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IAPP CIPM Exam Questions
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Provided By: IAPP
- Exam: Certified Information Privacy Manager
- Certification: Certified Information Privacy Manager
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Total Questions: 278
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Updated On: Jul 23, 2026
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Question 1
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SCENARIO -Please use the following to answer the next question:You were recently hired by InStyle Data Corp. as a privacy manager to help InStyle Data Corp. became compliant with a new data protection law.The law mandates that businesses have reasonable and appropriate security measures in place to protect personal data. Violations of that mandate are heavily fined and the legislators have stated that they will aggressively pursue companies that don't comply with the new law.You are paired with a security manager and tasked with reviewing InStyle Data Corp.'s current state and advising the business how it can meet the “reasonable and appropriate security’ requirement. InStyle Data Corp has grown rapidly and has not kept a data inventory or completed a data mapping. InStyle Data Corp. has also developed security-related policies ad hoc and many have never been implemented. The various teams involved in the creation and testing of InStyle Data Corp.'s products experience significant turnover and do not have well defined roles. There's little documentation addressing what personal data is processed by which product and for what purpose.Work needs to begin on this project immediately so that InStyle Data Corp. can become compliant by the time the law goes into effect. You and your partner discover that InStyle Data Corp. regularly sends files containing sensitive personal data back to its customers, through email, sometimes using InStyle Data Corp employees personal email accounts. You also learn that InStyle Data Corp.'s privacy and information security teams are not informed of new personal data flows, new products developed by InStyle Data Corp. that process personal data, or updates to existing InStyle Data Corp. products that may change what or how the personal data is processed until after the product or update has gone live.Through a review of InStyle Data Corp’ test and development environment logs, you discover InStyle Data Corp. sometimes gives login credentials to any InStyle Data Corp. employee or contractor who requests them. The test environment only contains dummy data, but the development environment contains personal data, including Social Security Numbers, health information, and financial information. All credentialed InStyle Data Corp. employees and contractors have the ability to alter and delete personal data in both environments regardless of their role or what project they are working on.You and your partner provide a gap assessment citing the issues you spotted, along with recommended remedial actions and a method to measure implementation. InStyle Data Corp. implements all of the recommended security controls. You review the processes, roles, controls, and measures taken to appropriately protect the personal data at every step. However, you realize there is no plan for monitoring and nothing in place addressing sanctions for violations of the updated policies and procedures. InStyle Data Corp. pushes back, stating they do not have the resources for such monitoring.What aspect of the data management life cycle have you as Privacy Manager NOT accounted for?
Answer: C
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Question 2
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Which of the following controls does the PCI DSS framework NOT require?
Answer: A
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Which of the following controls does the PCI DSS framework NOT require?
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Question 3
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SCENARIOPlease use the following to answer the next question:Henry Home Furnishings has built high-end furniture for nearly forty years. However, the new owner, Anton, hasfound some degree of disorganization after touring the company headquarters. His uncle Henry had alwaysfocused on production – not data processing – and Anton is concerned. In several storage rooms, he has foundpaper files, disks, and old computers that appear to contain the personal data of current and former employeesand customers. Anton knows that a single break-in could irrevocably damage the company's relationship withits loyal customers. He intends to set a goal of guaranteed zero loss of personal information.To this end, Anton originally planned to place restrictions on who was admitted to the physical premises of thecompany. However, Kenneth – his uncle's vice president and longtime confidante – wants to hold off on Anton'sidea in favor of converting any paper records held at the company to electronic storage. Kenneth believes thisprocess would only take one or two years. Anton likes this idea; he envisions a password-protected system thatonly he and Kenneth can access.Anton also plans to divest the company of most of its subsidiaries. Not only will this make his job easier, but itwill simplify the management of the stored data. The heads of subsidiaries like the art gallery and kitchenwarestore down the street will be responsible for their own information management. Then, any unneeded subsidiarydata still in Anton's possession can be destroyed within the next few years.After learning of a recent security incident, Anton realizes that another crucial step will be notifying customers.Kenneth insists that two lost hard drives in question are not cause for concern; all of the data was encryptedand not sensitive in nature. Anton does not want to take any chances, however. He intends on sending noticeletters to all employees and customers to be safe.Anton must also check for compliance with all legislative, regulatory, and market requirements related toprivacy protection. Kenneth oversaw the development of the company's online presence about ten years ago,but Anton is not confident about his understanding of recent online marketing laws. Anton is assigning anothertrusted employee with a law background the task of the compliance assessment. After a thorough analysis,Anton knows the company should be safe for another five years, at which time he can order another check.Documentation of this analysis will show auditors due diligence.Anton has started down a long road toward improved management of the company, but he knows the effort isworth it. Anton wants his uncle's legacy to continue for many years to come.Which important principle of Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) will most likely be compromised if Antonexecutes his plan to limit data access to himself and Kenneth?
Answer: B
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Question 4
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SCENARIOPlease use the following to answer the next question:It's just what you were afraid of. Without consulting you, the information technology director at your organizationlaunched a new initiative to encourage employees to use personal devices for conducting business. Theinitiative made purchasing a new, high-specification laptop computer an attractive option, with discountedlaptops paid for as a payroll deduction spread over a year of paychecks. The organization is also paying thesales taxes. It's a great deal, and after a month, more than half the organization's employees have signed onand acquired new laptops. Walking through the facility, you see them happily customizing and comparing noteson their new computers, and at the end of the day, most take their laptops with them, potentially carryingpersonal data to their homes or other unknown locations. It's enough to give you data-protection nightmares,and you've pointed out to the information technology Director and many others in the organization the potentialhazards of this new practice, including the inevitability of eventual data loss or theft.Today you have in your office a representative of the organization's marketing department who shares with you,reluctantly, a story with potentially serious consequences. The night before, straight from work, with laptop inhand, he went to the Bull and Horn Pub to play billiards with his friends. A fine night of sport and socializingbegan, with the laptop "safely" tucked on a bench, beneath his jacket. Later that night, when it was time todepart, he retrieved the jacket, but the laptop was gone. It was not beneath the bench or on another benchnearby. The waitstaff had not seen it. His friends were not playing a joke on him. After a sleepless night, heconfirmed it this morning, stopping by the pub to talk to the cleanup crew. They had not found it. The laptop wasmissing. Stolen, it seems. He looks at you, embarrassed and upset.You ask him if the laptop contains any personal data from clients, and, sadly, he nods his head, yes. Hebelieves it contains files on about 100 clients, including names, addresses and governmental identificationnumbers. He sighs and places his head in his hands in despair.What should you do first to ascertain additional information about the loss of data?
Answer: A
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Question 5
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Please use the following to answer the next question:
Today is your first day at a fast growing international real estate firm headquartered in New York, with offices in Canada and Germany. You are the firm's first ever privacy officer.
While touring the office to meet your new colleagues and learn the layout of the office, you notice piles of printing jobs left on the printer in the copy room. You also note a recycle bin and garbage can near the printers. With a quick glance, you see a completed loan application form print out with applicant name, social security number and home address lying in the recycle bin. You make a note to follow up immediately.
You are then introduced to the head of IT who gives you a warm welcome and explains his star project this year - enterprise CRM (Customer Relationship Management) mobility. He is very proud that he is leading this innovation that allows firm-wide employees to access the existing CRM database remotely from anywhere on the Internet. The business value of this mobility initiative is significant. Since he doesn't have internal web development expertise, he outsourced the development work to a small IT firm in New York that has just successfully delivered another IT initiative for the company.
After the tour you start working on a plan based on your observations. One immediate action is to schedule a meeting with the head of IT to discuss the CRM mobility project.
While reviewing the contract with the firm the CRM mobility project was outsourced to, all of the following should be mandatory EXCEPT?
Answer: D
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