PAST YEAR QUESTION MGT300

APRIL 2009

PART A – Question 9
It is the responsibility of the CIO to ensure effective communications between business and IT personnel.                                                                                                                                      TRUE

PART B – Question 9

Broad functions of a CIO include all of the following, except:

D. building and maintaining strong customer processes

OCTOBER 2009

PART A -Question 5

 It is the responsibility of the CIO to ensure effective communications between business and IT personnel.                                                                                                                                     TRUE

PART B – Question 4

Who is responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability, and reliability of an organization’s information technology?

C. CTO (Chief Technology Officer)

 PART C – QUESTION 3 (b)

Briefly explain the responsibility of CIO, CTO, CSO, CPO, and CKO.

      Chief Information Officer (CIO) oversees all uses of IT and ensures the strategic alignment of IT with business goal and objectives. CIO must possess a solid and detailed understanding of every aspect of an organization coupled with tremendous insight into the capability of IT. CIOs must have strong business skill and strong IT skill. Broad functions of CIO include, manager, leader and communicator.

       Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability and  reliability. CTOs are similar to CIOs, except that CIOs take on additional responsibility for effectiveness of ensuring that IT is aligned with the organization's strategic initiatives. CTOs have direct responsibility for ensuring the efficiency of IT systems throughout the organization and possess well-rounded knowledge of all aspects of IT including hardware, software, and telecommunication.

     Chief Security Officer (CSO) is responsible for ensuring the security of IT system. Developing strategies and IT safeguards againts attacks from hackers and viruses. Most CSOs possess detailed knnowledge of networks and telecommunications because hackers and viruses usuaally find their way into IT systems through networked computers.

Chief Privacy Officer(CPO) is responsible for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information. CPOs are newest senior executive position in IT. Many CPOs are lawyers by training, enabling them to understand the often complex legal issues surrounding the use of information.

   Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) is responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distributing the organization's knowledge. CKOs design programs and system that make it easy for people to reuse knowledge. These system create repositories of organizational documents, methodologies, tool, and practices, and they establish methods for filtering the information. 

APRIL 2010

PART B –Question 6

Who is responsible for ensuring of IT system and developing strategies and IT safeguards against attacks from hackers and viruses?

D. Chief Security Officer (CSO)

OCTOBER 2010

PART A –Question 8

It is the responsibility of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to ensure effective communications between business and IT personnel.                                                                                         FALSE      

PART B- Question 9

 Who is responsible for ensuring the throughput, speed, accuracy, availability, and reliability of an organization’s information technology?

C. CTO (Chief Technology Officer)

SEPTEMBER 2011

PART A-Question 11

As the manager, Chief Information Officer (CIO) must ensure the delivery of all IT project, on time and within budget.                                                                                                                          TRUE

PART B – Question 8

Who is responsible for ensuring the security of IT systems and developing strategies and IT safeguards against attacks from hackers and viruses?

B. Chief Security Officer