Which TWO of the following are primary benefits of implementing a data governance program?
Governance establishes standards, ownership and controls across the data lifecycle, which directly raises data quality and consistency. These are the primary benefits cited, as governance enforces uniform definitions and validation rather than merely storing or visualising data.
Why this answer
Option C is correct because a core purpose of data governance is establishing policies, standards, and stewardship roles that enforce data quality dimensions such as accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems. Option E is correct because governance defines authoritative data sources, master data management, and ownership rules that eliminate duplicate and conflicting copies of data across the enterprise. The remaining options do not belong: A (faster data processing speed) is an infrastructure or query-optimization outcome, B (increased data volume) is a byproduct of data accumulation rather than a governance benefit, and D (lower storage costs) is a cost-optimization result typically achieved through tiering, deduplication, or archiving rather than governance itself.
Exam trap
The trap here is that candidates may confuse data governance with data management or data engineering tasks, mistakenly thinking it directly improves performance or reduces costs, when its core value is in quality, consistency, and compliance.