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Margie lo scrisse perfino nel suo diario, quella sera. Sulla pagina che portava la data 17 maggio 2157, scrisse: “Oggi Tommy ha trovato un vero libro!” Era un libro antichissimo. Il nonno di Margie aveva detto una volta che, quand’era bambino lui, suo nonno gli aveva detto che c’era stata un’epoca in cui tutte le storie e i racconti erano stampati su carta. Si voltavano le pagine, che erano gialle e fruscianti, ed era buffissimo leggere parole che se ne stavano ferme invece di muoversi, com’era previsto che facessero: su uno schermo, è logico. E poi, quando si tornava alla pagina precedente, sopra c’erano le stesse parole che loro avevano già letto la prima volta – Mamma mia, che spreco – disse Tommy. – Quando uno è arrivato in fondo al libro, che cosa fa? Lo butta via, immagino. Il nostro schermo televisivo deve avere avuto un milione di libri, sopra, ed è ancora buono per chissà quanti altri. Chi si sognerebbe di buttarlo via? – Lo stesso vale per il mio – disse Margie. Aveva undici anni, lei, e non aveva visto tanti telelibri quanti ne aveva visti Tommy. Lui di anni ne aveva tredici. – Dove l’hai trovato? – gli domandò, – In casa. – Indicò lui senza guardare, perché era occupatissimo a leggere. – In solaio. – Di cosa parla? – Di scuola. – Di scuola? – Il tono di Margie era sprezzante. – Cosa c'è da scrivere, sulla scuola? Io la scuola la odio. Margie aveva sempre odiato la scuola, ma ora la odiava più che mai. L’insegnante meccanico le aveva assegnato un test dopo l’altro di geografia, e lei aveva risposto sempre peggio, finché la madre aveva scosso la testa, avvilita, e aveva mandato a chiamare l’Ispettore della Contea. Era un omino tondo tondo, l’Ispettore, con una faccia rossa e uno scatolone di arnesi con fili e con quadranti. Aveva sorriso a Margie e le aveva offerto una mela, poi aveva smontato l’insegnante in tanti pezzi. Margie aveva sperato che poi non sapesse più come rimetterli insieme, ma lui lo sapeva e, in poco più di un’ora, l’insegnante era di nuovo tutto intero, largo, nero e brutto, con un grosso schermo sul quale erano illustrate tutte le lezioni e venivano scritte tutte le domande. Ma non era quello il peggio. La cosa che Margie odiava soprattutto era la fessura dove lei doveva infilare i compiti e i testi compilati. Le toccava scriverli in un codice perforato che le avevano fatto imparare quando aveva sei anni, e il maestro meccanico calcolava i voti a una velocità spaventosa. L’ispettore aveva sorriso una volta finito il lavoro, e aveva accarezzato la testa di Margie. Alla mamma aveva detto: – Non è colpa della bambina, signora Jones. Secondo me, il settore geografia era regolato male. Sa, sono inconvenienti che capitano, a volte. L’ho rallentato. Ora è su un livello medio per alunni di dieci anni. Anzi, direi che l’andamento generale dei progressi della scolara sia piuttosto soddisfacente. – E aveva fatto un’altra carezza sulla testa a Margie. Margie era delusa. Aveva sperato che si portassero via l’insegnante, per ripararlo in officina. Una volta s’erano tenuti quello di Tommy per circa un mese, perché il settore storia era andato completamente a pallino. Così, disse a Tommy: – Ma come gli viene in mente, a uno, di scrivere un libro sulla scuola? Tommy la squadrò con aria di superiorità. – Ma non è una scuola come la nostra, stupida! Questo è un tipo di scuola molto antico, come l’avevano centinaia e centinaia di anni fa. – Poi aggiunse altezzosamente, pronunciando la parola con cura. – Secoli fa. Margie era offesa. – Be’ io non so che specie di scuola avessero, tutto quel tempo fa. – Per un po’ continuò a sbirciare il libro, china sopra la spalla di lui, poi disse: – In ogni modo, avevano un maestro? – Certo che avevano un maestro, ma non era un maestro regolare. Era un uomo. – Un uomo? Come faceva un uomo a fare il maestro? – Be’, spiegava le cose ai ragazzi e alle ragazze, dava da fare dei compiti a casa e faceva delle domande. – Un uomo non è abbastanza in gamba. – Sì che lo è. Mio papà ne sa quanto il mio maestro. – Ma va’! Un uomo non può saperne quanto un maestro. – Ne sa quasi quanto il maestro, ci scommetto. Margie non era preparata a mettere in dubbio quell’affermazione. Disse. – Io non ce lo vorrei un estraneo in casa mia, a insegnarmi. Tommy rise a più non posso. – Non sai proprio niente, Margie. Gli insegnanti non vivevano in casa. Avevano un edificio speciale e tutti i ragazzi andavano là. – E imparavano tutti la stessa cosa? – Certo, se avevano la stessa età. – Ma la mia mamma dice che un insegnante dev’essere regolato perché si adatti alla mente di uno scolaro o di una scolara, e che ogni bambino deve essere istruito in modo diverso. – Sì, però loro a quei tempi non facevano così. Se non ti va, fai a meno di leggere il libro. – Non ho detto che non mi va, io – sì affrettò a precisare Margie. Certo che voleva leggere di quelle buffe scuole. Non erano nemmeno a metà del libro quando la signora Jones chiamò: – Margie! A scuola! Margie guardò in su. – Non ancora, mamma. – Subito! – disse la signora Jones. – E sarà ora di scuola anche per Tommy, probabilmente. Margie disse a Tommy: – Posso leggere ancora un po’ il libro con te, dopo la scuola? – Vedremo – rispose lui con noncuranza. Si allontanò fischiettando, il vecchio libro polveroso stretto sotto il braccio. Margie se ne andò in classe. L’aula era proprio accanto alla sua cameretta, e l’insegnante meccanico, già in funzione, la stava aspettando. Era in funzione sempre alla stessa ora, tutti i giorni tranne il sabato e la domenica, perché la mamma diceva che le bambine imparavano meglio se imparavano a orari regolari. Lo schermo era illuminato e stava dicendo – Oggi la lezione di aritmetica è sull’addizione delle frazioni proprie. Prego inserire il compito di ieri nell’apposita fessura. Margie obbedì con un sospiro. Stava pensando alle vecchie scuole che c’erano quando il nonno di suo nonno era bambino. Ci andavano i ragazzi di tutto il vicinato, ridevano e vociavano nel cortile, sedevano insieme in classe, tornavano a casa insieme alla fine della giornata. Imparavano le stesse cose, così potevano darsi una mano a fare i compiti e parlare di quello che avevano da studiare. E i maestri erano persone... L’insegnante meccanico stava facendo lampeggiare sullo schermo: – Quando addizioniamo le frazioni 1/2 + 1/4... Margie stava pensando ai bambini di quei tempi, e a come dovevano amare la scuola. Chissà come si divertivano!, pensò.TITOLO I PRINCIPI Art. 1 – Personalità giuridica e principi fondamentali 1. In armonia con i principi costituzionali ed in attuazione della legislazione vigente, il presente Statuto disciplina l'ordinamento dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, nel seguito denominata "Università". 2. L'Università ha personalità giuridica di diritto pubblico che esercita per conseguire i propri fini istituzionali. 3. L'Università è organizzata secondo i criteri di efficienza, di efficacia, di valutazione e di riconoscimento del merito, di trasparenza e di semplificazione e di decentramento funzionale ed organizzativo. 4. I poteri di indirizzo e di controllo spettano agli organi di governo dell'Università, l’attività amministrativa e tecnica è svolta dai dirigenti, con autonomi poteri di spesa e di gestione delle risorse umane e strumentali. 5. Simboli dell'Università sono la raffigurazione dell'Imperatore Federico II assiso sul trono e l'aquila sveva di Sicilia che compare sul gonfalone, tutelati ai sensi della vigente normativa in materia di marchio. Tali simboli possono essere utilizzati da altri soggetti pubblici o privati previa autorizzazione del Consiglio di Amministrazione, su proposta del Rettore. 6. Il sigillo ufficiale, raffigurante l'Imperatore Federico II assiso sul trono, è custodito dal Rettore. 7. L’Università conserva i privilegi, gli onori ed i distintivi derivati da antiche leggi e consuetudini e si impegna ad armonizzare la tradizione con i valori ed i principi coevi cui si ispira. Art. 2 – Finalità istituzionali 1. L’Università, a riconoscimento dell’inderogabile funzione e vocazione pubblica, afferma il proprio carattere laico, pluralistico ed indipendente da ogni orientamento ideologico, politico ed economico. 2. Fini primari dell’Università sono la ricerca e la didattica che l’Ateneo persegue promuovendo l’organizzazione, l’elaborazione e la trasmissione delle conoscenze, la formazione culturale e professionale, la crescita della coscienza civile degli studenti. Il miglioramento della qualità dei processi formativi viene assicurato anche con l’ausilio delle tecniche di apprendimento a distanza e di altre tecnologie innovative. 3. L’Università garantisce la libertà di manifestazione del pensiero, di associazione e di riunione, allo scopo di realizzare il pieno concorso di tutte le sue componenti alla vita democratica dell’Ateneo. 4. L’Università si impegna ad assicurare parità e pari opportunità di genere, rafforzando la tutela dei lavoratori e delle lavoratrici e garantendo l'assenza di qualunque forma di violenza morale o psicologica, di discriminazione diretta e indiretta relativa al genere, all'età, all'orientamento sessuale, all'origine etnica, alla disabilità, alla religione e alla lingua. A garanzia dell’effettività delle tutele riconosciute è istituito il “Comitato Unico di Garanzia per le pari opportunità, la valorizzazione del benessere di chi lavora e contro le discriminazioni”. 5. L’Università si impegna a perseguire i propri fini nel rispetto dei principi di ecosostenibilità, di sicurezza e salubrità dei luoghi di lavoro. 6. L’Università garantisce ai singoli professori e ricercatori, rispettandone lo stato giuridico, la libertà e l’autonomia della ricerca e dell’insegnamento, tenendo conto delle esigenze di coordinamento e degli obiettivi formativi degli ordinamenti didattici previsti dalle strutture di appartenenza. 7. L’Università, soggetto autonomo ed unitario, riconosce la pluralità delle culture che concorrono a costituire la sua identità. 8. L’Università promuove il trasferimento delle conoscenze attraverso la ricerca, la formazione, le attività di certificazione, di brevetto e di spin-off, nel conseguimento della qualità e dell'eccellenza. 9. L’Università avversa l’utilizzo dei risultati delle proprie attività per applicazioni che perseguano scopi contrari ai principi della dignità e libertà dell’uomo e della pacifica convivenza fra i popoli. 10.L’Università concorre allo sviluppo della cultura, del benessere sociale ed economico e del livello produttivo del Paese, anche attraverso forme di collaborazione con soggetti nazionali ed internazionali, pubblici e privati, che promuovono attività culturali e di ricerca. A tal fine sostiene in particolare programmi europei e di cooperazione e favorisce la più ampia fruizione delle proprie strutture. 11.L’Università garantisce il principio dell’accesso pieno ed aperto alla letteratura scientifica e promuove la libera diffusione in rete dei risultati delle ricerche prodotte in Ateneo, per assicurarne la più ampia diffusione; partecipa al processo di costruzione ed implementazione dello «spazio europeo dell’apprendimento permanente». 12.L’Università contrasta il conflitto di interessi in tutte le sue forme. 13.L’Università può partecipare, per una migliore realizzazione delle proprie finalità istituzionali e nei limiti delle stesse, a consorzi e ad altre forme associative di diritto privato, ivi comprese le società di capitali, anche mediante partecipazione finanziaria secondo la disciplina dettata con Regolamento di Ateneo. Art. 3 – Ricerca e didattica 1. L'Università garantisce la pari rilevanza del sapere umanistico, scientifico e tecnico; programma, mediante piani di sviluppo, le attività di ricerca e di insegnamento e ne valuta i risultati. 2. L’Università adotta criteri e fissa principi che consentano una equilibrata distribuzione delle risorse finanziarie destinate alla ricerca, tenuto conto di tutte le fonti di finanziamento, delle obiettive articolazioni dei settori di ricerca e delle loro effettive esigenze, nonché della qualità e della produttività delle ricerche, valutate secondo specifici criteri ed indicatori disancorati da logiche esclusivamente economiche. L'Università incoraggia e favorisce, comunque, la ricerca di base in ogni disciplina. 3. L’Università eroga formazione permanente, sulla base di criteri e standard formativi univocamente riconosciuti a livello nazionale, comunitario ed internazionale. 4. L’Università promuove la valutazione bioetica della ricerca sperimentale, con particolare riguardo alla sperimentazione clinica riferita ai problemi biomedici connessi con la vita e la salute dell’uomo, nonché la valutazione etico-scientifica della sperimentazione animale. 5. L’Università promuove la gestione in qualità delle attività di ricerca, didattiche e di servizio, garantendo il loro sviluppo organico e uniforme. A tal fine l’Università incentiva, anche attraverso meccanismi premiali, la certificazione di qualità e l’accreditamento delle sue strutture e delle attività collegate. 6. L'Università può beneficiare di contributi, lasciti e donazioni. 7. L'Università, nel rispetto delle funzioni istituzionali di ricerca e di insegnamento e nei limiti e con le modalità fissate da Regolamento, può svolgere attività di ricerca, di consulenza e di servizio nell’interesse prevalente di soggetti pubblici e privati, anche dotandosi di apposite risorse umane e strumentali, i cui oneri finanziari ed economici siano previsti nei relativi contratti e assunti secondo la normativa vigente. I proventi derivanti da contratti e convenzioni per conto terzi sono ripartiti secondo le modalità disciplinate con Regolamento di Ateneo, che dovrà riservarne una quota a copertura delle spese di carattere generale delle strutture interessate, una quota destinata al finanziamento della ricerca scientifica ed una quota destinata al Fondo comune di Ateneo. Nessun professore e ricercatore, senza il proprio consenso, può essere tenuto a svolgere attività di ricerca, di consulenza e di servizio per conto terzi, oggetto di contratti e convenzioni stipulati nell'interesse prevalente del committente. 8. L'Università può commissionare a proprie strutture lo svolgimento di attività di ricerca, di consulenza e di servizio. Art. 4 – Rapporti Internazionali 1. L’Università ha tra i suoi obiettivi prioritari la promozione della dimensione internazionale della ricerca scientifica e della didattica. A tal fine: a) stipula accordi e convenzioni con Atenei ed istituzioni culturali e scientifiche di alta qualità di altri Paesi; b) promuove ed incoraggia gli scambi internazionali di professori, ricercatori e studenti, anche con interventi di natura economica; c) sostiene i progetti di ricerca internazionali e le reti internazionali di dottorato; d) tende alla dimensione internazionale della formazione dei laureati per arricchirne la preparazione e potenziarne le prospettive occupazionali; e) favorisce l’attrazione dall’estero di professori e ricercatori, borsisti post-dottorato, studiosi di chiara fama e studenti particolarmente capaci e meritevoli. 2. L’Università collabora con organismi nazionali ed internazionali a definire ed a realizzare programmi di cooperazione scientifica e di formazione, avendo particolare attenzione a quelli rivolti ai Paesi meno sviluppati. 3. L’Università provvede a strutture per l’ospitalità anche in collaborazione con altri enti, specialmente con quelli preposti ad assicurare il diritto allo studio. Articolo 5 – Diritto allo studio 1. L'Università promuove il diritto allo studio e ne favorisce il concreto esercizio, anche predisponendo spazi ed attrezzature adeguati e ricorrendo, se necessario, a strutture decentrate. 2. L’Università favorisce la partecipazione attiva degli studenti alla vita universitaria. In applicazione dei principi costituzionali si impegna a rimuovere condizioni di disparità e disagio, in particolare, degli studenti meno abbienti, diversamente abili, stranieri e fuori sede. Attua le iniziative necessarie ad assicurare agli studenti una preparazione culturale e scientifica idonea a soddisfare le domande di formazione, anche in relazione alle diverse esigenze della società. 3. L'Università collabora con Stato, Regioni, altri enti ed istituzioni al fine di stimolare la crescita culturale degli studenti e valorizzare l'offerta didattica, di assistenza, di orientamento e di inserimento nel mondo del lavoro. Articolo 6 –Principi organizzativi 1. L’Università assicura il rispetto dei principi di efficienza ed efficacia attraverso l’utilizzo di modelli procedimentali ed organizzativi ispirati alla ottimizzazione dei tempi dei processi decisionali, privilegiando l’uso degli strumenti telematici e di semplificazione. 2. L’Università, in attuazione dei principi di autonomia, di decentramento e di sussidiarietà, si articola in Dipartimenti e Scuole. I Centri di ricerca, i Centri di Servizio interdipartimentali ed i Centri di Servizio costituiscono ulteriori articolazioni dell’Ateneo. 3. In attuazione dei principi di efficienza, efficacia e semplificazione, è ammessa la delega delle funzioni. Gli atti di delega, in forma scritta obbligatoria, devono riguardare materie determinate, oggetto e durata definiti e sono pubblicati nell’Albo Ufficiale on line di Ateneo. 4. Ai professori o ricercatori che ricoprano incarichi e funzioni ufficiali, non rientranti nei compiti istituzionali di didattica e di ricerca, può essere riconosciuta, nei casi previsti dal presente Statuto, una indennità di funzione nella misura determinata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, sentito il Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti. (Comma così modificato dal D.R. n. 4763 del 23/11/2019) 5. L’Università è rappresentata e difesa in giudizio dall’Avvocatura dello Stato ovvero da legali interni iscritti all’elenco speciale annesso all’albo degli avvocati. L’Università può altresì avvalersi del patrocinio di avvocati del libero foro nei limiti e con le modalità previste da apposito regolamento di Ateneo. Resta ferma la rappresentanza e difesa in giudizio dell’Università da parte di propri funzionari nei casi previsti dalla legge. (Comma introdotto dal D.R. n. 2320 del 13/07/2016) Articolo 7 – Trasparenza e Informazione 1. L'Università riconosce nella corretta e tempestiva informazione una delle condizioni essenziali per garantire la trasparenza. 2. Strumenti di effettivo rispetto dei principi di informazione, pubblicità e trasparenza sono il sito web di Ateneo e l’Albo ufficiale on line di Ateneo, sui quali vanno pubblicati gli atti di interesse generale, secondo modalità stabilite da Regolamento. 3. L'accesso ai documenti amministrativi è disciplinato secondo modalità stabilite da Regolamento ai sensi della normativa nazionale vigente. 4. Gli appartenenti alla comunità universitaria di cui all’art. 9 comma 2, possono consultare, nel rispetto delle previsioni di legge, i verbali delle adunanze degli organi collegiali dell'Università concernenti l'organizzazione, gli indicatori relativi agli andamenti gestionali e all'utilizzo delle risorse per il perseguimento delle funzioni istituzionali, i risultati dell'attività di misurazione e valutazione svolta dagli organi competenti. Tale consultazione può essere effettuata negli uffici presso i quali i verbali sono custoditi o mediante accesso al sito web di Ateneo nell’area riservata al personale, secondo modalità stabilite da Regolamento. Articolo 8 – Altre attività 1. L'Università favorisce le attività sociali, culturali, ricreative e sportive, anche quelle autogestite dagli studenti, attraverso la predisposizione, nei limiti consentiti dalle disposizioni di legge vigenti in materia e compatibilmente con le risorse finanziarie disponibili, di strutture e servizi necessari al loro svolgimento. Collabora, altresì, con gli enti sportivi universitari legalmente riconosciuti. TITOLO II SOGGETTI Art. 9 – Comunità Universitaria 1. L’Università realizza i fini istituzionali attraverso la sua comunità. 2. La comunità universitaria è formata dagli studenti, dai professori, dai ricercatori, dal personale dirigente e tecnico-amministrativo e da tutti coloro che trascorrono periodi di ricerca, di insegnamento e di studio presso l'Università e/o concorrono allo svolgimento delle sue funzioni istituzionali. 3. I valori fondamentali della Comunità Universitaria sono determinati dal Codice Etico dell’Ateneo. Sulle violazioni del Codice Etico, qualora non ricadano sotto la competenza del Collegio di Disciplina, decide, su proposta del Rettore, il Senato Accademico, previa istruttoria da parte di una Commissione Etica di Garanzia nominata dal Senato Accademico su proposta del Rettore e composta secondo le modalità previste dal Codice Etico. (Comma così modificato dal D.R. n. 2175 del 17/06/2015) 4. Le componenti della comunità partecipano alla vita universitaria con pari dignità, secondo le funzioni previste dalla normativa vigente ed in base al ruolo di appartenenza. 5. Tutti coloro che hanno conseguito un titolo di studio presso l’Università Federico II possono continuare a far parte della comunità universitaria attraverso l’Associazione Federiciana “Ex Alumni”. Art. 10 – Studenti 1. Sono studenti dell’Università coloro che risultano regolarmente iscritti ai corsi di laurea, di laurea magistrale, di specializzazione e di dottorato di ricerca. Fatta eccezione per l’elettorato attivo e passivo in ordine alla rappresentanza all’interno degli Organi collegiali, sono equiparati agli studenti: gli iscritti ai master universitari ed ai corsi di perfezionamento, nonché gli studenti stranieri la cui mobilità sia prevista e disciplinata da accordi e convenzioni internazionali. 2. Al fine di consentire un proficuo rapporto tra docenti e studenti e favorire un miglior inserimento degli studenti nella comunità universitaria, l'Università può determinare, con le procedure e nei casi previsti dalla vigente normativa, il numero massimo delle iscrizioni ai corsi di studio, che viene fissato dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, sentiti il Nucleo di Valutazione, il Consiglio degli Studenti e il Senato accademico. 3. I criteri, le modalità di ammissione e le condizioni per il mantenimento dello status di studente, sono stabiliti dal Regolamento didattico di Ateneo. 4. Il numero massimo e le modalità di ammissione alle Scuole di specializzazione ed ai corsi di dottorato di ricerca sono definiti sulla base delle norme di legge nonché delle risorse economiche, didattiche e strutturali dell'Università. 5. Gli studenti possono partecipare all'attività di ricerca funzionale alla loro formazione, nei limiti previsti dalla normativa vigente. 6. Gli studenti partecipano alla gestione dell'Università attraverso le proprie rappresentanze negli Organi collegiali ove previsto nel presente Statuto. 7. L'Università può stabilire collaborazioni studentesche per la gestione di servizi per i quali, secondo quanto previsto dalla normativa vigente, è possibile il ricorso a singoli studenti, alle associazioni studentesche, nonché alle cooperative studentesche. 8. Gli studenti sono tenuti a contribuire all'ordinato funzionamento delle attività universitarie, alla partecipazione agli Organi collegiali, al corretto uso delle strutture e alla piena valorizzazione delle opportunità culturali. Art. 11 – Professori e Ricercatori 1. In conformità ai compiti previsti per ciascun ruolo o funzione, i professori ed i ricercatori assicurano la loro attività, nei limiti del proprio impegno didattico, in qualsiasi corso di studio attivato nell’Ateneo. 2. I professori e i ricercatori concorrono al raggiungimento delle finalità istituzionali dell’Università. Le attività di didattica, ricerca nonché gli incarichi gestionali eventualmente attribuiti definiscono il quadro complessivo per la valutazione di ciascun professore e ricercatore. (Comma così modificato dal D.R. n. 4763 del 23/11/2019) 3. Ai professori e ai ricercatori può essere riconosciuta la titolarità di fondi finalizzati di ricerca. 4. La carica di Rettore, Prorettore, Direttore di Dipartimento, Presidente di Scuola, Coordinatore del Nucleo di Valutazione e Coordinatore di Corso di studio è riservata ai professori a tempo pieno. E’ altresì riservata ai ricercatori e professori a tempo pieno la carica di componenti del Consiglio di Amministrazione. Un Regolamento di Ateneo disciplina le modalità di svolgimento delle attività per i professori e i ricercatori a tempo pieno e a tempo definito. Art. 12 – Personale dirigente e tecnico-amministrativo 1. Il personale tecnico-amministrativo e il personale dirigente dell’Ateneo, secondo quanto disposto dall’art. 23, comma 1, del D. Lgs. 30/3/2001 n. 165 e s.m.i., svolgono i compiti propri delle rispettive aree di competenza, nell’ambito dell’Amministrazione centrale e delle altre strutture previste dal presente Statuto. 2. Il personale partecipa alla gestione dell'Università attraverso le proprie rappresentanze negli Organi collegiali, ove previsto dal presente Statuto. 3. L’Università, nel rispetto delle previsioni normative vigenti, garantisce periodicamente lo svolgimento di corsi di formazione e aggiornamento professionale, volti a promuovere il miglioramento dei servizi e ad accrescere le buone pratiche, favorendo la più ampia partecipazione. 4. I Dirigenti, nell’ambito delle proprie competenze, collaborano con il Direttore generale nella gestione ed organizzazione dei servizi, delle risorse strumentali e del personale tecnico-amministrativo. In particolare: a) formulano proposte ed esprimono pareri al Direttore generale; b) curano l'attuazione dei progetti e svolgono l’attività di gestione ad essi assegnati dal Direttore generale, adottando i relativi atti e provvedimenti amministrativi ed esercitano i poteri di spesa nei limiti fissati dal Regolamento per l’Amministrazione e la Contabilità; c) emanano i provvedimenti amministrativi di autorizzazione, concessione o di analoga natura il cui rilascio presupponga accertamenti e valutazioni da eseguire secondo criteri predeterminati dalla Legge, dallo Statuto, dai Regolamenti o da deliberazioni degli organi dell’università; d) svolgono tutti gli altri compiti ad essi delegati dal Direttore generale; e) dirigono, coordinano e controllano l'attività degli uffici che da essi dipendono e dei responsabili dei procedimenti amministrativi, anche con poteri sostitutivi in caso di inerzia; f) effettuano la valutazione del personale assegnato ai propri uffici, nel rispetto del principio del merito; g) esercitano, nei casi previsti dalla legge, l’azione disciplinare nei confronti del personale tecnico-amministrativo che da essi dipende. 5. Per particolari esigenze di carattere specialistico, l'Università può affidare a personale dipendente, nei limiti previsti dalla vigente normativa e sulla base di criteri predefiniti e valutazioni comparative per titoli, prestazioni lavorative non rientranti tra le funzioni o mansioni svolte da detto personale in ragione dell’ufficio; tali prestazioni non costituiscono obbligo per il dipendente e possono essere assegnate solo previo assenso dell’interessato. 6. Gli incarichi dirigenziali a tempo determinato a personale non appartenente al ruolo della dirigenza sono disciplinati dall’art. 19, commi 6, 6 bis, e 6 ter, del D. Lgs. 30/3/2001 n. 165 e s.m.i. con le modalità stabilite da apposito Regolamento di Ateneo. TITOLO III ORGANI CAPO I ORGANI DI GOVERNO Art. 13 – Organi 1. Sono organi dell’Università: a) Il Rettore; b) Il Senato accademico; c) Il Consiglio di Amministrazione; d) Il Direttore generale; e) Il Nucleo di Valutazione; f) Il Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti. Art. 14 – Il Rettore 1. Il Rettore ha la rappresentanza legale dell’Università, esercita le funzioni di indirizzo, iniziativa e coordinamento delle attività scientifiche e didattiche, è responsabile del perseguimento delle finalità dell’Università secondo criteri di qualità e nel rispetto dei principi di efficacia, efficienza, trasparenza e promozione del merito. 2. Svolge, in particolare, le seguenti funzioni: a) convoca e presiede il Senato accademico e il Consiglio di Amministrazione; b) emana i Regolamenti; c) propone il documento di programmazione triennale di Ateneo ai sensi della normativa vigente, tenuto conto delle proposte e dei pareri del Senato accademico; d) propone la programmazione finanziaria annuale e triennale e la programmazione del personale; e) propone il bilancio di previsione annuale e triennale e il conto consuntivo; f) propone il conferimento dell’incarico di Direttore generale ed assegna allo stesso gli obiettivi strategici, secondo le linee di programmazione stabilite dal Consiglio di Amministrazione. g) assume l’iniziativa dei procedimenti disciplinari, anche di quelli relativi alle violazioni del Codice Etico, nei confronti dei professori e dei ricercatori; h) accerta la legittimità degli atti relativi alle proposte di chiamata avanzate dai Dipartimenti dei professori di prima e seconda fascia e dei ricercatori; i) stipula i contratti per il conferimento di assegni per lo svolgimento di attività di ricerca, per l’attività di insegnamento e per il reclutamento di ricercatori a tempo determinato; j) in casi di necessità e di urgenza adotta i provvedimenti opportuni e li sottopone alla ratifica dell’organo competente nella prima adunanza successiva; k) assume tutte le determinazioni di sua competenza relative ai rapporti con il Servizio sanitario nazionale e regionale previste dalle norme e dalle convenzioni vigenti; l) provvede alle nomine e alle designazioni di sua competenza; m) conferisce procura alle liti; (Comma così modificato dal D.R. n. 2320 del 13/07/2016). n) esercita ogni ulteriore funzione non espressamente attribuita ad altri Organi dal presente Statuto. (Comma introdotto dal D.R. n. 2320 del 13/07/2016). 3. L’ufficio di Rettore è incompatibile con ogni altra carica elettiva dell’Università, con incarichi elettivi presso altre Università italiane, statali, non statali legalmente riconosciute e telematiche, incarichi e nomine presso Fondazioni universitarie ed incarichi di natura politica e sindacale. 4. Il Rettore, su sua richiesta, ha diritto ad una limitazione dell’attività didattica. Art. 15 – Elezione del Rettore 1. Il Rettore è eletto tra i professori ordinari a tempo pieno in servizio presso le Università italiane. 2. L’elezione avviene sulla base della presentazione di candidature e di un programma, con modalità stabilite dal Regolamento generale di Ateneo. 3. Il Rettore dura in carica sei anni; il mandato non è rinnovabile. 4. Sono elettori del Rettore: i professori e i ricercatori a tempo indeterminato, i ricercatori a tempo determinato di cui all’art. 24, comma 3, lett. b) della Legge 30/12/2010, n. 240; i componenti del Consiglio degli studenti; i rappresentanti del personale tecnicoamministrativo e dirigenziale nel Senato Accademico, nel Consiglio di Amministrazione ove presenti, nei Consigli di Dipartimento, ed i rappresentanti eletti del personale dell’Amministrazione Centrale in numero pari al 2% dei professori e ricercatori con diritto di voto. 5. L’elezione è indetta dal Decano dei professori ordinari. Nel caso di pari anzianità nel ruolo prevale la maggiore anzianità anagrafica. 6. Il corpo elettorale è convocato dal Decano non prima di centottanta giorni dalla scadenza del mandato del Rettore in carica e in modo che le operazioni elettorali siano completate in tempo utile rispetto al termine di scadenza. Il Decreto di convocazione riporta il calendario delle votazioni, con l’indicazione di tre date, compresa quella dell’eventuale turno di ballottaggio. L’avviso di convocazione è pubblicato nell’Albo Ufficiale on line dell’Università disponibile sul sito internet istituzionale della stessa, almeno trenta giorni prima della data fissata per la prima votazione ed è inviato negli stessi termini agli aventi diritto al voto. 7. Ciascuna votazione è valida se vi partecipa la metà più uno degli aventi diritto. Nelle prime due votazioni risulta eletto il candidato che abbia ottenuto la maggioranza assoluta dei voti. Qualora per due votazioni nessun candidato abbia conseguito tale maggioranza, si procede a votazione di ballottaggio tra i due candidati più votati nella seconda votazione; risulta eletto il candidato che ottiene il maggior numero di voti. In caso di parità prevale il più anziano nel ruolo e, in caso di ulteriore parità, il più anziano per età anagrafica. L’eletto è proclamato dal Decano ed è nominato con Decreto del Ministro competente per l’Università. 8. Nel caso di anticipata cessazione, le funzioni di ordinaria amministrazione vengono assunte dal Prorettore e il Decano dei professori ordinari convoca il corpo elettorale tra il trentesimo e il sessantesimo giorno successivo alla data di cessazione, notificando l’avviso di convocazione almeno venti giorni prima della data stabilita per lo svolgimento della prima votazione. 9. Nel caso di elezione per anticipata cessazione, il Rettore eletto assume la carica all’atto della nomina e resta in carica per i sei anni successivi. 10.Il Rettore è obbligato alle dimissioni in caso di motivata mozione di sfiducia proposta dal Senato accademico e approvata dal corpo elettorale. La mozione di sfiducia deve essere proposta dal Senato accademico – comunque non prima che siano trascorsi due anni dall’inizio del mandato del Rettore – a maggioranza dei due terzi dei suoi componenti. La votazione del corpo elettorale sulla mozione di sfiducia è valida se vi prende parte la metà più uno degli aventi diritto al voto, come individuati dal precedente comma 4. Il corpo elettorale è convocato secondo modalità analoghe a quelle previste per l’elezione del Rettore. La mozione deve essere approvata con la maggioranza dei tre quinti dei votanti. Art. 16 – Il Prorettore e i delegati del Rettore 1. Il Rettore nomina, tra i professori ordinari a tempo pieno presso l’Ateneo, un Prorettore che lo sostituisce in caso di assenza o impedimento. 2. Il Prorettore può richiedere al Rettore una limitazione dell’attività didattica. 3. Il Prorettore partecipa, senza diritto di voto, alle adunanze del Senato accademico e del Consiglio di Amministrazione. 4. Il Rettore può delegare specifiche funzioni a professori e ricercatori in servizio presso l’Ateneo, tra quelli esperti nel settore oggetto della delega. La delega viene resa pubblica sul sito internet dell’Ateneo. Il Rettore può revocare la delega. Art. 17 – Il Senato accademico 1. Il Senato accademico è l’organo che esercita la funzione di alta vigilanza sulla ricerca, la didattica e i servizi agli studenti. Il Senato accademico promuove e coordina la complessiva programmazione strategica a garanzia della politica culturale dell'Ateneo. 2. In particolare, il Senato accademico: a) formula proposte ed esprime pareri obbligatori in materia di didattica, di ricerca e di servizi agli studenti e di attività culturali nel quadro del documento di programmazione triennale di Ateneo ai sensi della normativa vigente, nonché in materia di attivazione, modifica o soppressione di corsi di studio, sedi, Dipartimenti e Scuole; b) approva, a maggioranza assoluta dei componenti, previo parere favorevole del Consiglio di Amministrazione, il Regolamento generale di Ateneo; c) approva, previo parere favorevole del Consiglio di Amministrazione, il Regolamento dei Centri di Ricerca e dei Centri di Servizio interdipartimentali; d) approva, previo parere favorevole del Consiglio di Amministrazione, i Regolamenti, compresi quelli di competenza dei Dipartimenti e delle Scuole, in materia di didattica e ricerca; e) approva, previo parere favorevole del Consiglio di Amministrazione, il Codice Etico e vigila sul conflitto di interessi; f) svolge funzioni di coordinamento e di raccordo tra i Dipartimenti e tra le Scuole; g) predispone le linee guida ed approva il Regolamento didattico dei corsi di studio istituiti presso i Dipartimenti; h) predispone le linee guida ed approva i Regolamenti di funzionamento delle Scuole di dottorato e dei singoli corsi di dottorato ed esprime parere sulla loro attivazione; i) esprime parere obbligatorio sul bilancio di previsione annuale e triennale e sul conto consuntivo dell’Università; j) esprime parere obbligatorio sulla programmazione finanziaria annuale e triennale e sulla programmazione del personale; k) esprime parere obbligatorio sul documento di programmazione triennale; l) esprime parere obbligatorio sulla proposta del Rettore di conferimento dell’incarico di Direttore generale; m) esprime parere obbligatorio in merito all’ammontare delle tasse e dei contributi degli studenti, sentito il Consiglio degli studenti di Ateneo; n) stabilisce il calendario accademico; o) esprime parere obbligatorio sulla programmazione degli accessi ai corsi di studio proposta dai Dipartimenti; p) designa il coordinatore del Nucleo di Valutazione tra i professori a tempo pieno dell’Ateneo; q) designa cinque membri nel Consiglio di Amministrazione appartenenti ai ruoli dell’Ateneo; r) determina i criteri generali per la promozione e l’attuazione dei programmi nazionali ed internazionali di cooperazione in campo scientifico e didattico proponendo al Consiglio di Amministrazione il piano strategico per l’internazionalizzazione; s) definisce la politica dell’Ateneo per il diritto allo studio; t) può proporre al corpo elettorale, con la maggioranza di almeno due terzi dei suoi componenti, una motivata mozione di sfiducia al Rettore non prima che siano trascorsi due anni dall’inizio del suo mandato. L’adunanza convocata per la mozione di sfiducia è presieduta dal Decano del Senato che provvede alla convocazione quando ne facciano richiesta i componenti nella percentuale di cui al successivo comma 3); u) può conferire alle Scuole specifiche deleghe nei settori di propria competenza, per finalità di maggiore efficacia ed efficienza; v) esprime parere al Rettore sulle determinazioni che questi ritenga di sottoporgli e, su proposta del Rettore, decide in merito alle violazioni del Codice Etico che non ricadono nelle competenze del Collegio di Disciplina; w) adotta, a maggioranza assoluta dei componenti, il proprio Regolamento, che ne disciplina l’organizzazione e il funzionamento. 3. Il Senato accademico è convocato dal Rettore di sua iniziativa o su motivata richiesta di almeno un terzo dei componenti con diritto di voto. Art. 18 – Composizione del Senato accademico 1. Il Senato accademico è composto da: a) il Rettore che lo presiede; b) 8 Direttori di Dipartimento; c) 16 eletti in un collegio unico costituito tra gli appartenenti alle categorie di professori ordinari, professori associati, ricercatori a tempo indeterminato e ricercatori di cui all'art. 24 comma 3, lettera b) della legge 240/2010; d) 6 rappresentanti degli studenti tra cui il Presidente del Consiglio degli Studenti; e) 4 rappresentanti del personale tecnico-amministrativo e dirigenziale. 2. Per la componente di cui alla lett. b) e per quella di cui alla lett. c) occorre garantire la rappresentanza delle diverse aree culturali individuate nell’Ateneo; per i membri di cui alla lett. c) deve essere, altresì, garantita la presenza di almeno tre professori ordinari, tre professori associati, tre ricercatori di cui almeno uno a tempo indeterminato. 3. I componenti elettivi del Senato accademico durano in carica quattro anni, ad eccezione degli studenti, il cui mandato è biennale, nonché dei Direttori di Dipartimento, il cui mandato è triennale, e dei ricercatori di cui all'art. 24 comma 3, lettera b) della Legge 240/2010, la cui carica è correlata alla durata del contratto. Il mandato di tutti i componenti è rinnovabile una sola volta. 4. Le modalità di elezione sono disciplinate dal Regolamento generale di Ateneo. 5. Alle adunanze del Senato accademico possono partecipare, senza diritto di voto, il Pro Rettore ed i Presidenti delle Scuole se convocati. Alle adunanze del Senato Accademico partecipa, senza diritto di voto, il Direttore Generale con funzione di Segretario verbalizzante. Art. 21 – Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti 1. Il Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti è composto da tre componenti effettivi e due supplenti ed è nominato con Decreto del Rettore. 2. Un membro effettivo, con funzioni di Presidente, deve essere scelto tra i magistrati amministrativi e contabili e gli avvocati dello Stato ed è designato dal Rettore. 3. Un membro effettivo ed uno supplente vengono designati dal Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze. 4. Un membro effettivo ed uno supplente vengono scelti dal Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca. 5. Almeno due dei componenti effettivi devono essere iscritti al Registro dei Revisori contabili. 6. E’ vietato il conferimento dell’incarico al personale dipendente dell’Università. 7. Il Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti dura in carica quattro anni e i suoi componenti possono essere confermati per una sola volta. 8. Ai componenti effettivi e supplenti del Collegio dei Revisori è corrisposta una indennità di carica annuale, nella misura determinata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione e non modificabile per l’intero periodo di durata del loro ufficio. 9. I compiti e le modalità di funzionamento del Collegio dei Revisori sono stabiliti dal Regolamento di Amministrazione e Contabilità. Art. 22 – Nucleo di Valutazione 1. Il Nucleo di Valutazione ha il compito di valutare le attività didattiche, di ricerca, di trasferimento delle conoscenze, nonché quelle relative agli interventi di sostegno al diritto allo studio e quelle attinenti all’attività gestionale ed organizzativa svolta dai professori e ricercatori ed alla complessiva organizzazione funzionale ed amministrativa, per garantire il costante miglioramento del livello di qualità, efficacia ed efficienza. 2. Il Nucleo è organo indipendente e l’Ateneo ne assicura l'autonomia operativa, il diritto di accesso ai dati e alle informazioni necessari, nonché la pubblicità e la diffusione degli atti, nel rispetto della normativa a tutela della riservatezza. 3. Il Nucleo di Valutazione, tenendo anche conto dei criteri di valutazione fissati dall’ANVUR: a) verifica la qualità e l’efficacia dell’offerta didattica, anche sulla base degli indicatori individuati dalle Commissioni paritetiche docenti-studenti di cui all’art.32; b) verifica l’attività di ricerca svolta dai Dipartimenti e la congruità dei curricula scientifici o professionali dei titolari dei contratti di insegnamento di cui all’art. 23 della Legge 240/2010; c) nell’area medica e veterinaria verifica anche l’integrazione fra l’attività didattica, di ricerca e clinico-assistenziale; d) svolge, in raccordo con l’attività dell’ANVUR, le funzioni di cui all’art. 14 del D. Lgs. 27/10/2009 n. 150, relative alle procedure di valutazione delle strutture e del personale, al fine di promuovere nell’Ateneo, in piena autonomia e con modalità organizzative proprie, il merito ed il miglioramento della performance organizzativa ed individuale; e) esprime pareri e valutazioni sulla sostenibilità della organizzazione delle attività di didattica e di ricerca, nonché sui progetti culturali, scientifici e didattici posti alla base delle proposte di costituzione di Dipartimenti e di Scuole; f) formula al Senato accademico ed al Consiglio di Amministrazione proposte per il miglioramento e l’ottimizzazione della organizzazione delle attività di didattica e di ricerca; g) esprime valutazioni sulla strategia di reclutamento operata dai Dipartimenti; h) esprime pareri in ordine alle chiamate per chiara fama ed al conferimento di lauree honoris causa; i) monitora il funzionamento del sistema complessivo della valutazione, il rispetto della trasparenza ed integrità dei controlli interni; j) trasmette al Rettore un rapporto annuale sull’attività svolta. Art. 23 – Composizione del Nucleo di Valutazione 1. Il Nucleo di Valutazione è composto da sette membri: a) un professore dell’Ateneo a tempo pieno; b) un rappresentante degli studenti; c) cinque componenti non appartenenti ai ruoli dell’Ateneo a decorrere dai tre anni precedenti la designazione. Tali membri, inoltre, non devono essere professori o ricercatori di Università che abbiano stipulato un accordo di programma o federativo con l’Ateneo, né debbono ricoprire, o aver ricoperto, cariche politicoelettive nei tre anni precedenti l’assunzione della carica; non devono, altresì, trovarsi in una posizione di conflitto di interessi, attuale o potenziale, con l’Ateneo. 2. I componenti esterni del Nucleo di Valutazione devono essere esperti nel campo della valutazione anche in ambito non accademico e comunque in possesso di elevata qualificazione professionale. 3. La funzione di Coordinatore del Nucleo è attribuita al professore di ruolo dell’Ateneo designato dal Senato accademico. 4. I componenti esterni sono scelti dal Rettore, previa emanazione di un avviso pubblicato sul sito web di Ateneo ed esame dei curricula dei soggetti che hanno manifestato la propria disponibilità. I curricula dei candidati sono resi pubblici sul sito web dell’Ateneo. Dall’esame dei curricula degli aspiranti deve risultare che l’esperienza maturata sia coerente con le aree culturali presenti nell’Ateneo. 5. Il rappresentante degli studenti viene eletto dal Consiglio degli studenti. 6. I componenti durano in carica quattro anni, con l’eccezione del rappresentante degli studenti che dura in carica due anni. L’incarico può essere rinnovato immediatamente una sola volta. (Comma così modificato dal D.R. n. 2320 del 13/07/2016). 7. Le modalità di organizzazione e funzionamento del Nucleo di Valutazione sono disciplinate da apposito Regolamento. Art. 24 – Direttore generale 1. Fatte salve le competenze attribuite dalle vigenti disposizioni ad altri soggetti, organi o strutture, il Direttore generale assicura, sulla base degli indirizzi forniti dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, la complessiva gestione ed organizzazione dei servizi, delle risorse strumentali e del personale dirigente e tecnico-amministrativo dell’Ateneo, nonché lo svolgimento, in quanto compatibili, dei compiti di cui all’art. 16 del D. Lgs. 30/3/2001 n. 165 e s.m.i.. 2. L’incarico di Direttore generale dell’Ateneo è conferito dal Consiglio di Amministrazione su proposta del Rettore, sentito il Senato accademico, mediante contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato di diritto privato. 3. Il Direttore generale viene scelto tra personalità di elevata qualificazione professionale e comprovata esperienza pluriennale con funzioni dirigenziali. 4. Il contratto ha la durata di tre anni. L’incarico può essere rinnovato, tenendo conto del grado di raggiungimento degli obiettivi assegnati al Direttore generale dal Rettore, nonché dell’economicità, efficienza ed efficacia e funzionalità delle prestazioni rese, anche per il tramite dei Dirigenti, dall’apparato amministrativo di competenza esclusiva del Direttore generale. Il trattamento economico spettante al Direttore generale è definito in conformità ai criteri e parametri fissati dal Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca di concerto con il Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze. Qualora l’incarico sia conferito ad un dipendente pubblico, lo stesso è collocato in aspettativa senza assegni per tutta la durata del contratto. 5. Il Direttore generale partecipa, senza diritto di voto, alle sedute del Senato accademico e del Consiglio di Amministrazione e svolge le funzioni di segretario verbalizzante. 6. Il Direttore generale esercita tutte le funzioni attribuitegli dalla legge, dal presente Statuto e dai Regolamenti. In particolare: a) cura l’attuazione dei programmi e delle direttive degli organi di governo dell’Università e definisce gli obiettivi che i dirigenti devono perseguire, attribuendo agli stessi le conseguenti risorse umane, finanziarie e materiali; b) nel rispetto delle norme amministrativo-contabili previste dal Regolamento di Amministrazione e Contabilità e delle altre disposizioni vigenti in materia, esercita i poteri di spesa di sua competenza; c) provvede alla istituzione ed alla organizzazione degli uffici e delle ripartizioni e dei servizi amministrativi e tecnici, definendone, tra l’altro, gli orari di servizio e di apertura al pubblico; d) nell’ambito della programmazione del personale e nel rispetto delle indicazioni date dagli organi di governo dell’Università, provvede al reclutamento del personale tecnico-amministrativo e dirigente, stipula i conseguenti contratti individuali di lavoro subordinato, adotta tutti gli atti di gestione dello stesso che non siano di competenza delle strutture dotate di autonomia amministrativa e contabile, ivi compresi quelli attinenti all’attribuzione dei trattamenti economici, anche accessori. Resta ferma la specifica disciplina prevista dal Protocollo Università – Regione stipulato ai sensi dell’art. 1 del D. Lgs. 21/12/1999 n. 517 e s.m.i. per il personale universitario tecnico-amministrativo utilizzato dall’Azienda ospedaliera universitaria Federico II; e) procede, anche mediante mobilità, all’assegnazione del personale tecnico- amministrativo agli uffici, alle Ripartizioni ed alle strutture dell’Ateneo, fatta eccezione per il personale tecnico–amministrativo utilizzato presso l’Azienda ospedaliera universitaria Federico II, secondo quanto previsto nel Protocollo di Intesa Regione – Università, stipulato, ai sensi dell’art. 1 del D. Lgs. 21/12/1999 n. 517 e s.m.i., per la disciplina del rapporto tra servizio sanitario regionale e Università per lo svolgimento delle attività assistenziali; f) nomina i responsabili delle Ripartizioni e degli Uffici; g) è responsabile del raggiungimento degli obiettivi strategici assegnati dal Rettore sulla base degli indirizzi formulati dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, nonché delle prestazioni rese, anche per il tramite dei Dirigenti, dall’apparato amministrativo di propria esclusiva competenza; h) indirizza, coordina, controlla e valuta l’attività degli altri dirigenti, assegnando loro gli obiettivi operativi e di comportamento, secondo il modello di valutazione adottato dal Nucleo di Valutazione e approvato dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, compatibilmente con quanto previsto dal D. Lgs. 27/10/2009 n. 150. Il Direttore generale, con provvedimento motivato, può procedere alla sostituzione dei dirigenti in caso di loro inerzia o ritardo. Con provvedimento motivato, per particolari esigenze di necessità ed urgenza, può avocare a sé specifici atti di competenza dei Dirigenti; i) esercita, nei casi previsti dalla legge, l’azione disciplinare nei confronti del personale tecnico-amministrativo e dirigente, fermo restando quanto previsto dal Protocollo di Intesa Regione – Università stipulato ai sensi dell’art. 1 del D. Lgs. 21/12/1999 n. 517 e s.m.i. per il personale universitario tecnico-amministrativo utilizzato presso l’Azienda ospedaliera universitaria Federico II; j) stipula i contratti relativi alla fornitura di beni e servizi ed ai lavori, fatte salve le competenze dei Dirigenti o di altre strutture di Ateneo previste dal Regolamento di Amministrazione e Contabilità; k) propone al Consiglio di Amministrazione eventuali transazioni alle liti; l) chiede pareri agli organi delle altre amministrazioni anche internazionali; m) fornisce chiarimenti agli organi di controllo sugli atti di sua competenza; n) nell’ambito degli atti di propria competenza, fornisce pareri e consulenze agli organi di governo dell’Università ed agli organi delle altre strutture di Ateneo. o) propone al Rettore la nomina di legali interni per la rappresentanza e la difesa in giudizio dell’Università. (Comma introdotto dal D.R. n. 2320 del 13/07/2016) 7. Il contratto con il Direttore generale può essere risolto a seguito di provvedimento motivato del Consiglio di Amministrazione, su proposta del Rettore, previo parere del Senato accademico, nelle ipotesi e con le procedure previste dalla legge e dal contratto. 8. Il Direttore generale può nominare – nell’ambito dei Dirigenti in servizio presso l’Ateneo – un proprio Vicario che esercita, in caso di assenza o impedimento, tutte le funzioni di competenza del Direttore generale. CAPO II ALTRI ORGANI Art. 25 – Consiglio degli Studenti 1. Al fine di valorizzare e favorire la partecipazione studentesca nell’ambito dei processi decisionali degli organi di governo dell’Università, il Consiglio degli Studenti esprime parere su: a) il Regolamento didattico di Ateneo e il Regolamento degli studenti; b) gli indirizzi concernenti la disciplina delle attività e dei servizi didattici; c) le tasse e i contributi degli studenti; d) i criteri di attuazione del diritto allo studio, anche in relazione alla formazione e alle prospettive professionali; e) la destinazione di risorse ad iniziative ed attività sociali, culturali, ricreative e sportive degli studenti ed all’utilizzo delle stesse; f) le proposte del Rettore, del Senato accademico, del Consiglio di Amministrazione e delle Commissioni paritetiche docenti-studenti, nelle materie di cui alle precedenti lettere. 2. Il Consiglio rende il parere sulle predette questioni entro venti giorni dal ricevimento della richiesta; decorso inutilmente tale termine, si procede indipendentemente dall’espressione del parere. 3. Il Consiglio può esprimere parere su ogni altra questione sottoposta allo stesso dagli organi di governo dell’Ateneo; formula, altresì, proposte agli Organi di governo dell’Università su tutto quanto attiene alle libertà, alla formazione culturale e professionale ed allo sviluppo della coscienza civile degli studenti. 4. Il Consiglio elegge tra i suoi componenti il rappresentante nel Nucleo di Valutazione. Art. 26 – Composizione del Consiglio degli studenti 1. Il Consiglio degli studenti è composto, in numero non superiore a 45, dai rappresentanti degli studenti in seno al Senato accademico ed al Consiglio di Amministrazione e da una equilibrata rappresentanza elettiva degli studenti afferenti alle diverse strutture didattiche. 2. La prima adunanza del Consiglio degli studenti è convocata dal Rettore. 3. Il Consiglio elegge al proprio interno il Presidente, che convoca le adunanze e provvede a trasmettere pareri e proposte agli organi competenti. Il Presidente è membro del Senato accademico. 4. Le modalità di elezione, nonché di organizzazione e funzionamento del Consiglio degli studenti di Ateneo sono stabilite con Regolamento di Ateneo. I membri durano in carica due anni e sono rieleggibili una sola volta. Art. 27 – Comitato Unico di Garanzia 1. È istituito il “Comitato Unico di Garanzia per le pari opportunità, la valorizzazione del benessere di chi lavora e contro le discriminazioni”, di seguito CUG, che: a) promuove le pari opportunità per tutte le componenti che studiano e lavorano nell’Università, proponendo misure e azioni dirette a prevenire e a contrastare ogni forma di discriminazione fondata sul genere, sull’orientamento sessuale, l’origine etnica, la religione, le convinzioni personali e politiche, le condizioni di disabilità, l’età; b) promuove, in particolare, la parità effettiva fra i generi, individuando le eventuali discriminazioni, dirette e indirette, nella formazione professionale, nell’accesso al lavoro, nelle condizioni di lavoro, nelle progressioni di carriera e nella retribuzione e proponendo le iniziative necessarie a rimuoverle; c) predispone piani di azioni positive dirette a prevenire le discriminazioni e a promuovere condizioni di effettiva parità per il genere sottorappresentato; d) promuove la diffusione della cultura delle pari opportunità, anche attraverso la valorizzazione degli studi di genere e lo svolgimento di attività a carattere scientifico, formativo e culturale; e) attua azioni dirette a favorire la realizzazione di un ambiente lavorativo improntato al benessere organizzativo, contrastando qualsiasi forma di discriminazione e di violenza morale, fisica o psicologica; f) assicura l’adozione di politiche di conciliazione tra tempi di vita e di lavoro. 2. Il CUG assume, altresì, nell’ambito di competenza, compiti consultivi e di monitoraggio. 3. Ciascuna delle organizzazioni sindacali maggiormente rappresentative a livello di Amministrazione indica un componente del CUG ed il collegio è integrato da ulteriori componenti in egual numero, nominati dal Rettore a seguito di procedura elettorale ed appartenenti, nella misura del cinquanta per cento per ciascuna categoria, ai ruoli dei professori/ricercatori e del personale dirigente/tecnico-amministrativo. Nel caso in cui il numero dei componenti di spettanza sindacale sia dispari, al fine di rendere paritaria la composizione del CUG, avrà diritto ad un ulteriore seggio la componente meno rappresentata complessivamente tra quelle dei professori/ricercatori e del personale dirigente/tecnico-amministrativo. Sono altresì membri del CUG due studenti eletti in rappresentanza della componente studentesca iscritta ai corsi di studio ed un componente eletto in rappresentanza dei dottorandi e degli specializzandi. La componente studentesca partecipa alle riunioni del CUG con pieni diritti, fatta eccezione per le deliberazioni inerenti il benessere organizzativo e la gestione del rapporto di lavoro. In ogni caso la composizione complessiva del CUG dovrà assicurare, nel complesso, compatibilmente con il numero dei componenti del CUG medesimo, la presenza paritaria di entrambi i generi. 4. I componenti del CUG devono essere in possesso di: a) adeguate conoscenze ed esperienze nelle materie di competenza del CUG; b) adeguate esperienze nell’ambito delle pari opportunità o del mobbing, del contrasto alle discriminazioni; c) adeguate attitudini, intendendo per tali le caratteristiche personali, relazionali e motivazionali. 5. Il possesso dei predetti requisiti viene accertato sulla base del curriculum degli interessati, che va presentato e pubblicizzato sia ai fini della designazione da parte sindacale sia per la componente elettiva ai fini della candidatura. 6. Le modalità di svolgimento delle votazioni e dello scrutinio sono definite con Regolamento di Ateneo. 7. Il Presidente è eletto dal CUG tra i propri componenti. 8. Il CUG ha la medesima durata fissata per il Consiglio di Amministrazione e si rinnova contemporaneamente ad esso; la rappresentanza della componente studentesca rimane in carica per un periodo di due anni accademici. Il mandato è rinnovabile per una sola volta. 9. Il CUG è organo indipendente e l’Ateneo ne assicura l'autonomia operativa, il diritto di accesso ai dati e alle informazioni necessari, nonché la pubblicità e la diffusione degli atti, nel rispetto della normativa a tutela della riservatezza. 10.Il CUG può dotarsi di un proprio Regolamento di funzionamento. Art. 28 – Collegio di Disciplina 1. Il Collegio di Disciplina è competente a svolgere la fase istruttoria dei procedimenti disciplinari nei confronti dei professori e dei ricercatori e ad esprimere parere conclusivo sulla proposta avanzata dal Rettore, sia in relazione alla rilevanza dei fatti sul piano disciplinare sia in relazione al tipo di sanzione da irrogare. 2. Il Collegio di Disciplina è composto da tre professori di prima fascia, di cui uno presidente, due professori di seconda fascia e due ricercatori, tutti in regime di tempo pieno. I componenti del Collegio sono designati dal Senato Accademico in composizione limitata ai professori e ricercatori, di concerto con il Rettore, previa emanazione di un avviso pubblicato sul sito web di Ateneo per almeno 15 giorni e recante l’invito a manifestare la disponibilità ad assumere la carica rivolto ai professori e ricercatori a tempo pieno in servizio presso l’Ateneo. Il Rettore, sulla base dei curricula che devono essere presentati dagli interessati, propone, laddove possibile, al Senato Accademico una rosa di numero doppio rispetto ai componenti del Collegio da nominare. I componenti sono nominati con decreto rettorale, durano in carica quattro anni e non sono rinnovabili. Per ciascuna categoria di membri sono designati altrettanti membri supplenti che sostituiscono i titolari in caso di impedimento o di assenza. (Comma così modificato dal D.R. n. 2175 del 17/06/2015) 3. Il presidente, in caso di assenza o impedimento, è sostituito dal professore più anziano nel ruolo. A parità di anzianità nel ruolo prevale il più anziano di età. 4. Il Collegio opera secondo il principio del giudizio fra pari, esprimendosi unicamente con la presenza di componenti di qualifica almeno pari a quella del soggetto sottoposto al procedimento, nel rispetto del principio del contraddittorio. 5. L’avvio del procedimento disciplinare spetta al Rettore che, per ogni fatto che possa dar luogo all'irrogazione di una sanzione più grave della censura tra quelle previste dall'articolo 87 del testo unico delle leggi sull'istruzione superiore di cui al R.D. 31/8/1933 n. 1592, entro trenta giorni dal momento della conoscenza dei fatti, trasmette gli atti al Collegio, formulando motivata proposta. 6. Il Collegio, uditi il Rettore o un suo delegato, nonché il professore o il ricercatore sottoposto ad azione disciplinare, eventualmente assistito da un difensore di fiducia, entro trenta giorni esprime parere sulla proposta avanzata dal Rettore, sia in relazione alla rilevanza dei fatti sul piano disciplinare sia in relazione al tipo di sanzione da irrogare e trasmette gli atti al Consiglio di Amministrazione. 7. Il Consiglio di Amministrazione, senza la rappresentanza degli studenti, entro trenta giorni dalla ricezione del parere, applica la sanzione ovvero dispone l’archiviazione del procedimento, in conformità al parere vincolante espresso dal Collegio di Disciplina. 8. Il procedimento si estingue se la decisione di cui al comma precedente non intervenga nel termine di centottanta giorni dalla data di avvio del procedimento stesso. Tale termine e' sospeso fino alla ricostituzione del collegio di disciplina ovvero del Consiglio di Amministrazione nel caso in cui siano in corso le operazioni preordinate alla formazione dello stesso che ne impediscono il regolare funzionamento. Il termine è, altresì, sospeso, per non più di due volte e per un periodo non superiore a sessanta giorni in relazione a ciascuna sospensione, ove il collegio ritenga di dover acquisire ulteriori atti o documenti per motivi istruttori; il Rettore dà esecuzione alle richieste istruttorie avanzate dal collegio. 9. La partecipazione al Collegio non dà luogo alla corresponsione di compensi, emolumenti, indennità o rimborsi delle spese. 10. Il Collegio di Disciplina vigila sul rispetto del Codice Etico. (Comma abrogato dal D.R. n. 2175 del 17/06/2015). TITOLO IV RICERCA E DIDATTICA Art. 29 – Dipartimenti 1. I Dipartimenti, strutture portanti dell’Ateneo, svolgono funzioni finalizzate allo svolgimento: a) della ricerca scientifica; b) delle attività didattiche e formative; c) delle attività rivolte all’esterno, correlate o accessorie a quelle di cui alle lettere a) e b) quali, la diffusione dei risultati della ricerca, la formazione permanente certificata, il trasferimento delle conoscenze come fattore di sviluppo socioeconomico. Tali attività sono svolte, nell’area medica, anche con specifico riferimento alla salute nei suoi aspetti preventivi, diagnostici, terapeutici ed organizzativi. 2. Nei Dipartimenti dell’area medica, alle funzioni di didattica e di ricerca si affiancano le funzioni assistenziali che sono svolte in modo inscindibile. 3. Il Dipartimento è costituito da professori e ricercatori sulla base dell’appartenenza ad una medesima area scientifico-disciplinare ovvero a settori omogenei dal punto di vista culturale, didattico e scientifico, secondo i criteri stabiliti nella proposta di costituzione, al fine di condividere un progetto di formazione e ricerca, sul quale esprime parere il Nucleo di Valutazione. Nel progetto vanno individuati i settori scientifico-disciplinari di riferimento del Dipartimento, che devono essere indicati nel Regolamento di funzionamento della struttura. I professori e i ricercatori devono afferire ad un solo Dipartimento. I professori e i ricercatori afferiscono al Dipartimento che ne ha proposto la chiamata; la successiva richiesta di afferenza ad altro Dipartimento può essere formulata sulla base dei medesimi criteri previsti in sede di prima costituzione dei Dipartimenti. Nel rispetto dello stato giuridico dei professori e ricercatori e della libertà di insegnamento, il Dipartimento cui si chiede l’afferenza si esprime sulla coerenza della richiesta di afferenza con il progetto culturale, con la dimensione organizzativa e con gli obiettivi formativi dell’ordinamento didattico secondo quanto previsto dall’art. 2, comma 6, del presente Statuto. Su tale richiesta delibera il Consiglio di Amministrazione, sentiti il Dipartimento di destinazione ed il Senato accademico. 4. La proposta di costituzione del Dipartimento è approvata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, previo parere del Nucleo di Valutazione, sentito il Senato accademico. 5. Il numero minimo di professori e ricercatori per la costituzione di un Dipartimento è di cinquanta unità. Qualora dopo la sua costituzione il numero degli afferenti al Dipartimento dovesse scendere sotto la soglia indicata, sarà concesso un periodo di tre anni per il riequilibrio della consistenza numerica, oltre il quale il Dipartimento sarà automaticamente disattivato. In nessun caso, comunque, è possibile scendere sotto la soglia di quaranta componenti. 6. I Dipartimenti hanno autonomia gestionale, organizzativa, regolamentare. Hanno altresì autonomia di spesa, secondo quanto previsto dal Regolamento di Amministrazione e Contabilità. Dispongono degli spazi, delle strutture e del personale tecnicoamministrativo occorrenti al proprio funzionamento, nonché di una dotazione ordinaria assegnata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, sulla base della valutazione effettuata dal Nucleo di Valutazione. Modalità di funzionamento e di esercizio delle loro attività sono definite da ciascun Dipartimento con apposito Regolamento. 7. I Dipartimenti, in ragione di specifiche esigenze di carattere scientifico ed organizzativo possono essere strutturati in sezioni che ne rappresentano una mera articolazione. L’organizzazione amministrativa è definita con provvedimento del Direttore Generale, sentito il Direttore del Dipartimento. 8. Uno o più Dipartimenti possono proporre al Consiglio di Amministrazione l’istituzione e l’attivazione dei corsi di studio, secondo le procedure disciplinate dalla normativa vigente e purché siano in grado di soddisfare i requisiti di sostenibilità di seguito prefissati. Per i corsi di laurea e di laurea magistrale è necessario che il Dipartimento o l’insieme di dipartimenti assicuri la copertura di almeno i due terzi dei Crediti Formativi Universitari delle materie caratterizzanti con i professori e ricercatori ad esso afferenti. Motivate deroghe a tale soglia potranno essere autorizzate, in casi particolari, dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, su parere favorevole del Nucleo di Valutazione, sempre che il Dipartimento proponente o l’insieme di dipartimenti assicuri la copertura di più del 50% dei Crediti Formativi Universitari delle materie caratterizzanti. Il Consiglio di Amministrazione delibera l’attivazione del corso e lo incardina nel Dipartimento proponente. Il Senato esprime parere preventivo sull’attivazione del Corso e approva il relativo Regolamento Didattico. In caso di proposizione da parte di un insieme di dipartimenti il corso sarà coordinato dalla Scuola cui appartengono i Dipartimenti che concorrono alla sua attivazione ovvero dalla Scuola individuata di comune accordo qualora i Dipartimenti appartengano a Scuole diverse. Nell’area medica la Scuola formula la proposta didattica integrata con il necessario contributo di tutti i Dipartimenti ad essa afferenti, nel rispetto dei vincoli normativi. 9. Il Dipartimento può proporre al Consiglio di Amministrazione l’istituzione di uno o più corsi di dottorato anche in collaborazione con altri Dipartimenti, Scuole e altri Atenei. Un Dipartimento non inserito in una Scuola può proporre al Consiglio di Amministrazione l’istituzione di una Scuola di Dottorato, anche in collaborazione con altri Dipartimenti. 10.Il Dipartimento può proporre al Consiglio di Amministrazione l’istituzione di Scuole di Specializzazione con l’obiettivo di favorire la formazione professionalizzante nei settori previsti dalla legge. Nell’area medica le Scuole di Specializzazione sono istituite su proposta della Scuola, secondo la procedura prevista dalla normativa vigente. 11.Il Dipartimento può proporre al Consiglio di Amministrazione l’istituzione di corsi di Master universitario, che, una volta istituti, sono organizzati e gestiti dal Dipartimento proponente al pari di un corso di studio. 12.Il Consiglio di Dipartimento, per ciascuno dei corsi di studio in esso incardinati, istituisce una Commissione per il Coordinamento didattico. A tale Commissione prendono parte tutti i professori e i ricercatori afferenti al Corso di studio. Alla medesima Commissione il Dipartimento stesso può delegare parte delle proprie funzioni in ordine alle attività didattiche. Qualora il Dipartimento non istituisca la Commissione, tali funzioni vengono esercitate dal Consiglio di Dipartimento: alle adunanze del Consiglio convocate esclusivamente per esercitare la funzione di coordinamento delle attività didattiche, partecipano tutti i professori e ricercatori del Corso di Studio. Le modalità di partecipazione sono fissate dal regolamento. Il Coordinatore è individuato ai sensi dell’articolo 46, comma 2. La funzione di coordinatore può essere esercitata dal Direttore di Dipartimento. Il Consiglio di Dipartimento approva i Manifesti degli Studi dei corsi incardinati nel Dipartimento previo parere delle Commissioni per il Coordinamento didattico. 13.I Dipartimenti: a) svolgono le attività didattiche relative agli insegnamenti dei settori scientificodisciplinari funzionali al progetto culturale del Dipartimento, mettendo a disposizione spazi, attrezzature e personale propri; b) assegnano i compiti didattici a ciascun professore e ricercatore ad essi afferenti nel rispetto della normativa vigente. I Dipartimenti che fanno parte di una Scuola, per l’assegnazione di tali compiti didattici, devono tener conto del coordinamento fissato dalla Scuola. Il Senato accademico, laddove necessario, esercita il coordinamento didattico tra Scuole o tra Dipartimenti che non afferiscono a Scuole. I Dipartimenti comunicano al Senato accademico la distribuzione dei carichi didattici relativi ai professori e ricercatori afferenti a ciascuno di essi ai fini della funzione di alta vigilanza spettante al medesimo Senato accademico; c) nei propri settori scientifico-disciplinari di riferimento, sulla base delle proprie esigenze di ricerca e di didattica, richiedono al Consiglio di Amministrazione le risorse per l’attivazione dei procedimenti di chiamata di professori ordinari, associati e ricercatori. Su tali richieste, ai soli fini del coordinamento, della razionalizzazione e dell’equilibrio delle attività didattiche, esprime parere il Consiglio di Scuola, ove costituita. Per i Dipartimenti non appartenenti ad una Scuola, tale parere viene espresso dal Senato accademico. La strategia di reclutamento dei Dipartimenti viene valutata dal Nucleo di Valutazione che nell’area medica e veterinaria terrà conto anche dell’attività integrata di didattica, di ricerca e clinico-assistenziale; d) richiedono strutture, personale tecnico-amministrativo e risorse finanziarie al Consiglio di Amministrazione sulla base dell'attività di ricerca svolta o programmata e dei necessari servizi di supporto alla didattica; su tali richieste la Scuola formula al Consiglio di Amministrazione proposte organizzative e pareri. Per i Dipartimenti non afferenti ad una Scuola tale funzione è svolta dal Senato accademico; e) nell’ambito delle proprie competenze e nei limiti fissati dal Regolamento di Ateneo in materia, i Dipartimenti possono stipulare contratti e convenzioni con soggetti pubblici e privati per attività di ricerca, di consulenza e di servizio in conto terzi. 14.Gli organi del Dipartimento sono: a) il Consiglio del Dipartimento; b) il Direttore del Dipartimento; c) la Giunta del Dipartimento. Allegato n. 1 15. Il Consiglio di Dipartimento è composto da: a) i professori e i ricercatori afferenti al Dipartimento; b) un segretario con voto consultivo e con funzioni verbalizzanti scelto tra gli appartenenti almeno alla categoria D secondo le modalità indicate nel Regolamento di Ateneo in materia; c) rappresentanti degli studenti iscritti ai corsi di laurea, di laurea magistrale e di dottorato di ricerca incardinati nel Dipartimento in numero pari al 15% dei professori e dei ricercatori, secondo modalità stabilite dal Regolamento che deve prevedere la presenza di almeno un rappresentante per i corsi di dottorato. Tali rappresentanti durano in carica due anni; il mandato è rinnovabile una sola volta. Le modalità di partecipazione alle sedute sono fissate da apposito Regolamento ; d) rappresentanti del personale tecnico-amministrativo in una misura non superiore al 10 % della componente dei professori e dei ricercatori afferenti al Dipartimento. Tali rappresentanti durano in carica tre anni; il mandato è rinnovabile una sola volta; e) un rappresentante degli assegnisti di ricerca. 16. Il Direttore del Dipartimento: a) viene eletto dal Consiglio fra i professori ordinari a tempo pieno o, ricorrendo le condizioni previste dalla normativa vigente, fra i professori associati a tempo pieno afferenti al Dipartimento stesso; b) viene nominato con Decreto rettorale e dura in carica tre anni. Al Direttore del Dipartimento può essere riconosciuta una indennità di funzione nella misura determinata secondo le modalità previste all’art. 6.4 dello Statuto ( ). c) l'incarico è rinnovabile per una sola volta. 17. La Giunta di Dipartimento coadiuva il Direttore nell'esercizio delle sue funzioni ed ha compiti istruttori e propositivi. 18. Fanno parte della Giunta il Direttore e il segretario di cui al precedente comma 15 lett. b), quest’ultimo con voto consultivo e con funzioni verbalizzanti. I membri della Giunta restano in carica tre anni; il loro mandato è rinnovabile una sola volta. 19. Nell’area medica l’attività assistenziale si svolge secondo quanto previsto dallo schema di intesa Regione-Università ai sensi della normativa vigente. 20. Il Dipartimento che rappresenta al suo interno l’area medico-veterinaria, ferme restando le competenze di legge del Rettore, svolge, in particolare, le seguenti funzioni: a) cura e gestisce il sistema di certificazione e di accreditamento europeo del Corso di laurea in Medicina veterinaria sottoponendo alla Scuola, cui eventualmente afferisce, ed al Consiglio di Amministrazione, le eventuali necessità di potenziamento dell’attività formativa dettate dal sistema di valutazione comunitario; b) pone in essere con le strutture del servizio sanitario regionale le iniziative necessarie al fine di realizzare la coessenzialità del sistema di assistenza sanitaria e del sistema universitario della formazione. 21. Le funzioni e le modalità di elezione del Direttore sono disciplinate da apposito Regolamento di Ateneo. 22. Il Regolamento disciplina il funzionamento del Consiglio del Dipartimento. Composizione, modalità di elezione della Giunta di Dipartimento nonché le regole di funzionamento della stessa sono disciplinate dal Regolamento di funzionamento del Dipartimento, garantendo una equilibrata rappresentanza delle componenti. Art. 30 – Scuole 1. Le Scuole sono strutture di coordinamento costituite da più Dipartimenti che vi aderiscono sulla base di criteri di affinità culturale, didattica, scientifica e disciplinare. Ciascun Dipartimento può fare parte di una sola Scuola. Nell’area medica la Scuola deve garantire il principio di inscindibilità delle funzioni assistenziali da quelle di insegnamento e di ricerca e realizzare la piena integrazione delle attività assistenziali, formative e di ricerca svolte in collaborazione con il Servizio Sanitario Nazionale. 2. La richiesta di afferenza di un Dipartimento ad una Scuola è deliberata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, sentito il parere del Senato accademico. 3. Le Scuole coordinano le attività didattiche comuni fra i Dipartimenti che ne fanno parte per una razionale gestione dell’offerta formativa e per la tutela della qualità della didattica. Nell’area medica la Scuola deve garantire l’integrazione delle attività formative con le politiche di programmazione e di formazione poste in essere dal Servizio Sanitario. La Scuola deve favorire l’accesso e lo svolgimento dell’attività assistenziale dei professori e ricercatori sulla base della loro qualificazione e competenza scientifica ed assistenziale, nel rispetto del loro stato giuridico, al fine di salvaguardare l’espletamento dei doveri di insegnamento e di ricerca. 4. Le Scuole favoriscono al loro interno la ricerca interdisciplinare, promuovendo l’internazionalizzazione e i grandi progetti di ricerca che coinvolgano le aree culturali dei vari Dipartimenti afferenti. Promuovono ed incoraggiano le attività di trasferimento delle conoscenze sul territorio, amplificando e coordinando le singole iniziative dei Dipartimenti. 5. La Scuola, nell’assolvimento dei propri compiti istituzionali, per un più efficace ed efficiente funzionamento, può ricevere dal Senato accademico deleghe nei settori di propria competenza. 6. Le Scuole esercitano la gestione dei servizi comuni loro affidati. Nell’area medica la Scuola interagisce con l’Azienda ospedaliera universitaria per la gestione dei servizi comuni di sua competenza. 7. Le Scuole sono dotate di autonomia organizzativa e gestionale e di spesa in relazione alle funzioni ad esse assegnate e nei limiti delle norme vigenti. Dispongono di spazi, strutture e personale tecnico-amministrativo occorrenti al proprio funzionamento. Hanno autonomia regolamentare nelle materie di propria competenza. Modalità di funzionamento e di esercizio delle loro attività sono definite da apposito regolamento approvato dal Senato Accademico, previo parere del Consiglio di Amministrazione. 8. Una Scuola può essere costituita se il numero complessivo dei professori e ricercatori dei Dipartimenti costituenti è pari ad almeno 300 unità. 9. Il Consiglio è l’organo deliberante della Scuola. Fanno parte del Consiglio della Scuola: a) tutti i Direttori dei Dipartimenti facenti parte della Scuola; b) rappresentanti dei professori e dei ricercatori afferenti ai Dipartimenti costituenti la Scuola in misura pari al 10% dei componenti dei Consigli dei Dipartimenti stessi così individuati: b1) coordinatori dei corsi di studio, di dottorato e delle scuole di specializzazione nella misura prevista dal regolamento della scuola; in ogni caso, il loro numero, non può essere superiore al 50% dei componenti di cui alla lettera b); b2) professori e ricercatori membri delle Giunte di Dipartimento, in modo che sia garantita complessivamente nel Consiglio la rappresentanza dei Dipartimenti costituenti e la rappresentanza delle fasce; c) rappresentanti degli studenti iscritti ai corsi di laurea, di laurea magistrale e di dottorato di ricerca incardinati nei Dipartimenti aderenti alla Scuola in numero pari al 15% dei professori e dei ricercatori componenti del Consiglio della Scuola, secondo modalità stabilite dal Regolamento di Ateneo, purché sia prevista la presenza di almeno un rappresentante per i corsi di dottorato e di scuola di specializzazione. Tali rappresentanti durano in carica due anni; il mandato è rinnovabile una sola volta. Le modalità di partecipazione alle sedute sono fissate da apposito Regolamento ; 10.Le funzioni di Presidente del Consiglio della Scuola sono attribuite ad un professore ordinario a tempo pieno eletto in seno al Consiglio secondo quanto previsto da apposito Regolamento di Ateneo. 11.La carica ha durata di tre anni ed è rinnovabile per una sola volta. 12.La Scuola può proporre al Consiglio di Amministrazione l’istituzione di una o più Scuole di Dottorato anche in collaborazione con Dipartimenti esterni alla Scuola, con altre Scuole e altri Atenei. 13.La Scuola può proporre al Consiglio di Amministrazione l’istituzione, secondo la procedura prevista dalla normativa vigente, di Scuole di Specializzazione con l’obiettivo di favorire la formazione professionalizzante post lauream nei settori previsti dalla legge, ivi compresa l’area medica e quella veterinaria di concerto con i competenti Ministeri. 14.Il Consiglio della Scuola verifica la distribuzione dei carichi didattici, compresi contratti e affidamenti di incarichi di insegnamento, effettuata dai Dipartimenti per garantire il soddisfacimento ottimale dei fabbisogni; nel caso di Dipartimenti non afferenti ad una Scuola tale funzione è esercitata dal Senato accademico. 15.Ai soli fini del coordinamento, della razionalizzazione e dell’equilibrio delle attività didattiche, le Scuole esprimono parere al Consiglio di Amministrazione in ordine alle richieste di risorse formulate dai Dipartimenti afferenti per l’attivazione dei procedimenti di chiamata di professori ordinari, associati e ricercatori. In assenza della Scuola tale funzione è esercitata dal Senato accademico. 16.Nell’area medica la Scuola è l’unica struttura competente ad esprimere pareri al Rettore, al Senato accademico e al Consiglio di Amministrazione su tutte le deliberazioni dell’Università attinenti i rapporti con il Servizio sanitario nazionale e regionale e sulla programmazione in materia di reclutamento dei Dipartimenti tenendo conto della congruità e del necessario equilibrio delle aree per la dovuta integrazione delle attività didattiche, di ricerca e clinico-assistenziali. 17.Nell’area medica, al fine di promuovere l’approfondimento e la diffusione di tematiche etiche, deontologiche e giuridiche concernenti la ricerca biomedica di base ed applicata e la prassi clinico-assistenziale nei suoi aspetti diagnostici e terapeutici, è istituito il Centro di Bioetica per la sperimentazione biomedica disciplinato da apposito Regolamento. Al Centro afferisce il Comitato Etico per le attività biomediche. 18.Al fine di realizzare economie di scala e di scopo e migliorare l’efficienza nell’uso delle risorse e delle strutture, le Scuole formulano proposte organizzative ed esprimono pareri sulle richieste di strutture, grandi attrezzature e personale tecnico-amministrativo avanzate dai Dipartimenti, esprimendosi sulla base dell’attività di ricerca svolta e programmata e dei necessari servizi di supporto alla didattica. Per i Dipartimenti non afferenti ad una Scuola tale funzione è svolta dal Senato accademico. 19.Le Scuole possono sovrintendere al patrimonio edilizio di pertinenza, di concerto con i Servizi centrali di Ateneo, e possono gestire i relativi servizi comuni. Ai fini di una maggiore efficienza possono essere stipulati accordi per la gestione dei servizi comuni fra Dipartimenti, anche se non hanno costituito una Scuola, e fra Scuole e Dipartimenti non afferenti ad esse. 20.Le Scuole, nel caso di particolari condizioni di localizzazione territoriale delle strutture afferenti, possono delegare alcune delle funzioni di cui al comma precedente ai Dipartimenti interessati. Il Consiglio di Amministrazione per le stesse motivazioni può assegnare alcune delle predette funzioni direttamente ai Dipartimenti. 21.L’Ateneo, attraverso il Nucleo di Valutazione, esercita i poteri di controllo e di valutazione dei risultati prodotti dalle Scuole in tutte le loro attività. Art. 31 – Centri speciali per la didattica 1. Il Consiglio di Amministrazione, previo parere del Senato Accademico, può istituire Centri speciali per la didattica, collocati ad un livello interscuola, in relazione alla particolare complessità organizzativa della didattica derivante dalla presenza diffusa in molteplici strutture delle competenze necessarie a realizzare l’attività formativa in determinati ambiti culturali, allo scopo di assicurare le necessarie attività di coordinamento dei relativi corsi di studio incardinati in più Dipartimenti afferenti a Scuole diverse. 2. Le modalità di organizzazione e funzionamento di tali Centri sono disciplinate in sede di proposta istitutiva sul modello dipartimentale. Art. 33 – Centri di ricerca 1. I Centri di ricerca sono strutture aggregative interdipartimentali o interuniversitarie, istituite per la promozione e la realizzazione di ricerche interdisciplinari e multidisciplinari di rilevante interesse scientifico, sulla base di un progetto condiviso, anche sotto il profilo finanziario, tra più Dipartimenti, anche di Atenei diversi. I Centri di ricerca possono essere incardinati nelle Scuole quando il progetto istitutivo le individui come sede elettiva per la gestione e l’organizzazione delle attività di comune interesse e possono concorrere allo svolgimento di attività didattiche integrative secondo quanto previsto nel Regolamento del Centro. 2. L'istituzione e l’attivazione dei Centri di ricerca è deliberata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, senza maggiori oneri a carico del bilancio dell’Università, su proposta di almeno due Dipartimenti e sentito il Senato accademico ovvero, su delega dello stesso, i Consigli delle Scuole alle quali afferiscono i Dipartimenti proponenti. 3. Le strutture proponenti devono determinare preventivamente il fabbisogno economico e le risorse acquisibili per il funzionamento dei Centri, garantirne l’efficienza, anche attraverso la ripartizione di quote tra le medesime strutture proponenti e l’attribuzione di spazi a carico delle stesse, nonché verificare la sussistenza di un’adeguata capacità attrattiva di risorse dall’esterno. 4. I Centri hanno autonomia gestionale, regolamentare, organizzativa e di spesa. Possono stipulare contratti e convenzioni con soggetti pubblici e privati per attività in conto terzi. 5. L'attività dei Centri, la sostenibilità finanziaria e l’efficienza degli stessi sono sottoposte a verifica triennale da parte del Nucleo di Valutazione di Ateneo. Nel caso di valutazione negativa, il Nucleo di Valutazione assume le determinazioni conseguenti sottoponendole al Consiglio di Amministrazione, che delibera sentito il Senato accademico. Il Senato accademico può delegare tale funzione ai Consigli delle Scuole alle quali afferiscono i Dipartimenti che hanno proposto l’istituzione del Centro. L’eventuale disattivazione del Centro interdipartimentale è disposta con Decreto del Rettore. 6. L’organizzazione interna ed il funzionamento dei Centri di ricerca sono regolati, sul modello organizzativo dei Dipartimenti, da un Regolamento interno. Per i Centri interdipartimentali, il Regolamento viene adottato sulla base di uno schema-tipo approvato dal Senato accademico. L’organizzazione interna ed il funzionamento dei Centri interuniversitari sono regolati in conformità alla convenzione istitutiva. Art. 34 – Centri di servizio interdipartimentali 1. I Centri di servizio interdipartimentali sono strutture organizzative costituite allo scopo di sviluppare e potenziare i servizi per le attività di ricerca e di didattica, anche attraverso la migliore utilizzazione di risorse strumentali, laboratori e attrezzature complesse di interesse comune a più Dipartimenti dell’Università. 2. L'istituzione e l’attivazione dei Centri di servizio interdipartimentali è deliberata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, senza maggiori oneri a carico del bilancio dell’Università, su proposta motivata e dettagliata di almeno due Dipartimenti e sentito il Senato accademico ovvero, su delega dello stesso, i Consigli delle Scuole alle quali afferiscono i Dipartimenti proponenti. 3. L’organizzazione interna ed il funzionamento dei Centri di servizio interdipartimentali sono regolati, sul modello organizzativo dei Dipartimenti, da un Regolamento interno adottato sulla base di uno schema-tipo approvato dal Senato accademico, previo parere del Consiglio di Amministrazione. 4. Ai Centri di servizio interdipartimentali si applicano, in quanto compatibili, le norme previste per i Centri di ricerca. Art. 35 – Centri di servizio dell’Ateneo 1. I Centri di servizio dell’Ateneo sono strutture organizzative dirette alla realizzazione di scopi specifici di interesse generale per l’Università, attraverso la gestione e l'utilizzazione di servizi comuni, al fine di promuoverne la qualità dei processi. 2. I Centri di servizio operano secondo criteri di efficienza e di efficacia e i risultati dell’attività svolta sono valutati sulla base dei criteri fissati dal Nucleo di Valutazione. 3. L’istituzione dei Centri di servizio dell’Ateneo è deliberata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione su proposta del Rettore, sentito il Senato accademico. La proposta istitutiva deve indicare le finalità istituzionali, nonché le modalità di organizzazione e funzionamento del Centro sul modello dipartimentale. Tale proposta deve altresì contenere la previsione del fabbisogno economico e di personale occorrente per il suo funzionamento. 4. I Centri di servizio dell’Ateneo dispongono di spazi, strutture e personale tecnicoamministrativo, occorrenti al proprio funzionamento, nonché di una dotazione ordinaria assegnata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione. I Centri hanno autonomia gestionale, organizzativa e di spesa e possono svolgere, nei limiti delle proprie disponibilità e nel rispetto delle priorità istituzionali, attività in conto terzi a favore di enti pubblici e privati, secondo quanto stabilito con apposite convenzioni. 5. I Direttori dei Centri di servizio dell’Ateneo sono nominati dal Rettore tra i professori di ruolo dell'Università con specifica qualificazione nelle materie oggetto dell’attività dei Centri medesimi. L’incarico ha durata triennale e può essere rinnovato. Art. 36 – Azienda agraria e zootecnica 1. L’Azienda agraria e zootecnica è una struttura ausiliaria per le attività dell’Università nell’ambito della ricerca, della didattica e della sperimentazione, nei settori disciplinari inclusi nell’area delle scienze agrarie e di quelle veterinarie. L’Azienda, in particolare, è costituita allo scopo di organizzare, coordinare e implementare, anche mediante l’adozione di tecnologie innovative, i servizi a sostegno dei programmi di ricerca applicata e della didattica pratica. 2. L’Azienda ha autonomia gestionale, organizzativa e di spesa, dispone di spazi, strutture e personale tecnico-amministrativo occorrenti al proprio funzionamento, nonché di una dotazione ordinaria assegnata dal Consiglio di Amministrazione. 3. Le modalità di funzionamento dell'Azienda sono disciplinate da Regolamento adottato in conformità alla normativa vigente; ad essa si applicano, in quanto compatibili, le norme dei Centri di servizio. Art. 37 – Orto botanico 1. L'Orto botanico dell'Università ha lo scopo di introdurre, curare e conservare specie vegetali da diffondere e proteggere, nonché di assicurarne la ricerca e la divulgazione. 2. L'Orto ha, altresì, lo scopo di raccogliere e conservare collezioni di semi e di legni, oltre che collezioni di piante fossili e di oggetti di interesse etnobotanico nell’annesso Museo di Paleobotanica ed Etnobotanica. 3. L'Orto ha autonomia gestionale, organizzativa e di spesa. Ad esso si applicano, in quanto compatibili, le norme relative ai Centri di ricerca interdipartimentali. Le modalità di funzionamento dell'Orto botanico sono disciplinate da Regolamento. Art. 38 – Azienda ospedaliera universitaria 1. L'Azienda ospedaliera universitaria è costituita, con autonoma personalità giuridica, dall'Università d'intesa con la Regione. Essa opera con le modalità e secondo quanto disposto dalla normativa vigente che disciplina i rapporti tra Servizio sanitario regionale e Università. 2. L'Università concorre alle attività assistenziali dell’Azienda ospedaliera universitaria con l'apporto di personale docente e non docente e di beni mobili ed immobili; la Regione concorre erogando il corrispettivo dell’attività svolta secondo quanto previsto dalla normativa vigente e dagli appositi accordi stipulati tra essa e l’Università. 3. La gestione dell’Azienda ospedaliera universitaria è informata al principio dell’autonomia economico-finanziaria. 4. Il patrimonio immobiliare e mobiliare concesso in uso all'Azienda ospedaliera universitaria resta di proprietà dell'Ateneo e non può essere modificato nella propria consistenza e configurazione in mancanza di apposita autorizzazione del Consiglio di Amministrazione dell'Università. 5. La gestione dell’Azienda ospedaliera universitaria deve essere informata all’esigenza di garantire le funzioni istituzionali delle strutture universitarie che vi operano. Art. 39 – Sistema bibliotecario e Centro di Ateneo per le Biblioteche 1. Il Sistema bibliotecario di Ateneo è volto ad organizzare la raccolta, la conservazione, l'arricchimento, la classificazione e la fruizione del patrimonio bibliotecario e documentale dell'Università, garantendo la razionalizzazione e l’efficacia dei servizi resi all'utenza. Il Sistema bibliotecario di Ateneo è formato dalle biblioteche dell’Ateneo, nonché dai centri di documentazione dell’Università, inclusa la Biblioteca Digitale, ed è coordinato dal Centro di Ateneo per le Biblioteche. 2. I principi di funzionamento del Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo sono stabiliti con Regolamento di Ateneo. 3. L’Università garantisce al Sistema bibliotecario di Ateneo, mediante delibera assunta dal Consiglio di Amministrazione, sentiti il Senato accademico e il Centro di Ateneo per le Biblioteche, le risorse necessarie al suo funzionamento e al perseguimento dei suoi obiettivi. Art. 40 – Sistema museale 1. Il Sistema museale dell'Università, costituito da Centri Museali e da Musei Dipartimentali, organizza e coordina, anche mediante tecnologie innovative, la raccolta, la conservazione, l'arricchimento, la catalogazione, lo studio e la fruizione dei beni di interesse scientifico, storico e artistico dell'Università. 2. I Centri museali hanno autonomia gestionale, organizzativa e di spesa; ad essi si applicano, in quanto compatibili, le norme relative ai Centri di servizio. 3. I principi di funzionamento del Sistema museale sono stabiliti con Regolamento di Ateneo. 4. Altri Musei e Centri museali possono essere costituiti con apposita convenzione o tra più Università, o con soggetti pubblici e privati. Art. 41 – Tutorato e monitoraggio sull’efficacia dell’offerta didattica 1. L'Università organizza e disciplina, con Regolamento, il servizio di tutorato finalizzato a rimuovere, per tutto il corso degli studi, gli ostacoli alla proficua frequenza e a rendere gli studenti attivamente partecipi del processo formativo, secondo le esigenze e le attitudini dei singoli. Il servizio di tutorato è obbligatorio nei corsi erogati con la modalità della formazione a distanza. 2. L’Università, attraverso le proprie strutture organizza e disciplina, anche in collaborazione e con il sostegno finanziario di altri Atenei, il monitoraggio delle carriere degli studenti e degli sbocchi professionali dei laureati e dei dottori di ricerca, con il compito di: a) operare analisi delle tendenze delle iscrizioni; b) fornire ai Dipartimenti, alle Scuole ed al servizio di tutorato dati ed analisi su ritardi e tendenziali abbandoni, affinché se ne rimuovano le cause; c) cooperare con l’ente preposto al diritto allo studio universitario, anche al fine di promuovere iniziative per il superamento di difficoltà personali, economiche, sociali ed ambientali; d) valutare anche attraverso l’analisi dei tempi e dei modi dell’ inserimento dei laureati e dei dottori di ricerca, le prospettive del mercato del lavoro, segnalando le opportunità esistenti nei vari settori; e) provvedere, su segnalazione di relatori e commissioni, nel rispetto della vigente normativa, alla raccolta sistematica di titoli ed estratti di tesi di laurea e di dottorato, mettendoli a disposizione di enti ed imprese interessati. Art. 42 – Altri servizi per gli studenti 1. L'Università, anche in collaborazione con ordini professionali, enti e istituzioni pubbliche e private, organizza servizi volti a garantire a studenti e laureati informazioni sulle borse di studio, sugli scambi culturali e sulle opportunità di lavoro in Italia e all'estero. I servizi sono gestiti dall’Amministrazione anche con la collaborazione degli studenti, secondo le modalità previste dalla normativa vigente. 2. L'Università istituisce per laureati e dottori di ricerca borse di studio anche per l'estero e può fornire sussidi per tirocini pratici presso strutture anche non universitarie, italiane e straniere, collaborando a curare i relativi adempimenti amministrativi. 3. L'Università favorisce lo svolgimento di attività di servizio civile e di volontariato nelle forme previste dalla vigente normativa. Articolo 43 – Formazione post lauream 1. L’Università può attivare, anche in collaborazione con soggetti pubblici o privati, corsi di master universitario di primo e di secondo livello e corsi di perfezionamento tecnicoscientifico post lauream, nonché corsi di aggiornamento per la formazione continua. 2. Le modalità di attivazione, di organizzazione e di funzionamento di tali corsi sono disciplinate, oltre che dalla vigente normativa ministeriale, dai Regolamenti di Ateneo. Art. 44 – Titoli di studio universitari 1. L'Università rilascia i seguenti titoli: a) laurea; b) laurea magistrale; c) master universitario di I e di II livello; d) diploma di specializzazione; e) dottorato di ricerca. Art. 45 –Attività didattica 1. L’attività didattica è erogata dai Dipartimenti. 2. Cooperano alle attività didattiche l'Orto Botanico, l'Azienda Agraria e Zootecnica, l'Azienda ospedaliera universitaria, le Biblioteche, i Musei, i Centri di ricerca, i Centri interdipartimentali di servizio, che mettono a disposizione, se necessario, anche spazi, attrezzature e personale propri. 3. I corsi di Laurea e di Laurea Magistrale, i corsi di Dottorato, i corsi delle Scuole di specializzazione e i corsi di Master universitario di I e II livello sono riportati nel sito ufficiale dell’Ateneo. 4. L'attività didattica è disciplinata, nel rispetto della libertà di insegnamento, dalle normative di legge, dal Regolamento didattico di Ateneo e dai Regolamenti dei singoli corsi di studio istituiti da Dipartimenti. I Regolamenti garantiscono l'adozione di percorsi formativi coerenti e adeguati al valore legale dei titoli di studio rilasciati ed alla loro valenza nell'ambito dell'Unione europea. 5. Il Regolamento didattico di Ateneo disciplina l'ordinamento generale degli studi, dei corsi e delle attività formative. Ad esso si conformano, nel rispetto delle loro autonomie, i Regolamenti dei singoli corsi di studio istituiti dai Dipartimenti, secondo le linee guida formulate dal Senato accademico. Art. 46 – Organizzazione dei corsi di laurea e di laurea magistrale 1. I Dipartimenti nominano un Coordinatore ed istituiscono una Commissione per il coordinamento didattico dei corsi di laurea e di laurea magistrale con lo scopo di assicurare unitarietà all’organizzazione dei corsi. In alternativa, il Dipartimento può esercitare direttamente tale funzione secondo quanto disciplinato dall’art. 29, comma 12. 2. Il Coordinatore è eletto dal Consiglio del Dipartimento, a maggioranza degli aventi diritto al voto, tra i professori a tempo pieno responsabili di un insegnamento nel relativo corso di studio. Dura in carica tre anni ed il mandato è rinnovabile una sola volta. In caso di impedimento o di assenza, ne assume le funzioni il Decano dei professori della Commissione di coordinamento. 3. Il Coordinatore: a) convoca e presiede la Commissione; b) promuove e coordina l'attività didattica del corso di studio e riferisce al Consiglio di Dipartimento e di Scuola; c) sottopone al Consiglio di Dipartimento e di Scuola le proposte della Commissione e cura l'esecuzione delle delibere dei Consigli in materia didattica; d) collabora con il Direttore del Dipartimento o il Presidente della Scuola per i rapporti con il Nucleo di Valutazione e per la valutazione dei requisiti dell’offerta formativa. 4. La Commissione per il coordinamento didattico dei corsi di laurea e di laurea magistrale è istituita dal Dipartimento in cui il corso è incardinato. Ne fanno parte tutti i professori, inclusi i professori a contratto, e i ricercatori responsabili di un insegnamento nel corso di studio, anche se non afferenti al Dipartimento. Fanno parte della Commissione i rappresentanti degli studenti del corso di laurea eletti nel Consiglio di Dipartimento, iscritti al corso stesso. 5. La Commissione: a) coordina l'attività didattica; b) esamina e approva i piani di studio presentati dagli studenti e tutte le altre pratiche didattiche; c) sperimenta nuove modalità didattiche; d) espleta tutte le funzioni istruttorie. Formula proposte e pareri in merito all’Ordinamento didattico, al Regolamento didattico e al Manifesto degli Studi dei corsi di studio, che il coordinatore trasmette per l’approvazione al Consiglio di Dipartimento; e) elabora il documento annuale di autovalutazione del corso di studio che il Consiglio di Dipartimento trasmette alla Commissione paritetica docenti-studenti; f) svolge tutte le altre funzioni a essa delegate dal Consiglio di Dipartimento. 6. In caso di corsi di studio di nuova istituzione tutte le funzioni istruttorie sono svolte dal Consiglio di Dipartimento. Art. 47 – Dottorato di ricerca 1. Un Dipartimento o una Scuola, o un insieme coordinato di queste strutture, propone l’attivazione dei corsi di Dottorato di ricerca nel rispetto della normativa vigente, prevedendo quanto necessario per l’organizzazione ed il funzionamento degli stessi. La proposta di attivazione viene strutturata secondo quanto previsto da apposito Regolamento in materia. 2. L'organizzazione e il funzionamento dei corsi di dottorato sono disciplinati dalla legge, dal Regolamento in materia e da eventuali convenzioni, anche di tipo consortile, con altri Atenei italiani e stranieri. 3. I corsi di Dottorato sono obbligatoriamente riuniti in Scuole di Dottorato, in base ad affinità tematiche, al fine dell’ottimizzazione delle risorse e delle attività didattiche. Le Scuole di Dottorato sono istituite su proposta di un Dipartimento o di una Scuola, o di un insieme coordinato di essi, con delibera del Consiglio di Amministrazione, previo parere del Senato Accademico. 4. Il funzionamento delle Scuole di Dottorato, la attivazione o la disattivazione di singoli corsi di dottorato sono disciplinati dal Regolamento di funzionamento, adottato secondo le linee guida fissate dal Senato accademico e approvate dal Consiglio di Amministrazione. 5. I corsi e le scuole di dottorato sono oggetto di valutazione da parte del Nucleo. Https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! CGEIT: Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT Volume A Question #1 You are the project manager of the NHQ project for your company. You are working with your project team to complete a risk audit. A recent issue that your project team responded to, and management approved, was to increase the project schedule because there was risk surrounding the installation time of a new material. Your logic was that with the expanded schedule there would be time to complete the installation without affecting downstream project activities. What type of risk response is being audited in this scenario? A. Avoidance B. Mitigation C. Parkinson's Law D. Lag Time Answer: A Question #2 You are the project manager for your organization. You are preparing for the quantitative risk analysis. Mark, a project team member, wants to know why you need to do quantitative risk analysis when you just completed qualitative risk analysis. Which one of the following statements best defines what quantitative risk analysis is? A. Quantitative risk analysis is the process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact. B. Quantitative risk analysis is the planning and quantification of risk responses based on probability and impact of each risk event. C. Quantitative risk analysis is the review of the risk events with the high probability and the highest impact on the project objectives. D. Quantitative risk analysis is the process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #3 Your project spans the entire organization. You would like to assess the risk of the project but are worried that some of the managers involved in the project could affect the outcome of any risk identification meeting. Your worry is based on the fact that some employees would not want to publicly identify risk events that could make their supervisors look bad. You would like a method that would allow participants to anonymously identify risk events. What risk identification method could you use? A. Delphi technique B. Isolated pilot groups C. SWOT analysis D. Root cause analysis Answer: A Question #4 Fill in the blank with an appropriate phrase. _________models address specifications, requirements, design, verification and validation, and maintenance activities. Answer: Life cycle Question #5 Fill in the blank with an appropriate word. ________is also referred to as corporate governance, and covers issues such as board structures, roles and executive remuneration. Answer: Conformance Question #6 Which of the following is NOT a sub-process of Service Portfolio Management? A. Service Portfolio Update B. Business Planning Data C. Strategic Planning D. Strategic Service Assessment E. Service Strategy Definition Answer: B Question #7 Mary is the business analyst for your organization. She asks you what the purpose of the assess capability gaps task is. Which of the following is the best response to give Mary? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. It identifies the causal factors that are contributing to an effect the solution will solve. B. It identifies new capabilities required by the organization to meet the business need. C. It describes the ends that the organization wants to improve. D. It identifies the skill gaps in the existing resources. Answer: B Question #8 Which of the following are the roles of a CEO in the Resource management framework? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Organizing and facilitating IT strategic implementations B. Establishment of business priorities & allocation of resources for IT performance C. Overseeing the aggregate IT funding D. Capitalization on knowledge & information Answer: ABD Question #9 Fill in the blank with an appropriate phrase. _________is the study of how the variation (uncertainty) in the output of a mathematical model can be apportioned, qualitatively or quantitatively, to different sources of variation in the input of a model Answer: Sensitivity analysis Question #10 Which of the following is a process that occurs due to mergers, outsourcing or changing business needs? A. Voluntary exit B. Plant closing C. Involuntary exit D. Outplacement Answer: C Question #11 Fill in the blank with the appropriate word. An ___________ is a resource, process, product, computing infrastructure, and so forth that an organization has determined must be protected. Answer: asset https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #12 You work as a project manager for TYU project. You are planning for risk mitigation. You need to identify the risks that will need a more in-depth analysis. Which of the following activities will help you in this? A. Estimate activity duration B. Quantitative analysis C. Qualitative analysis D. Risk identification Answer: C Question #13 An organization supports both programs and projects for various industries. What is a portfolio? A. A portfolio describes all of the monies that are invested in the organization. B. A portfolio is the total amount of funds that have been invested in programs, projects, and operations. C. A portfolio describes any project or program within one industry or application area. D. A portfolio describes the organization of related projects, programs, and operations. Answer: D Question #14 Your organization mainly focuses on the production of bicycles for selling it around the world. In addition to this, the organization also produces scooters. Management wants to restrict its line of production to bicycles. Therefore, it decides to sell the scooter production department to another competitor. Which of the following terms best describes the sale of the scooter production department to your competitor? A. Corporate restructure B. Divestiture C. Rightsizing D. Outsourcing Answer: B Question #15 You are the business analyst for your organization and are preparing to conduct stakeholder analysis. As part of this process you realize that you'll need several inputs. Which one of the following is NOT an input you'll use for the conduct stakeholder analysis task? A. Organizational process assets B. Enterprise architecture C. Business need https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Enterprise environmental factors Answer: D Question #16 Which of the following is the process of comparing the business processes and performance metrics including cost, cycle time, productivity, or quality? A. Agreement B. COBIT C. Service Improvement Plan D. Benchmarking Answer: D Question #17 You are the project manager of a large project that will last four years. In this project, you would like to model the risk based on its distribution, impact, and other factors. There are three modeling techniques that a project manager can use to include both event-oriented and project oriented analysis. Which modeling technique does NOT provide event-oriented and project oriented analysis for identified risks? A. Modeling and simulation B. Expected monetary value C. Sensitivity analysis D. Jo-Hari Window Answer: D Question #18 Which of the following processes is described in the statement below? "This is the process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives." A. Identify Risks B. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis C. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis D. Monitor and Control Risks Answer: C Question #19 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! 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Beth has added extra features to the project and this has introduced new risks to the project work. The project manager of the JHG project elects to remove the features Beth has added. The process of removing the extra features to remove the risks is called what? A. Corrective action B. Preventive action C. Scope creep D. Defect repair Answer: B Question #22 Which of the following elements of planning gap measures the gap between the total potential for the market and the actual current usage by all the consumers in the market? A. Project gap B. Competitive gap C. Usage gap https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Product gap Answer: C Question #23 Mark is the project manager of the BFL project for his organization. He and the project team are creating a probability and impact matrix using RAG rating. 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You are working on a project and the management wants a rapid and cost-effective means for establishing priorities for planning risk responses in your project. Which risk management process can satisfy management's objective for your project? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Quantitative analysis B. Qualitative risk analysis C. Historical information D. Rolling wave planning Answer: B Question #27 You are the project manager for your organization and you are working with Thomas, a project team member. You and Thomas have been working on a specific risk response for a probable risk event in the project. Thomas is empowered with a risk response and will control all aspects of the identified risk response in which a particular risk event will happen within the project. What title, in regard to risk, is bestowed on Thomas? A. Risk coordinator B. Risk expeditor C. Risk owner D. Risk team leader Answer: C Question #28 Which of the following essential elements of IT Portfolio Investment Management drives better decisions by providing real-time portfolio performance information in personalized views, such as cost/benefit summary, risk versus reward, ROI versus alignment, and balance bubble charts? A. Workflow, Process Management, Tracking and Authorization B. Portfolio Management C. Integrated Dashboards and Scorecards D. Portfolio What-If Planning Answer: C Question #29 DRAG DROP - Val IT is a suite of documents that provide a framework for the governance of IT investments, produced by the IT Governance Institute (ITGI). It is a formal statement of principles and processes for IT portfolio management. Drag and drop the correct domain ('Portfolio management') next to the IT processes defined by Val IT. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Select and Place: Answer: Question #30 What are the various phases of the Software Assurance Acquisition process according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acquisition and Outsourcing Working Group? A. Implementing, contracting, auditing, monitoring B. Requirements, planning, monitoring, auditing C. Designing, implementing, contracting, monitoring D. Planning, contracting, monitoring and acceptance, follow-on Answer: D Question #31 Which of the following sub-processes of Service Portfolio Management is used to define the overall goals that the service provider should follow in its development based on the outcome of Strategic Service Assessment? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Service Portfolio Update B. Strategic Service Assessment C. Service Strategy Definition D. Strategic Planning Answer: C Question #32 Which of the following are the main goals of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)'s strategic plan 2008- 2013?Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. It employs modern communication techniques and technologies. B. It builds on our reach and impact within the muslim world. C. It engages the world in conversation about England. D. It enhances program delivery across all platforms. Answer: ABD Question #33 Which of the following types of IT organizational structures states that all IT decision making and the IT budget are in one place, much easier to manage, and require much less effort to organize? A. Decentralized B. Federated C. Project-based D. Centralized Answer: D Question #34 A service provider guarantees for end-to-end network traffic performance to a customer. Which of the following types of agreement is this? A. LA B. VPN C. NDA D. SLA Answer: D Question #35 Which of the following domains of COBIT covers areas such as the execution of the applications within the IT system and its results as well as the support processes that enable the effective and efficient execution of these IT systems? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Deliver and Support B. Acquire and Implement C. Monitor and Evaluate D. Plan and Organize Answer: A Question #36 Gary has identified a project risk that could injure project team members. He does not want to accept any risk where someone could become injured on this project so he hires a professional vendor to complete this portion of the project work. This workaround to the risk event is known as what type of risk response? A. Avoidance B. Mitigation C. Acceptance D. Transference Answer: D Question #37 Management has asked you to perform a risk audit and report back on the results. Bonny, a project team member asks you what a risk audit is. What do you tell Bonny? A. A risk audit is a review of the effectiveness of the risk responses in dealing with identified risks and their root causes, as well as the effectiveness of the risk management process. B. A risk audit is a review of all the risks that have yet to occur and what their probability of happening are. C. A risk audit is an audit of all the risks that have occurred in the project and what their true impact on cost and time has been. D. A risk audit is a review of all the risk probability and impact for the risks, which are still present in the project but which have not yet occurred. Answer: A Question #38 Wendy is the project manager of the FBL project for your company. She has identified several risks within her project and has created a risk contingency reserve of $45,000 total. Her project is nearly complete and many of the risks have not happened in the project. What should Wendy do with the funds in the contingency reserve? A. The funds for the risks that have passed and have not happened are transferred to the project budget. B. The funds remain in the contingency reserve until all of the risks have passed. C. The funds remain in the contingency reserve until the project is closed. D. The funds for the risks that have passed and have not happened are released. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #39 Which of the following frameworks defines ERM as a process, effected by an entity's board of directors, management, and other personnel, applied in strategy setting and across the enterprise? A. COBIT B. COSO ERM framework C. Casualty Actuarial Society framework D. Val IT Answer: B Question #40 The IT strategy formulation process consists of four steps to provide guidance to all who are involved. Which of the following steps are performed in the IT strategy formulation process? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Decide how to get from here to there. B. Evaluate changes. C. Assess process maturity. D. Map out the big picture. Answer: ABD Question #41 Which of the following concepts is a semi-standard structured report supported by proven design methods and automation tools that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by staff within their control and monitor the consequences arising from these actions? A. Total Security Management B. Balanced Scorecard (BSC) C. Total Quality Management D. Six Sigma Answer: B Question #42 DRAG DROP - Drag and drop the various architecture domains for TOGAF at the appropriate places. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! 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Realigning business process with business strategy B. Permitting the enterprise to focus on core main competences C. Optimizing business processes D. Increasing the automation of business processes Answer: B Question #46 In which of the following phases of the SDLC does the software and other components of the system faithfully incorporate the design specifications and provide proper documentation and training? A. Design B. Initiation C. Programming and training D. Evaluation and acceptance Answer: C Question #47 You are the project manager of a newly formed project to create a new manufacturing facility. You are working with a business analyst to identify, document, and prioritize stakeholders' needs for the facility. You'll also need to quantify any subjective terms and needs to define the project scope. What is this process called? A. Requirements analysis B. Project scope statement creation C. Requirements gathering D. Stakeholder analysis Answer: D Question #48 IT Governance is used by the management to regulate the Information Systems, to accomplish its objectives. IT governance forms an integral part of corporate governance. Which of the following elements are required to implement a good IT governance framework? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Communication B. Structure C. Project D. Process Answer: ABD Question #49 Which of the following roles is responsible for review and risk analysis of all contracts on a regular basis? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. The Service Catalogue Manager B. The Supplier Manager C. The Configuration Manager D. The IT Service Continuity Manager Answer: B Question #50 All projects that are presented in your organization must go through a board to review the return on investment, risk, and worthiness of a project. All projects are considered but not all projects are initiated. What is the name of the process that this board is completing in your organization? A. Project selection committee B. Change governance C. Project portfolio management D. Project portfolio management board Answer: C Question #51 Which of the following essential elements of IT Portfolio Investment Management enables portfolio managers to include or exclude investments, change start and end dates, adjust budgets and reevaluate priorities? A. Integrated Capability B. Portfolio Planning Analysis C. Portfolio What-If Planning D. Portfolio Management Answer: C Question #52 Fred is the project manager of the PKL project. He is working with his project team to complete the quantitative risk analysis process as a part of risk management planning. Fred understands that once the quantitative risk analysis process is complete, the process will need to be completed again in at least two other times in the project. When will the quantitative risk analysis process need to be repeated? A. Quantitative risk analysis process will be completed again after the risk response planning and as a part of monitoring and controlling. B. Quantitative risk analysis process will be completed again after the plan risk response planning and as part of procurement. C. Quantitative risk analysis process will be completed again after new risks are identified and as pa of monitoring and controlling. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Quantitative risk analysis process will be completed again after the cost management planning an as a part of monitoring and controlling. Answer: A Question #53 You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. There has been a delay in your project work that is adversely affecting the project schedule. You decided, with your stakeholders' approval, to fast track the project work to get the project done faster. When you fast track the project which of the following are likely to increase? A. Costs B. Risks C. Human resource needs D. Quality control concerns Answer: B Question #54 Which of the following processes ensures that all vital assets and resources of the organization are safeguarded? A. Defining Resource Requirements process B. Cost estimating process C. Vendor contract administration process D. Risk management process Answer: D Question #55 In software development, which of the following analysis is used to document the services and functions that have been accidentally left out, deliberately eliminated or still need to be developed? A. Vulnerability analysis B. Cost-benefit analysis C. Requirement analysis D. Gap analysis Answer: D Question #56 The entry points to Service Strategy are referred to as "the Four Ps". They identify the different forms a service strategy may take. 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Defines value creation roles within IT. C. Provides IT infrastructure to facilitate knowledge & information creation/sharing. D. Establishes business priorities & allocates resources for IT performance. Answer: ABC Question #59 Elizabeth is a project manager for her organization and she finds risk management to be very difficult for her to manage. She asks you, a lead project manager, at what stage in the project will risk management become easier. What answer best resolves the difficulty of risk management practices and the effort required? A. Risk management only becomes easier the more often it is practiced. B. Risk management only becomes easier when the project is closed. C. Risk management is an iterative process and never becomes easier. D. Risk management only becomes easier when the project moves into project execution. Answer: A https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #60 Which of the following stages of the Forrester's IT Governance Maturity Model describes that the IT governance processes are applied across the enterprise where all business units/entities conform to the same set of IT governance processes, and IT investment decisions are based on the enterprise view? A. Stage 3-Consistent B. Stage 4-Best practices C. Stage 1-Ad hoc D. Stage 2-Fragmented Answer: A Question #61 You are the project manager of the AMD project for your organization. In this project, you are currently performing quantitative risk analysis. The tool and technique you are using is simulation where the project model is computed many times with the input values chosen at random for each iteration. The goal is to create a probability distribution from the iterations for the project schedule. What technique will you use with this simulation? A. Pareto modeling B. Expected Monetary Value C. Monte Carlo Technique D. Analogous modeling Answer: C Question #62 Robert is the business analyst for his organization and he's working with several stakeholders to identify the business need for an opportunity. Robert needs to identify the stakeholder that will be responsible for authorizing the actions needed in order to meet the identified business need. Which stakeholder does Robert need to identify? A. Regulator B. Implementation Subject Matter Expert C. Sponsor D. Customer Answer: C Question #63 Which of the following levels of Gartner's cost optimization framework describes the right kind of partnership with IT vendors, which can benefit each party in times of economic upturns? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Cost Savings within IT B. Joint Business and IT Cost Savings C. IT Procurement D. Enabling Innovation and Business Restructuring Answer: C Question #64 Which conduct stakeholder analysis technique is useful for identifying shared characteristics of a stakeholder group? A. Brainstorming B. Scope modeling C. Interviews D. Surveys Answer: D Question #65 Which of the following are parts of SWOT Analysis? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Optimism B. Threats C. Weaknesses D. Opportunities E. Tools F. Strengths Answer: BCDF Question #66 You are the project manager of the NNN project for your company. You and the project team are working together to plan the risk responses for the project. You feel that the team has successfully completed the risk response planning and now you must initiate what risk process it is. Which of the following risk processes is repeated after the plan risk responses to determine if the overall project risk has been satisfactorily decreased? A. Risk response implementation B. 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You have discovered a byproduct in your project that your organization could use to make a profit youre your organization seizes this opportunity it would be an example of what risk response? A. Exploiting B. Positive C. Opportunistic D. Enhancing Answer: A Question #70 Which document refers to the steps that must be taken if there is a major gap in the projected delivery quality of a service and the actual delivery? A. Service Improvement Plan B. Service Quality Plan C. Business Service Catalogue D. Service Level Agreement https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: A Question #71 Which of the following responsibilities are performed by the core team of IT governance? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Provide service feedback to providers. B. Undertake core tasks. C. Define plan and deliverables. D. Report on process. Answer: BCD Question #72 Which of the following IT governance frameworks provides governance of IT investments, produced by the IT Governance Institute (ITGI), and is a formal statement of principles and processes for IT portfolio management? A. VMM B. Val IT C. Risk IT D. COBIT Answer: B Question #73 Which of the following roles in Service Design is responsible for delivering a particular service within the agreed service levels and also acts as the counterpart of the Service Level Manager when negotiating OLAs? A. The Service Design Manager B. The Service Level Manager C. The Service Owner D. The Service Catalogue Manager Answer: C Question #74 Harold is the project manager of a large project in his organization. He has been actively communicating and working with the project stakeholders. One of the outputs of the manage stakeholder expectations process can actually create new risk events for Harold's project. 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Estimating the average outcome D. Increased understanding or quantification of the system Answer: ABD Question #77 Beth is an HR Professional for her organization and she's been alerted by management that the company will be outsourcing a large portion of operations. This outsourcing will likely cause several employees to lose employment with the organization. Which of the following is the best course of action that Beth can take in regard to communicating with the employees about the outsourcing change? A. Be honest and truthful and do not hide the facts. B. Refer all C. Document all D. Don't share the details of the outsourcing decision. Answer: A https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #78 Which of the following processes are involved under the COBIT framework? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Managing the IT workforce. B. Correcting all risk issues. C. Conducting IT risk assessments. D. Developing a strategic plan. Answer: ACD Question #79 Which of the following types of IT organizational structures states that all IT resources are centralized under a single reporting structure with centralized resource allocation (staffing), and the organizational structure is built around the resource pools? A. Federated B. Centralized C. Project-based D. Decentralized Answer: C Question #80 Lisa is the project manager of the SQL project for her company. She has completed the risk response planning with her project team and is now ready to update the risk register to reflect the risk response. Which of the following statements best describes the level of detail Lisa should include with the risk responses she has created? A. The level of detail is set by historical information. B. The level of detail should correspond with the priority ranking. C. The level of detail is set of project risk governance. D. The level of detail must define exactly the risk response for each identified risk. Answer: B Question #81 strategic plans with business strategic plans and the alignment of IT services with enterprise operations? A. Risk Management B. IT Governance Framework C. Strategic Alignment D. Value Delivery https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: C Question #82 You are the project manager for the ABC organization. Your current project has 75 internal stakeholders and 245 external stakeholders. Many of the risks within your project will only affect the internal stakeholders, but several of the identified risk events will affect the external stakeholders. Management would like to know the total number of communication channels in the project. How many communication channels exist in this project? A. 245 B. 102,080 C. 51,040 D. 320 Answer: C Question #83 Which of the following is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements for effective process improvement and guides process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization? A. Capability Maturity Model Integration B. Service Portfolio C. COBIT D. Six Sigma Answer: A Question #84 Amy is the project manager for her company. In her current project the organization has a very low tolerance for risk events that will affect the project schedule. Management has asked Amy to consider the affect of all the risks on the project schedule. What approach can Amy take to create a bias against risks that will affect the schedule of the project? A. She can filter all risks based on their affect on schedule versus other project objectives. B. She can have the project team pad their time estimates to alleviate delays in the project schedule C. She can shift risk-laden activities that affect the project schedule from the critical path as much a possible. D. She can create an overall project rating scheme to reflect the bias towards risks that affect the project schedule. Answer: D Question #85 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Della works as a project manager for SoftTech Inc. She is working with the project stakeholders to begin the quantitative risk analysis process. Which of the following inputs will be needed for the quantitative risk analysis process in her project? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Project scope statement B. Risk management plan C. Cost management plan D. Risk register Answer: BCD Question #86 Which types of project tends to have more well-understood risks? A. First-of-its kind technology projects B. State-of-art technology projects C. Recurrent projects D. Operational work projects Answer: C Question #87 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? A. Exploiting B. Transference C. Mitigation D. Enhancing Answer: C Question #88 Which of the following frameworks describes a standard for processes within business information management at the strategy, management and operations level? A. Val IT B. BISL C. COBIT D. TOGAF https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: B Question #89 You are the project manager of a large construction project. You are evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a project. In which of the following processes are you on? A. Define Scope B. Identify Risks C. Plan Risk Responses D. Plan Risk Management Answer: B Question #90 Which of the following is NOT a valid maturity level of the Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM)? A. Repeatable level B. Managed level C. Defined level D. Fundamental level Answer: D Question #91 A project manager must have certain interpersonal skills to communicate with stakeholders and manage their expectations of the project work. Which of the following interpersonal skills has been identified as one of the biggest reasons for project success or failure? A. Motivation B. Influencing C. Political and cultural awareness D. Communication Answer: D Question #92 TOGAF is based on four pillars, called architecture domains. Which of the following architecture domains provides a blueprint for the individual application systems to be deployed, the interactions between the application systems, and their relationships to the core business processes of the organization with the frameworks for services to be exposed as business functions for integration? A. Business architecture B. Applications architecture C. Technical architecture https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Data architecture Answer: B Question #93 Which of the following external factors complicate the notion of business-IT for achieving strategic alignment? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Resource limitations B. Economic and regulatory changes C. World region changes and events D. Market changes Answer: BCD Question #94 You are hosting a collection of stakeholders from across the organization to identify the ideas and attitudes about your company's help desk. You want the stakeholders to honestly share their opinions about the help desk service so you can identify problems, solutions, and take actions to improve the service. What type of requirements elicitation activity is this? A. Root cause analysis B. Stakeholder analysis C. Focus groups D. Workshop Answer: C Question #95 Which of the following are the main objectives of the Performance measurement domain? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. It satisfies the customer's need. B. It defines value creation roles within IT. C. It meets out the goals. D. It statistically controls the process sequences. Answer: ACD Question #96 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! You work as a project manager for TechSoft Inc. You are working with the project stakeholders on the qualitative risk analysis process in your project. You have used all the tools to the qualitative risk analysis process in your project. Which of the following techniques is NOT used as a tool in qualitative risk analysis process? A. Risk Data Quality Assessment B. Risk Categorization C. Risk Reassessment D. Risk Urgency Assessment Answer: C Question #97 Paul has been asked to complete SWOT analysis for his solution scope. What does SWOT analysis mean? A. Stakeholder Weaknesses, Organizational Threats B. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats C. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Time D. Stakeholders Weaknesses, Organization, Threats Answer: B Volume B Question #1 You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are about to complete the quantitative risk analysis process for your project. You can use three available tools and techniques to complete this process. Which one of the following is NOT a tool or technique that is appropriate for the quantitative risk analysis process? A. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling techniques B. Organizational process assets C. Expert judgment D. Data gathering and representation techniques Answer: B Question #2 You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Your project is using a new material to construct a large warehouse in your city. This new material is cheaper than traditional building materials, but it takes some time to learn how to use the material properly. You have communicated to the project stakeholders that you will be able to save costs by using the new material, but you will need a few extra weeks to complete training to use the materials. This risk response of learning how to use the new materials can also be known as what term? A. Cost-benefits analysis B. Benchmarking https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. Cost of conformance to quality D. Team development Answer: C Question #3 Which of the following methods offers a number of modeling practices and disciplines that contribute to a successful service-oriented life cycle management and modeling? A. Service-oriented modeling and architecture (SOMA) B. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) C. Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA) D. Service-oriented modeling framework (SOMF) Answer: D Question #4 Which of the following processes involves choosing the alternative strategies, executing a contingency or fallback plan, taking corrective action, and modifying the project management plan? A. Scope Change control B. Monitor and Control risk C. Integrated Change control D. Configuration Management Answer: B Question #5 Which of the following architecture domains for TOGAF describes the structure of an organization's logical and physical data assets and the associated data management resources? A. Applications architecture B. Technical architecture C. Data architecture D. Business architecture Answer: C Question #6 Which volume provides guidance on clarification and prioritization of service-provider investments in services? A. Service Operation B. Service Strategy https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. Service Design D. Service Management Answer: B Question #7 Which of the following problems occur with performance measurement systems that limit their usefulness? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. It is dependent on gross aggregates, which tend to understate or ignore distributional contributions and consequences. B. It is dependent on the timely occurrence of corrective action which is required for effective management control. C. It is dependent on historical patterns and reluctant to accept new structural changes that are capable of generating different outcomes D. It is dependent on summary data, which emphasizes averages and discounts outliers. Answer: ACD Question #8 You are the project manager of the NKJ Project for your company. The project's success or failure will have a significant impact on your organization's profitability for the coming year. Management has asked you to identify the risk events and communicate the event's probability and impact as early as possible in the project. Management wants to avoid risk events and needs to analyze the cost-benefits of each risk event in this project. What term is assigned to the low-level of stakeholder tolerance in this project? A. Risk utility function B. Mitigation-ready project management C. Risk-reward mentality D. Risk avoidance Answer: A Question #9 Which of the following techniques is used for understanding the "environment" in which a business operates? A. Critical success factor analysis B. PEST analysis C. SWOT analysis D. 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John needs to make certain that he communicates about risk in the most appropriate method for the external stakeholders. Which project management plan will be the best guide for John to communicate to the external stakeholders? A. Communications Management Plan B. Risk Response Plan C. Project Management Plan D. Risk Management Plan Answer: A Question #13 As seen from the perspective of how the enterprise defines and executes business strategies to achieve its goals and objectives, which of the following elements does the ERM comprise of? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Enhancing risk response decisions B. Providing integrated responses to few risks C. Reducing operational surprises and losses https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Aligning risk appetite and strategy Answer: ACD Question #14 You work as the project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are monitoring the project performance. You want to make a decision to change the project plan to eliminate a risk in order to protect the project objectives. Which of the following strategies will you use to tackle the risk? A. Risk mitigation B. Risk avoidance C. Risk acceptance D. Risk transference Answer: B Question #15 Management wants you to create a visual diagram of what resources will be utilized in the project deliverables. What type of a chart is management asking you to create? A. RACI chart B. Roles and responsibility matrix C. Work breakdown structure D. Resource breakdown structure Answer: D Question #16 You are the project manager of the CUL project in your organization. You and the project team are assessing the risk events and creating a probability and impact matrix for the identified risks. Which one of the following statements best describes the requirements for the data type used in qualitative risk analysis? A. A qualitative risk analysis requires fast and simple data to complete the analysis. B. A qualitative risk analysis required unbiased stakeholders with biased risk tolerances. C. A qualitative risk analysis encourages biased data to reveal risk tolerances. D. A qualitative risk analysis requires accurate and unbiased data if it is to be credible. Answer: D Question #17 Lisa is the project manager of the FKN project for her organization. She is working with Sam, the CIO, to discuss a discount the vendor has offered the project based on the amount of materials that is ordered. Lisa and Sam review the offer and agree that while their project may qualify for the discounted materials the savings is nominal and they https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! would not necessarily pursue the savings. Lisa documents this positive risk response in the risk register. What risk response is this? A. Share B. Acceptance C. Enhance D. Transference Answer: B Question #18 You are the project manager of the GHY Project and would like to perform a review of your project from several different characteristics. You would like to review what worked in the project and what needed improvement. What type of analysis would be most appropriate for the end of project review? A. Feasibility study B. Product breakdown C. Business case study D. SWOT analysis Answer: D Question #19 Which of the following best describes the identification, analysis, and ranking of risks? A. Plan Risk management B. Design of experiments C. Fixed-price contracts D. Fast tracking Answer: A Question #20 There are five inputs to the quantitative risk analysis process. Which one of the following is NOT an input to the perform quantitative risk analysis process? A. Risk management plan B. Risk register C. Enterprise environmental factors D. Cost management plan Answer: C https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #21 Which of the following stages of the Forrester's IT Governance Maturity Model describes that the IT governance processes is fully developed and optimized across the enterprise, and a well-built IT portfolio management process is put to ensure that all IT investment decisions are themselves optimized? A. Stage 2-Fragmented B. Stage 4-Best practices C. Stage 3-Consistent D. Stage 1-Ad hoc Answer: B Question #22 You are the project manager of the NHQ Project for your company. You have completed qualitative and quantitative analysis of your identified project risks and you would now like to find an approach to increase project opportunities and to reduce threats within the project. What project management process would best help you? A. Plan risk responses B. Create a risk governance approach C. Create the project risk register D. Monitor and control project risks Answer: A Question #23 Jane is the project manager of the GBB project for her company. In the current project a vendor has offered the project a ten percent discount based if they will order 100 units for the project. It is possible that the GBB Project may need the 100 units, but the cost of the units is not a top priority for the project. Jane documents the offer and tells the vendor that they will keep the offer in mind and continue with the project as planned. What risk response has been given in this project? A. Acceptance B. Enhance C. Sharing D. Exploiting Answer: A Question #24 Availability Management allows organizations to sustain the IT service availability to support the business at a justifiable cost. Which of the following elements of Availability Management is used to perform at an agreed level over a period of time? Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose all that apply. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Reliability B. Security C. Recoverability D. Serviceability E. Resilience F. Maintainability G. Error control Answer: ABCDEF Question #25 Your project team has identified a project risk that must be responded to. The risk has been recorded in the risk register and the project team has been discussing potential risk responses for the risk event. The event is not likely to happen for several months but the probability of the event is high. Which one of the following is a valid response to the identified risk event? A. Risk audit B. Earned value management C. Corrective action D. Technical performance measurement Answer: C Question #26 Fill in the blank with an appropriate phrase. The _________ provides investment management services to the firm and directs on how to take decisions on fund. Answer: fund manager Question #27 You are the business analyst for the YGT Organization. You have just completed a capabilities gap assessment and have determined that your organization does not have the necessary resources and technology to seize a business opportunity. What is the most likely course of action for the organization? A. Hire contractors to complete the project work. B. Move onto the next opportunity. C. Launch a new project. D. Hire additional resources. Answer: C Question #28 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Stephen is the project manager of the GBB project. He has worked with two subject matter experts and his project team to complete the risk assessment technique. There are approximately 47 risks that have a low probability and a low impact on the project. Which of the following answers best describes what Stephen should do with these risk events? A. The low probability and low impact risks should be added to the risk register. B. Because they are low probability and low impact, the risks can be dismissed. C. Because they are low probability and low impact, Stephen should accept the risks. D. The low probability and low impact risks should be added to a watch list for future monitoring. Answer: D Question #29 Which of the following is a continuous process of comparing performance with desired objectives to identify opportunities for improvement, and is conducted by individuals, groups, or organizations relating to their own work? A. Management Assessment B. Continuous improvement C. Self Assessment D. Control Answer: C Question #30 Fill in the blank with an appropriate phrase. The _______ portion of the issue log records the previous pending issues that have been taken care of. Answer: resolved issues Question #31 In which of the following methods of risk mitigation does the senior management approve the implementation of the controls that are recommended by the risk management team, and that will lower the risk to an acceptable level? A. Risk Avoidance B. Risk Alleviation C. Risk Limitation D. Risk Transference Answer: B https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #32 A project team member has just identified a new project risk. The risk event is determined to have significant impact but a low probability in the project. Should the risk event happen it'll cause the project to be delayed by three weeks, which will cause new risk in the project. What should the project manager do with the risk event? A. Add the identified risk to a quality control management control chart. B. Add the identified risk to the low-level risk watchlist. C. Add the identified risk to the risk register. D. Add the identified risk to the issues log. Answer: C Question #33 Which of the following are the tasks performed by the Management committee in the Resource management framework? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. To work on architectural design B. To define value creation roles within IT C. To balance sustain/growth proposals D. To manage complex projects Answer: ACD Question #34 Which of the following steps are performed in the Planning phase of IT Assurance methodology? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Plan the risk-based assurance initiatives. B. Scope and plan assurance initiatives. C. Perform a quick risk assessment. D. Assess process maturity. Answer: ACD Question #35 Which of the following essential elements of IT Portfolio Investment Management describes the ability to model the IT Portfolio with metrics most appropriate to the business such as ROI, Break- Even, Cost Avoidance, and Revenue Return? A. Integrated Capability B. Portfolio What-If Planning https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. Integrated Dashboards and Scorecards D. Highly Configurable Answer: D Question #36 A. Strategic Alignment B. Risk Management C. Value Delivery D. IT Governance Framework Answer: D Question #37 Which of the following frameworks is for enterprise architecture, and provides a comprehensive approach to the design, planning, implementation, and governance of an enterprise information architecture? A. TOGAF B. Val IT C. BISL D. COBIT Answer: A Question #38 Service Transition contains detailed descriptions of which of the following processes? A. Change Management, Capacity Management, Event Management, and Service Request Management B. Service Level Management, Service Portfolio Management, Service Asset and Configuration Management C. Service Asset and Configuration Management, Release Management, and Request Fulfillment D. Change Management, Service Asset and Configuration Management, Release and Answer: D Question #39 Which of the following processes is responsible for controlling, recording and reporting on versions, attributes, and relationships relating to components of the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure? A. Service Catalogue Management B. Service Level Management C. ICT Operations Management https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Service Asset and Configuration Management Answer: D Question #40 You are the project manager of the GHG project for your company. You have identified the project risks, completed qualitative and quantitative analysis, and created risk responses. You also need to document how and when risk audits will be performed in the project. Where will you define the frequency of risk audits? A. Schedule management plan B. Risk management plan C. Quality management plan D. Risk response plan Answer: B Question #41 What stakeholder(s) must participate in the document elicitation result? A. Business analyst and the key stakeholders B. Business analyst and the business owner C. Business analyst, business analysis team, and the key stakeholders D. Business analyst Answer: D Question #42 You are the HR Professional for your organization and you're working with the management to define the role of contractors versus employees in your organization. According to the Internal Revenue Service, there are three categories of control that help determine whether a person is a contractor or an employee. Which one of the following is not one of the three levels of control as defined by the IRS for employee versus contractor? A. Type of relationship B. Locale of work performed C. Behavioral control D. Financial control Answer: B Question #43 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Holly and Gary are HR Professionals in their organization and they're working to develop the strategic plan for their organization. Holly and Gary are using SWOT analysis to help understand the needs of human, financial, technological, capital, and other aspects of their organization. What is SWOT? A. SWOT is an analysis to define the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats an organization may face. B. SWOT is an analysis to define the schedule, weaknesses, opportunities, and timetable of a project endeavor. C. SWOT is an analysis to define the strengths, weaknesses, openness, and timeliness of an organization. D. SWOT is an analysis to define the seriousness, weaknesses, openness, and timetable of organization development. Answer: A Question #44 DRAG DROP - COBIT stands for Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology. COBIT is a set of best practices (framework) for information technology (IT) management created by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the IT Governance Institute (ITGI) in 1996. Drag and drop the correct domain ('Monitor and Evaluate') next to the IT processes defined by COBIT to support CSI. Select and Place: Answer: https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #45 What is the key output handed over to Service Transition within Service Design? A. Business Perspective B. Service Portfolio Management C. ITIL Small-Scale Implementation D. Service Design Package Answer: D Question #46 Which of the following processes are covered by Service Strategy? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Service Portfolio Management B. IT Financial Management C. Demand Management D. IT Architecture Management E. Supplier Management Answer: ABCE Question #47 Which of the following terms related to risk management represents the estimated frequency at which a threat is expected to occur? A. Single Loss Expectancy (SLE) B. Exposure Factor (EF) C. Annualized Rate of Occurrence (ARO) D. Safeguard Answer: C Question #48 Which of the following concepts is used to reduce the errors produced during the manufacturing or service process, increase customer satisfaction, streamline supply chain management, aims for modernization of equipment and ensures workers have the highest level of training? A. Balanced Scorecard (BSC) B. Six Sigma C. Total Quality Management D. Total Security Management https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: C Question #49 Enterprise analysis provides many things for an organization. All of the following are tasks included in enterprise analysis except for which one? A. Solution performance assessment B. Define business need C. Determine solution approach D. Assess capability gaps Answer: A Question #50 Billy is the project manager of the HAR Project and is in month six of the project. The project is scheduled to last for 18 months. Management asks Billy how often the project team is participating in risk reassessment in this project. What should Billy tell management if he's following the best practices for risk management? A. Project risk management happens at every milestone. B. Project risk management has been concluded with the project planning. C. At every status meeting the project team project risk management is an agenda item. D. Project risk management is scheduled for every month in the 18-month project. Answer: C Question #51 What business analysis element tries to identify as many potential options as possible to meet the business objectives and fill identified gaps in capabilities? A. Decision analysis B. Alternative generation C. Documentation of assumptions and constraints D. Ranking of approaches Answer: B Question #52 Service Level Management provides for continual identification, monitoring and review of the levels of IT services specified in the service level agreements (SLAs). What are the responsibilities of Service Level Management? Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose all that apply. A. Producing and maintaining a Service Catalog. B. Liaising with Availability Management. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. Ensuring that the agreed IT services are delivered. D. Ensuring the primary functions of the Service Desk. E. Ensuring that appropriate IT Service Continuity plans have been made. Answer: ABCE Question #53 You are the project manager of a computer upgrade project. You and the vendor are in dispute over the deliverables the vendor was to provide and configure. What document can best describe how you and the vendor are to proceed if there is a claim against the vendor? A. Procurement management plan B. Project cost management plan C. Enterprise environmental factors D. Contract Answer: D Question #54 Which of the following is a way of delivering value to customers by facilitating outcome that customers wish to get without the control of specific costs and risks? A. Processes B. Service Desk C. Functions D. Service Answer: D Question #55 Which of the following objectives can be the best coordinated with the Human resource management? A. Increasing the automation of the business processes B. Satisfying the business needs C. Rewarding employee fairly D. Focusing on the business improvements Answer: B Question #56 Which of the following steps are performed in the Scoping phase of IT Assurance methodology? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Customize control objectives. B. Scope and plan assurance initiatives. C. Select the control objectives for critical processes. D. Assess process maturity. Answer: ABC Question #57 Which of the following frameworks describes an enterprise view of all project management activities and how these activities contribute to the success of the organization? A. Casualty Actuarial Society framework B. COSO ERM C. Enterprise project management (EPM) D. COBIT Answer: C Question #58 Which of the following planned and purposeful management processes are required by Strategic Alignment? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Clarifying the role that IT should play B. Aligning IT strategy with the business strategy C. Evaluating, post implementation, benefits delivered by IT D. Creating and sustaining awareness of the strategic role of IT at a top management level Answer: ACD Question #59 Which of the following terms includes performance objectives and criteria (POCs), performance indicators, and any other means that evaluate the success in achieving a specified goal? A. Precision B. Performance Measurement System C. Performance Measure D. Performance Measurement Category Answer: C Question #60 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! For the entire IT organizations to be agile, all members of the IT organizations need to understand the need for agility and be committed to this process. Which of the following working principles or activity loops are involved for the IT organizations to be agile? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Loop 2 B. Loop 4 C. Loop3 D. Loop 1 Answer: ACD Question #61 You are interviewing members of a project team to test their understanding of the assigned risk responses as risk owners. You and the project manager are working together to evaluate the risk responses to determine their effectiveness in the project. What project management technique are you performing with the project manager in this scenario? A. Risk identification with the project team B. Risk audits C. Risk analysis D. Stakeholder analysis as the project team is a stakeholder Answer: B Question #62 Which of the following domains of COBIT addresses the development of a maintenance plan that a company should adopt in order to prolong the life of an IT system and its components? A. Plan and Organize B. Acquire and Implement C. Deliver and Support D. Monitor and Evaluate Answer: B Question #63 Which of the following frameworks defines ERM as the discipline by which an organization in any industry assesses, controls, exploits, finances, and monitors risks from all sources for the purpose of increasing the organization's short- and long-term value to its stakeholders? A. COSO ERM framework B. COBIT C. Val IT https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Casualty Actuarial Society framework Answer: D Question #64 Ned is the project manager of the HNN project for your company. Ned has asked you to help him complete some probability distributions for his project. What portion of the project will you most likely use for probability distributions? A. Uncertainty in values such as duration of schedule activities B. Risk probability and impact matrixes C. Bias towards risk in new resources D. Risk identification Answer: A Question #65 Walter is the project manager of a large construction project. He'll be working with several vendors on the project. Vendors will be providing materials and labor for several parts of the project. Some of the works in the project are very dangerous so Walter has implemented safety requirements for all of the vendors and his own project team. Stakeholders for the project have added new requirements, which have caused new risks in the project. A vendor has identified a new risk that could affect the project if it comes into fruition. Walter agrees with the vendor and has updated the risk register and created potential risk responses to mitigate the risk. What should Walter also update in this scenario considering the risk event? A. Project contractual relationship with the vendor B. Project communications plan C. Project scope statement D. Project management plan Answer: D Question #66 You are the project manager of the NGQQ Project for your company. To help you communicate project status to your stakeholders, you are going to create a stakeholder register. All of the following information should be included in the stakeholder register except for which one? A. Stakeholder management strategy B. Assessment information of the stakeholders' major requirements, expectations, and potential influence C. Stakeholder classification of their role in the project D. Identification information for each stakeholder https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: A Question #67 Which of the following stages of the Forrester's IT Governance Maturity Model states that there are no proper IT governance processes, and it is not documented by management as a requirement? A. Stage 3-Consistent B. Stage 2-Fragmented C. Stage 1-Ad hoc D. Stage 4-Best practices Answer: C Question #68 Event Management, Problem Management, Access Management, and Request Fulfillment are part of which of the following stages of the Service Lifecycle? A. Service Strategy B. Service Transition C. Continual Service Improvement D. Service Operation Answer: D Question #69 You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You have to communicate the causes of risk events to the stakeholders. Which risk diagramming technique you will use to communicate the causes of risk events to project stakeholders? A. Project network diagrams B. Ishikawa diagrams C. Process flow charts D. Influence diagrams Answer: B Question #70 Fill in the blank with an appropriate phrase. _______are activities that are dangerous to complete and manage such as construction, electrical work, or manufacturing. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! 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Shawn agrees to the software and changes to the project management plan accordingly. What type of risk response has been used in this instance? A. Enhancing B. Accepting C. Avoidance D. Exploiting Answer: D Question #76 Which of the following sub-processes of Capacity Management is concerned with the management of the individual components of the IT Infrastructure? A. Capacity Management Reporting B. Business Capacity Management C. Service Capacity Management D. Resource Capacity Management Answer: D Question #77 You work as the project manager for Bluewell Inc. You are working on NGQQ Project for your company. You have completed the risk analysis processes for the risk events. You and the project team have created risk responses for most of the identified project risks. Which of the following risk response planning techniques will you use to shift the impact of a threat to a third party, together with the responses? A. Risk transference B. Risk avoidance C. Risk acceptance D. 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Which plan risk management process tool and technique should Fred use to plan risk management? A. Planning meetings and analysis B. Variance and trend analysis C. Data gathering and representation techniques D. Information gathering techniques Answer: A Question #81 DRAG DROP - Drag and drop the various SSE-CMM levels at the appropriate places. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Select and Place: Answer: Question #82 You are the project manager of a large construction project. Part of the project involves the wiring of the electricity in the building your project is creating. You and the project team determine the electrical work is too dangerous to perform yourself so you hire an electrician to perform the work for the project. This is an example of what type of risk response? A. Avoidance B. Mitigation C. Transference D. 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Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. The contract can be used as a control instrument. B. The customer can take advantage of the competitive market. C. The proposals of consumers become comparable. D. The use of a strategy that really fits the situation. Answer: ABD Question #85 During qualitative risk analysis you want to define the risk urgency assessment. All of the following are indicators of risk priority except for which one? A. Risk rating B. Warning signs C. Cost of the project D. Symptoms Answer: C Question #86 What does the T in SWOT analysis mean? A. Time B. Trial C. Threats D. Test https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: C Question #87 Which of the following components work to support achievements of the enterprise's mission, strategies, and related business objectives in an internal control system? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Control activities B. Control environment C. Strategic alignment D. Risk assessment Answer: ABD Question #88 Which of the following are the objectives of Service Level Management (SLM)? 1. To negotiate SLAs with the customers and to design services in accordance with the agreed service level targets. 2. Defining, documenting, and agreeing the level of IT Services to be provided. 3. Identifying possible future markets that the Service Provider could operate in. 4. Monitoring, measuring, and reporting the actual level of services provided. 5. Monitoring and improving customer satisfaction. A. 1, 2, and 3 only B. 1, 2, 4, and 5 only C. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 D. 1, 2, 3, and 5 only E. 1 and 2 only Answer: B Question #89 Where can a project manager find risk-rating rules? A. Risk management plan B. Enterprise environmental factors C. Risk probability and impact matrix D. Organizational process assets Answer: D Question #90 Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a logical process used by programmers to develop software. Which of the following SDLC phases meets the audit objectives defined below? System and data are validated. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! System meets all user requirements. System meets all control requirements. A. Evaluation and acceptance B. Programming and training C. Initiation D. Definition Answer: A Question #91 Ben is the project manager of the CMH Project for his organization. He has identified a risk that has a low probability of happening, but the impact of the risk event could save the project and the organization with a significant amount of capital. Ben assigns Laura to the risk event and instructs her to research the time, cost, and method to improve the probability of the positive risk event. Ben then communicates the risk event and response to management. What risk response has been used here? A. Enhance B. Transference C. Sharing D. Exploit Answer: A Question #92 You are the project manager for ABC project. You are planning for when and how human resource requirements will be met. You are working on ____. A. Scope management plan B. Project organization chart C. Staffing management plan D. Resource calendar Answer: C Question #93 Jeff works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. He is determining which risks can affect the project. Which of the following are the inputs to the identify risks process that Jeff will use to accomplish the task? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Risk management plan B. Activity cost estimates C. Scope baseline https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Risk register Answer: ABC Question #94 Which of the following types of agreement creates a confidential relationship between the parties to protect any type of confidential and proprietary information or a trade secret? A. CNC B. NDA C. SLA D. Non-price competition Answer: B Question #95 Gary is the project manager for his organization. He is working with the project stakeholders on the project requirements and how risks may affect their project. One of the stakeholders is confused about what constitutes risks in the project. Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a project risk? A. It is an unknown event that can affect the project scope. B. It is an uncertain event that can affect at least one project objective. C. It is an uncertain event that can affect the project costs. D. It is an uncertain event or condition within the project execution. Answer: B Question #96 Which of the following roles is used to ensure that the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the services are maintained to the levels approved on the Service Level Agreement (SLA)? A. The Service Level Manager B. The Configuration Manager C. The IT Security Manager D. The Change Manager Answer: C https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #97 Which of the following are commonly used terms when discussing service improvement outcomes? 1) Improvements 2) Benefits 3) Return On Investment (ROI) 4) Value On Investment(VOI) 5) Resources A. 2, 3, and 5 only B. 2, 3, 4, and 5 only C. 1, 2, 3, and 4 only D. 1, 2, and 4 only E. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Answer: C Question #98 Which of the following processes contained in the Portfolio Management domain of Val IT identifies resource requirements? A. PM5 B. PM3 C. PM2 D. PM4 Answer: C Volume C Question #1 Which of the following processes contained in the Portfolio Management domain of Val IT establishes an investment threshold? A. PM4 B. PM7 C. PM6 D. PM5 Answer: C Question #2 Which of the following ISO standards defines the corporate governance of IT? A. ISO 9000 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! B. ISO 27001 C. ISO 20000 D. ISO 38500 Answer: D Question #3 Which of the following concepts aims to limit errors to 1 per million units produced? A. TQM B. BSC C. Six Sigma D. TSM Answer: A Question #4 Which of the following processes contained in the Value Governance domain of Val IT establishes the organizational structures? A. VG7 B. VG9 C. VG6 D. VG8 Answer: A Question #5 Which of the following activity loops describes improvement of the existing processes? A. Loop 3 B. Loop 4 C. Loop 1 D. 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Usage gap = market potential + existing usage Answer: A Question #17 Which of the following individuals/team advises on infrastructure needs and architectural design? A. Management committee B. CEO C. CIO D. IT Strategy Committee Answer: A Question #18 In which of the following types of biases does the data collection itself interfere with the process it is measuring? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Interaction B. Nonresponse C. Perception D. Operational Answer: A Question #19 Which of the following categories describes the value added by the process divided by the value of the labor and capital consumed? A. Quality B. Timeliness C. Quantity D. Productivity Answer: D Question #20 Which of the following processes uses statistical evidences to determine progress toward specific defined organizational objectives? A. Resource management B. Risk management C. Value delivery D. Performance measurement Answer: D Question #21 Which of the following has the tendency or inclination of outlook that is a troublesome source of error in human sensing? A. Defect B. Bias (of measurement) C. Vulnerability D. Risk Answer: B Question #22 Which of the following areas tracks the project delivery, and monitors the IT services? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Risk management B. Performance measurement C. Strategic alignment D. Value delivery Answer: B Question #23 Which of the following individuals ensures that IT complies with policy, laws and regulations? A. Project sponsor B. Compliance officer C. Supplier D. Business partner Answer: B Question #24 Which of the following IT processes contained in the Deliver and Support domain of COBIT manages the operations? A. DS10 B. DS13 C. DS9 D. DS8 Answer: B Question #25 Which of the following individuals supports and contributes to customer's governance approach? 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Industry practices Answer: ACD Question #44 You are using the IT BSC management tool to apply the practices of IT BSC to the IT function. You want to perform the following functions: ➡ Deliver value ➡ Manage cost ➡Manage risks ➡Achieve intercompany synergies Which process of the IT BSC Measurement tool will you use? A. Future Orientation B. Operational excellence C. Corporate contribution D. Customer Orientation Answer: C Question #45 Which of the following types of benefits are provided by the new IT-driven initiative for IT investment program? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Cost avoidance benefit B. Direct benefit C. Indirect benefit D. Incremental benefit https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! 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Low level role (tactical/utility) and business market leader (risk-taker/high growth) B. High level role (strategic/transformational) and business market leader (risktaker/high growth) C. Low level role (tactical/utility) and business market followers (risk-averse/mature) D. High level role (strategic/transformational) and business market followers (riskaverse/mature) Answer: C Question #49 Which of the following functions are performed by the Future Orientation measure of the IT BSC management tool? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. It focuses on professional learning and development. B. It attracts and retains people with key competencies. C. It manages operational service performance. D. It measures and rewards individual and team performance. Answer: ABD Question #50 Which of the following are the process control objectives for the process controls embedment? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Process ownership B. Process goals and objectives C. Process repeatability D. Process availability Answer: ABC Question #51 Which of the following guides provides risk and value statements to help identify and validate the need to execute each control objective? A. IT assurance guide B. IT control objectives for Basel II guide C. COBIT control practices guide D. IT control for Sarbanes Oxley guide Answer: C Question #52 Which of the following quadrant analysis identifies the key issues of anticipation of business needs, service levels over cost, and business enablement and facilitation (removal of obstacles)? A. High level role (strategic/transformational) and business market followers (riskaverse/mature) B. Low level role (tactical/utility) and business market leader (risk-taker/high growth) C. Low level role (tactical/utility) and business market followers (risk-averse/mature) D. High level role (strategic/transformational) and business market leader (risktaker/high growth) Answer: B Question #53 Which of the following components of the COSO ERM identifies the required information, captures it, and communicates it in a form and time frame that enable people to carry out their responsibilities? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Information and communication B. Internal environment C. Monitoring D. Objectives setting Answer: A Question #54 Which of the following statements explains the difference between the IT strategy committee and the IT steering committee? A. The IT strategy committee assists the executive in the delivery of the IT strategy, whereas the IT steering committee advises the board and management on IT strategy. B. The IT strategy committee focuses on implementation, whereas the IT steering committee focuses on the current and future strategic IT issues. C. The IT strategy committee aligns and approves the IT architecture, whereas the IT steering committee monitors the resource and priority conflicts. D. The IT strategy committee provides direction to management relative to IT strategy, whereas the IT steering committee monitors the resource and priority Answer: D Question #55 Which of the following guides provides guidance on how COBIT is useful in supporting a variety of assurance tasks, along with the recommended testing steps that are aligned with the control practices? A. COBIT control practices guide B. IT control for Sarbanes Oxley guide C. IT assurance guide D. 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Creating new distribution channels Answer: ABC Question #59 Which of the following objectives are used by the system to increase costs or revenues? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Erecting barriers to entry by competitors B. Increasing production rates C. Improving product quality D. Creating new distribution channels Answer: AD Question #60 The testing methods help in shaping opinion against assurance objectives by combining one or more of the test types. Which of the following are the test types used in this process? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Observe B. Inspect C. Plan D. Inquire Answer: ABD https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #61 Which of the following strategic issues in the IFAC report highlight the underlying success and failure of enterprises? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. 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High level role (strategic/transformational) and business market followers (riskaverse/mature) D. Low level role (tactical/utility) and business market followers (risk-averse/mature) Answer: C Question #64 Which of the following examples are included in the application controls embedded in business process applications? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply. A. Segregation of duties B. Validity C. Security D. Computer operations https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: AB Question #65 Which of the following individuals provides the funding, and want to see the return on their investment and strategic alignment with their strategic objectives? A. Compliance officers B. Internal auditors C. Business partners D. Product suppliers Answer: C Question #66 Which of the following processes contained in the Value Governance domain of Val IT defines information requirements? A. VG6 B. VG4 C. VG5 D. VG3 Answer: C Question #67 Which of the following is a family of ISO standards for Total Quality Management (TQM)? A. ISO 20000 B. ISO 9000 C. ISO 38500 D. ISO 27001 Answer: B Question #68 Which of the following processes contained in the Portfolio Management domain of Val IT creates an overall portfolio view? A. PM8 B. PM7 C. PM9 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. PM10 Answer: C Question #69 Which of the following individuals provides service feedback to the providers? A. Compliance officers B. User representatives C. Project sponsors D. Suppliers Answer: B Question #70 Which of the following is a non repetitive set of tasks that lead to the achievement of a new objective? A. Plan B. Strategy C. Techniques D. Tactics Answer: A Question #71 Which of the following activity loops emphasizes on monitoring and deciding processes? A. Loop 2 B. Loop 4 C. Loop 3 D. Loop 1 Answer: D Question #72 Which of the following activity loops describes creation of new processes? A. Loop 3 B. Loop 2 C. Loop 4 D. Loop 1 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: A Question #73 In which of the following editions of COBIT was "Management Guidelines" added? A. The third edition B. The first edition C. The fourth edition D. The second edition Answer: D Question #74 Which of the following service delivery processes includes controls, document and record, as its sub processes? A. Service level management B. Service reporting C. Information security management D. Capacity management Answer: C Question #75 Which of the following phases of IT lifecycle is governed by a series of stages and gates for managing the lifecycle of projects? A. IT project phase B. IT process phase C. IT asset phase D. IT discovery phase Answer: A Question #76 Which of the following service delivery processes has the goal to produce, agreed on, timely, reliable, and accurate reports for the effective communication? A. Service level management B. Service reporting C. Information security management D. Capacity management https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: B Question #77 What is the major goal of risk management in the decision-making process? A. To manage the clients B. To manage the time C. To manage the resources D. To manage the uncertainty Answer: D Question #78 Which of the following types of risks includes currency risk, liquidity risk, and technology obsolescence? A. Asset risk B. Operational risk C. Hazard risk D. Strategic risk Answer: A Question #79 Which of the following risk functions ensures the product/service alignment with the customer requirements? A. Accounting B. Marketing C. Strategic planning D. Credit Answer: B Question #80 Which of the following is the process of identifying and assessing factors that may jeopardize the success of a project or the achievement of a goal? A. Risk retention B. Risk identification C. Risk communication D. Risk analysis https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #81 Which of the following is the process of defining the way work is performed and the tasks that a given job requires? A. Selection B. Recruitment C. Job design D. Job analysis Answer: C Question #82 Which of the following functions of HR department is liable for attitude surveys, labor relation, employee handbook, and labor law compliance? A. Personnel policy B. Employee relation C. Compensation and benefit D. Analysis and design for work Answer: B Question #83 Which of the following categories measures the health of the organization and the working environment of its employees? A. Quantity B. Safety C. Effectiveness D. Efficiency Answer: B Question #84 Which of the following is concerned with fairness and transparency? A. Continual Service Improvement B. Service Support C. Service Strategy D. Governance https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D More Questions. Question #1 Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration for an enterprise when prioritizing IT projects? A. Results of IT performance benchmarks against competitors B. Impact on the business due to expected project outcomes C. Technical capability of the enterprise to execute the projects D. Process owner expectations based on operational benefits Answer: B Reference: https://www.cio.com/article/3294993/prioritizing-projects.html Question #2 Senior management finds that too many projects are currently in-progress and all are experiencing expensive project overruns due to lack of resources. Many of the projects also appear to overlap in their objectives and expected outcomes. Which of the following would BEST streamline the process of evaluating and selecting funding priorities? A. Portfolio management B. Value governance C. Project management D. Business case development Answer: D Reference: https://www.isaca.org/resources/news-and-trends/newsletters/cobit-focus/2016/ensuring-value-from-it-enabledinvestments Question #3 The CEO of a large enterprise has announced the commencement of a major business expansion that will double the size of the organization. IT will need to support the expected demand expansion. The CIO should FIRST: A. update the IT strategic plan to align with the decision. B. recruit IT resources based on the expansion decision. C. review the resource utilization matrix. D. embed IT personnel in the business units. Answer: C Question #4 Portfolio management in a large enterprise BEST enables which of the following? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Performance management B. Risk reduction C. Value creation D. Human resource optimization Answer: B Question #5 Which of the following BEST defines the IT investment activities an enterprise will undertake when aligning to business goals? A. Portfolio management B. Procurement management C. Project management D. Risk management Answer: D Question #6 Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration when implementing IT governance in a small, newly established organization? A. Approving enterprise architecture and standards B. Defining IT project management methodology C. Assigning a budget for IT governance applications D. Assigning IT roles and responsibilities Answer: D Reference: https://www.isaca.org/resources/news-and-trends/newsletters/cobit-focus/2017/using-cobit-in-governmentdepartments Question #7 Which of the following is the BEST method to monitor IT governance effectiveness? A. Service level management B. Balanced scorecard C. Risk control self-assessment D. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis Answer: B Reference: https://www.isaca.org/resources/isaca-journal/issues/2016/volume-6/performance-measurement-metrics-for-itgovernance https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #8 An internal auditor conducts an assessment of a two-year-old IT risk management program. Which of the following findings should be of MOST concern to the CIO? A. Organizational responsibility for IT risk management is not clearly defined. B. IT risk training records are not properly retained in accordance with established schedules. C. None of the members of the IT risk management team have risk management-related certifications. D. Only a few key risk indicators identified by the IT risk management team are being monitored and the rest will be on a phased schedule. Answer: D Question #9 An enterprise has discovered that there is significant duplication of IT investments. Which of the following would be MOST helpful in addressing this issue? A. Establishing an IT steering committee B. Delegating IT investment decisions to centralized IT C. Maintaining an inventory of IT investments D. Increasing the frequency of IT investment audits Answer: A Question #10 A regulatory audit assessed an enterprise's main transactional application as noncompliant. In addition to fines and required corrections, an agreement was reached to implement a set of governance controls over IT. Accountability for these controls is BEST assigned to which of the following? A. Internal audit director B. CIO C. The board of directors D. Application users Answer: A Question #11 An enterprise is planning a change in business direction. As a result, IT risk will significantly increase. Which of the following should be the CIO's FIRST course of action? A. Plan for the corresponding IT reorganization. B. Recommend delaying the business change. C. Report the risk to executive management. D. Implement IT changes to align with the plan. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #12 Which of the following is the GREATEST expected strategic organizational benefit from the standardization of technical platforms? A. Reduces IT operational training costs B. Reduces response time C. Meets regulatory compliance requirements D. Optimizes infrastructure investments Answer: D Reference: https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=odC_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=enterprise+IT+expected+strat egic+organizational+benefit+from +the+standardization+of+technical +platforms&source=bl&ots=KnpTgkPPsb&sig=ACfU3U3fIFhOpMt81n2_xEoKhLtDFBmv8g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKE wjegNiP6PfpAhWOh1wKHQB4AX8Q6AE wCXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=enterprise%20IT%20expected%20strategic%20organizational%20benefit%20from% 20the%20standardization%20of% 20technical%20platforms&f=false Question #13 Which of the following would be the BEST way for an enterprise to address new legal and regulatory requirements applicable to IT? A. Benchmark how other IT organizations are treating the new requirements. B. Adopt a zero-tolerance approach for noncompliance with regulatory matters. C. Treat as a risk to be assessed before developing a response. D. Use a cost-benefit analysis to determine if compliance is warranted. Answer: D Question #14 Which of the following is MOST critical for sustaining a newly implemented IT governance program? A. Launch an enterprise-wide IT governance awareness program. B. Designate a board representative to sponsor the IT governance program. C. Ensure that there are IT policies, procedures, and standards in place. D. Benchmark the program periodically against industry peers. Answer: C Question #15 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! An enterprise decides to accept the IT risk of a subsidiary located in another country even though it exceeds the enterprise's risk appetite. Which of the following would be the BEST justification for this decision? A. Local market common practices B. Risk framework alignment C. Technical gaps among subsidiaries D. Compliance with local regulations Answer: C Question #16 The board of directors of an enterprise has questioned whether the business is focused on optimizing value. The IT strategy committee's BEST action to address the board's concern is to: A. initiate reporting and review of key IT performance metrics. B. form a technology council to monitor the efficiency of project implementation. C. conduct a portfolio review to assess the benefits realization of IT investments. D. conduct a benchmark to assess IT value relative to competitors. Answer: A Question #17 РСЕО determines the enterprise is lagging behind its competitors in consumer mobile offerings, and mandates an aggressive rollout of several new mobile services within the next 12 months. To ensure the IT organization is capable of supporting this business objective, the enterprise's CIO should FIRST: A. procure contractors with experience in mobile application development. B. task direct reports with creating training plans for their teams. C. create a sense of urgency with the IT team that mobile knowledge is mandatory. D. request an assessment of current in-house mobile technology skills. Answer: D Question #18 Following a merger of two major corporations, the new strategic goal is "One business function. One IT system." Which of the following should be the FIRST step to achieve this goal? A. Form a combined IT steering committee. B. Document requirements for each business function. C. Create a standard enterprise architecture. D. Define service level agreements with each business function. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: B Question #19 Which of the following is the BEST approach to ensure IT technical competencies support the enterprise? A. Ensure there is adequate budget for IT technical training. B. Determine training requirements from customer service satisfaction surveys. C. Align training requirements to the capabilities needed to support the business strategy. D. Hold annual job fairs targeting new graduates in IT technical fields. Answer: C Reference: https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Financial%20Services/Our%20Insights/Nextgen%20technology%20transformation%20in% 20financial%20services/Next-gen-technology-transformation-in-financial-services.ashx Question #20 A data governance strategy has been defined by the IT strategy committee which includes privacy objectives related to access controls, authorized use, and data collection. Which of the following should the committee do NEXT? A. Mandate the creation of a data privacy policy. B. Establish a data privacy budget. C. Perform a data privacy impact assessment. D. Mandate data privacy training for employees. Answer: A Question #21 Once an IT governance framework has been defined, which of the following is the MOST effective approach to align IT to business objectives? A. Auditing the alignment of IT to business objectives regularly B. Reviewing the return on investment of IT initiatives on a regular basis C. Establishing a cross business unit committee to prioritize IT investment D. Reporting IT investment and performance to senior management regularly Answer: A Reference: https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=r2e7NmwoFGoC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=Once+an+IT+governance+fra mework+has+been+defined, +which+of+the+following+is+the+MOST+effective+approach+to+align+IT+to+business +objectives&source=bl&ots=tz7jATmLvQ&sig=ACfU3U1dkpiL5L1JJLfyOORIf9gBtlFSDQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj Cqv7_- ffpAhXGN8AKHSOpDoAQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Once%20an%20IT%20governance%20framework%20h as%20been%20defined%2C%20which% https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! 20of%20the%20following%20is%20the%20MOST%20effective%20approach%20to%20align%20IT%20to%20busines s%20objectives&f=false Question #22 An IT governance committee is defining a risk management policy for a portfolio of IT-enabled investments. Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration when developing the policy? A. Risk appetite of the enterprise B. Risk management framework C. Value obtained with minimum risk D. Possible investment failures Answer: B Question #23 A contracted company employs key IT systems operational personnel to oversee technology used to manage a critical line of business. Management is concerned that a mass resignation by many disgruntled personnel may lead to a shutdown of these key systems. Which of the following should be the PRIMARY responsibility of IT governance to address this risk? A. Renegotiate employment agreements to lessen the likelihood of a mass resignation. B. Cross train management to assume support of the technology. C. Develop a resourcing strategy that quickly replaces staff. D. Survey key support staff to determine what is causing them to be disgruntled. Answer: D Question #24 A CIO determines IT investment management processes are not fully realizing the benefits identified in business cases. Which of the following would be the BEST way to prevent this issue? A. Document lessons learned throughout the investment life cycle. B. Perform stage-gate reviews throughout the life cycle of each project. C. Evaluate the delegation of investment approval authorities. D. Establish a requirement for CIO review and approval of each business case. Answer: A Question #25 How does an enterprise benefit from implementing a set of key risk indicators (KRIs)? A. The set of KRIs remains relevant over time. B. Risk exposures are monitored to ensure they remain within risk appetite. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. The need for a formal risk and control assessment program is eliminated. D. The frequency of risk data gathering and reporting is minimized. Answer: B Reference: https://www.metricstream.com/insights/Key-Risk-indicators-ERM.htm Question #26 A large retail chain realizes that while there has not been any loss of data, IT security has not been a priority and should become a key goal for the enterprise. What should be the FIRST high-level initiative for a newly created IT strategy committee in order to support this business goal? A. Modernizing internal IT security practices B. Identifying gaps in information asset protection C. Recruiting and training qualified IT security staff D. Defining data archiving and retrieval policies Answer: B Question #27 A multinational enterprise recently purchased a large company located in a different country. When introducing the concept of governance to the new acquisition, it is MOST important that executive management recognize: A. the use of international standards. B. language differences. C. globally recognized good practices. D. the impact of cultural changes. Answer: C Question #28 The MOST effective way to ensure that IT supports the agile needs of an enterprise is to: A. implement open source systems. B. outsource infrastructure management. C. develop a robust enterprise architecture. D. perform process modeling. Answer: D Question #29 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! From an IT governance perspective, which of the following would be the MOST significant impact of moving all IT applications to an external Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud provider? A. The necessity to update key risk indicators (KRIs) B. The integration of the IT department with business lines C. The improvement of IT service alignment with business D. The shift from service delivery to service management Answer: C Question #30 Which of the following is the MOST important driver of IT governance? A. Management transparency B. Technical excellence C. Effective internal controls D. Quality measurement Answer: A Question #31 When developing an IT strategic plan that supports an enterprise's business goals, which of the following should be done FIRST? A. Understand the current vision. B. Perform a business impact analysis. C. Ensure that IT drives business goals. D. Analyze benchmarking data. Answer: B Reference: https://www.infoentrepreneurs.org/en/guides/strategic-planning/ Question #32 Prior to decommissioning an IT system, it is MOST important to: A. assess compliance with environmental regulations. B. review the media disposal records. C. assess compliance with the retention policy. D. review the data sanitization records. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #33 An enterprise is trying to increase the maturity of its IT process from being ad hoc to being repeatable. Which of the following is the PRIMARY benefit of this change? A. Required outcomes are more frequently achieved. B. Process performance is measured in business terms. C. Required outcomes are mapped to business objectives. D. Process optimization is embedded across the organization. Answer: A Reference: https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=1iZ3qWnLU0oC&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=increase+the+maturity+of+its+ IT+process+from+being+ad+hoc +to+being+repeatable&source=bl&ots=u6T_F9VL-V&sig=ACfU3U0bLAxWfJhgn10- z1Qk0syhD_HCFw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhn43L2fnpAhVC_qQKHRagBNcQ6AEwD3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q =increase%20the%20maturity%20of% 20its%20IT%20process%20from%20being%20ad%20hoc%20to%20being%20repeatable&f=false Question #34 Which of the following entities is structured PRIMARILY to ensure goals and objectives are aligned between IT and the business? A. Board of directors B. Portfolio management committee C. Change advisory board D. IT strategy committee Answer: A Reference: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/principles-of-management/ Question #35 A recent audit of IT investments has found that while initial returns meet expectations, benefits realization declines more than expected over time. Which of the following is the BEST way to address this situation? A. Standardize resource monitoring approaches. B. Institute project quality and performance metrics. C. Establish key risk indicators (KRIs). D. Institute regular business case updates and reviews. Answer: D Reference: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/guidelines-successful-benefits-realization-9909 Question #36 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! An enterprise's IT department has been operating independently without regard to business concerns, leading to misalignment between business and IT. The BEST way to establish alignment would be to require: A. business to help define IT goals. B. IT to define business objectives. C. business to fund IT services. D. IT and business to define risks. Answer: A Question #37 Which of the following are the MOST critical enablers for implementing IT governance in an enterprise? A. Involvement of IT strategy and steering committees B. Assigning roles and responsibilities for IT governance C. Commitment and promotion by senior management D. Prioritizing IT projects and funding for IT governance Answer: C Reference: https://www3.pinkelephant.com/articles/The7EnablersandConstraintsofITSMv1.PDF Question #38 A business unit is planning to replace an existing IT legacy solution with a hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. However, business management is concerned that stored data will be at risk. Which of the following would be the MOST effective way to reduce the risk associated with the SaaS solution? A. Include risk-related requirements in the SaaS contract. B. Create key risk indicators for the SaaS solution. C. Redefine the risk appetite and risk tolerance. D. Research the technology and identify potential security threats. Answer: A Question #39 Which of the following would be MOST helpful in gaining executive support for an IT-enabled business initiative? A. Framing the in terms of impact to business value B. Presenting a comprehensive risk management plan C. Providing examples of risks realized by competitors for similar initiatives D. Presenting key findings of a business impact analysis conducted by IT managers https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #40 An enterprise is planning to implement several strategic initiatives that will require the acquisition of new IT systems. Which of the following would BEST enable the IT steering committee to prioritize proposed initiatives based on business objectives? A. IT strategic management B. Project management C. Enterprise architecture management D. Project portfolio management Answer: C Question #41 An IT governance committee recently received a report indicating a scarcity of key IT skills in the marketplace to meet the core needs of the business. Reviewing which of the following would BEST help the committee respond to this situation? A. IT balanced scorecard B. Outsourcing strategy C. IT strategic plan D. Human resource strategy Answer: D Question #42 An enterprise has decided to create its first mobile application. The IT director is concerned about the potential impact of this initiative. Which of the following is the MOST important input for managing the risk associated with this initiative? A. Business requirements B. IT risk scorecard C. Enterprise risk appetite D. Enterprise architecture Answer: A Question #43 Senior management has made a decision to automate a number of key controls due to concerns that current IT risk controls are overly cumbersome and adversely impacting IT agility. Which of the following should be required FIRST to facilitate this process? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Control gap analysis B. Control self-assessments C. Controls optimization D. Cost-benefit analysis Answer: D Reference: https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/itac-planning/#gref Question #44 The IT function received only 50% of the requested funding to support the IT strategy for new business initiatives. Which of the following is the CIO's MOST important course of action before considering alternative resource options? A. Prioritize the portfolio. B. Terminate less visible maintenance projects. C. Develop a new balanced scorecard. D. Conduct a cost-benefit analysis. Answer: A Reference: https://hbr.org/1980/07/strategic-management-for-competitive-advantage Question #45 A business case indicates an enterprise would reduce costs by implementing a bring your own device (BYOD) program allowing employees to use personal devices for e-mail. Which of the following should be the FIRST governance action? A. Assess the enterprise architecture. B. Update the BYOD policy. C. Update the network infrastructure. D. Assess the BYOD risk. Answer: A Question #46 An enterprise has decided to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to achieve operating and cost efficiencies through global IT standardization. The business units are resistant because they are used to operating autonomously. The CEO has instructed the CIO to move quickly with the implementation to force acceptance with business unit leaders. Which of the following should be the CIO's FIRST step? A. Request funding from the CEO to hire ERP consultants. B. Ask the CEO to be the sponsor of the program. C. Engage a reluctant business unit to conduct a proof-of-concept pilot. D. Build a governance framework for identifying non-standard processes. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #47 Which of the following is MOST critical to have in place before management can establish an IT risk assessment and response approach? A. A portfolio of IT investments B. Defined roles and responsibilities C. Historic data on risk events D. A balanced scorecard Answer: B Question #48 An IT audit report indicates that a lack of IT employee risk awareness is creating serious security issues in application design and configuration. Which of the following would be the BEST key risk indicator (KRI) to show progress in IT employee behavior? A. Results of application security testing B. Results of application security awareness training quizzes C. Number of reported security incidents D. Number of IT employees attending security training sessions Answer: C Question #49 An enterprise can BEST assess the benefits of a new IT project through its life cycle by: A. calculation of the total cost of ownership. B. calculation of the net present value. C. periodic review of the business case. D. periodic measurement of the project slip rate. Answer: C Question #50 Which of the following is the MOST important objective of IT program portfolio management? A. Reduced technology costs B. Reduced project management costs C. Improved IT service delivery D. Appropriate investment mix https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Reference: https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/blog/project-management-vs-portfolio-management-vs-programmanagement/ Question #51 Which of the following is the BEST way for the CIO to ensure senior business management understands the current IT risk profile? A. Present an aggregated view of risk. B. Present the updated risk register. C. Present a detailed list of risk findings. D. Present a list of scheduled risk mitigation actions. Answer: A Question #52 Besides the mitigation of IT risk, which of the following is the PRIMARY outcome of IT governance? A. Control of IT processes B. Meeting of IT financial goals C. Resolution of IT audit findings D. Value delivery of IT to the business Answer: D Reference: https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/co/Documents/risk/InteligenciaFrentealRiesgo/No.6- RiskIntelligenceCIO.pdf Question #53 Despite an adequate training budget, IT staff are not keeping skills current with emerging technologies critical to the enterprise. The BEST way for the enterprise to address this situation would be to: A. establish an agreed-upon skills development plan with each employee. B. allow staff to attend technology conferences. C. create a standard-setting center of excellence. D. assign human resources (HR) to develop an IT skills matrix. Answer: D Question #54 The PRIMARY reason a CIO and IT senior management should stay aware of the business environment is to: A. measure efficiency of IT resources. B. revisit prioritization of IT projects. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. re-assess the IT investment portfolio. D. adjust IT strategy as needed. Answer: A Question #55 Which of the following aspects of the transition from X-rays to digital images would be BEST addressed by implementing information security policy and procedures? A. Establishing data retention procedures B. Training technicians on acceptable use policy C. Minimizing the impact of hospital operation disruptions on patient care D. Protecting personal health information Answer: D Question #56 To enable consistent assessment of candidate program investments for inclusion into the IT portfolio, it is MOST important to identify: A. an IT balanced scorecard. B. the impact on enterprise architecture. C. common selection criteria. D. currently available resources. Answer: A Reference: http://businessit.biz/bit_share/VAL%20IT/VAL%20IT.pdf Question #57 What information is MOST important to include when reporting key risk indicators to the board of directors? A. The effect of emerging risk trends on current risk exposure B. Risk appetite, risk threshold and risk tolerance C. Classification of current business risk D. Costs and resource needs related to risk mitigation measures Answer: A Question #58 The board of directors of a major retail chain wants to know what capabilities are in place to prevent customer credit card data from being hacked. Which of the following should be established to provide useful information about a potential future event? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Risk tolerance B. Lead indicators C. Lag indicators D. 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Create a combined business/IT committee to determine project prioritization. C. Implement a methodology to prioritize projects based on resource availability. D. Implement stage-gating to determine the value of each project. Answer: D Question #61 An enterprise's board of directors can BEST manage enterprise risk by: A. mandating board-approved enterprise risk management (ERM) modifications. B. requiring the establishment of an enterprise-wide program management office. C. ensuring the cost-effectiveness of the internal control system. D. requiring the establishment of an enterprise risk management (ERM) framework. Answer: D Reference: https://www.coso.org/documents/COSOBoardsERM4pager-FINALRELEASEVERSION82409_001.pdf https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #62 An IT investment review board wants to ensure that IT will be able to support business initiatives. Each initiative is comprised of several interrelated IT projects. Which of the following would help ensure that the initiatives meet their goals? A. Verification of initiatives against the architecture B. Review of the business case for each initiative C. Establishment of portfolio management D. Review of project management methodology Answer: C Reference: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/proven-project-portfolio-management-process-8503 Question #63 Which of the following is MOST critical to support IT governance cultural changes within an organization? A. IT governance process manuals B. Regularly scheduled governance training C. Demonstrated management commitment D. Established IT monitoring and measuring Answer: D Question #64 An enterprise has decided to use third-party software for a business process which is hosted and supported by the same third party. The BEST way to provide quality of service oversight would be to establish a process: A. to qualify service providers. B. for enterprise architecture updates. C. for robust change management. D. for periodic service provider audits. Answer: A Question #65 In a successful enterprise that is profitable in its marketplace and consistently growing in size, the non-IT workforce has grown by 50% in the last two years. The demand for IT staff in the marketplace is more than the supply, and the enterprise is losing staff to rival organizations. Due to the rapid growth, IT has struggled to keep up with the enterprise, and IT procedures and associated job roles are not well-defined. The MOST critical activity for reducing the impact caused by IT staff turnover is to: A. outsource the IT operation. B. increase compensation for IT staff. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. hire temporary staff. D. document processes and procedures. Answer: D Question #66 A business has outsourced IT operations to several third-party providers, but service level agreements (SLAs) are not clearly defined in all cases. Which of the following is the GREATEST risk to the business? A. Third parties could provide overlapping services. B. Quality of services is not enforceable. C. The scope of work is not clearly defined. D. Costs are not measurable. Answer: B Question #67 A large enterprise has been experiencing high turnover of skilled IT personnel, resulting in a significant loss of knowledge within the IT department. Which of the following should be done FIRST to address this problem? A. Conduct a survey of current IT staff. B. Revise the IT resource management plan. C. Update human resources policies and practices. D. Develop an incentive scheme for IT employees. Answer: A Question #68 A newly established IT steering committee is concerned whether or not a system is meeting availability objectives. Which of the following will provide the BEST information to make an assessment? A. Critical success factors B. Balanced scorecard C. Performance indicators D. Capability maturity levels Answer: D Question #69 Following a major IT incident that resulted in a loss to the enterprise, a CIO is preparing for a meeting with the board of directors to discuss what may have failed internally. Which of the following should the CIO do FIRST to provide assurance to the board? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Review the IT control environment. B. Ensure IT and enterprise risk management alignment. C. Review the incident response policy. D. Verify continuous monitoring is being performed. Answer: B Question #70 A newly appointed CIO has issued a new IT strategic plan. Which of the following would be the MOST effective way for the CIO to ensure the IT management team is held accountable for the delivery of the plan? A. Provide management training on IT strategic objectives. B. Revise the managers' performance goals to include key objectives. C. Enforce disciplinary action for managers if the plan is not delivered. D. Update the IT balanced scorecard with key objectives. Answer: B Question #71 Which of the following is the PRIMARY ongoing responsibility of the IT governance function related to risk? A. Responding to and controlling all IT risk events B. Verifying that all business units have staff skilled at assessing risk C. Communicating the enterprise risk management plan D. Ensuring IT risk management is aligned with business risk appetite Answer: C Question #72 Which of the following is the BEST outcome measure to determine the effectiveness of IT risk management processes? A. Time lag between when IT risk is identified and the enterprise's response B. Percentage of business users satisfied with the quality of risk training C. Frequency of updates to the IT risk register D. Number of events impacting business processes due to delays in responding to risks Answer: A Question #73 The BEST way for a CIO to monitor the alignment between the business and IT strategy is to regularly review: https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. IT services supporting business processes. B. the balanced scorecard. C. key risk indicators (KRIs). D. the risk register. Answer: A Question #74 Which of the following is PRIMARILY achieved through performance measurement? A. Process improvement B. Benefit realization C. Cost efficiency D. Transparency Answer: A Question #75 While assessing the feasibility of introducing new IT practices and standards into the IT governance framework, it is CRITICAL to understand an organization's: A. maturity of IT processes. B. culture. C. enterprise architecture. D. level of outsourcing. Answer: C Question #76 A new IT initiative is delivered successfully. Which of the following should be updated to reflect the new technology? A. Balanced scorecard B. IT strategy C. IT tactical plan D. Enterprise architecture Answer: B Question #77 The MOST beneficial aspect of utilizing an IT risk management framework is that it: A. addresses a lack of data in risk reporting. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! B. facilitates the identification of technologies posing the greatest risk to IT. C. enables a consistent approach to risk management. D. drives inclusion of the technology function in enterprise risk management. Answer: B Question #78 When defining an enterprise governance framework, the PRIMARY determination of the degree to which the framework is principle-based or policy-based is: A. enterprise architecture framework. B. organizational decision-making style. C. IT process maturity. D. organizational structure. Answer: D Reference: https://www.isaca.org/resources/isaca-journal/past-issues/2013/it-policy-framework-based-on-cobit-5 Question #79 A company is considering selling products online, and the CIO has been asked to advise the board of directors of potential problems with this strategy. Which of the following would be the CIO's BEST course of action? A. Perform a risk assessment. B. Review the security framework. C. Conduct a return on investment analysis. D. Review the enterprise architecture. Answer: B Question #80 After shifting from lease to purchase of IT infrastructure and software licenses, an enterprise has to pay for unexpected lease extensions causing significant cost overruns. The BEST direction for the IT steering committee would be to establish: A. a program to annually review financial policy on overruns. B. an end-of-life program to remove aging infrastructure from the environment. C. budget cuts to compensate for the cost overruns. D. a policy to consider total cost of ownership in investment decisions. Answer: D Question #81 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! An enterprise is evaluating a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to support a core business process. There is no outsourcing governance or vendor management in place. The CEO's FIRST course of action should be to: A. establish a contract with the SaaS solution provider. B. instruct management to use the standard procurement process. C. ensure the service level agreements for service providers are defined. D. ensure the roles and responsibilities to manage service providers are defined. Answer: B Question #82 Which of the following would BEST help to ensure timely reporting on risk events and responses to appropriate levels of management? A. Corporate directory B. Key personnel interviews C. Emergency response team D. Escalation procedures Answer: A Reference: https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=k_hgAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=cobit+help+to+ensure+timely+re porting+on+risk+events+and +responses+to+appropriate+levels+of +management&source=bl&ots=f2MF7tvMQB&sig=ACfU3U1F_qwMA3wQlZ2tpcb8bvzR3eUTyw&hl=en&sa=X&ved= 2ahUKEwj4kajJq_zpAhUrDWMBHQu2BWoQ 6AEwB3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=cobit%20help%20to%20ensure%20timely%20reporting%20on%20risk%20event s%20and%20responses%20to% 20appropriate%20levels%20of%20management&f=false Question #83 When developing an IT governance framework, it is MOST important for an enterprise to consider: A. stakeholders' support. B. information technology risk. C. framework development cost. D. information technology strategy. Answer: A Question #84 Which of the following would be MOST useful for prioritizing IT improvement initiatives to achieve desired business outcomes? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Portfolio management B. Budget variance analysis C. IT skills matrix D. Enterprise architecture Answer: A Question #85 Which of the following BEST supports an IT strategy committee's objective to align employee competencies with planned initiatives? A. Set management goals to hire co-operative work experience students. B. Specify minimum training hours required for continuing professional education. C. Add achievement of competencies to employee performance goals. D. Require balanced scorecard concepts training of all employees. Answer: C Question #86 The IT director of a large project-driven enterprise is concerned that all recently completed IT projects have exceeded their budgets. Which of the following would be the BEST way to address this concern? A. Implement portfolio management. B. Require monitoring of budget utilization. C. Assign business sponsors to active projects. D. Implement agile project methodology. Answer: B Question #87 An enterprise is experiencing a pattern of sensitive data breaches. While each breach has been successfully remediated, leadership is concerned about recurrence. What should the leadership team do FIRST? A. Require a root cause analysis be performed. B. Contact the appropriate regulatory authorities. C. Increase the amount of data breach insurance coverage. D. Direct IT to research vulnerability management software solutions. Answer: A Question #88 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A government agency plans to use predictive analytics to improve the quality of its services. The IT director is confident they have selected the right tool and can acquire appropriate resources to support the business need. Which of the following should be the director's NEXT course of action? A. Ensure job descriptions are available for newly-hired IT resources. B. Ensure IT has the appropriate processes in place. C. Implement a balanced scorecard to measure service quality. D. Establish a data governance council that includes IT senior management. Answer: C Question #89 During a period of financial crisis, an enterprise is evaluating its IT service strategy. The board of directors recognizes the need to save money without sacrificing the quality of IT services provided. To achieve this objective, the IT strategy committee should FIRST: A. re-design IT service management processes. B. cancel discretionary IT projects. C. reduce the total cost of ownership of IT services. D. re-prioritize the IT investment portfolio. Answer: D Question #90 To successfully implement enterprise IT governance, which of the following should be the MAIN focus of IT policies? A. Optimizing operational benefits B. Enhancing organizational capability C. Limiting IT costs D. Providing business value Answer: A Question #91 A recent benchmarking analysis has indicated an IT organization is retaining more data and spending significantly more on data retention than its competitors. Which of the following would BEST ensure the optimization of retention costs? A. Requiring that all business cases contain data deletion and retention plans B. Revalidating the organization's risk tolerance and re-aligning the retention policy C. Redefining the retention policy to align with industry best practices D. Moving all high-risk and medium-risk data backups to cloud storage https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: B Question #92 An enterprise is undertaking a multi-year portfolio of IT initiatives to replace core accounting systems. The program management team has developed a business case and is defining a roadmap for the initiatives. Of the following, who should be responsible for defining the optimization criteria for the portfolio? A. Project management office B. Board of directors C. Program management team D. IT steering committee Answer: C Question #93 An enterprise has entered into a new market which brings additional regulatory compliance requirements. To address these new requirements, the enterprise should FIRST: A. update the organization's risk profile. B. have executive management monitor compliance. C. outsource the compliance process. D. appoint a compliance officer. Answer: B Question #94 An IT steering committee is preparing to review proposals for projects that implement emerging technologies. In anticipation of the review, the committee should FIRST: A. require a review of the enterprise risk management framework. B. understand how the emerging technologies will influence risk across the enterprise. C. determine if the IT staff can support the emerging technologies. D. require a capacity plan and framework review for the emerging technologies. Answer: A Question #95 The CIO of a large enterprise has taken the necessary steps to align IT objectives with business objectives. The BEST way for the CIO to ensure these objectives are delivered effectively by IT staff is to: A. enhance the budget for training based on the IT objectives. B. include the IT objectives in staff performance plans. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. include CIO sign-off of the objectives as part of the IT strategic plan. D. map the IT objectives to an industry-accepted framework. Answer: D Question #96 An analysis of an organization's security breach is complete. The results indicate that the quality of the code used for updates to its primary customer-facing software has been declining and security flaws were introduced. The FIRST IT governance action to correct this problem should be to review: A. the incident response plan. B. the change management control framework. C. compliance with the user testing process. D. the qualifications of developers to write secure code. Answer: A Question #97 Senior leadership is concerned about a recent trend of excessive exceptions to existing controls. Which of the following should be implemented to address this concern? A. Continuous monitoring B. Independent audits C. A control library D. Risk awareness training Answer: A Question #98 It has been discovered that multiple business units across an enterprise are using duplicate IT applications and services to fulfill their individual needs. Which of the following would be MOST helpful to address this concern? A. IT project roadmap B. IT service management C. Enterprise architecture D. 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The issue is reported to the project sponsor, and the sponsor sends a request for an increase in the budget to the IT steering committee. What should be the IT steering committee's FIRST action? A. Require a revised business case. B. Approve the budget request. C. Provide appropriate training. D. Refer back to the project sponsor for resolution. Answer: B Question #102 For a large enterprise, which of the following is the BEST indicator that IT governance has a poor reputation? A. Regulatory noncompliance B. Low attendance at strategy committee meetings C. High turnover of IT staff D. Data leakage Answer: A https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #103 An enterprise has committed to the implementation of a new IT governance model. The BEST way to begin this implementation is to: A. prioritize how much and where to invest in IT. B. identify the role of IT in supporting the business. C. define policies for data, applications, and organization of infrastructure. D. identify IT services that currently support the enterprise's capability. Answer: C Question #104 Which of the following is the PRIMARY role of the CEO in IT governance? A. Evaluating return on investment B. Managing the risk governance process C. Establishing enterprise strategic goals D. Nominating IT steering committee membership Answer: C Reference: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/careers/jobs/what-is-a-ceo-chief-executive-officer/ Question #105 Which of the following is a PRIMARY responsibility of the CIO when an enterprise plans to replace its enterprise resource applications? A. Ensuring IT architecture requirements are considered B. Selecting and vetting application vendors C. Determining critical success factors for related projects D. Establishing software quality criteria Answer: A Question #106 Upcoming IT-related regulations carry costly penalties for an enterprise. The issuing regulatory agency has a history of weak enforcement. The IT steering committee should FIRST direct management to: A. update the enterprise architecture. B. perform benchmarking activities. C. evaluate the impact of the emerging risk. D. develop mitigation plans for noncompliance. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: C Question #107 When establishing a methodology for business cases, it would be MOST beneficial for an enterprise to include procedures for: A. addressing required changes outside the business case. B. updating the business case throughout its life cycle. C. identifying metrics post-implementation to measure project success. D. entering the business case into the enterprise architecture. Answer: D Question #108 The PRIMARY focus of a committee tasked with evaluating an IT project portfolio should be to ensure: A. a consistent estimation methodology is leveraged. B. the enterprise strategy is updated. C. consistent selection criteria are applied. D. an industry standard capability maturity model is used. Answer: D Question #109 Which of the following issues identified during an IT review is MOST important to address to improve the alignment between the business and IT? A. Services in the IT portfolio are not traceable to the IT strategy. B. IT strategy reviews are conducted only after business strategy changes. C. Business satisfaction surveys are not conducted regularly. D. IT dashboards have not been established. Answer: A Question #110 Which of the following is the MOST effective means for IT management to report to executive management regarding the value of IT? A. IT process maturity level B. Resource assessment C. Balanced scorecard D. Cost-benefit analysis https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #111 When determining the desired maturity levels for IT governance processes, it is MOST important to: A. ensure that maturity can be achieved at the lowest cost. B. ensure target levels are in line with external competitor benchmarks. C. agree on target levels in response to need. D. focus on existing strengths as key drivers for the target levels. Answer: D Question #112 Which of the following is the MOST important reason for selecting IT key risk indicators (KRIs)? A. Enabling comparison against similar IT KRIs B. Increasing the probability of achieving IT goals C. Assessing the current IT controls model D. Demonstrating the effectiveness of IT risk policies Answer: B Question #113 Which of the following would BEST help a CIO enhance the competencies of an IT business analytics team? A. Understanding current staff skill sets and identifying gaps B. Defining the IT architecture and identifying training areas C. Creating operational processes and identifying resources D. Establishing team goals and identifying the proper structure Answer: C Question #114 The BEST way to ensure an IT steering committee meets enterprise objectives is to: A. have key business stakeholders represented on the committee. B. establish key performance indicators (KPIs). C. require a member of the committee to have IT governance expertise. D. benchmark against industry best practices. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: B Question #115 Which of the following is the MOST important input for the development of a human resources strategy to address IT skill gaps? A. Technology direction of the enterprise B. Training budget allocated for IT staff C. A recent IT skills matrix D. Training effectiveness reports Answer: C Question #116 A hospital's executive steering committee is concerned about the increasing number of cyber attacks on patient data systems across the industry. The committee has asked the CIO to provide regular reporting with information that will help provide better oversight of cyber-related risk to the hospital. Including which of the following in the report would be MOST helpful to the committee? A. Status of key risk indicators B. Current business impact levels C. IT operations gap assessment D. Cybersecurity risk benchmarks Answer: B Question #117 Which of the following is the BEST way to provide effective IT risk management? A. Implementing a cost-effective mitigation program B. Appointing a chief risk officer C. Embedding risk management in operations D. Establishing an incident management program Answer: A Question #118 Maintaining a list of all potential IT initiatives for implementing the business strategy should be the responsibility of the: A. portfolio management function. B. individual business units. C. chief executive officer (CEO). https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. chief operating officer (COO). Answer: D Question #119 A large enterprise has decided to use an emerging technology that needs to be integrated with the current IT infrastructure. Which of the following is the BEST way to prevent adverse effects to the enterprise resulting from the new technology? A. Develop key risk indicators (KRIs). B. Develop key performance indicators (KPIs). C. Implement service level agreements (SLAs). D. Update the risk appetite statement. Answer: B Question #120 An enterprise recognizes that a large percentage of its IT employees are eligible for retirement in the next five years. A significant amount of institutional knowledge resides with retirement-eligible staff. From the board's perspective, which of the following is the GREATEST concern for the enterprise in this situation? A. Service delivery to the business B. Loss of key IT personnel C. Lack of timeline for succession plan D. Lack of process documentation Answer: D Question #121 Which of the following groups would be MOST appropriate to decide whether to proceed with an IT-enabled investment at the individual program level? A. Business sponsors B. Program management office C. IT steering committee D. Board of directors Answer: C Question #122 Which of the following will BEST enable an enterprise to convey IT governance direction and objectives? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Corporate culture B. Business processes C. Principles and policies D. Skills and competencies Answer: C Question #123 A large enterprise's IT department has identified a new risk management solution that would significantly enhance IT risk monitoring processes. However, there is a business perception that the new solution would not provide a visible benefit to the enterprise. Which of the following is the BEST way to gain business support? A. Articulate the business value of the new solution. B. Promote the IT benefits and the streamlining of processes. C. Provide real time risk reporting to the business. D. Obtain sign-off on a reduced headcount over the next five years. Answer: B Question #124 When assessing the impact of a new regulatory requirement, which of the following should be the FIRST course of action? A. Update affected IT policies. B. Implement new regulatory requirements. C. Assess the budget impact of the new regulation. D. Map the regulation to business processes. Answer: D Question #125 Before establishing IT key risk indicators, which of the following should be defined FIRST? A. IT risk and security framework B. IT key performance indicators C. IT goals and objectives D. IT resource strategy Answer: C Reference: https://bernardmarr.com/default.asp?contentID=1515 Question #126 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Which of the following should be the FIRST step for executive management to take in communicating what is considered acceptable use with regard to personally owned devices for company business? A. Post awareness messages throughout the facility. B. Develop and disseminate an applicable policy. C. Provide training on how to protect data on personal devices. D. Require employees to read and sign a disclaimer. Answer: C Question #127 An enterprise's strategic change requires an IT strategic initiative re-evaluation. Which of the following BEST indicates that an established IT governance framework could handle the re-evaluation? A. Creation of an IT steering committee to align the IT strategic initiatives to the recent change B. Inclusion of IT portfolio management procedures with strategic change review activities C. Development of a business case to evaluate the impact of the strategic change D. Holding IT investments until an analysis of the strategic change impact was complete Answer: C Question #128 Which of the following BEST indicates that a change management process has been implemented successfully? A. Degree of control B. Outcome measures C. Process performance D. Maturity levels Answer: B Question #129 To meet the growing demands of a newly established business unit, IT senior management has been tasked with changing the current IT organization model to service-oriented. With significant growth expected of the IT organization, which of the following is the MOST important consideration when planning for long-term IT service delivery? A. The IT organization is able to sustain business requirements. B. IT is able to provide a comprehensive service catalog to the business. C. The IT service delivery model is approved by the business. D. An IT risk management process is in place. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #130 Which of the following BEST enables the alignment of IT and enterprise strategy? A. Project portfolio management B. IT resource planning C. IT performance monitoring and reporting D. Enterprise compliance audits Answer: B Question #131 Which of the following would provide the BEST input for prioritizing strategic IT improvement initiatives? A. Business case evaluation B. Business process analysis C. Business impact analysis D. Business dependency assessment Answer: C Question #132 An enterprise has decided to utilize a cloud vendor for the first time to provide email as a service, eliminating inhouse email capabilities. Which of the following IT strategic actions should be triggered by this decision? A. Update and communicate data storage and transmission policies. B. Develop a data protection awareness education training program. C. Monitor outgoing email traffic for malware. D. Implement a data classification and storage management tool. Answer: A Question #133 Which of the following is the BEST IT architecture concept to ensure consistency, interoperability, and agility for infrastructure capabilities? A. Establishment of an IT steering committee B. Standards-based reference architecture and design specifications C. Design of policies and procedures D. 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D. reference models to align IT with business. Answer: A Question #137 Which of the following is the MOST appropriate mechanism for measuring overall IT organizational performance? A. IT balanced scorecard B. Service level metrics C. Maturity model D. IT portfolio return on investment https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: A Reference: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215879518_Measuring_the_Performance_of_IT_Service_Management Question #138 The PRIMARY reason for periodically evaluating IT resource staffing requirements is to: A. ensure the enterprise has sufficient resources to address changing business and IT needs. B. ascertain the IT function has sufficient skilled staff to maintain daily operations. C. verify that human resource recruitment and retention processes meet enterprise IT objectives. D. confirm IT-related responsibilities are defined for the enterprise's business and IT staff. Answer: A Question #139 РСЕО wants to establish a governance framework to facilitate the alignment of IT and business strategies. Which of the following should be a KEY requirement of this framework? A. A service delivery strategy B. Defined resourcing levels C. A defined enterprise architecture D. An outsourcing strategy Answer: C Question #140 Reviewing which of the following should be the FIRST step when evaluating the possibility of outsourcing an IT system? A. Outsourcing strategy B. IT staff skill sets C. Outsourced business processes D. Service level agreements (SLAs) Answer: D Question #141 Which of the following should be the PRIMARY goal of implementing service level agreements (SLAs) with an outsourcing vendor? A. Establishing penalties for not meeting service levels B. Complying with regulatory requirements C. Achieving operational objectives https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. 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Which of the following should be of MOST concern to the risk management committee? A. Resource alignment B. Security breaches C. Regulatory compliance D. Cost considerations Answer: C Question #145 In a large enterprise, which of the following should be responsible for the implementation of an IT balanced scorecard? A. IT steering committee https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! B. Chief risk officer C. Project management office D. Chief information officer Answer: C Question #146 The approval of an enterprise risk management framework is the role of the: A. chief information officer. B. chief risk officer. C. IT steering committee D. board of directors. Answer: C Reference: https://www.clearrisk.com/risk-management-blog/bid/56487/Establishing-an-Enterprise-Risk-Management-ERMFramework-Enterprise Question #147 The BEST way to determine the effectiveness of an enterprise's IT governance framework is by assessing the: A. value of IT contribution. B. maturity of IT processes. C. application of IT standards. D. compliance to IT policy. Answer: B Question #148 A steering committee has been advised by the IT project management office that individual business units are building systems components that could be leveraged by other business units. Instead, identical components are being duplicated across the enterprise. Which of the following committee directives would be the BEST way to reduce the likelihood of this duplication? A. Implement stage gate reviews to assess systems. B. Establish an enterprise architecture. C. Perform an assessment of change management processes. D. Review IT system release management practices. 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Defining business benefits realization metrics C. Reviewing the resource management policy D. Developing a target state enterprise architecture Answer: B Question #151 Which of the following should be the MOST important consideration when designing an implementation plan for IT governance? A. Roles and responsibilities B. Risk tolerance levels C. Organization culture D. Principle and policies Answer: A Question #152 Once the strategic vision has been established, which of the following would be the BEST activity for supporting the implementation of performance measures? A. Document policy requirements. B. Document strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. C. Identify key performance indicators (KPIs). D. Monitor service level performance. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: B Question #153 Which of the following is MOST critical for the successful implementation of an IT process? A. Objectives and metrics B. IT process assessment C. Process framework D. Service delivery process model Answer: C Question #154 An enterprise has made a decision to move some business applications to the public cloud despite being very new to the cloud environment. What is MOST important for the CIO to do to help ensure the success of this initiative? A. Review the vendor management framework. B. Request a right-to-audit clause in the provider contract. C. Require a vulnerability and threat assessment. D. Ensure the cloud provider complies with international standards. Answer: D Question #155 Which of the following is the PRIMARY role of an enterprise architecture? A. Improves transparency and compliance B. Provides a visual perspective of information systems C. Improves interoperability and scalability D. Ensures continuous innovation Answer: A Question #156 When conducting a risk assessment in support of a new regulatory requirement, the IT risk committee should FIRST consider the: A. cost burden to achieve compliance. B. disruption to normal business operations. C. readiness of IT systems to address the risk. D. risk profile of the enterprise. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: D Question #157 An enterprise is planning to migrate its IT infrastructure to a cloud-based solution but does not have experience with this technology. Which of the following should be done FIRST to reduce the risk of IT service disruptions when using this new technology? A. Evaluate the sourcing options. B. Reflect the change in the enterprise architecture (EA). C. Implement key performance indicators (KPIs). D. Engage an experienced IT consultant to perform the migration. Answer: C Question #158 Which of the following BEST reflects mature risk management in an enterprise? A. A regularly updated risk register B. Responsive risk awareness culture C. Ongoing risk assessment D. Ongoing investment in risk mitigation Answer: C Question #159 An IT strategy committee wants to evaluate how well the IT department supports the business strategy. Which of the following is the BEST method for making this determination? A. Capability maturity assessment B. IT balanced scorecard reporting C. IT controls assurance program D. Customer survey analysis Answer: A Question #160 From a governance perspective, which of the following is MOST important to enhance in an enterprise undergoing rapid development of a cloud technology? A. Change management processes to capture organizational and project changes. B. Data restructuring plan to ensure the architecture supports future changes. C. IT project dashboard reporting to capture new risk, threats, and scenarios. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Configuration management processes to ensure availability goals are maintained. Answer: D Question #161 A regulatory audit of an IT department has identified discrepancies between processes described in the procedures and what is actually done by system administrators. The discrepancies were caused by recent IT application changes. Which of the following would be the BEST way to prevent the recurrence of similar findings in the future? A. Include the update of documentation within the change management framework. B. Assign the responsibility for periodic revisions and changes to process owners. C. Require each IT employee to confirm compliance with IT procedures on an annual basis. D. Establish high-level procedures to minimize process changes. Answer: B Question #162 Which of the following is the MOST important input for designing a development program to help IT employees improve their ability to respond to business needs? A. Skills competency assessment B. Cost-benefit analysis C. Annual performance evaluations D. Capability maturity model Answer: A Question #163 The accountability for a business continuity program for business-critical systems is BEST assigned to the: A. director of internal audit, B. enterprise risk manager. C. chief information officer. D. chief executive officer. Answer: C Question #164 Which of the following should occur FIRST in the IT investment process? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Analyze the risks and benefits of the investment for each IT project. B. Assess each project's impact on the enterprise's investment plan. C. Select IT projects that will best support the enterprise's mission. D. Analyze IT investments based on past data. Answer: B Question #165 To ensure IT risk is managed in a consistent manner, it is MOST important for IT governance to establish a: A. risk management reporting tool to ensure compliance. B. balanced scorecard that includes IT risks. C. risk management committee to identify IT-related risks. D. risk management framework. Answer: C Question #166 An independent consultant has been hired to conduct an ad hoc audit of an enterprise's information security office with results reported to the IT governance committee and the board. Which of the following is MOST important to provide to the consultant before the audit begins? A. The scope and stakeholders of the audit B. The organizational structure of the security office C. The polices and framework used by the security office D. Acceptance of the audit risks and opportunities Answer: A Question #167 The PRIMARY reason for using quantitative criteria in developing business cases for IT projects is to: A. benchmark project success with similar enterprises. B. learn lessons from errors made in past projects. C. improve the process of evaluating returns after implementation. D. apply other corporate standards to the development project. Answer: C Question #168 A CIO is planning to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at the request of the business. Of the following, who is accountable for providing sponsorship for the IT-enabled change across the enterprise? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. CIO B. CEO C. IT strategy committee D. Human resource director Answer: C Question #169 Which of the following would a CIO use to present the overall view of IT performance to the board of directors? A. Maturity model B. Balanced scorecard C. Key performance indicators (KPIs) D. Key risk indicators (KRIS) Answer: A Question #170 An enterprise wants to implement an IT governance framework to ensure enterprise expectations of IT are met. Which of the following would be the MOST beneficial outcome of implementing the framework? A. Optimization of IT performance B. Development of IT policies C. Creation of an IT balanced scorecard D. Establishment of key IT risk indicators Answer: D Question #171 The PRIMARY reason for implementing an IT governance program in an enterprise is to: A. comply with regulatory requirements. B. balance the demand for information and the ability to deliver. C. decrease the scale of investment in information systems due to budgetary controls. D. reduce risks due to improved compensating controls. Answer: B Question #172 To help ensure that an IT dashboard effectively conveys the current state of IT to senior management, which of the following is MOST important to establish? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Key performance indicators (KPIs) B. Emerging threat analysis reporting C. An IT risk awareness program D. IT spend against budget Answer: A Question #173 An enterprise has a zero-tolerance policy regarding security. This policy is causing a large number of email attachments to be blocked and is a disruption to the enterprise. Which of the following should be the FIRST governance step to address this email issue? A. Obtain senior management input based on identified risk. B. Direct the development of an email usage policy. C. Recommend business sign-off on the zero-tolerance policy. D. Introduce an exception process. Answer: B Question #174 Which of the following is a CIO's BEST approach to ensure IT executes against an approved strategy? A. Request IT senior leaders to collectively plan tactics for execution. B. Ask project management to define the IT activities for accomplishing the strategy. C. Provide specific direction for execution of the tasks across IT. D. Have IT leaders independently develop goals for their teams. Answer: B Question #175 Which of the following is the MOST important outcome of a formal, documented IT policy? A. Alignment with IT service management B. Communication of IT management intent C. Mapping of business objectives D. Resource optimization for enterprise initiatives Answer: C Question #176 Senior management is concerned about an increase in cybersecurity risk to the enterprise. Which of the following would be MOST helpful in establishing an early warning system to determine which potential threats should be escalated to senior management? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Agreed-upon risk thresholds B. A risk appetite statement C. Key performance indicators (KPIs) D. Patch management logs Answer: A Question #177 An enterprise learns that a new privacy regulation was recently published to protect customers in the event of a breach involving personally identifiable information (PII). The IT risk management team's FIRST course of action should be to: A. evaluate the risk appetite for the new regulation. B. determine if the new regulation introduces new risk. C. assign a risk owner for the new regulation. D. define the risk tolerance for the new regulation. Answer: C Question #178 When designing an IT governance framework, the PRIMARY consideration should be to: A. comply with external monitoring standards. B. ensure stakeholders receive value from IT. C. require cost-benefit analysis before implementing controls. D. benchmark controls against industry best practices. Answer: C Question #179 The PRIMARY objective of IT resource planning within an enterprise should be to: A. maximize value received from IT. B. determine risk associated with IT resources. C. determine IT outsourcing options. D. finalize service level agreements for IT. Answer: A Question #180 A global enterprise is experiencing an economic downturn and is rapidly losing market share. IT senior management is reassessing the core activities of the business, including IT, and the associated resource implications. Management https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! has decided to focus on its local market and to close international operations. A critical issue from a resource management perspective is to retain the most capable staff. This is BEST achieved by: A. reviewing current goals-based performance appraisals across the enterprise. B. retaining capable staff exclusively from the local market. C. ranking employees across the enterprise based on length of service. D. ranking employees across the enterprise based on their compensation. Answer: C Question #181 An enterprise developed a new e-business web application designed to broaden its sales base. Internal project management guidelines were followed, but indicators for key goals were not established. Which of the following should be the MAIN concern of the IT steering committee? A. It may be difficult to align IT objectives with performance. B. Benefits realization may not be properly assessed. C. Resources may not be optimally utilized. D. Return on investment may be difficult to evaluate. Answer: B Question #182 An IT security team identified a significant weakness in the enterprise's Internet-facing infrastructure. The exposure requires immediate corrective action that is both cost and resource intensive. Which of the following is the MAIN reason why accountability for this risk should be assigned to the board of directors? A. The exploit can cause serious disruptions to the enterprise's reputation and profitability. B. The board should be aware of risks concerning organizational operations. C. Risk ownership at the highest level will ensure risk awareness throughout the enterprise. D. The IT organization cannot take ownership for self-identified risks concerning infrastructure security. Answer: C Question #183 Which of the following would be the BEST way for a CIO to assess the consistency of IT processes against industry benchmarks to determine where to focus improvement initiatives? https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! A. Utilizing a capability maturity model B. Reviewing key performance measures C. Reviewing IT process audit results D. Evaluating the current balanced scorecard Answer: C Question #184 An organization requires updates to their IT infrastructure to meet business needs. Which of the following will provide the MOST useful information when planning for the necessary IT investments? A. Audit findings B. Business user satisfaction metrics C. Enterprise architecture D. Risk assessment report Answer: A Question #185 As part of the implementation of IT governance, the board of an enterprise should establish an IT strategy committee to: A. ensure IT risks inherent in the enterprise strategy implementation are managed. B. drive IT strategy development and take responsibility for implementing the IT strategy. C. assume governance accountability for the business strategy on behalf of the board. D. provide input to and ensure alignment of the enterprise and IT strategies. Answer: C Question #186 A root-cause analysis indicates a major service disruption due to a lack of competency of newly-hired IT system administrators. Who should be accountable for resolving the situation? A. HR training director B. Chief information officer C. HR recruitment manager D. Business process owner Answer: C Question #187 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! An IT team is having difficulty meeting new demands placed on the department as a result of a major and radical shift in enterprise business strategy. Which of the following the CIO's BEST course of action to address this situation? A. Review the current IT strategy. B. Utilize third parties for non-value-added processes. C. Align the business strategy with the IT strategy. D. Review the IT risk appetite. Answer: C Question #188 Which of the following would BEST help to ensure an IT steering committee is informed of newly emerging risks in critical IT projects? A. Requiring regular updates of the risk register for each project B. Requiring a summarized report of relevant risks C. Reviewing the response for each risk in the log D. Conducting periodic reviews of project performance Answer: A Question #189 Which of the following MOST effectively demonstrates operational readiness to address information security risk issues? A. Executive management has announced an information security risk initiative. B. Procedures have been established for assessing and mitigating information security risks. C. IT management has communicated the need for information security risk management to the business. D. A policy has been communicated stating enterprise commitment and readiness to address information security risk. Answer: B Question #190 Which of the following should be the CIO's GREATEST consideration when making changes to the IT strategy? A. Have key stakeholders been consulted? B. Have IT risk metrics been adjusted? C. Has the investment portfolio been revised? D. Has the impact to the enterprise architecture been assessed? Answer: C https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #191 Senior management wants to promote investment in IT, but is uncertain that associated risks are being properly identified. The BEST way to address this concern is to: A. ensure business cases are developed by IT. B. engage an external consultant to develop risk scenarios. C. assign an IT cost controller to the finance department. D. appoint an IT representative to the business risk committee. Answer: D Question #192 An enterprise is contracting with an outsourcing partner for a long-term engagement. The BEST time for the enterprise to plan for the event of contract termination: A. developing the initial contract. B. either party decides to terminate the contract. C. issues surface in the contractual relationship. D. planning for the contract as part of business continuity. Answer: C Question #193 The MOST important aspect of an IT governance framework to ensure that IT supports repeatable business processes is: A. resource management. B. quality management. C. risk management. D. earned value management. Answer: B Question #194 Which of the following would be the MOST effective way to ensure IT capabilities are appropriately aligned with business requirements for specific business processes? A. Issuing a management mandate that IT and business process stakeholders work together B. Requiring architecture and design reviews with business process stakeholders C. Establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) D. Requiring internal IT architecture and design reviews https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: B Question #195 For the first time, the procurement department has requested that IT grant remote access to third-party suppliers. Which of the following is the BEST course of action for IT in responding to the request? A. Analyze risks and propose a solution. B. Implement a remote access architecture. C. Develop a remote access policy. D. Issue log-on credentials to third-party suppliers. Answer: A Question #196 Which of the following would BEST help to improve an enterprise's ability to manage large IT investment projects? A. Reviewing and evaluating existing business cases B. Creating a change management board C. Publishing the IT approval process online for wider scrutiny D. Implementing a review and approval process for each phase Answer: C Question #197 Which of the following is the BEST approach to assist an enterprise in planning for IT-enabled investments? A. Enterprise architecture B. Service level management C. Task management D. IT process mapping Answer: D Question #198 To measure the value of IT-enabled investments, an enterprise needs to identify its drivers as defined by its: A. value statements. B. service level agreements (SLAs). C. business strategy. D. technology strategy. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: C Question #199 Which of the following is the BEST way to address concerns associated with outsourcing an IT process? A. Implement a business continuity plan. B. Perform a risk assessment. C. Review the IT governance framework. D. Manage service levels. Answer: D Question #200 A CIO has recently been made aware of a new regulatory requirement which may affect IT-enabled business activities. Which of the following should be the CIO's FIRST step in deciding the appropriate response to the new requirement? A. Consult with legal and risk experts to understand the requirements. B. Confirm there are adequate resources to mitigate compliance requirements. C. Consult with the board for guidance on the new requirement. D. Revise initiatives that are active to reflect the new requirements. Answer: B Question #201 The risk committee is overwhelmed by the number of false positives included in risk reports. What action would BEST address this situation? A. Evaluate key risk indicators. B. Adjust IT balanced scorecard. C. Conduct a risk assessment. D. Change the reporting format. Answer: C Question #202 An enterprise has recently experienced an excessive number of exceptions due to outdated control frameworks. What should the leadership team do FIRST? A. Mandate a reassessment of the current control frameworks. B. Review the IT control standards. C. Mandate strict adherence to control frameworks. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! D. Update the exception review and approval process. Answer: B Question #203 In an effort to reduce operation costs, an enterprise is switching from all internally-hosted applications to a mixture of internally- and externally-hosted applications. Of the following, the risk appetite for this decision would BEST be defined by the: A. vendor oversight committee. B. board of directors. C. chief information security officer. D. chief information officer. Answer: C Question #204 IT senior management has just received a survey report indicating that more than one third of the organization's key IT staff plan to retire within the next 12 months. Which of the following is the MOST important governance action to prepare for this possibility? A. Request the development of a succession plan. B. Engage HR for recruitment of new staff. C. Evaluate lower-level staff as succession candidates. D. Review motivation drivers for key IT staff. Answer: C Question #205 A CEO of a large enterprise is concerned that risk events are not regularly addressed at the C-suite level unless related to emergency incidents. Which of the following is the BEST way for the CEO to ensure risk events are given sufficient time and attention? A. Instruct managers to take ownership for their department's identified risks. B. Issue performance objectives that target the elimination of enterprise risks. C. Include the of key enterprise risk as an agenda item at board meetings. D. Require the development of a risk procedure on how to capture risks. Answer: C Question #206 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! An enterprise is assessing whether to utilize wearable technology. The enterprise has no prior experience with this technology and has asked the chief technology officer (CTO) to assess the impact to the enterprise. The CTO should FIRST: A. prioritize wearable technology risk. B. understand the enterprise's risk tolerance. C. map the business goals to IT risk processes. D. create an IT risk scorecard. Answer: B Question #207 An enterprise has an overarching enterprise architecture document. The CIO is concerned that EA is not leveraged in recent IT-enabled investments. Which of the following would BEST help to address these concerns and enforce the leveraging of enterprise architecture? A. Require enterprise architecture review at key milestones. B. Publish and train on the enterprise architecture document. C. Form a team to update enterprise architecture regularly. D. Adopt a globally-recognized enterprise architecture framework. Answer: B Question #208 After performing a gap analysis of IT risks and controls capability, the MOST important consideration for the associated risk responses is that they are: A. added to the IT balanced scorecard. B. approved by executive management. C. assessed for severity of impact. D. submitted to the audit committee. Answer: C Question #209 A new CEO is made aware of a lack of cooperation between IT and business units and needs to take action to enable more efficient IT delivery of solutions to support the business. What should be the FIRST step to address this concern? A. Introduce IT related key performance indicators (KPIs). B. Establish business user group training for increased collaboration. C. Clarify roles and assign accountabilities for results. D. Implement a continuous auditing policy for IT initiatives. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: C Question #210 An IT steering committee is presented with an audit finding that new software applications are delivered on time but consistently have unacceptable levels of defects. Which of the following would be the BEST direction from the committee? A. Establish code peer reviews. B. Evaluate the change management process. C. Implement performance indicators. D. Evaluate the quality assurance process. Answer: D Question #211 Which of the following is the BEST indicator of the effectiveness of IT governance in an enterprise? A. Project delivery B. Value delivery C. Residual risk D. Resource utilization Answer: B Question #212 Which of the following would be the BEST way for a CIO to enhance security risk management alignment between IT and business? A. Facilitate joint workshops for IT and the business on risk assessment techniques. B. Analyze benchmark reports to understand the organization's security investments against competitors. C. Establish a process in which IT and the business collaborate on risk assessment and mitigation prioritization. D. Perform a trend analysis based on security investment levels and business initiatives. Answer: C Question #213 An IT steering committee is concerned that enterprise technologies have grown stagnant and are outdated. Which of the following is the BEST strategy to invest in modem technology? A. Redefine the target architecture to define new technologies that can be incorporated into the infrastructure. B. Create a new investment category for innovation that becomes a new way for tracking investment decisions/ https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! C. Update the IT human resource management plan to requite training and development for emerging technologies. D. Decrease spending on steady state and increase spending on modernization and enhancements. Answer: A Question #214 An enterprise makes an acquisition of a similar entity offering related services. A consequence of the acquisition is a reduction of IT workforce. When addressing human resource allocation, the MOST important IT governance consideration is to: A. manage organizational change. B. assess 7 skill sets. C. monitor team expenditures. D. cross-train IT resources. Answer: D Question #215 An enterprise's board of directors has asked the CIO to implement ways to make the IT function more environmentally responsible. Which of the following should be the CIO's FIRST step to ensure continued alignment of IT needs with the requirements of the board? A. Create a staff awareness education plan focused on IT environmental responsibility. B. Incorporate new environmentally responsible objectives into existing IT goals. C. Assess potential environmentally responsible IT initiatives. D. Write a business case for an environmentally responsible initiative for IT. Answer: A Question #216 An enterprise has an ongoing issue of corporate applications not delivering the expected benefits due to missing key functionality. As a result, many groups are using spreadsheets and databases instead of approved enterprise applications to store and manipulate information. Which of the following will BEST improve the success rate of future IT initiatives? A. Engage the business user community in acceptance testing of acquired applications. B. Prohibit the use of non-approved alternate software solutions. C. Establish a process for risk and value management. D. Engage stakeholders to identify and validate business requirements. Answer: D Question #217 https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! An IT strategy committee has reviewed an audit report indicating sales employees are using personal smartphones to conduct corporate business. Although the committee appreciates the business benefits, it is also concerned with the security risk. To deliver the business benefit, the committee's FIRST recommendation should be to: A. update the corporate security policy to include personal devices. B. document procedures for securing personal devices. C. improve training courses on securing corporate information. D. perform a risk assessment on personal device data protection. Answer: D Question #218 Which of the following is the BEST way to implement effective IT risk management? A. Minimize the number of IT risk management decision points. B. Adopt risk management processes. C. Establish a risk management function. D. Align with business risk management processes. Answer: B Question #219 Which of the following characteristics would BEST indicate that an IT process is a good candidate for outsourcing? A. Operational processes that are well-defined B. Non-strategic processes that are not documented C. Strategic processes that require expert professionals D. Processes with higher risk to the enterprise Answer: B Question #220 Which of the following is the PRIMARY purpose of an effective set of key risk indicators (KRIs)? A. Identifying possible future adverse impacts on the enterprise B. Evaluating existing technology for risk monitoring capabilities C. Establishing executive level buy-in of the risk program D. Quantifying the productivity of the risk management team Answer: C https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Question #221 A large bank has completed several acquisitions in the last few years that have resulted in redundant IT applications. To align with the strategic initiative of providing integrated services to customers, the IT steering committee has decided to share data and integrate applications. Which of the following would be MOST important to review in this situation? A. IT risk register B. Balanced scorecard measures C. Enterprise architecture D. IT strategic plan Answer: C Question #222 To evaluate IT resource management, it is MOST important to define: A. principles for the IT strategy. B. responsibilities for executing resource management. C. applicable key goals. D. IT resource utilization reporting procedures. Answer: B Question #223 Which of the following is the MOST effective measure to assist in the evaluation of IT value delivery? A. Actual benefits derived from the achievement of business objectives B. Increase in user productivity C. Trends in service capacity and availability metrics D. Increase in customer satisfaction survey results Answer: A Question #224 Which of the following will BEST help to ensure that the governance of enterprise IT is consistently executed? A. Regular review of IT policies and procedures B. Defined key risk indicators C. Established and monitored IT management processes D. Experienced and skilled IT leadership https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Answer: A Question #225 The BEST time to identify metrics to measure the performance of an IT-enabled investment is during: A. investment feasibility analysis. B. system implementation. C. project initiation. D. business case development. Answer: D Question #226 An enterprise is concerned that ongoing maintenance costs are not being considered when prioritizing IT-enabled business investments. Which of the following should be the enterprise's FIRST course of action? A. Require business cases to have product life cycle information. B. Establish a portfolio manager role to monitor and control the IT projects. C. Mandate an enterprise architecture review with business stakeholders. D. Implement a balanced scorecard for the IT project portfolio. Answer: C Question #227 The IT program manager does not see the value of conducting risk assessments for a new major IT project. The manager is reluctant to cooperate with internal auditors and the newly formed steering committee. Midway through the project, program requirements were changed because the CEO is a friend of a vendor and wants to implement this vendor's new technology. This decision will cause the current IT program budget to be insufficient and will be shown as overspending, After the requirement change request, the IT program manager should FIRST: A. report the matter to internal audit as a program deviation to be reviewed. B. obtain confirmation from the business and a decision by the steering committee. C. align IT with the business and agree to the business request. D. request additional funding from the business owner to cover the additional scope. Answer: B Question #228 A business unit within an enterprise has directly contracted with a cloud service provider to process sensitive customer information. The CIO later identifies a serious risk of potential data compromise due to the vendor's insufficient segregation of environments and lack of strong access controls. The FIRST course of action should be to: A. immediately suspend sending of data to the cloud service provider. https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! B. notify internal audit of the risk. C. discuss the risk with the vendor to determine mitigation actions. D. inform the business process owner of the risk. Answer: B Question #229 Which of the following would BEST align an enterprise's IT investments with its strategic objectives? A. High process maturity score B. IT budget and financial statements C. Control self-assessment D. Portfolio management Answer: A Question #230 To ensure that the process of developing a business case for IT-enabled investments continually supports benefits realization, the benefits expected from investment programs must be actively managed through: A. the system development life cycle. B. the economic life cycle. C. obsolescence planning. D. project life cycle. Answer: A https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! https://itexamcertified.com Passing Gauranteed! Generate exact multiple choice questions as give below 1. **Which round of negotiations led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?** - (a) Doha Round - (b) Tokyo Round - (c) Uruguay Round - (d) Kennedy Round **Answer:** (c) Uruguay Round 2. **The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) dealt with:** - (a) Goods only - (b) Services only - (c) Intellectual property only - (d) All of the above **Answer:** (a) Goods only 3. **The 'National Treatment' principle means:** - (a) Exported products are treated equally in the domestic market - (b) Imported goods are treated the same as local goods in the domestic market - (c) Exported products should have the same tariff - (d) None of the above **Answer:** (b) Imported goods are treated the same as local goods in the domestic market 4. **'Bound tariff' refers to:** - (a) A limit on tariffs for imports based on WTO commitments - (b) The tax rate on all exports - (c) The overall cost of tariffs - (d) A tariff-free trade condition **Answer:** (a) A limit on tariffs for imports based on WTO commitments 5. **The Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) principle ensures:** - (a) Equal treatment for all WTO members - (b) Only certain countries receive benefits - (c) Tariffs are raised annually - (d) One country is favored over others **Answer:** (a) Equal treatment for all WTO members 6. **The Agreement on Agriculture includes commitments in:** - (a) Market access, domestic support, and export subsidies - (b) Increasing crop yield and technology access - (c) Subsidizing imports only - (d) Agricultural tariffs only **Answer:** (a) Market access, domestic support, and export subsidies 7. **Which agreement replaced the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA)?** - (a) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing - (b) Agreement on Agriculture - (c) TRIPS Agreement - (d) Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement **Answer:** (a) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 8. **The WTO's TRIPS Agreement pertains to:** - (a) Agricultural products - (b) Intellectual property rights - (c) Investment measures - (d) Customs valuation **Answer:** (b) Intellectual property rights 9. **The Doha Round primarily focuses on:** - (a) Tariffs on manufactured goods - (b) Trade in agricultural goods - (c) Technology trade - (d) Intellectual property in medicine **Answer:** (b) Trade in agricultural goods 10. **The WTO aims to:** - (a) Restrict all trade - (b) Facilitate free and fair trade - (c) Promote monopoly - (d) Limit member negotiations **Answer:** (b) Facilitate free and fair trade 11. **RTAs aim to:** - (a) Block international trade - (b) Reduce trade barriers within a group of countries - (c) Increase tariffs among members - (d) Promote non-trade-related policies **Answer:** (b) Reduce trade barriers within a group of countries 12. **Customs unions require members to:** - (a) Keep individual external tariffs - (b) Impose the same external tariff on non-members - (c) Remove tariffs only temporarily - (d) Avoid any tariffs within the union **Answer:** (b) Impose the same external tariff on non-members 13. **The WTO's highest decision-making body is:** - (a) General Council - (b) Ministerial Conference - (c) TRIPS Council - (d) Dispute Settlement Body **Answer:** (b) Ministerial Conference 14. **Which principle prevents discrimination between WTO members?** - (a) MFN - (b) National Treatment - (c) Market Access - (d) Subsidy Reduction **Answer:** (a) MFN 15. **A common market involves:** - (a) A shared currency - (b) Free movement of goods, services, and factors of production - (c) Only trade agreements for goods - (d) No tariffs on agriculture **Answer:** (b) Free movement of goods, services, and factors of production 16. **The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures addresses:** - (a) Trade in textiles - (b) Subsidies that distort trade - (c) All intellectual property laws - (d) Agricultural trade only **Answer:** (b) Subsidies that distort trade 17. **The WTO's TRIMs Agreement regulates:** - (a) Investments - (b) Trade in goods - (c) Trade in services - (d) Agricultural products **Answer:** (a) Investments 18. **The primary goal of the WTO's SPS Agreement is:** - (a) To allow subsidies on food exports - (b) To prevent arbitrary sanitary restrictions on trade - (c) To regulate intellectual property - (d) To impose environmental standards **Answer:** (b) To prevent arbitrary sanitary restrictions on trade 19. **A trading bloc is:** - (a) A group of countries with no trade agreements - (b) A group of countries that may have a common external tariff - (c) Only formed by countries from the same continent - (d) An agreement that restricts all trade **Answer:** (b) A group of countries that may have a common external tariff 20. **The GATT was succeeded by the WTO because:** - (a) GATT was only for developed countries - (b) WTO covers more areas like services and intellectual property - (c) GATT was non-binding - (d) WTO allows subsidies for agriculture **Answer:** (b) WTO covers more areas like services and intellectual property Certainly! Here are an additional 30 multiple-choice questions based on the document content, with answers provided after each question. --- ### Additional Questions and Answers 21. **The WTO’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) seeks to:** - (a) Restrict imports to a minimum - (b) Prevent standards from becoming unnecessary trade barriers - (c) Allow countries to set any standard for goods - (d) Promote only national standards for products **Answer:** (b) Prevent standards from becoming unnecessary trade barriers 22. **The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) is designed to:** - (a) Impose tariffs on certain goods - (b) Regularly review and assess national trade policies - (c) Regulate customs duties globally - (d) Control intellectual property rights **Answer:** (b) Regularly review and assess national trade policies 23. **The principle of “progressive liberalization” means that:** - (a) Trade barriers are reduced gradually over time - (b) All tariffs are removed immediately - (c) Only developed countries reduce trade barriers - (d) No commitments are required from developing countries **Answer:** (a) Trade barriers are reduced gradually over time 24. **Which council oversees the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)?** - (a) General Council - (b) Services Council - (c) TRIPS Council - (d) Agriculture Council **Answer:** (c) TRIPS Council 25. **The WTO’s 'Dispute Settlement Body' is responsible for:** - (a) Deciding on national trade policies - (b) Settling trade disputes between member countries - (c) Creating new trade agreements - (d) Setting tariffs for member countries **Answer:** (b) Settling trade disputes between member countries 26. **A customs union differs from a free trade area because it:** - (a) Allows tariffs between member countries - (b) Establishes a common external tariff for non-members - (c) Applies only to services - (d) Imposes import quotas on all goods **Answer:** (b) Establishes a common external tariff for non-members 27. **Which of the following agreements deals with cross-border investments?** - (a) TRIPS - (b) TBT - (c) TRIMs - (d) GATS **Answer:** (c) TRIMs 28. **In a preferential trade agreement, member countries:** - (a) Impose the same tariffs as non-members - (b) Reduce trade barriers for each other only - (c) Apply high tariffs to non-member countries - (d) Have no external trade barriers **Answer:** (b) Reduce trade barriers for each other only 29. **The WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture includes which commitment?** - (a) Export subsidies for all agricultural goods - (b) Reduction of domestic support for farmers - (c) Complete elimination of tariffs on food products - (d) Increase in import quotas on agricultural goods **Answer:** (b) Reduction of domestic support for farmers 30. **The Agreement on Anti-Dumping allows countries to:** - (a) Increase exports by lowering prices - (b) Impose duties on imports sold below fair market value - (c) Eliminate all tariffs on certain goods - (d) Restrict domestic production of certain goods **Answer:** (b) Impose duties on imports sold below fair market value 31. **The main objective of WTO’s “National Treatment” principle is to:** - (a) Prevent imports altogether - (b) Treat foreign goods the same as domestic goods - (c) Impose tariffs on all foreign products - (d) Promote exports **Answer:** (b) Treat foreign goods the same as domestic goods 32. **Which of the following is a major goal of the WTO?** - (a) Ensuring trade restrictions remain high - (b) Promoting international free trade and competition - (c) Limiting access to global markets - (d) Supporting only developed countries **Answer:** (b) Promoting international free trade and competition 33. **An economic and monetary union involves:** - (a) A free trade area only - (b) A common currency among members - (c) No external trade agreements - (d) Different currencies for each member country **Answer:** (b) A common currency among members 34. **The WTO's Ministerial Conference meets:** - (a) Annually - (b) Every two years - (c) Quarterly - (d) Every five years **Answer:** (b) Every two years 35. **The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) mandates:** - (a) Free trade for all countries - (b) Uniform intellectual property protection standards - (c) Different IP laws for each country - (d) No IP protection for developing countries **Answer:** (b) Uniform intellectual property protection standards 36. **The WTO principle of 'transparency' requires member countries to:** - (a) Keep trade policies secret - (b) Publicly disclose trade policies and practices - (c) Have identical trade policies - (d) Eliminate tariffs on all goods **Answer:** (b) Publicly disclose trade policies and practices 37. **One of the WTO's objectives in dispute settlement is to:** - (a) Resolve trade disputes peacefully - (b) Impose sanctions on non-members - (c) Regulate global tariffs - (d) Control member states' import quotas **Answer:** (a) Resolve trade disputes peacefully 38. **Under the WTO's Market Access commitment, member countries agree to:** - (a) Allow unrestricted imports - (b) Set maximum tariff levels on imported goods - (c) Ban certain goods from other countries - (d) Only trade with specific countries **Answer:** (b) Set maximum tariff levels on imported goods 39. **GATS, or the General Agreement on Trade in Services, governs trade in:** - (a) Agricultural goods - (b) Intellectual property - (c) Services - (d) Manufactured products **Answer:** (c) Services 40. **The Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection (PSI) aims to:** - (a) Ensure high tariffs on all imports - (b) Allow for inspection of goods before shipping - (c) Eliminate export taxes - (d) Control intellectual property trade **Answer:** (b) Allow for inspection of goods before shipping 41. **Which of the following agreements aims to harmonize customs valuation?** - (a) Anti-Dumping Agreement - (b) Customs Valuation Agreement - (c) TRIMs Agreement - (d) Agreement on Subsidies **Answer:** (b) Customs Valuation Agreement 42. **A significant aspect of the Doha Round is:** - (a) Reducing tariffs on agricultural products - (b) Restricting intellectual property rights - (c) Eliminating all forms of trade - (d) Blocking services trade agreements **Answer:** (a) Reducing tariffs on agricultural products 43. **The term “dumping” in international trade refers to:** - (a) Exporting goods at prices lower than domestic market prices - (b) Importing goods illegally - (c) Increasing domestic prices - (d) Imposing excessive tariffs **Answer:** (a) Exporting goods at prices lower than domestic market prices 44. **WTO members are expected to follow which key principle in reducing tariffs?** - (a) National Treatment - (b) Progressive Liberalization - (c) Quota System - (d) Non-Discrimination **Answer:** (b) Progressive Liberalization 45. **The WTO aims to promote fair competition by:** - (a) Allowing tariffs as the only form of protection - (b) Supporting MFN and anti-dumping measures - (c) Limiting access to agricultural products - (d) Increasing subsidies **Answer:** (b) Supporting MFN and anti-dumping measures 46. **A plurilateral agreement within the WTO:** - (a) Includes all WTO members - (b) Involves only specific countries with shared interests - (c) Bans all tariffs for members - (d) Imposes global trade restrictions **Answer:** (b) Involves only specific countries with shared interests 47. **Trade facilitation in the WTO context means:** - (a) Making trade faster, cheaper, and more predictable - (b) Increasing tariffs on imports - (c) Eliminating all customs procedures - (d) Restricting trade with non-members **Answer:** (a) Making trade faster, cheaper“There’s No Such Thing as Sound Science” by By Christie Aschwanden was a lead science writer for FiveThirtyEight. FiveThirtyEight, Science, Dec. 6, 2017 Science is being turned against itself. For decades, its twin ideals of transparency and rigor have been weaponized by those who disagree with results produced by the scientific method. Under the Trump administration, that fight has ramped up again. In a move ostensibly meant to reduce conflicts of interest, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has removed a number of scientists from advisory panels and replaced some of them with representatives from industries that the agency regulates. Like many in the Trump administration, Pruitt has also cast doubt on the reliability of climate science. For instance, in an interview with CNBC, Pruitt said that “measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do.” Similarly, Trump’s pick to head NASA, an agency that oversees a large portion the nation’s climate research, has insisted that research into human influence on climate lacks certainty, and he falsely claimed that “global temperatures stopped rising 10 years ago.” Kathleen Hartnett White, Trump’s nominee to head the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a Senate hearing last month that she thinks we “need to have more precise explanations of the human role and the natural role” in climate change. The same entreaties crop up again and again: We need to root out conflicts. We need more precise evidence. What makes these arguments so powerful is that they sound quite similar to the points raised by proponents of a very different call for change that’s coming from within science. This other movement strives to produce more robust, reproducible findings. Despite having dissimilar goals, the two forces espouse principles that look surprisingly alike: Science needs to be transparent. Results and methods should be openly shared so that outside researchers can independently reproduce and validate them. The methods used to collect and analyze data should be rigorous and clear, and conclusions must be supported by evidence. These are the arguments underlying an “open science” reform movement that was created, in part, as a response to a “reproducibility crisis” that has struck some fields of science.1 But they’re also used as talking points by politicians who are working to make it more difficult for the EPA and other federal agencies to use science in their regulatory decision-making, under the guise of basing policy on “sound science.” Science’s virtues are being wielded against it. What distinguishes the two calls for transparency is intent: Whereas the “open science” movement aims to make science more reliable, reproducible and robust, proponents of “sound science” have historically worked to amplify uncertainty, create doubt and undermine scientific discoveries that threaten their interests. “Our criticisms are founded in a confidence in science,” said Steven Goodman, co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford and a proponent of open science. “That’s a fundamental difference — we’re critiquing science to make it better. Others are critiquing it to devalue the approach itself.” Calls to base public policy on “sound science” seem unassailable if you don’t know the term’s history. The phrase was adopted by the tobacco industry in the 1990s to counteract mounting evidence linking secondhand smoke to cancer. A 1992 Environmental Protection Agency report identified secondhand smoke as a human carcinogen, and Philip Morris responded by launching an initiative to promote what it called “sound science.” In an internal memo, Philip Morris vice president of corporate affairs Ellen Merlo wrote that the program was designed to “discredit the EPA report,” “prevent states and cities, as well as businesses from passing smoking bans” and “proactively” pass legislation to help their cause. The sound science tactic exploits a fundamental feature of the scientific process: Science does not produce absolute certainty. Contrary to how it’s sometimes represented to the public, science is not a magic wand that turns everything it touches to truth. Instead, it’s a process of uncertainty reduction, much like a game of 20 Questions. Any given study can rarely answer more than one question at a time, and each study usually raises a bunch of new questions in the process of answering old ones. “Science is a process rather than an answer,” said psychologist Alison Ledgerwood of the University of California, Davis. Every answer is provisional and subject to change in the face of new evidence. It’s not entirely correct to say that “this study proves this fact,” Ledgerwood said. “We should be talking instead about how science increases or decreases our confidence in something.” The tobacco industry’s brilliant tactic was to turn this baked-in uncertainty against the scientific enterprise itself. While insisting that they merely wanted to ensure that public policy was based on sound science, tobacco companies defined the term in a way that ensured that no science could ever be sound enough. The only sound science was certain science, which is an impossible standard to achieve. “Doubt is our product,” wrote one employee of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company in a 1969 internal memo. The note went on to say that doubt “is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’” and “establishing a controversy.” These strategies for undermining inconvenient science were so effective that they’ve served as a sort of playbook for industry interests ever since, said Stanford University science historian Robert Proctor. The sound science push is no longer just Philip Morris sowing doubt about the links between cigarettes and cancer. It’s also a 1998 action plan by the American Petroleum Institute, Chevron and Exxon Mobil to “install uncertainty” about the link between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. It’s industry-funded groups’ late-1990s effort to question the science the EPA was using to set fine-particle-pollution air-quality standards that the industry didn’t want. And then there was the more recent effort by Dow Chemical to insist on more scientific certainty before banning a pesticide that the EPA’s scientists had deemed risky to children. Now comes a move by the Trump administration’s EPA to repeal a 2015 rule on wetlands protection by disregarding particular studies. (To name just a few examples.) Doubt merchants aren’t pushing for knowledge, they’re practicing what Proctor has dubbed “agnogenesis” — the intentional manufacture of ignorance. This ignorance isn’t simply the absence of knowing something; it’s a lack of comprehension deliberately created by agents who don’t want you to know, Proctor said.2 In the hands of doubt-makers, transparency becomes a rhetorical move. “It’s really difficult as a scientist or policy maker to make a stand against transparency and openness, because well, who would be against it?” said Karen Levy, researcher on information science at Cornell University. But at the same time, “you can couch everything in the language of transparency and it becomes a powerful weapon.” For instance, when the EPA was preparing to set new limits on particulate pollution in the 1990s, industry groups pushed back against the research and demanded access to primary data (including records that researchers had promised participants would remain confidential) and a reanalysis of the evidence. Their calls succeeded and a new analysis was performed. The reanalysis essentially confirmed the original conclusions, but the process of conducting it delayed the implementation of regulations and cost researchers time and money. Delay is a time-tested strategy. “Gridlock is the greatest friend a global warming skeptic has,” said Marc Morano, a prominent critic of global warming research and the executive director of ClimateDepot.com, in the documentary “Merchants of Doubt” (based on the book by the same name). Morano’s site is a project of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, which has received funding from the oil and gas industry. “We’re the negative force. We’re just trying to stop stuff.” Some of these ploys are getting a fresh boost from Congress. The Data Quality Act (also known as the Information Quality Act) was reportedly written by an industry lobbyist and quietly passed as part of an appropriations bill in 2000. The rule mandates that federal agencies ensure the “quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information” that they disseminate, though it does little to define what these terms mean. The law also provides a mechanism for citizens and groups to challenge information that they deem inaccurate, including science that they disagree with. “It was passed in this very quiet way with no explicit debate about it — that should tell you a lot about the real goals,” Levy said. But what’s most telling about the Data Quality Act is how it’s been used, Levy said. A 2004 Washington Post analysis found that in the 20 months following its implementation, the act was repeatedly used by industry groups to push back against proposed regulations and bog down the decision-making process. Instead of deploying transparency as a fundamental principle that applies to all science, these interests have used transparency as a weapon to attack very particular findings that they would like to eradicate. Now Congress is considering another way to legislate how science is used. The Honest Act, a bill sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas,3 is another example of what Levy calls a “Trojan horse” law that uses the language of transparency as a cover to achieve other political goals. Smith’s legislation would severely limit the kind of evidence the EPA could use for decision-making. Only studies whose raw data and computer codes were publicly available would be allowed for consideration. That might sound perfectly reasonable, and in many cases it is, Goodman said. But sometimes there are good reasons why researchers can’t conform to these rules, like when the data contains confidential or sensitive medical information.4 Critics, which include more than a dozen scientific organizations, argue that, in practice, the rules would prevent many studies from being considered in EPA reviews.5 It might seem like an easy task to sort good science from bad, but in reality it’s not so simple. “There’s a misplaced idea that we can definitively distinguish the good from the not-good science, but it’s all a matter of degree,” said Brian Nosek, executive director of the Center for Open Science. “There is no perfect study.” Requiring regulators to wait until they have (nonexistent) perfect evidence is essentially “a way of saying, ‘We don’t want to use evidence for our decision-making,’” Nosek said. Most scientific controversies aren’t about science at all, and once the sides are drawn, more data is unlikely to bring opponents into agreement. Michael Carolan, who researches the sociology of technology and scientific knowledge at Colorado State University, wrote in a 2008 paper about why objective knowledge is not enough to resolve environmental controversies. “While these controversies may appear on the surface to rest on disputed questions of fact, beneath often reside differing positions of value; values that can give shape to differing understandings of what ‘the facts’ are.” What’s needed in these cases isn’t more or better science, but mechanisms to bring those hidden values to the forefront of the discussion so that they can be debated transparently. “As long as we continue down this unabashedly naive road about what science is, and what it is capable of doing, we will continue to fail to reach any sort of meaningful consensus on these matters,” Carolan writes. The dispute over tobacco was never about the science of cigarettes’ link to cancer. It was about whether companies have the right to sell dangerous products and, if so, what obligations they have to the consumers who purchased them. Similarly, the debate over climate change isn’t about whether our planet is heating, but about how much responsibility each country and person bears for stopping it. While researching her book “Merchants of Doubt,” science historian Naomi Oreskes found that some of the same people who were defending the tobacco industry as scientific experts were also receiving industry money to deny the role of human activity in global warming. What these issues had in common, she realized, was that they all involved the need for government action. “None of this is about the science. All of this is a political debate about the role of government,” she said in the documentary. These controversies are really about values, not scientific facts, and acknowledging that would allow us to have more truthful and productive debates. What would that look like in practice? Instead of cherry-picking evidence to support a particular view (and insisting that the science points to a desired action), the various sides could lay out the values they are using to assess the evidence. For instance, in Europe, many decisions are guided by the precautionary principle — a system that values caution in the face of uncertainty and says that when the risks are unclear, it should be up to industries to show that their products and processes are not harmful, rather than requiring the government to prove that they are harmful before they can be regulated. By contrast, U.S. agencies tend to wait for strong evidence of harm before issuing regulations. Both approaches have critics, but the difference between them comes down to priorities: Is it better to exercise caution at the risk of burdening companies and perhaps the economy, or is it more important to avoid potential economic downsides even if it means that sometimes a harmful product or industrial process goes unregulated? In other words, under what circumstances do we agree to act on a risk? How certain do we need to be that the risk is real, and how many people would need to be at risk, and how costly is it to reduce that risk? Those are moral questions, not scientific ones, and openly discussing and identifying these kinds of judgment calls would lead to a more honest debate. Science matters, and we need to do it as rigorously as possible. But science can’t tell us how risky is too risky to allow products like cigarettes or potentially harmful pesticides to be sold — those are value judgements that only humans can make.2-12,12-1 Cell Organelles