A manufacturing company has recently decided to outsource portions of its IT operations. Which of the following would BEST justify this decision?
Correct Answer: D
The business strategy requiring significant IT resource scalability over the next five years is the best justification for the decision to outsource portions of IT operations, as it implies that the manufacturing company needs to adapt to changing market demands, customer expectations, and business opportunities. Outsourcing IT operations can provide the company with access to external IT resources, such as infrastructure, software, and services, that can be scaled up or down according to the business needs and goals12. Outsourcing IT operations can also help the company to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and focus on its core competencies
Question 12
Which positive risk response best describes a teaming agreement?
Correct Answer: C
Question 13
Business management is seeking assurance from the CIO that controls are in place to help minimize the risk of critical IT systems being unavailable during month-end financial processing. What is the BEST way to address this concern?
Correct Answer: B
Question 14
An enterprise has developed a new digital strategy to improve fraud detection. Which of the following is MOST important to consider when updating the information architecture?
Correct Answer: B
Business use cases are descriptions of the business processes, scenarios, and interactions that support the achievement of a specific business goal or objective1. By considering the business use cases supporting the digital strategy, the enterprise can ensure that the information architecture is aligned with and driven by the business needs and expectations2. The information architecture can also support the communication, collaboration, and decision-making processes among the stakeholders involved in the digital strategy2. The other options are not as important as the business use cases supporting the digital strategy, as they are either specific aspects or outcomes of information architecture, but not comprehensive factors. Resource constraints related to implementing the digital strategy are the limitations and challenges that affect the availability and quality of the resources required for executing the digital strategy, such as time, money, people, technology, or data3. Resource constraints can affect the information architecture, but they are not the most important factor to consider, as they are only one of the many criteria that evaluate information architecture3. Changes to the legacy business and data architectures are the modifications and adaptations that are needed to update and improve the existing business and data structures, models, and systems to align with the digital strategy4. Changes to the legacy business and data architectures can affect the information architecture, but they are not the most important factor to consider, as they are only one of the many components that constitute information architecture4. The history of fraud incidents and their root causes are the records and analyses of the previous fraud events and their underlying factors that occurred within or against the enterprise5. The history of fraud incidents and their root causes can affect the information architecture, but they are not the most important factor to consider, as they are only one of the many sources of information that inform information architecture5.
Question 15
Marsha is the project manager of the NHQ Project. There's a risk that her project team has identified, which could cause the project to be late by more than a month. Marsha does not want this risk event to happen so she devises extra project activities to ensure that the risk event will not happen. The extra steps, however, will cost the project an additional $10,000. What type of risk response is this approach?
