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WGU D315 NETWORK AND SECURITY FOUNDATIONS EXAM
STUDY GUIDE LATEST 2024-2025 COMPLETE 270 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Network and Security- Foundations- D315 Exam A network in a corporate office uses wired connections and a star topology to connect all devices.
LAN An organization is evaluating its internal network. Currently, each device is connected to all other network devices.full mesh A hospital uses a network to connect the smaller networks in each of its four buildings.
CAN When setting up an office network, a technician needs a device that establishes an internet connection.Modem In the process of setting up a Windows-based network system, a technician needs to check the network adapter's network settings.Which command should be used?Ipconfig 1 / 4
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2 A person is troubleshooting a network issue and needs to see the physical addresses of network locations.Which Windows command should be used?arp -a In the process of setting up a Windows-based network system, a technician needs to determine the corresponding IP address of a host name.Which command should be used?nslookup A person is troubleshooting a network issue and needs to determine if there is connectivity to a host name.Which Linux command should be used?ping Users of a network have been experiencing issues. In the course of troubleshooting, an administrator wants to send an echo request to a specific target destination.Which command in Windows should be used for this purpose?ping What is the layer of the OSI model that is responsible for transmitting information on computers connected to the same LAN?datalink Which layer of the TCP/IP reference model describes how the operating system interfaces with the network utility protocols?application 2 / 4
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3 Which layer of the OSI reference model is responsible for determining how information is going to be placed on the transmission medium?datalink Which layer of the TCP/IP reference model ensures that data arrives in the same state in which it was sent?transport An organization is looking for a cloud service in order to streamline processes and workflow for software developers.Which cloud service model should be used?Platform as a service (PaaS) In order to manage virtual machines, a company wants a hypervisor with no underlying operating system.Which form of hypervisor fits the need described in the scenario?Type 1 A company wants to use a cloud service to have access to development tools and services designed to make coding and deploying applications quick and efficient.What is the type of cloud service model that fits the needs of this company?Platform as a service (PaaS) A company that has multiple locations has set up a central data management location with physical resources and allows all other locations to access these resources over the cloud.Which cloud deployment model is being used?private 3 / 4
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4 An attacker issues commands to access a file on a network drive and overwrite it with new data.Which category describes the purpose of the attack?Data modification An attacker attempts to gain unauthorized access to an account by using a list of commonly used access credentials.Which type of cyberattack is described?dictionary attack An attacker uses a software program to try all possible combinations of a password and user ID.Which malicious attack strategy is represented in the scenario?Brute-force attack An attacker uses a poisoned domain name on the domain name server to navigate users to the attacker's site.Which type of cyberattack is described?Pharming What is an IT infrastructure security tenet of the CIA triad that requires the encryption of sensitive data transmission?confidentiality Which scenario demonstrates a violation of the integrity component of the CIA triad?A software glitch resulted in several important system files being overwritten.
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