CDMP PRACTICE EXAM 1: DATA MANAGEMENT
PROCESS & DATA GOVERNANCE
Data is an organizational asset. What international standard is concerned with asset
management? - Answers-ISO 55000/55001
What are the disciplines of data management? - Answers-1. Data Quality Management
2. Document and Content Management
3. Data Security Management
4. Data Governance
What are approaches to data valuation? - Answers-1. Cost of obtaining and storing data
2. Cost of replacing data if it were lost
3. What the data could be sold for
4. Expected revenue from innovative uses of data
What does the DAMA Wheel contain? - Answers-Knowledge areas
According to the DAMA DMBoK, the Data Governance Council (DGC) is the highest-
authority organization for Data Governance in an organization. Who should typically
chair this Council? - Answers-Chief Data Steward (Business)/Chief Data Officer
What are the primary responsibilities of a data steward? - Answers-A business role
appointed to take responsibility for the quality and use of their organization's data assets
What is true of data governance? - Answers-1. It's a continuous process of data
improvement
2. IT is a key stakeholder
3. There are different organizational models
4. It's the exercise of authority and control over the management of data assets
What are the goals of DM? - Answers-1. Capturing, storing, protecting, and ensuring the
integrity of data assets
2. Ensuring the quality of data and information
3. Ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of stakeholder data
4. Preventing unauthorized access, manipulation, or use of data and information
, In the Data lifecycle, the DMBoK recommends minimizing ROT data. ROT stands for? -
Answers-Data that's Redundant, Obsolete, Trivial
**In the common enterprise architecture model coded BIAT, what do the letters stand
for?
*= review in book all coded letters - Answers-Business
Information
Architecture
Technology
Who is responsible for communicating and promoting awareness of the value of Data
Governance in the organization? - Answers-Everyone in the data management
community
Communicating the value of Data Governance can be approached in a number of ways
such as: - Answers-1. Maintaining an intranet website
2. Publishing a regular newsletter via hardcopy or email
3. Promoting participation in a DM forum or community
4. Creating a series of "elevator pitches" for the appropriate audience
When considering a Data Governance program, communication is a key element. There
are many ways of managing this communication, with one of the most effective being a
Data Management intranet. What are examples of what you would typically put onto
such a communication vehicle? - Answers-1. Description of the DG organization, its key
members, and contact details
2. Executive message regarding significant Data Management issues
3. The data steward team profiles
4. Link to a "raise an issue" log
Data standards used by the enterprise must? - Answers-
Promote consistent results but periodically be reviewed and updated
When new governmental and industry regulations are formulated and enacted, Data
Governance plays a key role in the process of identifying the data and information
components for compliance. What is the most important role in any regulatory
compliance project? - Answers-Working with business and technical leadership to find
the best answers to a standard set of regulatory compliance questions (How, Why,
When, etc)
The Data Governance Steering Committee is best described as? - Answers-The
primary and highest authority responsible for the oversight and support of Data
Governance activities
The right to be forgotten is? - Answers-A person's right to have all their information
erased from an organization
PROCESS & DATA GOVERNANCE
Data is an organizational asset. What international standard is concerned with asset
management? - Answers-ISO 55000/55001
What are the disciplines of data management? - Answers-1. Data Quality Management
2. Document and Content Management
3. Data Security Management
4. Data Governance
What are approaches to data valuation? - Answers-1. Cost of obtaining and storing data
2. Cost of replacing data if it were lost
3. What the data could be sold for
4. Expected revenue from innovative uses of data
What does the DAMA Wheel contain? - Answers-Knowledge areas
According to the DAMA DMBoK, the Data Governance Council (DGC) is the highest-
authority organization for Data Governance in an organization. Who should typically
chair this Council? - Answers-Chief Data Steward (Business)/Chief Data Officer
What are the primary responsibilities of a data steward? - Answers-A business role
appointed to take responsibility for the quality and use of their organization's data assets
What is true of data governance? - Answers-1. It's a continuous process of data
improvement
2. IT is a key stakeholder
3. There are different organizational models
4. It's the exercise of authority and control over the management of data assets
What are the goals of DM? - Answers-1. Capturing, storing, protecting, and ensuring the
integrity of data assets
2. Ensuring the quality of data and information
3. Ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of stakeholder data
4. Preventing unauthorized access, manipulation, or use of data and information
, In the Data lifecycle, the DMBoK recommends minimizing ROT data. ROT stands for? -
Answers-Data that's Redundant, Obsolete, Trivial
**In the common enterprise architecture model coded BIAT, what do the letters stand
for?
*= review in book all coded letters - Answers-Business
Information
Architecture
Technology
Who is responsible for communicating and promoting awareness of the value of Data
Governance in the organization? - Answers-Everyone in the data management
community
Communicating the value of Data Governance can be approached in a number of ways
such as: - Answers-1. Maintaining an intranet website
2. Publishing a regular newsletter via hardcopy or email
3. Promoting participation in a DM forum or community
4. Creating a series of "elevator pitches" for the appropriate audience
When considering a Data Governance program, communication is a key element. There
are many ways of managing this communication, with one of the most effective being a
Data Management intranet. What are examples of what you would typically put onto
such a communication vehicle? - Answers-1. Description of the DG organization, its key
members, and contact details
2. Executive message regarding significant Data Management issues
3. The data steward team profiles
4. Link to a "raise an issue" log
Data standards used by the enterprise must? - Answers-
Promote consistent results but periodically be reviewed and updated
When new governmental and industry regulations are formulated and enacted, Data
Governance plays a key role in the process of identifying the data and information
components for compliance. What is the most important role in any regulatory
compliance project? - Answers-Working with business and technical leadership to find
the best answers to a standard set of regulatory compliance questions (How, Why,
When, etc)
The Data Governance Steering Committee is best described as? - Answers-The
primary and highest authority responsible for the oversight and support of Data
Governance activities
The right to be forgotten is? - Answers-A person's right to have all their information
erased from an organization
