CSC Study Guide 2026
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📋 CSC Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CSC Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample CSC Questions & Answers
1. The Balanced Scorecard approach developed by Kaplan and Norton evaluates organizational performance across how many core perspectives?
The Balanced Scorecard uses four perspectives—Financial, Customer, Internal Processes, and Learning & Growth—to give a holistic view of performance.
2. A senior consultant receives an expensive gift from a vendor seeking to be recommended to a client. According to most professional ethics frameworks, the consultant should:
Gifts that could influence professional judgment must be declined regardless of timing, and the offer should be disclosed to maintain transparency.
3. In a risk probability and impact matrix, risks in the HIGH zone typically require which treatment?
High-zone risks demand immediate, proactive response plans because their combined probability and impact pose significant threats to project success.
4. A consulting team conducts a 'lessons learned' session after a project with significant quality failures. Which outcome delivers the MOST long-term value?
Embedding lessons into reusable templates institutionalizes learning and prevents recurrence across future engagements.
5. A client's quality audit reveals that defect rates have increased despite a new inspection process. What should the senior consultant investigate first?
Improved detection without root cause elimination will expose more defects but not reduce their occurrence.
6. A consultant facilitating a strategic planning session notices that the group consistently avoids challenging the CEO's initial proposal. This phenomenon is known as:
Groupthink occurs when group cohesion and deference to authority suppress critical thinking, leading teams to conform rather than challenge flawed proposals.