COBIT 2019
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Question 1
Who is responsible for the oversight of structures and mechanisms that drive enterprise governance of information and technology (EGIT)?
- A: Individual business units
- B: External regulators
- C: The board
Question 2
Within the principles for a governance system, the value generated from the use of I&T reflects:
- A: the ratio of costs versus achieved service levels.
- B: a balance among benefits, risk and resources.
- C: maximized financial benefits to the investment portfolio.
Question 3
Which role is responsible for managing the development, implementation, evaluation and ongoing maintenance of new and existing products and services?
- A: Business process owner
- B: Service manager
- C: Product manager
Question 4
Which of the following is a common characteristic of process capability levels 2 to 5?
- A: The process's performance is monitored.
- B: The process's purpose is achieved.
- C: The process's description is well defined.
Question 5
Which of the following performance measures is used to assess a specific focus area?
- A: Maturity level
- B: Key goal indicator
- C: Process capability rating
Question 6
When refining the scope of a new IT governance system during the design phase, which of the following is the MOST significant driver to be considered?
- A: The size of the enterprise
- B: National or international locations
- C: Cloud versus on-premises services
Question 7
Before designing an enterprise IT governance system, an organization should FIRST review and understand:
- A: the enterprise's risk profile.
- B: the enterprise's strategy.
- C: current IT-related issues.
Question 8
When designing an IT governance system, the NEXT step after considering the enterprise's strategic business objectives is to assess:
- A: the enterprise's risk profile.
- B: the IT implementation method.
- C: the role of IT within the enterprise.
Question 9
Which of the following is IMPERATIVE to the successful implementation of IT governance?
- A: IT governance identifies benchmarking standards.
- B: IT governance includes identification of business risk.
- C: IT governance is sponsored by executives.
Question 10
Which of the following MUST be done before an enterprise can determine performance measures for a process improvement initiative?
- A: Conduct a capabilities assessment.
- B: Calculate return on investment (ROI).
- C: Perform a process risk assessment.
Question 11
Which of the following should a stakeholder do to optimize the use of COBIT?
- A: Customize COBIT guidance to meet industry best practices.
- B: Customize COBIT guidance to meet specific enterprise needs.
- C: Ensure COBIT guidance is strictly followed without alterations.
Question 12
Which of the following figures BEST illustrates the context of an enterprise governance of information and technology (EGIT) system?
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Question 13
Which of the following BEST describes the objectives of the Evaluate, Direct and Monitor (EDM) domain?
- A: Addressing the operational delivery and support of I&T services, including security
- B: Addressing the overall organization, strategy and supporting activities for IT
- C: Assessing strategic options and guiding senior management on the options chosen
Question 14
Which of the following is a component of the governance system that provides an enterprise with the tools and systems for I&T processing?
- A: Principles, policies and frameworks
- B: Information
- C: Services, infrastructure and applications
Question 15
The enterprise goal "Staff skills, motivation and productivity" is organized into which balanced scorecard (BSC) dimension?
- A: Growth
- B: Internal
- C: Customer
Question 16
Which of the following is MOST critical to ensuring the objective of managed availability and capacity?
- A: Allocation of budgets for business continuity
- B: Future prediction of I&T resource requirements
- C: Identification of single points of failure
Question 17
Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective of implementing the process of managed innovation?
- A: Improving customer experience
- B: Avoiding technological obsolescence
- C: Enhancing brand reputation
Question 18
Which of the following is an alignment goal according to COBIT?
- A: Compliance with external laws and regulations
- B: Agility to turn business requirements into operational solutions
- C: Optimization of business process functionality
Question 19
Which of the following BEST describes the goal of having a customer-oriented service culture?
- A: Governance goal
- B: Alignment goal
- C: Enterprise goal
Question 20
When tailoring the COBIT organizational structure, which of the following is the PRIMARY purpose for aligning role descriptions to the enterprise's business context, organization and operating environment?
- A: Preparing key goal areas and metrics for each role
- B: Developing hierarchy and reporting structure
- C: Assigning levels of accountability and responsibility
Question 21
Which COBIT principle addresses the need to consider how many changes in technology or strategy impact the enterprise governance system as a whole?
- A: A governance system should be tailored to the enterprise's needs.
- B: A governance system should cover the enterprise end to end.
- C: A governance system should be dynamic.
Question 22
An enterprise interested in adapting COBIT components with related documentation such as inputs and outputs references should refer to:
- A: process activities.
- B: process practices.
- C: goals and metrics.
Question 23
Which of the following aspects of organizational structure is MOST critical to ensure effective performance?
- A: Escalation procedures are defined and applied.
- B: Required resources are made available, allocated and used.
- C: A clearly understood and well-documented mandate is in place.
Question 24
What is the BEST way to determine whether IT governance is achieving intended outcomes one year after implementation?
- A: Evaluate performance measurements identified in the business case.
- B: Review change drivers to determine whether corresponding changes were successful.
- C: Survey the satisfaction level of key business stakeholders.
Question 25
Which of the following COBIT publications also references other standards and frameworks?
- A: COBIT 2019 framework Governance and Management Objectives
- B: COBIT 2019 Implementation Guide: Implementing and Optimizing an Information and Technology Governance Solution
- C: COBIT 2019 Design Guide: Designing an Information and Technology Governance Solution
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