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WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK
ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. An organization establishes policies, procedures, technologies, and
administrative controls to protect information from unauthorized
access, modification, disclosure, destruction, or disruption. Which
concept BEST describes this overall activity?
A. Information security
B. Data compression
C. Software engineering
D. Business intelligence
Answer: A
2. A company ensures that only authorized employees can view
confidential customer records. Which component of the CIA triad is
MOST directly addressed?
A. Availability
B. Confidentiality
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C. Integrity
D. Nonrepudiation
Answer: B
3. An employee discovers that unauthorized changes were made to
financial records. Which security property has been compromised?
A. Confidentiality
B. Availability
C. Integrity
D. Authentication
Answer: C
4. An organization's primary customer portal must remain accessible
even if one server fails. Which security objective is MOST directly
involved?
A. Confidentiality
B. Integrity
C. Availability
D. Authorization
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Answer: C
5. Which scenario BEST demonstrates the principle of least privilege?
A. Every employee receives administrator access to simplify support
B. Employees receive only the permissions required to perform their
assigned responsibilities
C. All users receive identical permissions
D. Contractors receive permanent access to all systems
Answer: B
6. An organization requires employees to use a password plus a
fingerprint to access a sensitive system. Which security mechanism is
being implemented?
A. Multifactor authentication
B. Single sign-on
C. Data classification
D. Network segmentation
Answer: A
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7. Which authentication factor is represented by a fingerprint?
A. Something you know
B. Something you have
C. Something you are
D. Somewhere you are
Answer: C
8. An employee uses a smart card and PIN to access a restricted system.
Which combination of authentication factors is represented?
A. Something you know and something you have
B. Something you are and somewhere you are
C. Something you have and something you are
D. Something you know and something you are
Answer: A
9. A security administrator determines that a user is permitted to access
a particular database after the user's identity has been verified. Which
process is being performed?
WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK
ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. An organization establishes policies, procedures, technologies, and
administrative controls to protect information from unauthorized
access, modification, disclosure, destruction, or disruption. Which
concept BEST describes this overall activity?
A. Information security
B. Data compression
C. Software engineering
D. Business intelligence
Answer: A
2. A company ensures that only authorized employees can view
confidential customer records. Which component of the CIA triad is
MOST directly addressed?
A. Availability
B. Confidentiality
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C. Integrity
D. Nonrepudiation
Answer: B
3. An employee discovers that unauthorized changes were made to
financial records. Which security property has been compromised?
A. Confidentiality
B. Availability
C. Integrity
D. Authentication
Answer: C
4. An organization's primary customer portal must remain accessible
even if one server fails. Which security objective is MOST directly
involved?
A. Confidentiality
B. Integrity
C. Availability
D. Authorization
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Answer: C
5. Which scenario BEST demonstrates the principle of least privilege?
A. Every employee receives administrator access to simplify support
B. Employees receive only the permissions required to perform their
assigned responsibilities
C. All users receive identical permissions
D. Contractors receive permanent access to all systems
Answer: B
6. An organization requires employees to use a password plus a
fingerprint to access a sensitive system. Which security mechanism is
being implemented?
A. Multifactor authentication
B. Single sign-on
C. Data classification
D. Network segmentation
Answer: A
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7. Which authentication factor is represented by a fingerprint?
A. Something you know
B. Something you have
C. Something you are
D. Somewhere you are
Answer: C
8. An employee uses a smart card and PIN to access a restricted system.
Which combination of authentication factors is represented?
A. Something you know and something you have
B. Something you are and somewhere you are
C. Something you have and something you are
D. Something you know and something you are
Answer: A
9. A security administrator determines that a user is permitted to access
a particular database after the user's identity has been verified. Which
process is being performed?
