Data Governance & Compliance Flashcards
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A CDO finds that three business units define 'active customer' differently, causing conflicting KPIs. Which governance artifact most directly resolves this?
Answer: An enterprise business glossary with an approved definition and owner
A business glossary establishes one authoritative, owned definition for shared business terms.
In a federated data governance model, which statement best describes how decision rights are distributed?
Answer: A central office sets enterprise standards while domains execute and make local decisions within them
Federated governance balances central standards with domain-level execution and accountability.
Under the CCPA as amended by the CPRA, which right allows California consumers to restrict a business's use of sensitive personal information?
Answer: Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information
The CPRA added the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information.
Which role is typically accountable for approving access to a dataset and defining its acceptable use?
Answer: Data owner
Data owners are accountable for their data's classification, access approval, and acceptable use.
A healthcare analytics vendor processes protected health information on behalf of a hospital. What HIPAA document must be in place?
Answer: A Business Associate Agreement
HIPAA requires a Business Associate Agreement when a third party handles PHI for a covered entity.
Which metric best demonstrates the effectiveness of a data governance program to the executive board?
Answer: Reduction in data-related incidents and improvement in critical data element quality scores
Outcome-based metrics tied to risk and quality show real business value rather than activity.
What is the primary purpose of identifying Critical Data Elements (CDEs)?
Answer: To focus governance and quality controls on the data most essential to business and regulatory outcomes
CDEs let governance prioritize limited resources on data with the highest impact.
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