CGEIT Practice Questions
Prepare for CGEIT with more than an answer.
- Level
- Professional
- Valid for
- 3 years
Domains covered on the exam 4
- Governance of Enterprise IT40%
- IT Resources15%
- Benefits Realization26%
- Risk Optimization19%
- 1
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:
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Correct answer: A
A
- 2
A CEO 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:
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Correct answer: D
D
- 3
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?
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Correct answer: B
B
- 4
Which of the following is the BEST approach to ensure IT technical competencies support the enterprise?
- 5
An IT risk dashboard presented to the board shows the number of open high-risk vulnerabilities has decreased by 50% over the last quarter. However, the business has experienced two major IT-related service disruptions in the same period. What does this situation MOST likely indicate?
graph TD subgraph DashboardMetrics [Dashboard Metrics] A[Vulnerability Count: 50% Decrease] --> B{Conclusion: Risk is Lower} end subgraph BusinessReality [Business Reality] C[Service Disruptions: 2 Major Incidents] --> D{Conclusion: Business Impact is High} end B -.-> D style B fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px style D fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px linkStyle 2 stroke:red,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5; E((Misaligned KRI)) --> A F((Business Criticality)) --> CShow answer details
Correct answer: B
This is the most likely explanation. The dashboard is tracking a metric (number of vulnerabilities) that is not a good predictor of the actual business impact (service disruptions). This indicates a misalignment. A good KRI should be a leading indicator of potential business impact. The fact that the metric looks good while the business suffers shows the KRI is not meaningful.
- 6
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration for an enterprise when prioritizing IT projects?
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Correct answer: B
- 7
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?
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- 8
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:
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Correct answer: C
C
- 9
Portfolio management in a large enterprise BEST enables which of the following?
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Correct answer: B
B
- 10
Which of the following BEST defines the IT investment activities an enterprise will undertake when aligning to business goals?
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Correct answer: D
D
