COBIT5 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which item describes a key component of a Governance System?

A. Setting the Governance Framework

B. Identifying responsibilities for governance

C. Ensuring compliance with regulations

D. Optimization of IT assets, resources and capabilities

Which mechanism is NOT considered to be a good practice of Organizational Structures?

A. Delegation of authority

B. Escalation procedures

C. Span of Control

D. Process Reference Model

Which aspect relates to the COBIT 5 principle 'Meeting Stakeholder Needs?

A. Aligns with the latest views on Governance

B. Translates stakeholder requirements into strategy

C. Provides a simple architecture

D. Defines relationship between Governance and Management

What item is generated by Business processes as the first stage of the Information Cycle?

A. Information

B. Value

C. Knowledge

D. Data

Which mechanism can define and implement policies within their span of control?

A. Organizational structures

B. Process practices

C. Governance framework

D. Rules and Norms

What type of process goal is only known to and used by those who need it?

A. Confidentiality

B. Intrinsic

C. Accessibility and Security

D. Contextual

What is the purpose of the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade mechanism?

A. To define relationship between Governance and Management

B. To ensure that business change programs are managed

C. To provide a simple architecture

D. To translate stakeholder needs into strategy

What does the Resource Optimization objective have a direct relationship with?

A. Risk Optimization

B. Defined Goals

C. Enabler Goals

D. Enterprise Goals

What is a collection of practices influenced by the enterprise's policies and procedures that takes input from a number of sources, manipulates the inputs and produces outputs known as?

A. Process

B. Intrinsic goals

C. Enterprise goals

D. Dimensions

Which statement does NOT describe the attributes relevant to a Process Activity?

A. Provides the 'what' to implement for each management practice

B. Aligns with standards and good practices

C. Provides specific detailed activities

D. Provides statements of actions to deliver benefits

Which of the following benefits derived from the use of COBIT is PRIMARILY associated with an internal stakeholder?

A. COBIT helps to ensure that a third-party vendor's operations are secure

B. COBIT provides insight on how to derive value from the use of IandT

C. COBIT helps to ensure that a governance system is in place to sustain regulatory compliance

Which of the following is an important principle of a proper governance framework?

A. The governance framework should be based on a single relevant standard, framework or regulation

B. The governance framework should allow for flexibility in addressing new issues

C. The governance framework should be rigorous and focus exclusively on prioritized existing issues

Which COBIT domain of management objectives incorporates managed risk?

A. Deliver, Service and Support (DSS)

B. Align, Plan and Organize (APO)

C. Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI)

Within the COBIT goals cascade, stakeholder drivers are transformed into:

A. business unit performance metrics

B. the enterprise's governance framework

C. the enterprise's actionable strategy

Which of the following aspects of organizational structure is MOST critical to ensure effective performance?

A. Escalation procedures and defined and applied

B. A clearly understood and well-documented mandate is in place

C. Required resources are made available, allocated and used