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WGU C706 Secure Software Design (Pre-
Assessment) Exam Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security should occur in the initiation phase of the
software acquisition life cycle? - Answer✔Developing a request for proposal (RFP) that includes
supply chain security risk management
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security investigates the means by which data sets
are shared and assessed? - Answer✔A document exchange and review
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
Which security design analysis is being described? - Answer✔Complete mediation
Which software security principle guards against the improper modification or destruction of
information and ensures the nonrepudiation and authenticity of information? -
Answer✔Integrity
What type of functional security requirement involves receiving, processing, storing,
transmitting, and delivering in report form? - Answer✔Primary dataflow
Which nonfunctional security requirement provides a way to capture information correctly and
a way to store that information to help support later audits? - Answer✔Logging
Which security concept refers to the quality of information that could cause harm or damage if
disclosed? - Answer✔Sensitivity
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Which technology would be an example of an injection flaw, according to the OWASP Top 10? -
Answer✔SQL
A company is creating a new software to track customer balance and wants to design a secure
application.
Which best practice should be applied? - Answer✔Create multiple layers of protection so that a
subsequent layer provides protection if a layer is breached
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? - Answer✔Open design
Which type of TCP scanning indicates that a system is moving to the second phase in a three-
way TCP handshake? - Answer✔TCP SYN scanning
Which evaluation technique provides invalid, unexpected, or random data to the inputs of a
computer software program? - Answer✔Fuzz testing
Which approach provides an opportunity to improve the software development life cycle by
tailoring the process to the specific risks facing the organization? - Answer✔Software assurance
maturity model (SAMM)
Which phase contains sophisticated software development processes that ensure that feedback
from one phase reaches to the previous phase to improve future results? - Answer✔Optimizing
The activities for compliance include ensuring collected information is only used for intended
purposes, information is timely and accurate, and the public is aware of the information
collected and how it is used.
Which well-accepted secure development standard is addressed by these activities? -
Answer✔PIA
An organization is in the process of building an application for its banking software.
Which security coding practice must the organization follow? - Answer✔Conduct data
validation
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WGU C706 Secure Software Design (Pre-
Assessment) Exam Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security should occur in the initiation phase of the
software acquisition life cycle? - Answer✔Developing a request for proposal (RFP) that includes
supply chain security risk management
Which due diligence activity for supply chain security investigates the means by which data sets
are shared and assessed? - Answer✔A document exchange and review
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
Which security design analysis is being described? - Answer✔Complete mediation
Which software security principle guards against the improper modification or destruction of
information and ensures the nonrepudiation and authenticity of information? -
Answer✔Integrity
What type of functional security requirement involves receiving, processing, storing,
transmitting, and delivering in report form? - Answer✔Primary dataflow
Which nonfunctional security requirement provides a way to capture information correctly and
a way to store that information to help support later audits? - Answer✔Logging
Which security concept refers to the quality of information that could cause harm or damage if
disclosed? - Answer✔Sensitivity
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Which technology would be an example of an injection flaw, according to the OWASP Top 10? -
Answer✔SQL
A company is creating a new software to track customer balance and wants to design a secure
application.
Which best practice should be applied? - Answer✔Create multiple layers of protection so that a
subsequent layer provides protection if a layer is breached
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? - Answer✔Open design
Which type of TCP scanning indicates that a system is moving to the second phase in a three-
way TCP handshake? - Answer✔TCP SYN scanning
Which evaluation technique provides invalid, unexpected, or random data to the inputs of a
computer software program? - Answer✔Fuzz testing
Which approach provides an opportunity to improve the software development life cycle by
tailoring the process to the specific risks facing the organization? - Answer✔Software assurance
maturity model (SAMM)
Which phase contains sophisticated software development processes that ensure that feedback
from one phase reaches to the previous phase to improve future results? - Answer✔Optimizing
The activities for compliance include ensuring collected information is only used for intended
purposes, information is timely and accurate, and the public is aware of the information
collected and how it is used.
Which well-accepted secure development standard is addressed by these activities? -
Answer✔PIA
An organization is in the process of building an application for its banking software.
Which security coding practice must the organization follow? - Answer✔Conduct data
validation
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