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WGU C701 ETHICAL HACKING EXAM A, B WITH STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE 700+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR - JUST
RELEASED
WGU C701 ETHICAL HACKING EXAM A
QUESTION: In which of the following incident handling and response phases are the identified
security incidents analyzed, validated, categorized, and prioritized?
A Incident recording and assignment
B Incident triage
C Containment
D Eradication - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: Which of the following phases of risk management is an ongoing iterative process
that assigns priorities for risk mitigation and implementation plans to help determine the
quantitative and qualitative value of risk?
A Risk identification
B Risk treatment
C Risk tracking and review
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D Risk assessment - ANSWER-D
QUESTION: Jack, a security professional, was instructed to introduce a security standard to
handle cardholder information for major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards. In
the process, Jack has employed a standard that offers robust and comprehensive standards as
well as supporting materials to enhance payment-card data security.
What is the security standard that Jack has employed?
A HIPAA
B SOX
C DMCA
D PCI DSS - ANSWER-D
Which of the following information security elements guarantees that the sender of a message
cannot later deny having sent the message and the recipient cannot deny having received the
message?
A Confidentiality
B Non-repudiation
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C Availability
D Integrity - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: A phase of the cyber kill chain methodology triggers the adversary's malicious code,
which utilizes a vulnerability in the operating system, application, or server on a target system.
At this stage, the organization may face threats such as authentication and authorization
attacks, arbitrary code execution, physical security threats, and security misconfiguration.
Which is this phase of the cyber kill chain methodology?
A Reconnaissance
B Weaponization
C Exploitation
D Installation - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which of the following is a category of hackers who are also known as crackers, use
their extraordinary computing skills for illegal or malicious purposes, and are often involved in
criminal activities?
A Black hats
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B White hats
C Suicide hackers
D Script kiddies - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: John, a professional hacker, has launched an attack on a target organization to
extract sensitive information. He was successful in launching the attack and gathering the
required information. He is now attempting to hide the malicious acts by overwriting the
server, system, and application logs to avoid suspicion.
Which of the following phases of hacking is John currently in?
A Maintaining access
B Scanning
C Clearing tracks
D Gaining access - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which of the following risk management phases involves selecting and
implementing appropriate controls for the identified risks to modify them?
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WGU C701 ETHICAL HACKING EXAM A, B WITH STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE 700+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR - JUST
RELEASED
WGU C701 ETHICAL HACKING EXAM A
QUESTION: In which of the following incident handling and response phases are the identified
security incidents analyzed, validated, categorized, and prioritized?
A Incident recording and assignment
B Incident triage
C Containment
D Eradication - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: Which of the following phases of risk management is an ongoing iterative process
that assigns priorities for risk mitigation and implementation plans to help determine the
quantitative and qualitative value of risk?
A Risk identification
B Risk treatment
C Risk tracking and review
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D Risk assessment - ANSWER-D
QUESTION: Jack, a security professional, was instructed to introduce a security standard to
handle cardholder information for major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards. In
the process, Jack has employed a standard that offers robust and comprehensive standards as
well as supporting materials to enhance payment-card data security.
What is the security standard that Jack has employed?
A HIPAA
B SOX
C DMCA
D PCI DSS - ANSWER-D
Which of the following information security elements guarantees that the sender of a message
cannot later deny having sent the message and the recipient cannot deny having received the
message?
A Confidentiality
B Non-repudiation
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C Availability
D Integrity - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: A phase of the cyber kill chain methodology triggers the adversary's malicious code,
which utilizes a vulnerability in the operating system, application, or server on a target system.
At this stage, the organization may face threats such as authentication and authorization
attacks, arbitrary code execution, physical security threats, and security misconfiguration.
Which is this phase of the cyber kill chain methodology?
A Reconnaissance
B Weaponization
C Exploitation
D Installation - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which of the following is a category of hackers who are also known as crackers, use
their extraordinary computing skills for illegal or malicious purposes, and are often involved in
criminal activities?
A Black hats
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B White hats
C Suicide hackers
D Script kiddies - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: John, a professional hacker, has launched an attack on a target organization to
extract sensitive information. He was successful in launching the attack and gathering the
required information. He is now attempting to hide the malicious acts by overwriting the
server, system, and application logs to avoid suspicion.
Which of the following phases of hacking is John currently in?
A Maintaining access
B Scanning
C Clearing tracks
D Gaining access - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which of the following risk management phases involves selecting and
implementing appropriate controls for the identified risks to modify them?
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