CIPT Online Practice Questions and Answers

SCENARIO

Carol was a U.S.-based glassmaker who sold her work at art festivals. She kept things simple by only accepting cash and personal checks.

As business grew, Carol couldn't keep up with demand, and traveling to festivals became burdensome. Carol opened a small boutique and hired Sam to run it while she worked in the studio. Sam was a natural salesperson, and business doubled. Carol told Sam, "I don't know what you are doing, but keep doing it!"

But months later, the gift shop was in chaos. Carol realized that Sam needed help so she hired Jane, who had business expertise and could handle the back-office tasks. Sam would continue to focus on sales. Carol gave Jane a few weeks to get acquainted with the artisan craft business, and then scheduled a meeting for the three of them to discuss Jane's first impressions.

At the meeting, Carol could not wait to hear Jane's thoughts, but she was unprepared for what Jane had to say. "Carol, I know that he doesn't realize it, but some of Sam's efforts to increase sales have put you in a vulnerable position. You are not protecting customers' personal information like you should."

Sam said, "I am protecting our information. I keep it in the safe with our bank deposit. It's only a list of customers' names, addresses and phone numbers that I get from their checks before I deposit them. I contact them when you finish a piece that I think they would like. That's the only information I have! The only other thing I do is post photos and information about your work on the photo sharing site that I use with family and friends. I provide my email address and people send me their information if they want to see more of your work. Posting online really helps sales, Carol. In fact, the only complaint I hear is about having to come into the shop to make a purchase."

Carol replied, "Jane, that doesn't sound so bad. Could you just fix things and help us to post even more online?"

`I can," said Jane. "But it's not quite that simple. I need to set up a new program to make sure that we follow the best practices in data management. And I am concerned for our customers. They should be able to manage how we use their personal information. We also should develop a social media strategy."

Sam and Jane worked hard during the following year. One of the decisions they made was to contract with an outside vendor to manage online sales. At the end of the year, Carol shared some exciting news. "Sam and Jane, you have done such a great job that one of the biggest names in the glass business wants to buy us out! And Jane, they want to talk to you about merging all of our customer and vendor information with theirs beforehand."

Which regulator has jurisdiction over the shop's data management practices?

A. The Federal Trade Commission.

B. The Department of Commerce.

C. The Data Protection Authority.

D. The Federal Communications Commission.

Which of the following are the mandatory pieces of information to be included in the documentation of records of processing activities for an organization that processes personal data on behalf of another organization?

A. Copies of the consent forms from each data subject.

B. Time limits for erasure of different categories of data.

C. Contact details of the processor and Data Protection Offer (DPO).

D. Descriptions of the processing activities and relevant data subjects.

Granting data subjects the right to have data corrected, amended, or deleted describes?

A. Use limitation.

B. Accountability.

C. A security safeguard

D. Individual participation

What is the term for information provided to a social network by a member?

A. Profile data.

B. Declared data.

C. Personal choice data.

D. Identifier information.

An organization is launching a new smart speaker to the market. The device will have the capability to play music and provide news and weather updates. Which of the following would be a concern from a privacy perspective?

A. Appropriation.

B. Browser Fingerprinting.

C. Context of authority.

D. Context aware computing.

Value Sensitive Design (VSD) focuses on which of the following?

A. Quality and benefit.

B. Ethics and morality.

C. Principles and standards.

D. Privacy and human rights.

Failing to update software for a system that processes human resources data with the latest security patches may create what?

A. Privacy vulnerabilities

B. Data integrity issues

C. Increased threat sources

D. Data breaches

An organization has completed the acquisition of a smaller rival in a different but related industry. The acquisition was approved by the regulator on the condition that the personal data sets may not be combined. A way of achieving this objective is through?

A. Ciphertext

B. Disassociability

C. k-anonymity

D. Pseudonymization

What occurs during data distortion?

A. False and inaccurate information about an individual is shared

B. Data collected about an individual includes prejudicial assumptions

C. The personal data about an individual is modified to preserve their anonymity

D. Truthful information that negatively affects how others view an individual is revealed

The web design team incorporated asterisks (*) next to all the PII (Personally Identifiable Information) fields in a web intake form. An asterisk signifies a mandatory field. Which of the following is an essential step prior to the web intake form go-live date?

A. Analyze intake forms for similar use-cases available on the web and the competitors.

B. Test the form using synthetic data to ensure it works to determine privacy functionality.

C. Check with the web-development team on how to enforce input validation for the mandatory fields.

D. Speak with the company's intake team on the appropriate number of data elements that the intake team requires to execute the use-case.