A risk assessment for a Java application identifies that a vulnerability has a high likelihood of exploitation but a low impact if exploited. According to risk assessment principles, how should this risk be treated?

Transfer the risk to a third party

Ignore the risk because impact is low

Mitigate it with appropriate controls

When prioritizing security threats in a risk assessment, which combination of factors should receive the highest priority?

High likelihood and high impact

EC-CouncilCertified Application Security Engineer (Java)

Domain 1Objective 1

Understanding Application Security, Threats, and Attacks CASEJAVA Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Application Security Foundations domain, which makes up ~14% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~7–11 in this domain), expect 2–4 from this objective — we provide 42 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1application · medium
A risk assessment for a Java application identifies that a vulnerability has a high likelihood of exploitation but a low impact if exploited. According to risk assessment principles, how should this risk be treated?
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2application · easy
A Java application is being developed with a default configuration that includes a well-known default admin password. This violates which security principle?
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3foundation · easy
Which security principle is demonstrated by implementing multiple layers of security controls, such as firewalls, input validation, and encryption?
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4foundation · easy
When prioritizing security threats in a risk assessment, which combination of factors should receive the highest priority?
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5expert · hard
A security architect is choosing a threat modeling methodology for a large Java application that processes sensitive data. The team needs to prioritize threats based on business impact and also wants to involve business stakeholders in the process. Which methodology is most suitable?
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Questions 1–5

A risk assessment for a Java application identifies that a vulnerability has a high likelihood of exploitation but a low impact if exploited. According to risk assessment principles, how should this risk be treated?

A Java application is being developed with a default configuration that includes a well-known default admin password. This violates which security principle?

Which security principle is demonstrated by implementing multiple layers of security controls, such as firewalls, input validation, and encryption?

When prioritizing security threats in a risk assessment, which combination of factors should receive the highest priority?

A security architect is choosing a threat modeling methodology for a large Java application that processes sensitive data. The team needs to prioritize threats based on business impact and also wants to involve business stakeholders in the process. Which methodology is most suitable?

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