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WGU C182 Objective Assessment Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
First users were the engineers who built and programmed computers, then
employees who had received specialized training were users, and now today,
anyone and everyone can be a user.
Ans: Evolution of Users
Sends files over the network at the request of clients. Responds over LAN, within
one location/site. Support both application software and data files.
Ans: FILE SERVER
Turns a user-friendly domain name, like Google.com, into an Internet Protocol
(IP) address like ((( 70.42.251.42 ))) that computers use to identify each other on
the network.
Ans: Domain Name Server (DNS)
Uses TWO KEYS a public and private key for performing encryption and
decryption
Ans: Public Key Encryption
PROVING you are who you say you are which can be done by: what you know,
what you have!
Ans: Authentication
TIER WHERE THE USER interface for the system is developed; SHIELDS THE
USER from the underlying logic of the systems as well as the underlying data
structures
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Ans: Presentation Tier
SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT Steps 1. System Conversion 2. Final Documentation 3.
End User Training
Ans: System Deployment
CONNECTS MULTIPLES networks together; can be used to directly connect
computers to a network; will relay messages to computers with APPROPRIATE
IP ADDRESS
Ans: ROUTER
Requires that data is KEPT secure so that they are not accidentally provided or
obtained by unauthorized users
Ans: Confidentiality
Protecting EVERY LAYER that SURROUNDS ((( DATA )))
Ans: Defense in Depth
Can take on DIFFERENT FORMS depending on the complexity of the application;
in certain instances, it is AN ACTUAL OBJECT that is an ACTUAL
IMPLEMENTATION of the application
Ans: THE MODEL
Creates a subset of the data by reducing the data from multiple dimensions to
one dimension
Ans: Slicing Data
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The technology used in creating, maintaining, and making information accessible.
Ans: Information Technology
In charge of all aspects of the COMPUTER NETWORKS
Ans: Network Administrator
Focuses on the design, development, and support of DATABASE MANAGEMENT
systems (DBMSs).
Ans: Database Administrator
Installs, configures, maintains, secures, and troubleshoots web severs
Ans: Web Administrator
Processed data.
Ans: Information
INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT TO USE information placed into a
context. Refined information such that the user of the knowledge is able to call
forth only relevant portions of information when needed.
Ans: Knowledge in DIKW
Provides a social setting to knowledge; AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE (((
WHY ))) Can only come by having BOTH KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE
Ans: WISDOM
The INPUT Processing, OUTPUT, STORAGE Cycle
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WGU C182 Objective Assessment Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
First users were the engineers who built and programmed computers, then
employees who had received specialized training were users, and now today,
anyone and everyone can be a user.
Ans: Evolution of Users
Sends files over the network at the request of clients. Responds over LAN, within
one location/site. Support both application software and data files.
Ans: FILE SERVER
Turns a user-friendly domain name, like Google.com, into an Internet Protocol
(IP) address like ((( 70.42.251.42 ))) that computers use to identify each other on
the network.
Ans: Domain Name Server (DNS)
Uses TWO KEYS a public and private key for performing encryption and
decryption
Ans: Public Key Encryption
PROVING you are who you say you are which can be done by: what you know,
what you have!
Ans: Authentication
TIER WHERE THE USER interface for the system is developed; SHIELDS THE
USER from the underlying logic of the systems as well as the underlying data
structures
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
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Ans: Presentation Tier
SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT Steps 1. System Conversion 2. Final Documentation 3.
End User Training
Ans: System Deployment
CONNECTS MULTIPLES networks together; can be used to directly connect
computers to a network; will relay messages to computers with APPROPRIATE
IP ADDRESS
Ans: ROUTER
Requires that data is KEPT secure so that they are not accidentally provided or
obtained by unauthorized users
Ans: Confidentiality
Protecting EVERY LAYER that SURROUNDS ((( DATA )))
Ans: Defense in Depth
Can take on DIFFERENT FORMS depending on the complexity of the application;
in certain instances, it is AN ACTUAL OBJECT that is an ACTUAL
IMPLEMENTATION of the application
Ans: THE MODEL
Creates a subset of the data by reducing the data from multiple dimensions to
one dimension
Ans: Slicing Data
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The technology used in creating, maintaining, and making information accessible.
Ans: Information Technology
In charge of all aspects of the COMPUTER NETWORKS
Ans: Network Administrator
Focuses on the design, development, and support of DATABASE MANAGEMENT
systems (DBMSs).
Ans: Database Administrator
Installs, configures, maintains, secures, and troubleshoots web severs
Ans: Web Administrator
Processed data.
Ans: Information
INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT TO USE information placed into a
context. Refined information such that the user of the knowledge is able to call
forth only relevant portions of information when needed.
Ans: Knowledge in DIKW
Provides a social setting to knowledge; AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE (((
WHY ))) Can only come by having BOTH KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE
Ans: WISDOM
The INPUT Processing, OUTPUT, STORAGE Cycle
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