WGU C172 Network & Security Appraisal Exam Assessment Questions and Correct Answers Latest Updates 2024/2025
Ring topology - correct answer nodes are connected to each other with a backbone cable that loops around and ends at the same point it started
Lans or wans, coaxial cable or RJ-45 cabl...
Ring topology - correct answer nodes are connected to each other with a backbone
cable that loops around and ends at the same point it started
Lans or wans, coaxial cable or RJ-45 cable (ethernet)
Mesh topology - correct answer network that connects every node to every other node
in the network
Bus topology - correct answer coaxial cable is looped through each networking device
to facilitate data transfer
Coaxial cable, Thinnet
Start topology - correct answer most common; all networking devices connect to
central switch or hub ethernet, coaxial, fiber optic
Tree (Hierarchical) Topology - correct answer configured by integrating multiple star
topologies on a bus topology and using a central "root" node
PAN - correct answer personal area network
LAN - correct answer (Local Area Network) A computer network limited to the
immediate area usually the same building or floor of a building or a school campus.
WLAN - correct answer Wireless Local Area Network
,CAN - correct answer Campus Area Network
MAN - correct answer Metropolitan Area Network; a geographic network that covers a
larger geographic area such as a city or community; may be used to connect computers
in libraries, government agencies, etc. Together - no more than 30 miles in size
WAN - correct answer Wide Area Network; largest type of network in terms of
geographic area; largest WAN is the Internet
SAN - correct answer Storage Area Network. A specialized network of high-speed
storage devices.
VLAN - correct answer Virtual Local Area Network
Spoofing - correct answer a technique intruders use to make their network or internet
transmission appear legitimate to a victim computer or network
ARP poisoning - correct answer an attack that convinces the network that the
attacker's MAC address is the one associated with an allowed address so that traffic is
wrongly sent to the attacker's machine
Dos - correct answer Denial of service; an attack in which service is denied to a
computer, network or network server
Smurf attack - correct answer IP spoofing attacks ICMP, causes to ping indefinitely.
Port scanning - correct answer Using a program to remotely determine which ports on
a system are open (e.g., whether systems allow connections through those ports).
Wiretapping - correct answer A passive attack that eavesdrops on communications,
only legal with prior consent or warrant
, Sniffing - correct answer technique for intercepting computer communications
Buffer overflow - correct answer A technique for crashing by sending too much data to
the buffer in a computer's memory
Session hijacking - correct answer An attack in which an attacker attempts to
impersonate the user by using his session token.
Phishing - correct answer An attack that sends an email or displays a Web
announcement that falsely claims to be from a legitimate enterprise in an attempt to trick
the user into surrendering private information
Man-in-the-middle attack - correct answer A hacker hijacks a session between trusted
client and network server
Zero-day attack - correct answer Attack between the time a software vulnerability is
discovered and a patch to fix the problem is released.
Brute force attack - correct answer the password cracker tries every possible
combination of characters
TCP SYN Flood attack - correct answer exploits use of buffer space during TCP
Teardrop - correct answer Offsets fields in IP packets to overlap—system can't
reconstruct and crashes
Ping of Death - correct answer Ping a target system with an IP size over the max of
65,535 bytes. Causes buffer overflow and crashes.
Botnets - correct answer Bots or zombies attack target systems, overwhelming
bandwidth and capabilities.
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