AAIA AI Auditing Tools And Techniques — 25 Questions

Question 1

An auditor is evaluating bias in a model deployed on AWS SageMaker. Which tool should be used to generate a report on pre-training and post-training bias metrics?

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SageMaker Clarify. SageMaker Clarify provides specific bias detection capabilities for both training data and model predictions.

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SageMaker Model Monitor

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AWS Glue DataBrew

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Amazon Inspector

Question 2

When auditing an Azure Machine Learning pipeline, which functionality within 'Responsible AI dashboard' is required to perform counterfactual analysis on model predictions?

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Counterfactuals component. The 'Counterfactuals' component in the Azure Responsible AI dashboard allows auditors to see how input changes impact predictions.

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Causal Inference component

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Model Overview component

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Error Analysis component

Question 3

You are auditing a model using IBM Watson OpenScale. Which feature should be configured to detect 'Disparate Impact' to ensure regulatory compliance?

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Fairness monitor. Watson OpenScale features a 'Fairness' monitor that specifically tracks Disparate Impact ratios.

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Quality monitor

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Drift detection monitor

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Explainability monitor

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Payload logging

Question 4

To verify the provenance of a model in Google Cloud Vertex AI, which service should the auditor inspect to review the lineage graph of the artifacts?

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Vertex AI ML Metadata. Vertex AI ML Metadata tracks the lineage of artifacts and executions within the pipeline.

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Vertex AI Feature Store

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Cloud Logging

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Vertex AI Model Registry

Question 5

An auditor is evaluating an AI system's robustness against adversarial attacks. Which technique involves perturbing input data to see if the model output changes significantly?

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Adversarial testing. Adversarial testing involves small perturbations to inputs to identify instability or security weaknesses.

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Model pruning

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Bias assessment

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Data augmentation

Question 6

Which technique is best for verifying that a model has not been subject to 'training data poisoning'?

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Review of data provenance. Analyzing data provenance and lineage ensures that only trusted sources were used for the training set.

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Latency testing

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Model Accuracy testing

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Hyperparameter tuning

Question 7

When auditing an MLflow experiment, which object allows the auditor to verify the exact parameters and code version used during training?

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MLflow Run. The MLflow Run object stores the code version (git commit), parameters, and metrics for a training session.

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MLflow Model Registry

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MLflow Experiment

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MLflow Tracking Server

Question 8

When scoping an audit for a model using SHAP values, what is the primary objective of the auditor?

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Explainability of model predictions. SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) is used to quantify the contribution of each feature to a specific prediction, aiding interpretability.

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Detecting data drift

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Security vulnerability scanning

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Infrastructure scaling

Question 9

When reviewing an AI system log, what is the 'inference request' ID used for?

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Audit trail and traceability. The inference ID links the specific request to its model output, facilitating trace-ability during audits.

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Data encryption

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Hyperparameter storage

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Model compression

Question 10

When auditing model deployment, what is the primary purpose of 'Shadow Mode' testing?

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To compare model performance against production traffic without impacting users. Shadow mode allows running the new model in production alongside the old one to compare outputs without affecting users.

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To encrypt model weights in memory

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To hide model artifacts from unauthorized users

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To automate hyperparameter optimization

Question 11

You are auditing a deployment on Kubernetes using Kubeflow. Which component should the auditor examine to ensure that the pipeline steps are reproducible?

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Kubeflow Pipelines. Kubeflow Pipelines (KFP) ensure reproducibility through containerized steps and pipeline definitions stored in YAML.

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Kubelet

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Prometheus

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Istio

Question 12

Which document is essential for an AI audit to identify the 'intended use' of an AI system?

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Model Card. The Model Card is a standardized document that lists intended use, limitations, and performance metrics.

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Server Hardware Specs

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Financial Statement

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Employee Training Log

Question 13

During an audit of an LLM-based application, which technique is most effective for testing the robustness against 'Prompt Injection'?

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Red Teaming. Red Teaming involves manual and automated attempts to bypass safety filters and trigger malicious outputs.

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Sentiment analysis

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Cross-validation

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Tokenization audit

Question 14

When auditing fairness using the 'Aequitas' toolkit, what is the first step an auditor should take?

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Select bias metrics. The first step in Aequitas is to define the bias metrics (e.g., False Positive Rate Parity) relevant to the context.

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Encrypt the dataset

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Train a new model

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Delete sensitive attributes

Question 15

Which aspect of 'Data Drift' does the 'Population Stability Index' (PSI) measure?

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Change in population distribution. PSI measures how much the distribution of a variable has changed between the training set and the production dataset.

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Change in model parameters

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Change in model accuracy

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Increase in inference latency

Question 16

An auditor is using 'CleverHans' for model auditing. What kind of vulnerability is this library designed to detect?

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Adversarial vulnerability. CleverHans is a library for benchmarking the robustness of neural networks against adversarial examples.

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Memory leaks in model deployment

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Infrastructure misconfiguration

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PII leaks in training data

Question 17

Which metric is commonly used to audit classification models?

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F1-score. The F1-score balances precision and recall, providing a single metric for classification performance.

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Logarithmic growth

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Mean Squared Error

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CPU utilization

Question 18

Which of the following is a common 'drift' symptom an auditor should look for in production models?

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Decreasing model accuracy. When data distribution changes (Concept Drift), the model's accuracy typically degrades over time.

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Increasing server costs

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Increased team size

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Slow Git repository commits

Question 19

An auditor is evaluating an AI system for 'Model Inversion' risk. What is this?

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Reconstructing training data from outputs. Model Inversion is an attack where an adversary reconstructs training data from model outputs.

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Reducing inference latency

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Increasing training bias

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Overfitting the data

Question 20

What is the primary role of a 'Human-in-the-Loop' (HITL) audit requirement?

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To review critical AI decisions. HITL ensures that sensitive or critical decisions made by AI are reviewed by human experts.

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To automate model retraining

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To generate marketing reports

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To improve GPU performance