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WGU Master's Course C706 - Secure
Software Design. Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security should occur in the initiation phase of the
software acquisition life cycle?
A Developing a request for proposal (RFP) that includes supply chain security risk management
B Lessening the risk of disseminating information during disposal
C Facilitating knowledge transfer between suppliers
D Mitigating supply chain security risk by providing user guidance - Answer✔A
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security investigates the means by which data sets
are shared and assessed?
A on-site assessment
B process policy review
C third-party assessment
D document exchange and review - Answer✔D
Consider these characteristics:
-Identification of the entity making the access request
-Verification that the request has not changed since its initiation
-Application of the appropriate authorization procedures
-Reexamination of previously authorized requests by the same entity
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Which security design analysis is being described?
A Open design
B Complete mediation
C Economy of mechanism
D Least common mechanism - Answer✔B
Which software security principle guards against the improper modification or destruction of
information and ensures the nonrepudiation and authenticity of information?
A Quality
B Integrity
C Availability
D Confidentiality - Answer✔B
What type of functional security requirement involves receiving, processing, storing,
transmitting, and delivering in report form?
A Logging
B Error handling
C Primary dataflow
D Access control flow - Answer✔C
Which nonfunctional security requirement provides a way to capture information correctly and
a way to store that information to help support later audits?
A Logging
B Error handling
C Primary dataflow
D Access control flow - Answer✔A
Which security concept refers to the quality of information that could cause harm or damage if
disclosed?
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A Isolation
B Discretion
C Seclusion
D Sensitivity - Answer✔D
Which technology would be an example of an injection flaw, according to the OWASP Top 10?
A SQL
B API
C XML
D XSS - Answer✔A
A company is creating a new software to track customer balance and wants to design a secure
application.
Which best practice should be applied?
A Develop a secure authentication method that has a closed design
B Allow mediation bypass or suspension for software testing and emergency planning
C Ensure there is physical acceptability to ensure software is intuitive for the users to do their
jobs
D Create multiple layers of protection so that a subsequent layer provides protection if a layer
is breached - Answer✔D
A company is developing a secure software that has to be evaluated and tested by a large
number of experts.
Which security principle should be applied?
A Fail safe
B Open design
C Defense in depth
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D Complete mediation - Answer✔B
Which type of TCP scanning indicates that a system is moving to the second phase in a three-
way TCP handshake?
A TCP SYN scanning
B TCP ACK scanning
C TCP XMAS scanning
D TCP Connect scanning - Answer✔A
Which evaluation technique provides invalid, unexpected, or random data to the inputs of a
computer software program?
A Fuzz testing
B Static analysis
C Dynamic analysis
D Regression testing - Answer✔A
Which approach provides an opportunity to improve the software development life cycle by
tailoring the process to the specific risks facing the organization?
A Agile methodology
B Waterfall methodology
C Building security in maturity model (BSIMM)
D Software assurance maturity model (SAMM) - Answer✔D
Which phase contains sophisticated software development processes that ensure that feedback
from one phase reaches to the previous phase to improve future results?
A Initial
B Managed
C Optimizing
D Repeatable - Answer✔C
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WGU Master's Course C706 - Secure
Software Design. Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security should occur in the initiation phase of the
software acquisition life cycle?
A Developing a request for proposal (RFP) that includes supply chain security risk management
B Lessening the risk of disseminating information during disposal
C Facilitating knowledge transfer between suppliers
D Mitigating supply chain security risk by providing user guidance - Answer✔A
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security investigates the means by which data sets
are shared and assessed?
A on-site assessment
B process policy review
C third-party assessment
D document exchange and review - Answer✔D
Consider these characteristics:
-Identification of the entity making the access request
-Verification that the request has not changed since its initiation
-Application of the appropriate authorization procedures
-Reexamination of previously authorized requests by the same entity
1
,©THEBRIGHT 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 10:15AM A+
Which security design analysis is being described?
A Open design
B Complete mediation
C Economy of mechanism
D Least common mechanism - Answer✔B
Which software security principle guards against the improper modification or destruction of
information and ensures the nonrepudiation and authenticity of information?
A Quality
B Integrity
C Availability
D Confidentiality - Answer✔B
What type of functional security requirement involves receiving, processing, storing,
transmitting, and delivering in report form?
A Logging
B Error handling
C Primary dataflow
D Access control flow - Answer✔C
Which nonfunctional security requirement provides a way to capture information correctly and
a way to store that information to help support later audits?
A Logging
B Error handling
C Primary dataflow
D Access control flow - Answer✔A
Which security concept refers to the quality of information that could cause harm or damage if
disclosed?
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A Isolation
B Discretion
C Seclusion
D Sensitivity - Answer✔D
Which technology would be an example of an injection flaw, according to the OWASP Top 10?
A SQL
B API
C XML
D XSS - Answer✔A
A company is creating a new software to track customer balance and wants to design a secure
application.
Which best practice should be applied?
A Develop a secure authentication method that has a closed design
B Allow mediation bypass or suspension for software testing and emergency planning
C Ensure there is physical acceptability to ensure software is intuitive for the users to do their
jobs
D Create multiple layers of protection so that a subsequent layer provides protection if a layer
is breached - Answer✔D
A company is developing a secure software that has to be evaluated and tested by a large
number of experts.
Which security principle should be applied?
A Fail safe
B Open design
C Defense in depth
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D Complete mediation - Answer✔B
Which type of TCP scanning indicates that a system is moving to the second phase in a three-
way TCP handshake?
A TCP SYN scanning
B TCP ACK scanning
C TCP XMAS scanning
D TCP Connect scanning - Answer✔A
Which evaluation technique provides invalid, unexpected, or random data to the inputs of a
computer software program?
A Fuzz testing
B Static analysis
C Dynamic analysis
D Regression testing - Answer✔A
Which approach provides an opportunity to improve the software development life cycle by
tailoring the process to the specific risks facing the organization?
A Agile methodology
B Waterfall methodology
C Building security in maturity model (BSIMM)
D Software assurance maturity model (SAMM) - Answer✔D
Which phase contains sophisticated software development processes that ensure that feedback
from one phase reaches to the previous phase to improve future results?
A Initial
B Managed
C Optimizing
D Repeatable - Answer✔C
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