WGU MASTER'S COURSE C706 - SECURE SOFTWARE
DESIGN EXAM LATEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
What is a step for constructing a threat model for a project when using practical risk analysis?
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A Align your business goals
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B Apply engineering methods
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C Estimate probability of project time
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D Make a list of what you are trying to protect - ANSWER-D
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Which cyber threats are typically surgical by nature, have highly specific targeting, and aretechnologically
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sophisticated?
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A Tactical attacks
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attacks
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D User-specific attacks - ANSWER-A
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Which type of cyberattacks are often intended to elevate awareness of a topic?
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A Cyberwarfare x i
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C User-specific attacks
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D Sociopolitical attacks - ANSWER-D
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,What type of attack locks a user's desktop and then requires a payment to unlock it?
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A Phishing
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,B Keylogger
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C Ransomware
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D Denial-of-service - ANSWER-C
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What is a countermeasure against various forms of XML and XML path injection attacks?
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A XML namexi x i
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C XML attribute escaping
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D XML distinguished name escaping - ANSWER-C
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Which countermeasure is used to mitigate SQL injection attacks?
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A SQL Firewall
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B Projected bijection
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C Query parameterization
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D Progressive ColdFusion - ANSWER-C
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What is an appropriate countermeasure to an escalation of privilege attack?
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A Enforcing strong password policies
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B Using standard encryption algorithms and correct key sizes
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C Enabling the auditing and logging of all administration activities
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D Restricting access to specific operations through role-based access controls - ANSWER-D
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, Which configuration management security countermeasure implements least privilege access control?
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A Following strong password policies to restrict access
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B Restricting file access to users based on authorization
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C Avoiding clear text format for credentials and sensitive data
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D Using AES 256 encryption for communications of a sensitive nature - ANSWER-B
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Which phase of the software development life cycle (SDL/SDLC) would be used to determine the
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minimum set of privileges required to perform the targeted task and restrict the user to a domainwith
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those privileges?
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Deploy
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C Development
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D Implementation - ANSWER-A
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Which least privilege method is more granular in scope and grants specific processes only the privileges
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necessary to perform certain required functions, instead of granting them unrestrictedaccess to the
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system?
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A Entitlement privilege
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B Separation of privilege
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C Aggregation of privileges
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D Segregation of responsibilities - ANSWER-B
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Why does privilege creep pose a potential security risk?
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