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CIPM Master Questions and Answers
What is the value of a privacy workshop for an organization's
stakeholders?
A. A workshop ensures compliance to policies at all levels of an
organization.
B. A workshop ensures all stakeholders commit resources to the
privacy program.
C. A workshop ensures common baseline understanding of the
risks and challenges.
D. A workshop allows the privacy professional to create a single
policy across the organization.
Ans: C. A workshop ensures common baseline understanding of the
risks and challenges.
All of the following are factors in determining whether an
organization can craft a common solution to the privacy
requirements of multiple jurisdictions except:
A. effective date of most restrictive law
B. implementation complexity
C. legal regulations
D. cost
Ans: A. effective date of most restrictive law
What are non-governmental organizations that advocate for
privacy protection known as?
A. external privacy organizations
B. privacy policy review boards
C. privacy trade associations
D. political Action Committees or PACs
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Ans: A. external privacy organizations
Which descriptor best describes the general attitude an
organization should exhibit regarding its practices and policies for
data protection?
A. security
B. openness
C. adaptation
D. education
Ans: B. openness
When should stakeholders in privacy framework development be
identified?
A. after the privacy team has established its agenda
B. during the data inventory
C. during the review of written policies
D. during the business case development process
Ans: D. during the business case development process
Where should an organization's procedures for resolving
consumer complaints about privacy protection be found?
A. in written policies regarding privacy
B. in the emergency response plan
C. in memoranda from the CEO
D. in the minutes of corporate or organizational board meetings
Ans: A. in written policies regarding privacy
Who is considered a primary audience for metrics data?
A. chief financial officers
B. information security officers
C. stockholders
D. external regulatory bodies
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Ans: B. information security officers
What does an effective performance measurement indicator do?
A. It stays the same through different business cycles.
B. It insures against data loss.
C. It identifies important corporate resources.
D. It provides data on effectiveness.
Ans: D. It provides data on effectiveness.
What is one characteristic of an effective metric?
A. set by regulation
B. externally defined
C. measurable
D. changeable
Ans: C. measurable
What is business resiliency?
A. how quickly a business accomplishes a merger
B. how well a business responds to and adapts after a disaster
C. how successful a business's auditing process is
D. how well a business rewards and retains its employees
Ans: B. how well a business responds to and adapts after a disaster
The Privacy Program Operational Life Cycle include the following
except:
A. Protecting
B. Operating
C. Sustaining
D. Assessing
E. Responding
Ans: B. Operating
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CIPM Master Questions and Answers
What is the value of a privacy workshop for an organization's
stakeholders?
A. A workshop ensures compliance to policies at all levels of an
organization.
B. A workshop ensures all stakeholders commit resources to the
privacy program.
C. A workshop ensures common baseline understanding of the
risks and challenges.
D. A workshop allows the privacy professional to create a single
policy across the organization.
Ans: C. A workshop ensures common baseline understanding of the
risks and challenges.
All of the following are factors in determining whether an
organization can craft a common solution to the privacy
requirements of multiple jurisdictions except:
A. effective date of most restrictive law
B. implementation complexity
C. legal regulations
D. cost
Ans: A. effective date of most restrictive law
What are non-governmental organizations that advocate for
privacy protection known as?
A. external privacy organizations
B. privacy policy review boards
C. privacy trade associations
D. political Action Committees or PACs
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Ans: A. external privacy organizations
Which descriptor best describes the general attitude an
organization should exhibit regarding its practices and policies for
data protection?
A. security
B. openness
C. adaptation
D. education
Ans: B. openness
When should stakeholders in privacy framework development be
identified?
A. after the privacy team has established its agenda
B. during the data inventory
C. during the review of written policies
D. during the business case development process
Ans: D. during the business case development process
Where should an organization's procedures for resolving
consumer complaints about privacy protection be found?
A. in written policies regarding privacy
B. in the emergency response plan
C. in memoranda from the CEO
D. in the minutes of corporate or organizational board meetings
Ans: A. in written policies regarding privacy
Who is considered a primary audience for metrics data?
A. chief financial officers
B. information security officers
C. stockholders
D. external regulatory bodies
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Ans: B. information security officers
What does an effective performance measurement indicator do?
A. It stays the same through different business cycles.
B. It insures against data loss.
C. It identifies important corporate resources.
D. It provides data on effectiveness.
Ans: D. It provides data on effectiveness.
What is one characteristic of an effective metric?
A. set by regulation
B. externally defined
C. measurable
D. changeable
Ans: C. measurable
What is business resiliency?
A. how quickly a business accomplishes a merger
B. how well a business responds to and adapts after a disaster
C. how successful a business's auditing process is
D. how well a business rewards and retains its employees
Ans: B. how well a business responds to and adapts after a disaster
The Privacy Program Operational Life Cycle include the following
except:
A. Protecting
B. Operating
C. Sustaining
D. Assessing
E. Responding
Ans: B. Operating
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