CIA Information Governance and Maintenance 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which DAMA-DMBOK knowledge area is primarily responsible for defining and managing data definitions, business rules, and authoritative data sources?
- Data Quality Management
- Master Data Management
- Reference and Master Data Management
- Data Governance (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Data Governance
Data Governance in DAMA-DMBOK defines policies, standards, and ownership rules that encompass definitions, business rules, and authoritative sources.
Question 2: A data steward discovers that two business units use different definitions for 'active customer.' What governance artifact should be updated first?
- Data lineage map
- Business glossary (Correct answer)
- Data quality scorecard
- Retention schedule
Correct answer: Business glossary
The business glossary is the authoritative repository for agreed-upon term definitions and must be updated to resolve conflicting meanings.
Question 3: Under COBIT 5 for Information, which principle ensures that information governance aligns with and supports the enterprise's overall governance objectives?
- Separating governance from management
- Meeting stakeholder needs (Correct answer)
- Applying a single integrated framework
- Enabling a holistic approach
Correct answer: Meeting stakeholder needs
The 'Meeting Stakeholder Needs' principle ensures that information governance decisions trace back to enterprise value creation and stakeholder requirements.
Question 4: Which role in an information governance program holds accountability for data quality and compliance within a specific subject area but does not own the data?
- Chief Data Officer
- Data custodian
- Data steward (Correct answer)
- Data architect
Correct answer: Data steward
Data stewards are accountable for data quality and policy compliance within a domain but are not the technical owners who manage storage.
Question 5: An organization wants to enforce consistent data classification labels across all enterprise repositories. Which governance control best achieves this?
- A data retention schedule
- An enterprise-wide data classification policy (Correct answer)
- A data profiling report
- A metadata repository audit
Correct answer: An enterprise-wide data classification policy
An enterprise-wide data classification policy provides the mandatory standards that all systems and teams must apply when labeling data.
Question 6: What is the primary purpose of a data governance council in a large organization?
- To write ETL scripts for data integration
- To provide cross-functional decision-making authority on data policies (Correct answer)
- To monitor network security for data breaches
- To perform daily data quality checks
Correct answer: To provide cross-functional decision-making authority on data policies
A data governance council is a cross-functional body that makes authoritative decisions on data policies, standards, and conflict resolution.
Question 7: Which metric is most appropriate for measuring the effectiveness of a data governance program over time?
- Number of ETL jobs completed per day
- Reduction in data quality issue resolution time (Correct answer)
- Total volume of data ingested monthly
- Number of database indexes created
Correct answer: Reduction in data quality issue resolution time
Reduction in issue resolution time directly measures whether governance processes are improving data quality management efficiency.
CIA Information Governance and Maintenance 2
Which DAMA-DMBOK knowledge area is primarily responsible for defining and managing data definitions, business rules, and authoritative data sources?