Which three options are a result of utilizing a fragmented security model? (Choose three.)

Question

Options

• ACyber criminals have decreased access to applications
• BMultiple points of access that can be exploited by cyber criminals
• CPatchworked applications that continually increase in complexity
• DDecreased network accessibility through multiple applications
• EIndividual components pieced together that are incompatible
• FAdditional fragmentation reduces the risk from malicious files

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  86% (37)
• D
  5% (2)
• F
  2% (1)

Explanation

A fragmented security model - where disparate, unintegrated tools are stitched together - directly causes B, C, and E: the gaps between disconnected tools create multiple exploitable entry points for attackers (B); as organizations keep bolting on new tools to fix those gaps, the environment becomes a complex patchwork that is increasingly difficult to manage (C); and because these tools come from different vendors with no unified design, individual components are inherently incompatible with one another (E).

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A & D are opposite outcomes - fragmentation increases criminal access and network risk, not decreases them.
• F is a logical trap - more fragmentation amplifies risk from malicious files rather than reducing it; no security gap ever makes you safer.

Memory tip: Think of the word "fragmented" literally - like shattered glass. Shattered glass has multiple sharp edges (B = multiple access points), gets more complex to clean up over time (C = growing complexity), and the pieces don't fit back together cleanly (E = incompatibility). Anything that claims fragmentation helps is immediately wrong.

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