Deck 10: Governance of the Information Systems Organization

Question 1

After Intel faced strong shifts in technologies, such as cloud services, social networking, mobile devices, etc., Intel realized that it needed to establish better governance, creating a _______________.

A) Employee boards
B) Customer boards
C) Security committees
D) Information governance boards
E) Higher control framework

Answer 1

D

Question 2

________ of the 1980's allowed computing power to spread and gave rise to a decentralized approach to IT governance.

A) Servers
B) Mainframes
C) Networks
D) PCs
E) The WWW

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The IT Governance Council reports directly to the board of directors or the ________.

A) CIO
B) CTO
C) CEO
D) COO
E) CFO

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The archetype that is represented by IT executives and one other group is:

A) IT monarchy
B) Feudal
C) Federal
D) Business monarchy
E) IT duopoly

Question 5

This is a balanced approach to managing a company's IT organization.

A) Centralization
B) Decentralization
C) Federalism
D) Joint-Control
E) Business Centricity

Question 6

All of the following are mechanisms that can be created to ensure good IT governance EXCEPT:

A) Policies
B) Review boards
C) Steering Committees
D) Consultants
E) IT Governance Council

Question 7

______________ organizations scatter IT components in different locations to address local business needs.

A) Distributed Control
B) Decentralized
C) Federalism
D) Joint-Control
E) Centralized

Question 8

This IT governance archetype consists of IT individuals or groups of IT executives.

A) Business monarchy
B) IT monarchy
C) Feudal
D) Federal
E) IT Duopoly

Question 9

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was primarily aimed at which functional unit of a corporation?

A) Marketing
B) Production
C) Sales
D) IT
E) Finance

Question 10

The archetype that is represented by a group of business executives that might or might not include the CIO is:

A) IT monarchy
B) Feudal
C) Federal
D) Business monarchy
E) IT duopoly

Question 11

Most companies would like to obtain the advantages derived from both centralized and decentralized organizational paradigms. What type of IT governance model would best help them to achieve this goal?

A) Distributed Control
B) Decentralized
C) Federalism
D) Joint-Control
E) Centralized

Question 12

IT organizations implement powerful information systems like ERP and SCM that provide centralized data repositories. In addition, business units have tools for their particular units that individuals can use to report on and analyze collected data. This IT governance approach is best described as: ________.

A) Distributed Control
B) Decentralized
C) Federalism
D) Joint-Control
E) Centralized

Question 13

The decisions that determine how IT assets are structured fall into which one of the five major IT decision categories?

A) IT principles
B) IT architecture
C) IT infrastructure
D) Business application needs
E) IT investment and prioritization

Question 14

The decision about approval and justification of new technologies would fall into which one of the five major IT decision categories?

A) IT principles
B) IT architecture
C) IT infrastructure
D) Business application needs
E) IT investment and prioritization

Question 15

IT decisions have been categorized by Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross. These categories include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) IT principles
B) IT architecture
C) IT infrastructure
D) Business application needs
E) IT security

Question 16

All of the following are frameworks for implementing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance EXCEPT:

A) COSO
B) BCP
C) COBIT
D) ITIL
E) Committee for Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission

Question 17

IT governance has two major components: the assignment of decision-making authority and responsibility, and the __________________________.

A) cost considerations
B) decision rights
C) business plan
D) capability maturity model
E) decision-making mechanisms

Question 18

________ of the 1960's dictated a centralized approach to IT governance.

A) Servers
B) Mainframes
C) Networks
D) PCs
E) The WWW

Question 19

This is an IT governance framework that is consistent with COSO controls.

A) HIPPA
B) COBIT
C) SoX
D) ISACA
E) ISO

Question 20

This type of organization management is where IT controls most of its IT infrastructure in one location.

A) Distributed IS organization
B) Decentralized IS organization
C) Federalism
D) Joint-Control IS organization
E) Centralized IS organization

Question 21

This term is used to describe the increasingly powerful tools available to consumers that are impacting corporations.

Question 22

A steering committee is geared only towards the highest level of the organization and reports directly to the board of directors or the CEO.

Question 23

Explain how federalism is able to capture the benefits of centralized and decentralized IT governance while eliminating the drawbacks of each.

Question 24

Explain the value steering committees offer the IT organization.

Question 25

As a result of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the CEO, CFO and CIO must certify financial accounting records.

Question 26

IT plays a major role in ensuring the accuracy of financial data.

Question 27

The combinations of people to whom decision rights are allocated are classified by various IT governance ________.

Question 28

This is a highly specific measurement used to indicate whether business process goals are being met.

Question 29

What act was passed in 2002 in response to the rogue accounting activities of major global corporations such as Enron, Worldcom and their accounting firm Arthur Andersen?

Question 30

This IT governance archetype consists only of business unit leaders, key process owners, or their delegates.

Question 31

The global nature of business today makes complete centralization impossible.

Question 32

Why is it recommended that the IT governance archetype for an organization's information security strategy be business monarch?

Question 33

There were pressures for centralizing IT back when mainframes ruled, but today's use of "consumerized" technologies have provided strong pressure, by IT people, for decentralization.

Question 34

This is the act through which behavior is aligned with business goals through empowerment and monitoring.

Question 35

Federal IT provides for strong centralization, like the U.S. Federal Government.

Question 36

A steering committee works especially well with this particular IT governance archetype.

A) Business monarchy
B) IT monarchy
C) Feudal
D) Federal
E) IT Duopoly

Question 37

As a result of Sarbanes-Oxley, IT managers are now required to manage the level of controls needed to mitigate risk in business processes.

Question 38

This IT governance archetype consists of C-level executives and at least one other business group. An IT executive may be an additional participant.

A) Business monarchy
B) IT monarchy
C) Feudal
D) Federal
E) IT Duopoly

Question 39

This is a committee that is formally designated to approve, monitor and review specific topics that ensure IT governance.

Question 40

Define federalism as it pertains to organizational structures. How does it improve on the centralized model?

Question 41

Match the organization with the IT governance approach it has chosen.

Question 42

Match the disadvantages below as either being associated with a centralized IT governance approach or a decentralized IT governance approach.

Question 43

Match the allocation of decision rights below with the IT governance archetype it represents.

Question 44

Explain the role the IT organization has in ensuring a company's Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Question 45

Review the description of 3 different IT organizations and map the organization's design to the IT governance model it best represents.

Question 46

Detail the 3 stages of business continuity planning.
Matching

Question 47

Match the advantages below as either being associated with a centralized IT governance approach or a decentralized IT governance approach.

Question 48

Match the SoX compliance methodology with its description.