WGU C182 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Sends files over the network at the request of clients. Responds over
LAN, within one location/site. Support both application software and
data files. Answer: 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. Answer: Domain Name Server
(DNS)
⫸ Uses TWO KEYS a public and private key for performing encryption
and decryption Answer: Public Key Encryption
⫸ PROVING you are who you say you are which can be done by: what
you know, what you have! Answer: 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 Answer: Presentation Tier
,⫸ SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT Steps 1. System Conversion 2. Final
Documentation 3. End User Training Answer: 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 Answer: ROUTER
⫸ Requires that data is KEPT secure so that they are not accidentally
provided or obtained by unauthorized users Answer: Confidentiality
⫸ Protecting EVERY LAYER that SURROUNDS ((( DATA )))
Answer: 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 Answer: THE
MODEL
⫸ Creates a subset of the data by reducing the data from multiple
dimensions to one dimension Answer: Slicing Data
⫸ The technology used in creating, maintaining, and making
information accessible. Answer: Information Technology
⫸ In charge of all aspects of the COMPUTER NETWORKS Answer:
Network Administrator
,⫸ Focuses on the design, development, and support of DATABASE
MANAGEMENT systems (DBMSs). Answer: Database Administrator
⫸ Installs, configures, maintains, secures, and troubleshoots web severs
Answer: Web Administrator
⫸ Processed data. Answer: 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. Answer: Knowledge in DIKW
⫸ Provides a social setting to knowledge; AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE ((( WHY ))) Can only come by having BOTH KNOWLEDGE and
EXPERIENCE Answer: WISDOM
⫸ The INPUT Processing, OUTPUT, STORAGE Cycle Answer:
I.P.O.S.
⫸ Raw data is organized or structured for usefulness. Answer:
PROCESSED DATA
⫸ Information is output so user can see results. Answer: OUTPUT
DATA
, ⫸ Processed information is stored for permanent record. Answer:
STORAGE
⫸ A collection of components that work together to meet the needs of
the user; typically : CATEGORIZED AS EITHER HARDWARE,
SOFTWARE, NETWORKS AND USERS Answer: COMPUTER
SYSTEM
⫸ Physical components of a computer system which include the system
unit and its components and peripheral devices; TANGIBLE ASPECTS
OF THE COMPUTER Answer: HARDWARE
⫸ A collection of computers and resources CONNECTED by various
media so that they can COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
Answer: NETWORK
⫸ Systems Software and Applications Software Answer: SOFTWARE
CATEGORIES
⫸ RULES provided by WHICH NETWORKS communicate with each
other Answer: IP PROTOCOL
⫸ STORES the programs BEING EXECUTED and the data they are
using. Answer: COMPUTER MEMORY
PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Sends files over the network at the request of clients. Responds over
LAN, within one location/site. Support both application software and
data files. Answer: 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. Answer: Domain Name Server
(DNS)
⫸ Uses TWO KEYS a public and private key for performing encryption
and decryption Answer: Public Key Encryption
⫸ PROVING you are who you say you are which can be done by: what
you know, what you have! Answer: 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 Answer: Presentation Tier
,⫸ SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT Steps 1. System Conversion 2. Final
Documentation 3. End User Training Answer: 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 Answer: ROUTER
⫸ Requires that data is KEPT secure so that they are not accidentally
provided or obtained by unauthorized users Answer: Confidentiality
⫸ Protecting EVERY LAYER that SURROUNDS ((( DATA )))
Answer: 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 Answer: THE
MODEL
⫸ Creates a subset of the data by reducing the data from multiple
dimensions to one dimension Answer: Slicing Data
⫸ The technology used in creating, maintaining, and making
information accessible. Answer: Information Technology
⫸ In charge of all aspects of the COMPUTER NETWORKS Answer:
Network Administrator
,⫸ Focuses on the design, development, and support of DATABASE
MANAGEMENT systems (DBMSs). Answer: Database Administrator
⫸ Installs, configures, maintains, secures, and troubleshoots web severs
Answer: Web Administrator
⫸ Processed data. Answer: 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. Answer: Knowledge in DIKW
⫸ Provides a social setting to knowledge; AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE ((( WHY ))) Can only come by having BOTH KNOWLEDGE and
EXPERIENCE Answer: WISDOM
⫸ The INPUT Processing, OUTPUT, STORAGE Cycle Answer:
I.P.O.S.
⫸ Raw data is organized or structured for usefulness. Answer:
PROCESSED DATA
⫸ Information is output so user can see results. Answer: OUTPUT
DATA
, ⫸ Processed information is stored for permanent record. Answer:
STORAGE
⫸ A collection of components that work together to meet the needs of
the user; typically : CATEGORIZED AS EITHER HARDWARE,
SOFTWARE, NETWORKS AND USERS Answer: COMPUTER
SYSTEM
⫸ Physical components of a computer system which include the system
unit and its components and peripheral devices; TANGIBLE ASPECTS
OF THE COMPUTER Answer: HARDWARE
⫸ A collection of computers and resources CONNECTED by various
media so that they can COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
Answer: NETWORK
⫸ Systems Software and Applications Software Answer: SOFTWARE
CATEGORIES
⫸ RULES provided by WHICH NETWORKS communicate with each
other Answer: IP PROTOCOL
⫸ STORES the programs BEING EXECUTED and the data they are
using. Answer: COMPUTER MEMORY
