CIA Information Governance and Maintenance 3

Question 1

A regulated financial firm must retain transaction records for seven years per SEC Rule 17a-4. Which governance process ensures this requirement is operationalized?

Accepted Answer

Records retention schedule enforcement

Answer

Records retention schedule enforcement translates regulatory retention periods into automated or procedural controls applied to specific data sets.

Question 2

Which ISO standard provides guidance specifically on managing information as an asset and supports information governance frameworks?

Accepted Answer

ISO 8000

Answer

ISO 8000 defines requirements for data quality and the exchange of master data, directly supporting information asset governance.

Question 3

In a federated data governance model, which characteristic distinguishes it from a centralized model?

Accepted Answer

Business units retain local data authority within enterprise-wide policy guardrails

Answer

Federated governance delegates domain-level decisions to business units while a central body enforces shared standards and policies.

Question 4

What is data provenance in the context of information governance?

Accepted Answer

The documented history of data origin, movement, and transformation

Answer

Data provenance records where data originated and how it has been transformed, enabling trust, auditability, and compliance verification.

Question 5

An organization is implementing a data catalog. Which governance benefit does the catalog primarily deliver?

Accepted Answer

Improved discoverability and understanding of enterprise data assets

Answer

A data catalog enables users to find, understand, and trust data assets by centralizing metadata, ownership, and lineage information.

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CIA Information Governance and Maintenance 3