An organization is considering mirroring the customer data for one regional center at another center. A disadvantage of such an arrangement would be:

A. Lack of awareness of the state of processing.

B. Increased cost and complexity of network traffic.

C. Interference of the mirrored data with the original source data.

D. Confusion about where customer data are stored.

Multinational organizations generally spend more time and effort to identify and evaluate:

A. Internal strengths and weaknesses.

B. Break-even points.

C. External trends and events.

D. Internal risk factors.

Which of the following corporate social responsibility strategies is likely to be most effective in minimizing confrontations with influential activists and lobbyists?

A. Continually evaluate the needs and opinions of all stakeholder groups.

B. Ensure strict compliance with applicable laws and regulations to avoid incidents.

C. Maintain a comprehensive publicity campaign that highlights the organization's efforts.

D. Increase goodwill through philanthropic activities among stakeholder communities.

When granting third parties temporary access to an entity's computer systems, which of the following is the most effective control?

A. Access is approved by the supervising manager.

B. User accounts specify expiration dates and are based on services provided.

C. Administrator access is provided for a limited period.

D. User accounts are deleted when the work is completed.

In creating a risk-based plan, which of the following best describes a top-down approach to understanding business processes?

A. Identifying the processes at the activity level.

B. Analyzing the organization's strategic plan where the business processes are defined.

C. Analyzing the organization's objectives and identifying the processes needed to achieve the objectives.

D. Identifying the risks affecting the organization, the objectives, and then the processes concerned.

Which of the following are typical responsibilities for operational management within a risk management program?

1) Implementing corrective actions to address process deficiencies. 2) Identifying shifts in the organization's risk management environment. 3)( Providing guidance and training on risk management processes. 4) Assessing the impact of mitigation strategies and activities.

A. 1 and 2 only

B. 1 and 4 only

C. 2 and 3 only

D. 3 and 4 only

Which of the following best demonstrates an organization's ability to recover from a disaster?

A. Hot site

B. Cold site

C. Redundant data center

D. Regular testing of the disaster plan

A remote location contains a data center with hardware available to support critical production systems as required in the recovery plan IT personnel periodically test and update systems at the data center. This is an example of which of the following recovery solutions?

A. Cold recovery plan

B. Critical recovery plan

C. Warm recovery plan

D. Tested recovery plan

Which of the following is a typical example of structured data?

A. Production information maintained in relational tables.

B. Tweets and posts of users on social media.

C. Photos and videos stored in hard drive catalogs.

D. Sales reports documented in word processing software.

What kind of strategy would be most effective for an organization to adopt in order to implement a unique advertising campaign for selling identical product lines across all of its markets?

A. Export strategy

B. Transnational strategy.

C. Multi-domestic strategy

D. Globalization strategy.