Design Factors & Focus Areas
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Design Factors & Focus Areas: example questions & answers
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In COBIT 2019, what is a design factor?
- A A fixed price charged for using the framework
- B A penalty applied for non-compliance
- C A mandatory certification requirement for auditors
- D Anything that can influence the design of an enterprise's governance system and position it for success in the use of I&T ✓
Answer: A design factor is anything that can influence the design of an enterprise's governance system and help position it for success in the use of I&T.
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Which of the following is an example of a COBIT 2019 design factor?
- A Enterprise strategy ✓
- B The number of office buildings owned
- C The colour of the corporate logo
- D The CEO's personal hobbies
Answer: Enterprise strategy is one of the design factors; others include enterprise goals, risk profile, I&T-related issues, threat landscape, compliance requirements, role of IT, sourcing model and IT implementation methods.
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In COBIT 2019, what does a focus area describe?
- A A governance topic, domain or issue addressed by a collection of objectives and their components ✓
- B A geographic region where the enterprise operates
- C A mandatory audit checklist
- D A single fixed maturity score
Answer: A focus area describes a particular governance topic, domain or issue that a collection of governance and management objectives and their components can address, such as information security or DevOps.
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How many design factors does COBIT 2019 describe?
- A 13
- B 11 ✓
- C 7
- D 5
Answer: COBIT 2019 describes 11 design factors, ranging from enterprise strategy and goals to the threat landscape, compliance requirements and technology adoption strategy.
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In COBIT 2019, the enterprise's risk profile as a design factor identifies what?
- A The kind of I&T-related risk the enterprise is exposed to and which areas exceed risk appetite ✓
- B The names of all board members
- C The depreciation schedule of hardware
- D The marketing budget for the year
Answer: The risk profile design factor identifies the kind of I&T-related risk the enterprise is currently exposed to and indicates which areas of risk exceed the risk appetite.
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The output of applying design factors in COBIT 2019 is best described as:
- A A financial audit opinion
- B A legally binding contract
- C A fixed, one-size-fits-all governance system
- D A tailored governance system reflecting the priorities and target capability levels of objectives ✓
Answer: Applying design factors produces a tailored governance system, highlighting which objectives are more or less important and what target capability and other component settings are appropriate.