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Question #1
Which of the following vulnerabilities would have the GREATEST impact on the privacy of information?
A. Private key exposure
B. Poor patch management
C. Lack of password complexity
D. Out-of-date antivirus signatures
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Correct Answer: A
Question #2
Which of the following is MOST important to ensure when developing a business case for the procurement of a new IT system that will process and store personal information?
A. The system architecture is clearly de ned
B. A risk assessment has been completed
C. Security controls are clearly de ned
D. Data protection requirements are included
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Correct Answer: D
Question #3
When using anonymization techniques to prevent unauthorized access to personal data, which of the following is the MOST important consideration to ensure the data is adequately protected?
A. The key must be kept separate and distinct from the data it protects
B. The data must be protected by multi-factor authentication
C. The key must be a combination of alpha and numeric characters
D. The data must be stored in locations protected by data loss prevention (DLP) technology
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Correct Answer: D
Question #4
Which of the following is MOST important to include when de ning an organization's privacy requirements as part of a privacy program plan?
A. Data classi cation process
B. Privacy management governance
C. Privacy protection infrastructure
D. Lessons learned documentation
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Correct Answer: C
Question #5
When tokenizing credit card data, what security practice should be employed with the original data before it is stored in a data lake?
A. Encoding
B. Backup
C. Encryption
D. Classi cation
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Correct Answer: C
Question #6
An organization want to develop an application programming interface (API) to seamlessly exchange personal data with an application hosted by a third-party service provider. What should be the FIRST step when developing an application link?
A. Data tagging
B. Data normalization
C. Data mapping
D. Data hashing
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Correct Answer: C
Question #7
Which of the following protocols BEST protects end-to-end communication of personal data?
A. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
B. Transport Layer Security Protocol (TLS)
C. Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
D. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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Correct Answer: B
Question #8
Which key stakeholder within an organization should be responsible for approving the outcomes of a privacy impact assessment (PIA)?
A. Data custodian
B. Privacy data analyst
C. Data processor
D. Data owner
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Correct Answer: D
Question #9
Within a business continuity plan (BCP), which of the following is the MOST important consideration to ensure the ability to restore availability and access to personal data in the event of a data privacy incident?
A. O ine backup availability
B. Recovery time objective (RTO)
C. Recovery point objective (RPO)
D. Online backup frequency
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Correct Answer: A
Question #10
Which of the following is the BEST way for an organization to limit potential data exposure when implementing a new application?
A. Implement a data loss prevention (DLP) system
B. Use only the data required by the application
C. Encrypt all data used by the application
D. Capture the application's authentication logs
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Correct Answer: B
Question #11
Which of the following is the BEST method to ensure the security of encryption keys when transferring data containing personal information between cloud applications?
A. Whole disk encryption
B. Asymmetric encryption
C. Digital signature
D. Symmetric encryption
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Correct Answer: B
Question #12
Which of the following BEST ensures a mobile application implementation will meet an organization's data security standards?
A. User acceptance testing (UAT)
B. Data classi cation
C. Privacy impact assessment (PIA)
D. Automatic dynamic code scan
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Correct Answer: C
Question #13
Which of the following is MOST important when developing an organizational data privacy program?
A. Obtaining approval from process owners
B. Pro ling current data use
C. Following an established privacy framework
D. Performing an inventory of all data
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Correct Answer: B
Question #14
An organization uses analytics derived from archived transaction data to create individual customer pro les for customizing product and service offerings.Which of the following is the IT privacy practitioner's BEST recommendation?
A. Anonymize personal data
B. Discontinue the creation of pro les
C. Implement strong access controls
D. Encrypt data at rest
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Correct Answer: A
Question #15
Which of the following processes BEST enables an organization to maintain the quality of personal data?
A. Implementing routine automatic validation
B. Maintaining hashes to detect changes in data
C. Encrypting personal data at rest
D. Updating the data quality standard through periodic review
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Correct Answer: D
Question #16
Which of the following should an IT privacy practitioner do FIRST before an organization migrates personal data from an on-premise solution to a cloud-hosted solution?
A. Develop and communicate a data security plan
B. Perform a privacy impact assessment (PIA)
C. Ensure strong encryption is used
D. Conduct a security risk assessment
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Correct Answer: B
Question #17
Which of the following should be established FIRST before authorizing remote access to a data store containing personal data?
A. Privacy policy
B. Network security standard
C. Multi-factor authentication
D. Virtual private network (VPN)
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Correct Answer: D
Question #18
Which of the following is the BEST way to distinguish between a privacy risk and compliance risk?
A. Perform a privacy risk audit
B. Conduct a privacy risk assessment
C. Validate a privacy risk attestation
D. Conduct a privacy risk remediation exercise
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Correct Answer: B
Question #19
Which of the following is MOST important when designing application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable mobile device applications to access personal data?
A. The user's ability to select, lter, and transform data before it is shared
B. Umbrella consent for multiple applications by the same developer
C. User consent to share personal data
D. Unlimited retention of personal data by third parties
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Correct Answer: C
Question #20
When a government's health division establishes the complete privacy regulation for only the health market, which privacy protection reference model is being used?
A. Co-regulatory
B. Sectoral
C. Comprehensive
D. Self-regulatory
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Correct Answer: B
Question #21
Which of the following should be considered personal information?
A. Biometric records
B. Company address
C. University a liation
D. Age
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Correct Answer: A
Question #22
A global nancial institution is implementing data masking technology to protect personal data used for testing purposes in non-production environments.Which of the following is the GREATEST challenge in this situation?
A. Access to personal data is not strictly controlled in development and testing environments
B. Complex relationships within and across systems must be retained for testing
C. Personal data across the various interconnected systems cannot be easily identi ed
D. Data masking tools are complex and di cult to implement
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Correct Answer: A
Question #23
Which of the following is the GREATEST obstacle to conducting a privacy impact assessment (PIA)?
A. Conducting a PIA requires signi cant funding and resources
B. PIAs need to be performed many times in a year
C. The organization lacks knowledge of PIA methodology
D. The value proposition of a PIA is not understood by management
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Correct Answer: D
Question #24
Which of the following should be used to address data kept beyond its intended lifespan?
A. Data minimization
B. Data anonymization
C. Data security
D. Data normalization
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Correct Answer: A
Question #25
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason to complete a privacy impact assessment (PIA)?
A. To comply with consumer regulatory requirements
B. To establish privacy breach response procedures
C. To classify personal data
D. To understand privacy risks
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Correct Answer: A
Question #26
An organization is concerned with authorized individuals accessing sensitive personal customer information to use for unauthorized purposes.Which of the following technologies is the BEST choice to mitigate this risk?
A. Email ltering system
B. Intrusion monitoring
C. Mobile device management (MDM)
D. User behavior analytics
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Correct Answer: D
Question #27
Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when writing an organization's privacy policy?
A. Using a standardized business taxonomy
B. Aligning statements to organizational practices
C. Ensuring acknowledgment by the organization's employees
D. Including a development plan for personal data handling
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Correct Answer: B
Question #28
Which of the following vulnerabilities is MOST effectively mitigated by enforcing multi-factor authentication to obtain access to personal information?
A. End users using weak passwords
B. Organizations using weak encryption to transmit data
C. Vulnerabilities existing in authentication pages
D. End users forgetting their passwords
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Correct Answer: A
Question #29
Which of the following is the GREATEST bene t of adopting data minimization practices?
A. Storage and encryption costs are reduced
B. Data retention e ciency is enhanced
C. The associated threat surface is reduced
D. Compliance requirements are met
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Correct Answer: B
Question #30
Which of the following is the BEST way to protect the privacy of data stored on a laptop in case of loss or theft?
A. Strong authentication controls
B. Remote wipe
C. Regular backups
D. Endpoint encryption
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Correct Answer: D
Question #31
A software development organization with remote personnel has implemented a third-party virtualized workspace to allow the teams to collaborate.Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern?
A. The third-party workspace is hosted in a highly regulated jurisdiction
B. Personal data could potentially be ex ltrated through the virtual workspace
C. The organization's products are classi ed as intellectual property
D. There is a lack of privacy awareness and training among remote personnel
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Correct Answer: A
Question #32
An email opt-in form on a website applies to which privacy principle?
A. Accuracy
B. Consent
C. Transparency
D. Integrity
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Correct Answer: B
Question #33
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason that a single cryptographic key should be used for only one purpose, such as encryption or authentication?
A. It eliminates cryptographic key collision
B. It minimizes the risk if the cryptographic key is compromised
C. It is more practical and e cient to use a single cryptographic key
D. Each process can only be supported by its own unique key management process
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Correct Answer: B
Question #34
Which of the following should be the FIRST consideration when conducting a privacy impact assessment (PIA)?
A. he applicable privacy legislation
B. he quantity of information within the scope of the assessment
C. he systems in which privacy-related data is stored
D. he organizational security risk profile
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Correct Answer: C
Question #35
Which of the following BEST enables an IT privacy practitioner to ensure appropriate protection for personal data collected that is required to provide necessary services?
A. Understanding the data ows within the organization
B. Implementing strong access controls on a need-to-know basis
C. Anonymizing privacy data during collection and recording
D. Encrypting the data throughout its life cycle
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Correct Answer: A
Question #36
Which of the following is the BEST way to limit the organization's potential exposure in the event of consumer data loss while maintaining the traceability of the data?
A. Encrypt the data at rest
B. De-identify the data
C. Use a unique hashing algorithm
D. Require a digital signature
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Correct Answer: D
Question #37
During which of the following system lifecycle stages is it BEST to conduct a privacy impact assessment (PIA) on a system that holds personal data?
A. Functional testing
B. Development
C. Production
D. User acceptance testing (UAT)
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Correct Answer: B
Question #38
Which of the following is MOST important to consider when managing changes to the provision of services by a third party that processes personal data?
A. Changes to current information architecture
B. Updates to data life cycle policy
C. Business impact due to the changes
D. Modi cations to data quality standards
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Correct Answer: B
Question #39
Which of the following is the BEST way to explain the difference between data privacy and data security?
A. Data privacy protects users from unauthorized disclosure, while data security prevents compromise
B. Data privacy protects the data subjects, while data security is about protecting critical assets
C. Data privacy is about data segmentation, while data security prevents unauthorized access
D. Data privacy stems from regulatory requirements, while data security focuses on consumer rights
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Correct Answer: B
Question #40
What is the BEST method to protect customers' personal data that is forwarded to a central system for analysis?
A. Pseudonymization
B. Deletion
C. Encryption
D. Anonymization
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Correct Answer: C
Question #41
An organization is creating a personal data processing register to document actions taken with personal data.Which of the following categories should document controls relating to periods of retention for personal data?
A. Data archiving
B. Data storage
C. Data acquisition
D. Data input
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Correct Answer: A
Question #42
Which of the following should be the FIRST consideration when selecting a data sanitization method?
A. Risk tolerance
B. Implementation cost
C. Industry standards
D. Storage type
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Correct Answer: D
Question #43
Which of the following is a PRIMARY consideration to protect against privacy violations when utilizing arti cial intelligence (AI) driven business decisions?
A. De-identifying the data to be analyzed
B. Verifying the data subjects have consented to the processing
C. De ning the intended objectives
D. Ensuring proper data sets are used to train the models
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Correct Answer: B
Question #44
Which of the following BEST represents privacy threat modeling methodology?
A. Mitigating inherent risks and threats associated with privacy control weaknesses
B. Systematically eliciting and mitigating privacy threats in a software architecture
C. Reliably estimating a threat actor's ability to exploit privacy vulnerabilities
D. Replicating privacy scenarios that re ect representative software usage
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Correct Answer: A
Question #45
An organization's data destruction guidelines should require hard drives containing personal data to go through which of the following processes prior to being crushed?
A. Low-level formatting
B. Remote partitioning
C. Degaussing
D. Hammer strike
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Correct Answer: A
Question #46
Which of the following is a responsibility of the audit function in helping an organization address privacy compliance requirements?
A. Approving privacy impact assessments (PIAs)
B. Validating the privacy framework
C. Managing privacy notices provided to customers
D. Establishing employee privacy rights and consent
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Correct Answer: D
Question #47
What should be the PRIMARY consideration of a multinational organization deploying a user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) tool to centralize the monitoring of anomalous employee behavior?
A. ross-border data transfer
B. upport staff availability and skill set
C. ser notification
D. lobal public interest
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Correct Answer: B
Question #48
A multinational corporation is planning a big data initiative to help with critical business decisions.Which of the following is the BEST way to ensure personal data usage is standardized across the entire organization?
A. De-identify all data
B. Develop a data dictionary
C. Encrypt all sensitive data
D. Perform data discovery
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Correct Answer: D
Question #49
When using pseudonymization to prevent unauthorized access to personal data, which of the following is the MOST important consideration to ensure the data is adequately protected?
A. The data must be protected by multi-factor authentication
B. The identi er must be kept separate and distinct from the data it protects
C. The key must be a combination of alpha and numeric characters
D. The data must be stored in locations protected by data loss prevention (DLP) technology
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Correct Answer: D
Question #50
Which of the following helps to ensure the identities of individuals in two-way communication are veri ed?
A. Virtual private network (VPN)
B. Transport Layer Security (TLS)
C. Mutual certi cate authentication
D. Secure Shell (SSH)
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Correct Answer: C
Question #51
Which of the following should FIRST be established before a privacy o ce starts to develop a data protection and privacy awareness campaign?
A. Detailed documentation of data privacy processes
B. Strategic goals of the organization
C. Contract requirements for independent oversight
D. Business objectives of senior leaders
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Correct Answer: B
Question #52
An organization is creating a personal data processing register to document actions taken with personal dat
A. ata archiving
B. ata storage
C. ata acquisition
D. ata input
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Correct Answer: A
Question #53
Which of the following should be done FIRST to address privacy risk when migrating customer relationship management (CRM) data to a new system?
A. Develop a data migration plan
B. Conduct a legitimate interest analysis (LIA)
C. Perform a privacy impact assessment (PIA)
D. Obtain consent from data subjects
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Correct Answer: C
Question #54
When evaluating cloud-based services for backup, which of the following is MOST important to consider from a privacy regulation standpoint?
A. Data classi cation labeling
B. Data residing in another country
C. Volume of data stored
D. Privacy training for backup users
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Correct Answer: A
Question #55
Of the following, who should be PRIMARILY accountable for creating an organization's privacy management strategy?
A. Chief data o cer (CDO)
B. Privacy steering committee
C. Information security steering committee
D. Chief privacy o cer (CPO)
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Correct Answer: C
Question #56
Which of the following deployed at an enterprise level will MOST effectively block malicious tracking of user Internet browsing?
A. Web application rewall (WAF)
B. Website URL blacklisting
C. Domain name system (DNS) sinkhole
D. Desktop antivirus software
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Correct Answer: A
Question #57
Which of the following scenarios poses the GREATEST risk to an organization from a privacy perspective?
A. The organization lacks a hardware disposal policy
B. Emails are not consistently encrypted when sent internally
C. Privacy training is carried out by a service provider
D. The organization's privacy policy has not been reviewed in over a year
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Correct Answer: D
Question #58
Which of the following is the BEST approach for a local o ce of a global organization faced with multiple privacy-related compliance requirements?
A. Focus on developing a risk action plan based on audit reports
B. Focus on requirements with the highest organizational impact
C. Focus on global compliance before meeting local requirements
D. Focus on local standards before meeting global compliance
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Correct Answer: D
Question #59
Which of the following is the PRIMARY consideration to ensure control of remote access is aligned to the privacy policy?
A. Access is logged on the virtual private network (VPN)
B. Multi-factor authentication is enabled
C. Active remote access is monitored
D. Access is only granted to authorized users
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Correct Answer: D
Question #60
Which of the following is the GREATEST concern for an organization subject to cross-border data transfer regulations when using a cloud service provider to store and process data?
A. The service provider has denied the organization's request for right to audit
B. Personal data stored on the cloud has not been anonymized
C. The extent of the service provider's access to data has not been established
D. The data is stored in a region with different data protection requirements
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Correct Answer: D
Question #61
How can an organization BEST ensure its vendors are complying with data privacy requirements de ned in their contracts?
A. Review self-attestations of compliance provided by vendor management
B. Obtain independent assessments of the vendors' data management processes
C. Perform penetration tests of the vendors' data security
D. Compare contract requirements against vendor deliverables
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Correct Answer: D
Question #62
Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when determining retention periods for personal data?
A. Sectoral best practices for the industry
B. Notice provided to customers during data collection
C. Data classi cation standards
D. Storage capacity available for retained data
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Correct Answer: B
Question #63
Which of the following is the PRIMARY bene t of implementing policies and procedures for system hardening?
A. It increases system resiliency
B. It reduces external threats to data
C. It reduces exposure of data
D. It eliminates attack motivation for data
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Correct Answer: B
Question #64
Which of the following should an IT privacy practitioner do FIRST following a decision to expand remote working capability to all employees due to a global pandemic?
A. Evaluate the impact resulting from this change
B. Revisit the current remote working policies
C. Implement a virtual private network (VPN) tool
D. Enforce multi-factor authentication for remote access
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Correct Answer: B

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