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1. What does data sovereignty require of an organisation's data?
Question 1A. That it is encrypted before it is analysedB. That it is accessed only by database administratorsC. That it remains within the country or defined boundary where it was generatedD. That it is copied to at least two cloud regionsE. That it is deleted once it is no longer needed
2. Which two terms are described as being very near to data sovereignty?
Question 2A. Data security and data privacyB. Data quality and data lineageC. Data warehousing and data miningD. Data masking and data subsettingE. Data encoding and data encryption
3. Within an organisation, what does an ACL (Access Control List) record?
Question 3A. The countries in which each data set may be storedB. The list of users and the level of access each may have on certain data setsC. The encryption keys assigned to each databaseD. The audit history of every query run against the dataE. The cloud vendors approved for hosting data
4. In an on-premises infrastructure, how must employees access company applications from home?
Question 4A. Through a public web portalB. By downloading a local copy of the dataC. By emailing the database administrator for an extractD. By logging in via a VPN (Virtual Private Network)E. By using any BI tool with their normal password
5. What does an organisation do in a cloud solution instead of buying its own hardware and servers?
Question 5A. It shares hardware with other companies in its own data centreB. It builds a private network across several officesC. It rents storage and processing from vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft or GoogleD. It stores all data on employee laptopsE. It outsources its ACL to a regulator
6. In the Singapore and Azure example, why does using a cloud service make data sovereignty a question mark?
Question 6A. Because Azure does not support access control listsB. Because the customer's data would leave Singapore and be stored in a USA data centreC. Because Microsoft charges more for customers outside the USAD. Because cloud data cannot be encryptedE. Because Singapore has no data privacy laws
7. How are cloud vendors responding to the data sovereignty problem?
Question 7A. By refusing customers from regulated sectorsB. By encrypting all data before it crosses a borderC. By opening data centres in different countriesD. By letting customers host the vendor's software on-premises onlyE. By asking regulators to remove border restrictions
8. Which activity does the author argue cannot realistically be restricted under data sovereignty?
Question 8A. Storing data in a vendor's overseas data centreB. Viewing data from across a borderC. Granting developers access to production dataD. Renting cloud servers from a foreign vendorE. Backing up data outside the country
9. What is the recommended solution for keeping data sovereign while still using it globally?
Question 9A. Store data in your own region and access it via any BI tool from anywhereB. Keep all data on-premises and forbid remote accessC. Store a copy of the data in every country where users sitD. Use only vendors headquartered in your own countryE. Replace cloud services with paper records
10. Which of the following is NOT listed among the roles that may be given different levels of data access in an organisation's ACL?
Question 10A. DevelopersB. Database administratorsC. Department managersD. Business usersE. External auditors