CIP Information Governance and Strategy 2

Question 1

Which element is most critical when establishing an information governance (IG) program's scope?

Accepted Answer

Defining which information assets and business units fall under governance

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Selecting the software platform for document management

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Hiring a Chief Information Officer

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Negotiating vendor contracts for storage

Question 2

An organization's IG policy conflicts with a newly enacted state privacy law. What is the correct first step?

Accepted Answer

Immediately update the IG policy to comply with the law

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Continue using the existing policy until the next scheduled review

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Seek a legal exemption from the regulation

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Delegate the conflict resolution to IT

Question 3

A Records Retention Schedule (RRS) primarily serves to:

Accepted Answer

Define how long each record type must be kept before disposal

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Establish the hierarchy of information custodians

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Set bandwidth limits for data transfers

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Track user access logs for audit purposes

Question 4

Which governance model places IG decision-making authority primarily at the departmental level rather than centrally?

Accepted Answer

Federated governance model

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Centralized governance model

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Hierarchical governance model

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Siloed governance model

Question 5

When conducting an information asset inventory, which attribute is LEAST relevant to capture?

Accepted Answer

The personal preference of the data owner regarding storage format

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The sensitivity classification of the information

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The location where the information is stored

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The regulatory requirements applicable to the information

Question 6

The 'information life cycle' in IG typically ends with which phase?

Accepted Answer

Disposition (destruction or archiving)

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Creation or capture

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Distribution and use

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Storage and maintenance

Question 7

Which metric best demonstrates the business value of an information governance program to executive stakeholders?

Accepted Answer

Reduction in legal hold costs and e-discovery expenses

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Number of new IG policies created per quarter

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Total gigabytes of data stored

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Average employee training session duration