AAIA AI Auditing Tools And Techniques Practice Question
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?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Adversarial testing
Adversarial testing involves small perturbations to inputs to identify instability or security weaknesses.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Model pruning
Why it's wrong here
Pruning is an optimization technique to reduce model size.
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Bias assessment
Why it's wrong here
Bias assessment focuses on fairness, not robustness.
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Data augmentation
Why it's wrong here
Augmentation is a training strategy to increase dataset size.
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Adversarial testing
Why this is correct
Adversarial testing specifically probes models for sensitivity to noise.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official ISACA exam blueprint
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