Question 90
At Newbridge Charity, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting donation applications and volunteer accounts: Users have no controlled way to report suspicious QR-code messages delivered through collaboration tools. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
An employee submission is analyzed, correlated, and blocked before further clicks. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: Users have no controlled way to report suspicious QR-code messages delivered through collaboration tools. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Provide a simple reporting channel and rapid triage to block malicious destinations—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Newbridge Charity.
Incorrect Answers
A credential-proxy test cannot complete authentication without the bound authenticator. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Remote staff enter passwords on a phishing proxy that can relay basic MFA tokens, usually addressed by Move sensitive applications to phishing-resistant FIDO2/WebAuthn authentication. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Newbridge Charity was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An employee submission is analyzed, correlated, and blocked before further clicks.
A simulated impostor fails reset verification and an authorized request is audited. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A help desk resets privileged passwords after callers recite publicly known employee details, usually addressed by Enforce strong identity proofing and verified callback procedures for high-risk resets. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Newbridge Charity was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An employee submission is analyzed, correlated, and blocked before further clicks.
Spoofed messages are quarantined or visibly flagged without disrupting legitimate executive mail. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A company allows external display names that impersonate executives on email messages, usually addressed by Apply anti-spoofing mail authentication, banner cues, and sender verification workflows. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Newbridge Charity was resolved. The specific required evidence is: An employee submission is analyzed, correlated, and blocked before further clicks.