Sam is a professor at a small college. Due to a scheduling conflict, he was unable to obtain access to the computer lab to give the final exam. As an alternative, he asked students to bring their…

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Options

• AInability for students to share files
• BInability for students to back up user files
• CStudent devices sending unsecured data
• DStudent devices being more susceptible to malware

• A
  15% (3)
• B
  5% (1)
• C
  75% (15)
• D
  5% (1)

Explanation

Why C is correct: When students connect personal devices to Wi-Fi and transmit exam data, that traffic is highly likely to be unencrypted - especially on a hastily arranged BYOD setup without enterprise-grade security configurations. An attacker on the same network could intercept credentials, exam responses, or other sensitive data via a man-in-the-middle or packet-sniffing attack. This is the primary, direct security risk introduced by BYOD over Wi-Fi.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (file sharing): BYOD on Wi-Fi doesn't inherently block file sharing - if anything, it may make it easier, which is itself a concern, but it's not a security risk.
• B (backups): Backup capability is unrelated to the network access scenario described; this is an operational concern, not a security one.
• D (malware susceptibility): While personal devices may have weaker security postures, malware susceptibility is a pre-existing condition of the devices themselves, not a risk introduced by connecting to the college Wi-Fi for an exam.

Memory tip: Think of BYOD + Wi-Fi as "Bring Your Own Data leak." The key word in the question is network access - whenever data moves over a network, ask "is that data secured in transit?" That points you straight to C.

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