Which of the following actions can be performed by using the principle of separation of duties?

Question

Options

• AConducting background investigation
• BDeveloping job descriptions
• CReducing the opportunity for fraud
• DIdentifying critical positions

• A
  6% (4)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  75% (48)
• D
  16% (10)

Explanation

Separation of duties divides critical tasks among multiple people so no single individual controls an entire process end-to-end, which directly reduces the opportunity for fraud - someone attempting fraud would need to collude with others, making it far harder to execute and conceal.

The distractors describe HR and administrative activities that happen before or outside the access-control framework: background investigations (A) are a pre-employment screening control, developing job descriptions (B) is a workforce planning activity, and identifying critical positions (D) is a risk assessment step that informs where separation of duties should be applied - but none of these are things separation of duties itself performs.

Memory tip: Think of separation of duties as a "two-key nuclear launch" rule - it doesn't hire people, describe jobs, or flag what's sensitive, but it forces collaboration that prevents any one person from "launching the missile" (committing fraud) alone.

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