CAS-004 Governance, Risk, and Compliance Practice Question
A security analyst is calculating the annualized loss expectancy (ALE) for a server that has an asset value of $100,000, an exposure factor (EF) of 0.5, and an annualized rate of occurrence (ARO) of 2. What is the ALE?
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$100,000
ALE = SLE × ARO, where SLE = AV × EF = $100,000 × 0.5 = $50,000. Then ALE = $50,000 × 2 = $100,000.
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$100,000
Why this is correct
Correct calculation: ALE = AV × EF × ARO = $100,000 × 0.5 × 2 = $100,000.
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$150,000
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect calculation.
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$50,000
Why it's wrong here
This is SLE, not ALE.
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$200,000
Why it's wrong here
This would be multiplying AV by ARO without EF.
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