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Comptia-Data+ Data Governance


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What is data governance?

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Framework of policies procedures and standards for managing data assets

What is the purpose of data governance?

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Ensure data quality security compliance and proper use across organization

What is a data governance framework?

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Structure defining roles responsibilities and processes for data management

Who is a data owner?

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Individual responsible for data classification security and access decisions

Who is a data steward?

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Person responsible for data quality integrity and day-to-day management

Who is a data custodian?

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IT professional responsible for technical storage and security of data

What is the difference between data owner and data steward?

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Owner has authority and accountability steward manages quality and processes

What is a data governance committee?

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Group of stakeholders overseeing data governance policies and decisions

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What is data classification?

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Process of organizing data into categories based on sensitivity and importance

What are common data classification levels?

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Public Internal Confidential and Restricted or Highly Confidential

What is sensitive data?

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Information requiring protection due to privacy security or regulatory requirements

What is Personally Identifiable Information (PII)?

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Data that can identify a specific individual

What are examples of PII?

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Name Social Security number email address phone number and address

What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?

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Medical information protected under HIPAA regulations

What is Payment Card Industry (PCI) data?

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Credit card and payment information requiring PCI DSS compliance

What is data privacy?

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Protecting personal information from unauthorized access and ensuring proper use

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What is GDPR?

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General Data Protection Regulation EU law protecting personal data and privacy

What is CCPA?

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California Consumer Privacy Act protecting California residents' data rights

What rights does GDPR provide to individuals?

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Right to access rectification erasure data portability and objection

What is the right to be forgotten?

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Individual's right to request deletion of their personal data

What is data retention?

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Policies defining how long data must be kept before deletion

What is a data retention policy?

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Document specifying retention periods for different data types

Why is data retention important?

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Legal compliance cost management and risk reduction

What is data disposal?

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Secure destruction of data that is no longer needed

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What are data disposal methods?

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Shredding degaussing cryptographic erasure and physical destruction

What is data masking?

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Hiding sensitive data by replacing it with fictitious but realistic values

What is data anonymization?

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Removing identifying information so data cannot be linked to individuals

What is pseudonymization?

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Replacing identifying fields with pseudonyms while maintaining data utility

What is data lineage?

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Documentation of data's origin transformations and movement through systems

Why is data lineage important?

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Ensures traceability supports compliance and aids troubleshooting

What is data quality?

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Measure of data's fitness for its intended use

What are dimensions of data quality?

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Accuracy completeness consistency timeliness validity and uniqueness

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What is data accuracy?

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Degree to which data correctly represents real-world values

What is data completeness?

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Extent to which all required data is present

What is data consistency?

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Data values are uniform across different systems and datasets

What is data validity?

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Data conforms to defined formats rules and constraints

What is data profiling?

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Analyzing data to assess quality identify patterns and understand structure

What is data cleansing?

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Process of detecting and correcting inaccurate or corrupt data

What is master data management (MDM)?

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Processes ensuring consistent accurate master data across organization

What is a data catalog?

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Organized inventory of data assets with metadata and documentation

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What is metadata?

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Data that describes other data including structure source and meaning

What are types of metadata?

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Technical metadata business metadata and operational metadata

What is a data dictionary?

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Document defining data elements their meanings and relationships

What is data auditing?

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Reviewing and verifying data management practices and compliance

What is a data breach?

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Unauthorized access to or disclosure of sensitive data

What is incident response for data breaches?

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Procedures for detecting containing and recovering from data security incidents

What is data access control?

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Mechanisms restricting who can view modify or use data

What is the principle of least privilege?

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Users should have minimum data access needed for their role

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What is role-based access control (RBAC)?

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Assigning permissions based on user roles rather than individuals

What is data encryption?

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Converting data into coded form to prevent unauthorized access

What is encryption at rest?

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Protecting stored data through encryption

What is encryption in transit?

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Protecting data being transmitted across networks

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