AI0-001 AI Governance and Ethics Practice Question
A company wants to train a language model on sensitive customer data without transferring the raw data to a central server. Which privacy-preserving technique should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
CompTIA AI often tests the distinction between techniques that prevent raw data transfer (federated learning) versus techniques that protect data after it has been transferred (differential privacy, anonymisation), leading candidates to confuse privacy-preserving computation with output privacy.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Federated learning
Federated learning is the correct technique because it trains a shared model across decentralized edge devices holding local data, without transferring raw customer data to a central server. Only model updates (gradients) are sent to the aggregation server, preserving data locality and reducing exposure. This directly addresses the requirement of avoiding raw data transfer while still enabling collaborative model training.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Federated learning
Why this is correct
Federated learning trains the model locally and only shares aggregated updates, keeping raw data on the device.
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Differential privacy
Why it's wrong here
Differential privacy adds noise to protect individual privacy but does not prevent data from being sent to a central server.
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Data minimisation
Why it's wrong here
Data minimisation is a principle to collect only necessary data, but does not prevent data transfer to a central server.
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Anonymisation
Why it's wrong here
Anonymisation removes personally identifiable information but the data still must be transferred to a central location for training.
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