AUDCISE

UNIT 3 ACTIVITY
IT Governance and Management of Information Technology

Name: ___Larona, Jaime A_________________________________________________________ Sec. Code: __535_____

I. Prepare a graphic organizer (concept map or infographics) showing the scope and benefits of
IT Governance. You can use the template below or your own design. Be creative!

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II. Read each item carefully. Select the correct/best answer for each of the following
questions and write the letter of your choice.

B. 1. IT governance includes all but which of the following responsibilities?

A. Aligning IT strategy with the business strategy
B. Writing programming code for IT systems
C. Insisting that an IT control framework be adopted and implemented
D. Measuring IT’s performance

B. 2. IT governance is most concerned with:

A. Security policy C. IT policy
B. IT strategy D. IT executive compensation

D. 3. Why is COBIT considered to be an integrated framework?

A. It integrates enterprise goals with IT-related goals
B. It integrates in any governance system
C. It integrates IT-related goals with enablers
D. It aligns with other relevant standards

A. _ 4. IT Governance is mostly concerned with _ .

A. Value delivery C. Publicity
B. Policy making D. Profits

C. 5. 1st Statement: IT governance really doesn't require much change in an

organization’s culture or processes.
2nd Statement: An obvious starting point for setting up an information
governance program is for an organization to complete a needs assessment.
A. Only the 1st statement is correct C. Both statements are correct
B. Only the 2nd statement is correct D. Both statements are incorrect

III. Write the word TRUE for each correct statement; otherwise, write FALSE.

FALSE 1. IT governance is an issue for executives and top management.

Lower level managers and the board of directors are outsiders in
the process.
TRUE 2. Research indicates that companies who stress corporate
governance tend to be rewarded with higher rates of return
and a lower cost of capital.
TRUE 3. Research has shown that enterprises with poorly designed or
adopted approaches to IT Governance perform worse in aligning
business and I&T strategies and processes.
TRUE 4. COBIT defines the design factors that should be considered by the
enterprise to build a best-fit governance system
TRUE 5. COBIT is a framework to organize business processes.
FALSE 6. Governance Framework should not allow the addition of new
content and the ability to address new issues in the most flexible way,
while maintaining integrity and consistency.
IV. Determine the appropriate controls for the following business risks:

Risk Control
1. Irresponsible utilization of IT resources and Having a supervisor with experience and
assets expertise to oversee the IT management's
operating process.
2. Senior management is unaware of IT All policies, standards, procedures, and
funding and its implications to the guidelines must be established, integrated,
enterprise’s resources. and announced by the company. Each
management level must participate in a
regular training program.