BPA BPA Compliance, Auditing & Risk Management

Question 1

Which regulatory framework is most relevant to BPA implementations that handle protected health information (PHI) in the US?

Accepted Answer

HIPAA

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SOX

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GDPR

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PCI-DSS

Question 2

What is the primary goal of a BPA compliance audit?

Accepted Answer

To verify that automated processes adhere to regulatory, policy, and contractual requirements

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To increase automation throughput

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To reduce the number of manual tasks

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To benchmark performance against competitors

Question 3

In the context of BPA risk management, what does 'risk appetite' mean?

Accepted Answer

The level of risk an organization is willing to accept in pursuit of its automation objectives

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The total number of risks identified in a risk register

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The cost of mitigating all identified risks

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The frequency of risk review meetings

Question 4

An automated payroll process generates reports used for financial reporting. Under SOX compliance, what control is most critical?

Accepted Answer

Maintaining an immutable audit trail of all data inputs, transformations, and outputs

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Encrypting all outgoing emails

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Using multi-factor authentication for all users

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Scheduling the process to run weekly

Question 5

What is a risk register in BPA project management?

Accepted Answer

A document that records identified risks, their likelihood, impact, and mitigation strategies

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A list of approved vendors

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A schedule of compliance deadlines

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A log of bot execution errors

Question 6

Which audit technique involves testing a BPA system by inputting unexpected, invalid, or random data to uncover vulnerabilities?

Accepted Answer

Fuzz testing

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Regression testing

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Load testing

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Smoke testing