WGU d322 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Network Server - Answer-Dedicated, high performance computer with large hard disk drives. It may be in a cabinet so multiple servers can be housed.
**Stand alone computer, not a desktop.
Information Security Assurance Goals - Answer-"CIA"
1. Co...
WGU d322 Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
Network Server - Answer-Dedicated, high performance computer with large hard disk
drives. It may be in a cabinet so multiple servers can be housed.
**Stand alone computer, not a desktop.
IAS Confidentiality - Answer-Requires data be kept secure so that it does not fall to
unauthorized users.
It goes beyond security measures and extends to policies.
Security measures should extend beyond network. A stolen laptop should not violate
confidentiality.
IAS Integrity - Answer-Requires data are correct.
Requires 3 different efforts:
1. Data gathering should include an accuracy component.
2. Data must be entered into system accurately.
3. Once data is in dB, changes made will leave a record of when the change was made
and by whom.
IAS Availability - Answer-Requires data/information be available when needed.
Steps of Strategic Risk Analysis - Answer-1.Identify organization information assets.
2. Identify vulnerabilities.
3.Identify threats.
4.Implement policies.
Social Engineering - Answer-Targets users directly, could include calling and asking for
password because there is an issue. Could also include phishing, which involves emails
that will redirect to a malicious website.
SQL Injection - Answer-Hacker issues a SQL command to web server as part of URL.
B/c web server is not expecting SQL command, may pass SQL command to database.
Malicious SQL command may then do damage.
Buffer Overflow - Answer-Most well known type of software injection attack.
, Because buffer is limited in size, if software doesn't ensure insertions in buffer are
limited in size, sufficient amounts of malicious code could overflow buffer. Malicious
overflow code could then be stored in memory and run to perform operations inserted
by hacker.
Packet Sniffing - Answer-Means of obtaining a password or anything sent over network
without encryption.
Computer Science - Answer-Computer science is the study of computers and
computational systems.
Repeater - Answer-Passes signals back and forth between two buses without
considering the meaning of the signals.
Bridge - Answer-Only forwards messages addressed to a computer on the other side.
PAN - Answer-A Personal Area Network (PAN) is normally used for short-range
communications, within a few feet, such as wireless headphones to a smartphone or a
wireless mouse to a PC.
LAN - Answer-Local Area Networks (LANs) consist of a collection of computers in a
single building or building complex.
WAN - Answer-Wide Area Networks (WANs) link systems over a greater distance,
including machines on the opposite sides of the world.
Distributed Systems - Answer-Distributed systems execute software as processes on
more than one computer. Examples include: cluster computer, cloud computing and grid
computing.
Wireless Transmission - Answer-Light waves of different frequencies, such as infrared
or radio waves, can be used to transmit data within a network with the use of Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, or even near field communication. These radio waves are what is used to
carry radio signals far distances to other networked devices.
Compiler - Answer-A compiler translates source code into machine language.
Interpreter - Answer-Interpreters translate and execute source code one line at a time.
Machine code - Answer-Instructions that a computer understands (i.e., in the form of 0s
and 1s).
Source code - Answer-The collection of instructions written in a programming language.
Algorithm - Answer-A step-by-step formula outlining how to execute a task.
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