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A website administrator is setting up a cluster of web servers and wants to ensure that if one server goes down, the system in place will route the traffic through the others. Which network appliance should the administrator use? A. Firewall B. Load balancer C. Router D. NAT gateway - correct answer B. Load balancer Which network appliance is used to provide fault tolerance by re-directing traffic when one server in a group becomes inoperable? A. NAT gateway B. Firewall C. Router D. Load balancer - correct answer D. Load balancer Which device provides foundational protection for a network by blocking or allowing traffic based on pre-configured rules? A. Firewall B. Router C. Load balancer D. NAT gateway - correct answer A. Firewall Which device forwards traffic between subnets by inspecting IP addresses and operates at layer 3 of the OSI model? A. Firewall B. Load balancer C. Router D. NAT gateway - correct answer C. Router What allows connectivity between private subnets, or Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), and the Internet? A. Router B. Load balancer C. NAT gateway D. Firewall - correct answer C. NAT gateway Which network device would you use to ensure that traffic continues to flow to a functional web server when another server in a cluster goes down? A. Router B. Load balancer C. Firewall D. NAT gateway - correct answer B. Load balancer A Linux administrator is configuring ModSecurity for Apache servers. Which type of attacks should the administrator set rule configurations? (Select all that apply.) 1. File inclusion 2. Geoblocking 3. Directory traversal 4. Cleartext protocols A) 1, 2 B) 1, 3 C) 1, 4 D) 2, 4 - correct answer B) 1, 3 What type of web application firewall is commonly used with Apache servers to help defend against application layer attacks? A. NAT gateway B. ModSecurity C. Geoblocking D. Traditional firewall - correct answer B. ModSecurity

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WGU D488 Final Exam Test Bank (Latest
Update ) Cybersecurity
Architecture and Engineering Questions and
Answers 100% Correct - {Grade A}

The security team recently enabled public access to a web application hosted on a
server inside the corporate network. The developers of the application report that the

server has received several structured query language (SQL) injection attacks in the
past several days. The team needs to deploy a solution that will block the SQL

injection attacks.


Which solution fulfills these requirements?


A) Virtual private network (VPN)
B) Security information and event management (SIEM)

C) Web application firewall (WAF)
D) Secure Socket Shell (SSH) - correct answer C) Web application firewall (WAF)


An IT security team has been notified that external contractors are using their

personal laptops to gain access to the corporate network. The team needs to
recommend a solution that will prevent unapproved devices from accessing the

network.


Which solution fulfills these requirements?


A) Implementing a demilitarized zone (DMZ)

, WGU D488 Final Exam Test Bank (Latest
Update ) Cybersecurity
Architecture and Engineering Questions and
Answers 100% Correct - {Grade A}

B) Installing a hardware security module
C) Implementing port security

D) Deploying a software firewall - correct answer C) Implementing port security


The chief technology officer for a small publishing company has been tasked with
improving the company's security posture. As part of a network upgrade, the

company has decided to implement intrusion detection, spam filtering, content
filtering, and antivirus controls. The project needs to be completed using the least

amount of infrastructure while meeting all requirements.


Which solution fulfills these requirements?


A) Deploying an anti-spam gateway
B) Deploying a proxy server

C) Deploying a unified threat management (UTM) appliance
D) Deploying a web application firewall (WAF) - correct answer C) Deploying a unified

threat management (UTM) appliance


The security team plans to deploy an intrusion detection system (IDS) solution to
alert engineers about inbound threats. The team already has a database of signatures
that they want the IDS solution to validate.

, WGU D488 Final Exam Test Bank (Latest
Update ) Cybersecurity
Architecture and Engineering Questions and
Answers 100% Correct - {Grade A}


Which detection technique meets the requirements?


A) Intrusion detection

B) Deep packet inspection
C) Signature-based detection

D) Intrusion prevention - correct answer C) Signature-based detection


An IT organization had a security breach after deploying an update to its production
web servers. The application currently goes through a manual update process a few

times per year. The security team needs to recommend a failback option for future
deployments.


Which solution fulfills these requirements?


A) Implementing a code scanner

B) Implementing code signing
C) Implementing versioning

D) Implementing a security requirements traceability matrix (SRTM) - correct answer
C) Implementing versioning

, WGU D488 Final Exam Test Bank (Latest
Update ) Cybersecurity
Architecture and Engineering Questions and
Answers 100% Correct - {Grade A}

A software development team is working on a new mobile application that will be
used by customers. The security team must ensure that builds of the application will

be trusted by a variety of mobile devices.


Which solution fulfills these requirements?


A) Code scanning
B) Regression testing

C) Code signing
D) Continuous delivery - correct answer C) Code signing


An IT organization recently suffered a data leak incident. Management has asked the

security team to implement a print blocking mechanism for all documents stored on
a corporate file share.


Which solution fulfills these requirements?


A) Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

B) Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
D) Watermarking - correct answer C) Digital rights management (DRM)

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