll
file on the company network. Which part of the security triad was
violated?
A. Integrity
C. Accuracy
C. Confidentiality
D. Availability - Correct Answer - C
The leader of an IT department is approached by one of her managers to
ask for a salary increase. The manager does a fantastic job of presenting
a solid rationale for the increase. At the end his presentation, he says he
knows the salaries of all his colleagues because he accessed the payroll
file on the company network. Which method may have mitigated the
threat posed by the manager?
A. Network Firewall
B. Intrusion detection
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,C. Proxy server
D. Proper access control - Correct Answer - D
What is a hacking method that finds passwords or encryption keys by
trying every possible combination of characters until the correct one is
found?
A. Drive-by download
B. Spear phishing
C. Hash busters
D. Brute-force attack - Correct Answer - D
The leader of an IT department is approached by one of her managers to
ask for a salary increase. The manager does a fantastic job of presenting
a solid rationale for the increase. At the end his presentation, he says he
knows the salaries of all his colleagues because he accessed the payroll
file on the company network. Which law may this leader's organization
use against this manager?
A. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
B. Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Access Devices
Statute
C. USA PATRIOT Act
D. Stored communication Act - Correct Answer - A
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,Kim owns a software development company. He regularly reviews new
software releases. If he sees a software that interests him, he buys it so
he can review the program and use the information to create the same
software for his company to produce. What is the form of the intellectual
property in this scenario?
A. Trademark
B. Copyright
C. Trade secret
D. Patent - Correct Answer - B
Kim owns a software development company. He regularly reviews new
software releases. If he sees a software that interests him, he buys it so
he can review the program and use the information to create the same
software for his company to produce. What is the source of the threat
identified in this scenario?
A. Competitive Intelligence
B. Infringement
C. Plagiarism
D. Reverse Engineering - Correct Answer - B
An avid software developer opens a software business and registers the
company using SIC 7371 and NAICS 541511 codes.
This business is contracted to create a resource management system to
automate processes. The company modified an open source code and
marketed it as proprietary software, charging other companies thousands
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, of dollars to use it. What may this open source community obtain to
avoid this practice?
A. Open Source GNU
B. Open Source License
C. Open Source developer input
D. Permission to use open source code - Correct Answer - B
An avid software developer opens a software business and registers the
company using SIC 7371 and NAICS 541511 codes.
A software developer's code defines the business. An employee created a
product to corrupt data every couple of weeks. During the testing phase,
the code worked as planned, and the company and the end user accepted
it. After one week, the end user's data were corrupted. How may this
threat be described?
A. Malware
B. Software defect
C. Spyware
D. Trojan Horse - Correct Answer - A
An avid software developer opens a software business and registers the
company using SIC 7371 and NAICS 541511 codes.
The product the firm produces dictates its viability, but the software has
a reputation of being defective. To ensure the success of the firm, several
developers were terminated for producing malicious software.
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EXAM NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK| C961 ETHICS IN
TECHNOLOGY OA EXAM REVIEW WITH COMPLETE
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
The leader of an IT department is approached by one of her managers to
ask for a salary increase. The manager does a fantastic job of presenting
a solid rationale for the increase. At the end his presentation, he says he
knows the salaries of all his colleagues because he accessed the payroll
file on the company network. Which part of the security triad was
violated?
A. Integrity
C. Accuracy
C. Confidentiality
D. Availability - Correct Answer - C
The leader of an IT department is approached by one of her managers to
ask for a salary increase. The manager does a fantastic job of presenting
a solid rationale for the increase. At the end his presentation, he says he
knows the salaries of all his colleagues because he accessed the payroll
file on the company network. Which method may have mitigated the
threat posed by the manager?
A. Network Firewall
B. Intrusion detection
pg. 1
,C. Proxy server
D. Proper access control - Correct Answer - D
What is a hacking method that finds passwords or encryption keys by
trying every possible combination of characters until the correct one is
found?
A. Drive-by download
B. Spear phishing
C. Hash busters
D. Brute-force attack - Correct Answer - D
The leader of an IT department is approached by one of her managers to
ask for a salary increase. The manager does a fantastic job of presenting
a solid rationale for the increase. At the end his presentation, he says he
knows the salaries of all his colleagues because he accessed the payroll
file on the company network. Which law may this leader's organization
use against this manager?
A. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
B. Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Access Devices
Statute
C. USA PATRIOT Act
D. Stored communication Act - Correct Answer - A
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,Kim owns a software development company. He regularly reviews new
software releases. If he sees a software that interests him, he buys it so
he can review the program and use the information to create the same
software for his company to produce. What is the form of the intellectual
property in this scenario?
A. Trademark
B. Copyright
C. Trade secret
D. Patent - Correct Answer - B
Kim owns a software development company. He regularly reviews new
software releases. If he sees a software that interests him, he buys it so
he can review the program and use the information to create the same
software for his company to produce. What is the source of the threat
identified in this scenario?
A. Competitive Intelligence
B. Infringement
C. Plagiarism
D. Reverse Engineering - Correct Answer - B
An avid software developer opens a software business and registers the
company using SIC 7371 and NAICS 541511 codes.
This business is contracted to create a resource management system to
automate processes. The company modified an open source code and
marketed it as proprietary software, charging other companies thousands
pg. 3
, of dollars to use it. What may this open source community obtain to
avoid this practice?
A. Open Source GNU
B. Open Source License
C. Open Source developer input
D. Permission to use open source code - Correct Answer - B
An avid software developer opens a software business and registers the
company using SIC 7371 and NAICS 541511 codes.
A software developer's code defines the business. An employee created a
product to corrupt data every couple of weeks. During the testing phase,
the code worked as planned, and the company and the end user accepted
it. After one week, the end user's data were corrupted. How may this
threat be described?
A. Malware
B. Software defect
C. Spyware
D. Trojan Horse - Correct Answer - A
An avid software developer opens a software business and registers the
company using SIC 7371 and NAICS 541511 codes.
The product the firm produces dictates its viability, but the software has
a reputation of being defective. To ensure the success of the firm, several
developers were terminated for producing malicious software.
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