CRISC Exam Questions

Which of the following analyses is MOST useful for prioritizing risk scenarios associated with loss of IT assets?

Optimized risk management is achieved when risk is reduced:

Which of the following is the GREATEST benefit of updating the risk register to include outcomes from a risk assessment?

Which strategy employed by risk management would BEST help to prevent internal fraud?

An enterprise has taken delivery of software patches that address vulnerabilities in its core business software. Prior to implementation, which of the following is the MOST importa...

An organization is developing a risk universe to create a holistic view of its overall risk profile. Which of the following is the GREATEST barrier to achieving the initiative's ob...

Which of the following would BEST prevent an unscheduled application of a patch?

After the announcement of a new IT regulatory requirement, it is MOST important for a risk practitioner to;

Who is the BEST person to an application system used to process employee personal data?

An organization's Internet-facing server was successfully attacked because the server did not have the latest security patches. The risk associated with poor patch management had b...

An organization has just started accepting credit card payments from customers via the corporate website. Which of the following is MOST likely to increase as a result of this new...

Which of the following scenarios is MOST likely to cause a risk practitioner to request a formal risk acceptance sign-off?

An organization's IT team has proposed the adoption of cloud computing as a cost-saving measure for the business. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern to the risk p...

A risk practitioner has been asked to evaluate the adoption of a third-party blockchain integration platform based on the value added by the platform and the organization's risk ap...

Which of the following is the MOST significant indicator of the need to perform a penetration test?

An organization's IT department wants to complete a proof of concept (POC) for a security tool. The project lead has asked for approval to use the production data for testing purpo...

A risk practitioner has been asked to evaluate a new cloud-based service to enhance an organization's access management capabilities. When is the BEST time for the risk practitione...

Which of the following is the BEST recommendation of a risk practitioner for an organization that recently changed its organizational structure?

Which of the following is the MOST important document regarding the treatment of sensitive data?

The results of a risk assessment reveal risk scenarios with high impact and low likelihood of occurrence. Which of the following would be the BEST action to address these scenarios...

Which of the following should be a risk practitioner's GREATEST concern upon learning of failures in a data migration activity?

The PRIMARY benefit of conducting a risk workshop using a top-down approach instead of a bottom-up approach is the ability to:

A risk assessment has been completed on an application and reported to the application owner. The report includes validated vulnerability findings that require mitigation. Which of...

Which of the following BEST enables the development of a successful IT strategy focused on business risk mitigation?

Which of the following activities should only be performed by the third line of defense?

Reviewing which of the following BEST helps an organization gain insight into its overall risk profile?

Which of the following is MOST important for managing ethical risk?

What should a risk practitioner do FIRST when a shadow IT application is identified in a business owner's business impact analysis (BIA)?

Which of the following is a risk practitioner's BEST course of action upon learning that regulatory authorities have concerns with an emerging technology the organization is consid...

An organization has established workflows in its service desk to support employee reports of security-related concerns. Which of the following is the MOST efficient approach to ana...

Which of the following should be the PRIMARY basis for deciding whether to disclose information related to risk events that impact external stakeholders?

Which of the following provides the MOST useful information to trace the impact of aggregated risk across an organization's technical environment?

Which of the following would BEST facilitate the maintenance of data classification requirements?

Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for a risk practitioner to report changes and trends in the IT risk profile to senior management?

Continuous monitoring of key risk indicators (KRIs) will:

An organization allows programmers to change production systems in emergency situations. Which of the following is the BEST control?

Which of the following is the BEST recommendation when a key risk indicator (KRI) is generating an excessive volume of events?

Which of the following is MOST important to consider when determining the value of an asset during the risk identification process?

Which of the following is the MOST effective way to validate organizational awareness of cybersecurity risk?

A risk practitioner wants to identify potential risk events that affect the continuity of a critical business process. Which of the following should the risk practitioner do FIRST?

Which of the following is the BEST risk management approach for the strategic IT planning process?

Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration when assessing the risk of using Internet of Things (loT) devices to collect and process personally identifiable informat...

Which of the following is the BEST way to reduce the likelihood of an individual performing a potentially harmful action as the result of unnecessary entitlement?

The operational risk associated with attacks on a web application should be owned by the individual in charge of:

The BEST way for an organization to ensure that servers are compliant to security policy is to review:

Which of the following would be MOST helpful in assessing the risk associated with data loss due to human vulnerabilities?

Which of the following will BEST help to improve an organization's risk culture?

Which of the following should be the FIRST course of action if the risk associated with a new technology is found to be increasing?

Which of the following is the PRIMARY benefit of consistently recording risk assessment results in the risk register?

Which of the following is a risk practitioner's BEST recommendation to help reduce IT risk associated with scheduling overruns when starting a new application development project?