WGU Course C836 - Fundamentals of
Information Exam with Multiple Choices
Questions and Correct Answers Latest
Updated 2025-2026
Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a
resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat - CORRECT ANSWERS D
Which security type deliberately exposes a system's vulnerabilities or
resources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS C
Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with their operating
system types and versions?
A Packet sniffer
B Packet filter
C Port scanner
D Stateful firewall - CORRECT ANSWERS C
Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery - CORRECT ANSWERS C
An organization employs a VPN to safeguard its information.
Which security principle is protected by a VPN?
,A Data in motion
B Data at rest
C Data in use
D Data in storage - CORRECT ANSWERS A
A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack against an
institution's mail server. Fortunately, no data was lost or altered while the
server was offline.
Which type of attack is this?
A Modification
B Fabrication
C Interception
D Interruption - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A company has had several successful denial of service (DoS) attacks on its
email server.
Which security principle is being attacked?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A new start-up company has started working on a social networking website.
The company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider and wants to
protect this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to maintain the
confidentiality of its source code?
A Alarm systems
B Account permissions
C Antivirus software
D File encryption - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage systems.
During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most critical data is used.
,This determination helps the auditor ensure that the proper defense
mechanisms are in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility - CORRECT ANSWERS D
Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
B Clickjacking
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery - CORRECT ANSWERS C
Which file action implements the principle of confidentiality from the CIA triad?
A Compression
B Hash
C Backup
D Encryption - CORRECT ANSWERS D
Which cyber defense concept suggests limiting permissions to only what is
necessary to perform a particular task?
A Authentication
B Authorization
C Defense in depth
D Principle of least privilege - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A company institutes a new policy that "All office computer monitors must face
toward employees and must face away from doorways. The monitor screens
must not be visible to people visiting the office."
Which principle of the CIA triad is this company applying?
A Availability
B Confidentiality
C Utility
, D Integrity - CORRECT ANSWERS B
At a small company, an employee makes an unauthorized data alteration.
Which component of the CIA triad has been compromised?
A Confidentiality
B Authenticity
C Integrity
D Availability - CORRECT ANSWERS C
An organization plans to encrypt data in transit on a network.
Which aspect of data is the organization attempting to protect?
A Integrity
B Possession
C Availability
D Authenticity - CORRECT ANSWERS A
Which aspect of the CIA triad is violated by an unauthorized database rollback
or undo?
A Availability
B Identification
C Integrity
D Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWERS C
A company's website has suffered several denial of service (DoS) attacks and
wishes to thwart future attacks.
Which security principle is the company addressing?
A Availability
B Authenticity
C Confidentiality
D Possession - CORRECT ANSWERS A
An organization has a requirement that all database servers and file servers be
configured to maintain operations in the presence of a failure.
Which principle of the CIA triad is this requirement implementing?
Information Exam with Multiple Choices
Questions and Correct Answers Latest
Updated 2025-2026
Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a
resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat - CORRECT ANSWERS D
Which security type deliberately exposes a system's vulnerabilities or
resources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS C
Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with their operating
system types and versions?
A Packet sniffer
B Packet filter
C Port scanner
D Stateful firewall - CORRECT ANSWERS C
Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery - CORRECT ANSWERS C
An organization employs a VPN to safeguard its information.
Which security principle is protected by a VPN?
,A Data in motion
B Data at rest
C Data in use
D Data in storage - CORRECT ANSWERS A
A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack against an
institution's mail server. Fortunately, no data was lost or altered while the
server was offline.
Which type of attack is this?
A Modification
B Fabrication
C Interception
D Interruption - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A company has had several successful denial of service (DoS) attacks on its
email server.
Which security principle is being attacked?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A new start-up company has started working on a social networking website.
The company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider and wants to
protect this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to maintain the
confidentiality of its source code?
A Alarm systems
B Account permissions
C Antivirus software
D File encryption - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage systems.
During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most critical data is used.
,This determination helps the auditor ensure that the proper defense
mechanisms are in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility - CORRECT ANSWERS D
Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
B Clickjacking
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery - CORRECT ANSWERS C
Which file action implements the principle of confidentiality from the CIA triad?
A Compression
B Hash
C Backup
D Encryption - CORRECT ANSWERS D
Which cyber defense concept suggests limiting permissions to only what is
necessary to perform a particular task?
A Authentication
B Authorization
C Defense in depth
D Principle of least privilege - CORRECT ANSWERS D
A company institutes a new policy that "All office computer monitors must face
toward employees and must face away from doorways. The monitor screens
must not be visible to people visiting the office."
Which principle of the CIA triad is this company applying?
A Availability
B Confidentiality
C Utility
, D Integrity - CORRECT ANSWERS B
At a small company, an employee makes an unauthorized data alteration.
Which component of the CIA triad has been compromised?
A Confidentiality
B Authenticity
C Integrity
D Availability - CORRECT ANSWERS C
An organization plans to encrypt data in transit on a network.
Which aspect of data is the organization attempting to protect?
A Integrity
B Possession
C Availability
D Authenticity - CORRECT ANSWERS A
Which aspect of the CIA triad is violated by an unauthorized database rollback
or undo?
A Availability
B Identification
C Integrity
D Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWERS C
A company's website has suffered several denial of service (DoS) attacks and
wishes to thwart future attacks.
Which security principle is the company addressing?
A Availability
B Authenticity
C Confidentiality
D Possession - CORRECT ANSWERS A
An organization has a requirement that all database servers and file servers be
configured to maintain operations in the presence of a failure.
Which principle of the CIA triad is this requirement implementing?
