COBIT 2019 - PRACTICE 1

1. Which MOST senior official is responsible for aligning IT and business strategies, and accountable for planning, resourcing and managing delivery of I&T services and solutions?

• Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
• Chief Information Officer (CIO)

2. In most enterprises, governance is the responsibility of?

• The Executive Committee
• The board of Directors
• The Chief Executive Officer

3. What ensures stakeholder needs, conditions and options are evaluated to determine balanced, agreed-on enterprise objectives?

• Governance
• Management
• Operations

4. Which of the following is TRUE about COBIT?

• COBIT is a full description of the whole IT environment of an enterprise.
• COBIT groups relevant governance components into governance and management objectives.
• COBIT is a framework to organize business processes.

5. Which of the following is the goal of information and technology governance?

• A. Realizing benefits while optimizing risks and resources
• B. Business process organisation to realize benefits
• C. Information & Technology Management

6. Who is responsible of planning, building, running and monitoring activities, in alignment with the direction set by the governance body, to achieve enterprise objectives.

• A. Business Management
• B. Executive Management
• C. The Board

7. What is the MOST important benefit that external stakeholders gain from COBIT?

• A. Provide guidance on how to organize and monitor performance of I&T across the enterprise
• B. Help to manage dependency on external service providers and get assurance over IT
• C. Ensure their operations are secure, reliable and compliant with applicable rules and regulations

8. Which of the following sequences BEST describes how value is created?

• A. Enterprise Governance of IT -> Business/IT Alignment -> Value Creation
• B. Enterprise Governance of IT -> Value Creation -> Business/IT Alignment
• C. Enterprise Governance of IT -> Benefit Realization -> Value Creation

9. Which activity is part of governance?

• A. Plan activities to meet enterprise goals
• B. Set principles and policies
• C. Execute strategy

10. Which benefits can the board of an enterprise gain from COBIT?

• A. Insights on how to get value from the use of I&T
• B. Understand how to obtain the I&T solutions enterprises require
• C. How best to exploit new technology for new strategic opportunities