EMT Practice Test

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Question1: An enterprise is planning a change in business direction. As a result, IT risk will significantly increase. Which of the following should be the GO'S FIRST course of action?

Question2: What is the PRIMARY objective for performing an IT due diligence review prior to the acquisition of a competitor?

Question3: A review of the effectiveness of IT governance within an enterprise has revealed that several innovation improvement initiatives are failing. An analysis shows a lack of stakeholder buy-in to the improvements.
Implementing which of the following would have prevented this problem?

Question4: Two large financial institutions with different corporate cultures are engaged in a merger. From a governance perspective, which of the following should be the GREATEST concern?

Question5: Before an IT strategy committee can approve an IT risk assessment framework, which of the following is MOST important to have established?

Question6: A global financial enterprise has been experiencing a substantial number of information security incidents that have directly affected its business reputation. Which of the following should be the IT governance board's FIRST course of action?

Question7: Enterprise IT has overseen the implementation of an array of data services with overlapping functionality leading to business inefficiencies. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this situation?

Question8: Acceptance of an enterprise's newly implemented IT governance initiatives has been resisted by a functional group requesting more autonomy over technology choices. Which of the following is MOST important to accommodate this need for autonomy?

Question9: Which of the following is MOST important to effectively initiate IT-enabled change?

Question10: A board of directors wants to ensure the enterprise is responsive to changes in its environment that would directly impact critical business processes. Which of the following will BEST facilitate meeting this objective?

Question11: Which of the following is the BEST method for making a strategic decision to invest in cloud services?

Question12: Results of an enterprise's customer survey indicate customers prefer using mobile applications. However, this same survey shows the enterprise's mobile applications are considered inferior compared to legacy browser-based applications. Which of the following should be the FIRST step in creating an effective long-term mobile application strategy?

Question13: Which of the following is the MOST effective way of assessing enterprise risk?

Question14: Which of the following is the BEST IT architecture concept to ensure consistency, interoperability, and agility for infrastructure capabilities?

Question15: While assessing the feasibility of introducing new IT practices and standards into the IT governance framework, it is CRITICAL to understand an organization's:

Question16: The results of an internal audit show that the business and IT acquire resources differently, which causes duplicate purchases. Which of the following is the BEST way to address this issue?

Question17: Which of the following is the BEST way to ensure the continued usefulness of IT governance reports for stakeholders?

Question18: Of the following, who should be responsible for ensuring the regular review of quality management performance against defined quality metrics?

Question19: An IT director has become aware that a certain subset of data collected lawfully can be used to generate additional revenue. However, this particular use of the data is outside the original intention. What is the PRIMARY reason this situation should be escalated to the IT steering committee?

Question20: Which of the following is MOST critical for the successful implementation of an IT process?

Question21: Which of the following is the BEST indication of effective IT-business strategic alignment?

Question22: When developing effective metrics for the measurement of solution delivery, it is MOST important to:

Question23: Risk management strategies are PRIMARILY adopted to:

Question24: A retail enterprise has cost reduction as its top priority. From a governance perspective, which of the following should be the MOST important consideration when evaluating different IT investment options?

Question25: A CIO has been asked to modify an organization's IT performance measurement system to reflect recent changes in technology, including the movement of some data processing to a cloud solution. Which of the following is the PRIMARY consideration when designing such a measurement system?

Question26: Which of the following is the MOST important driver of IT governance?

Question27: An enterprise is evaluating a possible strategic initiative for which IT would be the main driver. There are several risk scenarios associated with the initiative that have been identified. Which of the following should be done FIRST to facilitate a decision?

Question28: The IT program manager does not see the value of conducting risk assessments for a new major IT project.
The manager is reluctant to cooperate with internal auditors and the newly formed steering committee.
Midway through the project, program requirements were changed because the CEO is a friend of a vendor and wants to implement this vendor's new technology. This decision will cause the current IT program budget to be insufficient and will be shown as overspending.
After the requirement change request, the IT program manager should FIRST:

Question29: Which of the following are PRIMARY factors in ensuring the success of an enterprise quality assurance program?

Question30: Which of the following represents the GREATEST challenge to implementing IT governance?

Question31: A company is considering selling products online, and the CIO has been asked to advise the board of directors of potential problems with this strategy. Which of the following is the ClO's BEST course of action?

Question32: An enterprise is initiating efforts to improve system availability to mitigate IT risk to the business. Which of the following results would be MOST important to report to the CIO to measure progress?

Question33: Which of the following would BEST help to improve an enterprise's ability to manage large IT investment projects?

Question34: An enterprise can BEST assess the benefits of a new IT project through its life cycle by:

Question35: An enterprise considers implementing a system that uses a technology that is not in line with its IT strategy.
The business case indicates significant benefit to the enterprise. Which of the following is the BEST way to manage this situation within an IT governance framework?

Question36: Which of the following BEST lowers costs and improves scalability from an IT enterprise architecture (EA) perspective?

Question37: Prior to decommissioning an IT system, it is MOST important to:

Question38: An enterprise is developing several consumer-based services using emerging technologies involving sensitive personal data. The CIO is under pressure to ensure the enterprise is first to market, but security scan results have not been adequately addressed. Reviewing which of the following will enable the CIO to make the BEST decision for the customers?

Question39: Which of the following would provide the BEST input for prioritizing strategic IT improvement initiatives?

Question40: Which of the following would BEST enable business innovation through IT?

Question41: Which of the following is the BEST way for a CIO to secure support for a strategy to achieve long-term IT objectives?

Question42: Six months ago, an enterprise's CIO reorganized IT to improve service delivery to the business. Which of the following would BEST demonstrate the effectiveness of the reorganization?

Question43: Which of the following aspects of the transition from X-rays to digital images would be BEST addressed by implementing information security policy and procedures?

Question44: An enterprise made a significant change to its business operating model that resulted in a new strategic direction. Which of the following should be reviewed FIRST to ensure IT congruence with the new business strategy?

Question45: Which of the following represents the GREATEST challenge to implementing IT governance?

Question46: Of the following, who should approve the criteria for information quality within an enterprise?

Question47: The use of an IT balanced scorecard enables the realization of business value of IT through:

Question48: The board of directors has mandated the use of geolocation software to track mobile assets assigned to employees who travel outside of their home country. To comply with this mandate, the IT steering committee should FIRST request

Question49: An analysis of an organization s security breach is complete. The results indicate that the quality of the code used for updates to its primary customer-facing software has been declining and security flaws were introduced. The FIRST IT governance action to correct this problem should be to review:

Question50: From a governance perspective, which of the following roles is MOST important for an enterprise to keep in-house?

Question51: A business case indicates an enterprise would reduce costs by implementing a bring your own device (BYOD) program allowing employees to use personal devices for email. Which of the following should be the FIRST governance action?

Question52: In a large enterprise, which of The following is the MOST effective way to understand the business activities associated with the enterprise's information architecture?

Question53: An enterprise's CIO requires all IT processes within the enterprise to be clearly defined. Which of the following would be the MOST immediate outcome?