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Question # 151

Which of the following is MOST helpful in providing an overview of an organization's risk management program?

Options:

A.  

Risk management treatment plan

B.  

Risk assessment results

C.  

Risk management framework

D.  

Risk register

Discussion 0
Question # 152

Which of the following would be the BEST way to help ensure the effectiveness of a data loss prevention (DLP) control that has been implemented to prevent the loss of credit card data?

Options:

A.  

Testing the transmission of credit card numbers

B.  

Reviewing logs for unauthorized data transfers

C.  

Configuring the DLP control to block credit card numbers

D.  

Testing the DLP rule change control process

Discussion 0
Question # 153

Which of the following is the PRIMARY purpose of periodically reviewing an organization's risk profile?

Options:

A.  

Align business objectives with risk appetite.

B.  

Enable risk-based decision making.

C.  

Design and implement risk response action plans.

D.  

Update risk responses in the risk register

Discussion 0
Question # 154

When developing IT risk scenarios, it is MOST important to consider:

Options:

A.  

The industry's threat profile.

B.  

Incidents occurring at similar organizations.

C.  

System performance thresholds.

D.  

Organizational objectives.

Discussion 0
Question # 155

When reviewing the business continuity plan (BCP) of an online sales order system, a risk practitioner notices that the recovery time objective (RTO) has a shorter lime than what is defined in the disaster recovery plan (DRP). Which of the following is the BEST way for the risk practitioner to address this concern?

Options:

A.  

Adopt the RTO defined in the BCR

B.  

Update the risk register to reflect the discrepancy.

C.  

Adopt the RTO defined in the DRP.

D.  

Communicate the discrepancy to the DR manager for follow-up.

Discussion 0
Question # 156

A risk practitioner has been asked to assess the risk associated with a new critical application used by a financial process team that the risk practitioner was a member of two years ago. Which of the following is the GREATEST concern with this request?

Options:

A.  

The risk assessment team may be overly confident of its ability to identify issues.

B.  

The risk practitioner may be unfamiliar with recent application and process changes.

C.  

The risk practitioner may still have access rights to the financial system.

D.  

Participation in the risk assessment may constitute a conflict of interest.

Discussion 0
Question # 157

Which of the following should be the FIRST consideration when establishing a new risk governance program?

Options:

A.  

Developing an ongoing awareness and training program

B.  

Creating policies and standards that are easy to comprehend

C.  

Embedding risk management into the organization

D.  

Completing annual risk assessments on critical resources

Discussion 0
Question # 158

Which of the following tools is MOST effective in identifying trends in the IT risk profile?

Options:

A.  

Risk self-assessment

B.  

Risk register

C.  

Risk dashboard

D.  

Risk map

Discussion 0
Question # 159

Due to a change in business processes, an identified risk scenario no longer requires mitigation. Which of the following is the MOST important reason the risk should remain in the risk register?

Options:

A.  

To support regulatory requirements

B.  

To prevent the risk scenario in the current environment

C.  

To monitor for potential changes to the risk scenario

D.  

To track historical risk assessment results

Discussion 0
Question # 160

Several network user accounts were recently created without the required management approvals. Which of the following would be the risk practitioner's BEST recommendation to address this situation?

Options:

A.  

Conduct a comprehensive compliance review.

B.  

Develop incident response procedures for noncompliance.

C.  

Investigate the root cause of noncompliance.

D.  

Declare a security breach and Inform management.

Discussion 0
Question # 161

Which of the following is the GREATEST risk associated with the misclassification of data?

Options:

A.  

inadequate resource allocation

B.  

Data disruption

C.  

Unauthorized access

D.  

Inadequate retention schedules

Discussion 0
Question # 162

Which of the following is MOST important to include in a risk assessment of an emerging technology?

Options:

A.  

Risk response plans

B.  

Risk and control ownership

C.  

Key controls

D.  

Impact and likelihood ratings

Discussion 0
Question # 163

An organization is conducting a review of emerging risk. Which of the following is the BEST input for this exercise?

Options:

A.  

Audit reports

B.  

Industry benchmarks

C.  

Financial forecasts

D.  

Annual threat reports

Discussion 0
Question # 164

Which of the following would cause the GREATEST concern for a risk practitioner reviewing the IT risk scenarios recorded in an organization’s IT risk register?

Options:

A.  

Some IT risk scenarios have multi-year risk action plans.

B.  

Several IT risk scenarios are missing assigned owners.

C.  

Numerous IT risk scenarios have been granted risk acceptances.

D.  

Many IT risk scenarios are categorized as avoided.

Discussion 0
Question # 165

Which of the following is the BEST way to prevent the loss of highly sensitive data when disposing of storage media?

Options:

A.  

Physical destruction

B.  

Degaussing

C.  

Data anonymization

D.  

Data deletion

Discussion 0
Question # 166

Legal and regulatory risk associated with business conducted over the Internet is driven by:

Options:

A.  

the jurisdiction in which an organization has its principal headquarters

B.  

international law and a uniform set of regulations.

C.  

the laws and regulations of each individual country

D.  

international standard-setting bodies.

Discussion 0
Question # 167

Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective of risk management?

Options:

A.  

To achieve business objectives

B.  

To minimize business disruptions

C.  

To identify threats and vulnerabilities

D.  

To identify and analyze risk

Discussion 0
Question # 168

An organization is measuring the effectiveness of its change management program to reduce the number of unplanned production changes. Which of the following would be the BEST metric to determine if the program is performing as expected?

Options:

A.  

Decrease in the time to move changes to production

B.  

Ratio of emergency fixes to total changes

C.  

Ratio of system changes to total changes

D.  

Decrease in number of changes without a fallback plan

Discussion 0
Question # 169

The percentage of unpatched systems is a:

Options:

A.  

threat vector.

B.  

critical success factor (CSF).

C.  

key performance indicator (KPI).

D.  

key risk indicator (KRI).

Discussion 0
Question # 170

A risk manager has determined there is excessive risk with a particular technology. Who is the BEST person to own the unmitigated risk of the technology?

Options:

A.  

IT system owner

B.  

Chief financial officer

C.  

Chief risk officer

D.  

Business process owner

Discussion 0
Question # 171

What should a risk practitioner do FIRST when vulnerability assessment results identify a weakness in an application?

Options:

A.  

Review regular control testing results.

B.  

Recommend a penetration test.

C.  

Assess the risk to determine mitigation needed.

D.  

Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs).

Discussion 0
Question # 172

Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective for automating controls?

Options:

A.  

Reducing the need for audit reviews

B.  

Facilitating continuous control monitoring

C.  

Improving control process efficiency

D.  

Complying with functional requirements

Discussion 0
Question # 173

Which of the following is the BEST indicator of the effectiveness of a control?

Options:

A.  

Scope of the control coverage

B.  

The number of exceptions granted

C.  

Number of steps necessary to operate process

D.  

Number of control deviations detected

Discussion 0
Question # 174

The FIRST task when developing a business continuity plan should be to:

Options:

A.  

determine data backup and recovery availability at an alternate site.

B.  

identify critical business functions and resources.

C.  

define roles and responsibilities for implementation.

D.  

identify recovery time objectives (RTOs) for critical business applications.

Discussion 0
Question # 175

The PRIMARY reason for prioritizing risk scenarios is to:

Options:

A.  

provide an enterprise-wide view of risk

B.  

support risk response tracking

C.  

assign risk ownership

D.  

facilitate risk response decisions.

Discussion 0
Question # 176

The BEST way to validate that a risk treatment plan has been implemented effectively is by reviewing:

Options:

A.  

results of a business impact analysis (BIA).

B.  

the original risk response plan.

C.  

training program and user awareness documentation.

D.  

a post-implementation risk and control self-assessment (RCSA).

Discussion 0
Question # 177

Which of the following will BEST help to improve an organization's risk culture?

Options:

A.  

Maintaining a documented risk register

B.  

Establishing a risk awareness program

C.  

Rewarding employees for reporting security incidents

D.  

Allocating resources for risk remediation

Discussion 0
Question # 178

Which of the following is the GREATEST benefit of using IT risk scenarios?

Options:

A.  

They support compliance with regulations.

B.  

They provide evidence of risk assessment.

C.  

They facilitate communication of risk.

D.  

They enable the use of key risk indicators (KRls)

Discussion 0
Question # 179

Which of the following is the MOST effective way lo ensure professional ethics are maintained as a core organizational value and adhered to by employees?

Options:

A.  

Include professional ethics in the corporate value statement.

B.  

Establish a channel for employees to report unethical behavior.

C.  

Include professional ethics criteria as part of performance appraisals.

D.  

Establish a code of conduct document for employees to sign.

Discussion 0
Question # 180

A business unit is implementing a data analytics platform to enhance its customer relationship management (CRM) system primarily to process data that has been provided by its customers. Which of the following presents the GREATEST risk to the organization's reputation?

Options:

A.  

Third-party software is used for data analytics.

B.  

Data usage exceeds individual consent.

C.  

Revenue generated is not disclosed to customers.

D.  

Use of a data analytics system is not disclosed to customers.

Discussion 0
Question # 181

An organization has been notified that a disgruntled, terminated IT administrator has tried to break into the corporate network. Which of the following discoveries should be of GREATEST concern to the organization?

Options:

A.  

Authentication logs have been disabled.

B.  

An external vulnerability scan has been detected.

C.  

A brute force attack has been detected.

D.  

An increase in support requests has been observed.

Discussion 0
Question # 182

Which of the following is MOST helpful in identifying loss magnitude during risk analysis of a new system?

Options:

A.  

Recovery time objective (RTO)

B.  

Cost-benefit analysis

C.  

Business impact analysis (BIA)

D.  

Cyber insurance coverage

Discussion 0
Question # 183

The PRIMARY reason for establishing various Threshold levels for a set of key risk indicators (KRIs) is to:

Options:

A.  

highlight trends of developing risk.

B.  

ensure accurate and reliable monitoring.

C.  

take appropriate actions in a timely manner.

D.  

set different triggers for each stakeholder.

Discussion 0
Question # 184

Which of the following BEST mitigates ethical risk?

Options:

A.  

Ethics committees

B.  

Contingency scenarios

C.  

Awareness of consequences for violations

D.  

Routine changes in senior management

Discussion 0
Question # 185

During a data loss incident, which role in the RACI chart would be aligned to the risk practitioner?

Options:

A.  

Responsible

B.  

Accountable

C.  

Informed

D.  

Consulted

Discussion 0
Question # 186

Improvements in the design and implementation of a control will MOST likely result in an update to:

Options:

A.  

inherent risk.

B.  

residual risk.

C.  

risk appetite

D.  

risk tolerance

Discussion 0
Question # 187

Which of the following is a responsibility of the second line in the three lines model?

Options:

A.  

Alerting operational management to emerging issues

B.  

Implementing corrective actions to address deficiencies

C.  

Owning risk scenarios and bearing the consequences of loss

D.  

Performing duties independently to provide assurance

Discussion 0
Question # 188

In an organization with a mature risk management program, which of the following would provide the BEST evidence that the IT risk profile is up to date?

Options:

A.  

Risk questionnaire

B.  

Risk register

C.  

Management assertion

D.  

Compliance manual

Discussion 0
Question # 189

What is a risk practitioner's BEST approach to monitor and measure how quickly an exposure to a specific risk can affect the organization?

Options:

A.  

Create an asset valuation report.

B.  

Create key performance indicators (KPls).

C.  

Create key risk indicators (KRIs).

D.  

Create a risk volatility report.

Discussion 0
Question # 190

Which of the following is the BEST way to determine the potential organizational impact of emerging privacy regulations?

Options:

A.  

Evaluate the security architecture maturity.

B.  

Map the new requirements to the existing control framework.

C.  

Charter a privacy steering committee.

D.  

Conduct a privacy impact assessment (PIA).

Discussion 0
Question # 191

Which of the following is MOST helpful in defining an early-warning threshold associated with insufficient network bandwidth’’?

Options:

A.  

Average bandwidth usage

B.  

Peak bandwidth usage

C.  

Total bandwidth usage

D.  

Bandwidth used during business hours

Discussion 0
Question # 192

An organization is concerned that a change in its market situation may impact the current level of acceptable risk for senior management. As a result, which of the following is MOST important to reevaluate?

Options:

A.  

Risk classification

B.  

Risk policy

C.  

Risk strategy

D.  

Risk appetite

Discussion 0
Question # 193

In which of the following scenarios would a risk practitioner be required to provide the MOST justification for a risk assessment?

Options:

A.  

Modeling a threat-based risk event

B.  

Calculating mean time between failures (MTBF)

C.  

Using a semi-quantitative approach

D.  

Calculating adjusted loss expectancy (ALE)

Discussion 0
Question # 194

The following is the snapshot of a recently approved IT risk register maintained by an organization's information security department.

Question # 194

After implementing countermeasures listed in ‘’Risk Response Descriptions’’ for each of the Risk IDs, which of the following component of the register MUST change?

Options:

A.  

Risk Impact Rating

B.  

Risk Owner

C.  

Risk Likelihood Rating

D.  

Risk Exposure

Discussion 0
Question # 195

Which of the following controls would BEST reduce the likelihood of a successful network attack through social engineering?

Options:

A.  

Automated controls

B.  

Security awareness training

C.  

Multifactor authentication

D.  

Employee sanctions

Discussion 0
Question # 196

The PRIMARY purpose of vulnerability assessments is to:

Options:

A.  

provide clear evidence that the system is sufficiently secure.

B.  

determine the impact of potential threats.

C.  

test intrusion detection systems (IDS) and response procedures.

D.  

detect weaknesses that could lead to system compromise.

Discussion 0
Question # 197

An organization is considering outsourcing user administration controls tor a critical system. The potential vendor has offered to perform quarterly sett-audits of its controls instead of having annual independent audits. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern to me risk practitioner?

Options:

A.  

The controls may not be properly tested

B.  

The vendor will not ensure against control failure

C.  

The vendor will not achieve best practices

D.  

Lack of a risk-based approach to access control

Discussion 0
Question # 198

An organization's financial analysis department uses an in-house forecasting application for business projections. Who is responsible for defining access roles to protect the sensitive data within this application?

Options:

A.  

IT risk manager

B.  

IT system owner

C.  

Information security manager

D.  

Business owner

Discussion 0
Question # 199

Which of the following is the MOST relevant information to include in a risk management strategy?

Options:

A.  

Quantified risk triggers

B.  

Cost of controls

C.  

Regulatory requirements

D.  

Organizational goals

Discussion 0
Question # 200

Which of the following is MOST likely to result in a major change to the overall risk profile of the organization?

Options:

A.  

Changes in internal and external risk factors

B.  

Changes in internal and external auditors

C.  

Changes in risk appetite and risk tolerance

D.  

Changes in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing

Discussion 0
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