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Which of these is a 'Proactive' risk management strategy?
Easy2When conducting a risk assessment for an AI system, which TWO of the following are considered 'AI System' components that require individual threat assessment?
Hard3An attacker is performing a 'Model Extraction' attack. What is the most likely goal of the attacker?
Hard4When establishing a risk management framework for GenAI, which THREE factors should be prioritized to satisfy the NIST AI Risk Management Framework requirements?
Hard5You are assessing the risk of 'Data Poisoning'. Which stage of the machine learning lifecycle is most vulnerable to this attack?
Hard6Which THREE technical controls are recommended to secure an AI model's API endpoint?
Medium7What is 'Model Drift'?
Medium8Which risk management activity happens during the 'Design' phase of an AI project?
Medium9What is the primary risk associated with 'Overfitting' in an AI model?
Medium10Which TWO measures are most effective in reducing the risk of 'Hallucinations' in LLM systems?
Medium11Which TWO items must be documented in an 'AI Model Card'?
Medium12What is 'AI Red Teaming'?
Easy13You are auditing an AI system for 'Model Explainability' (XAI). Why is XAI critical from a risk management perspective?
Hard14Which TWO security controls are recommended for protecting 'Training Data'?
Medium15What is the primary risk of 'Over-reliance' on AI outputs?
Medium16A model is vulnerable to 'Evasion Attacks' using FGSM (Fast Gradient Sign Method). Which architectural change most effectively increases robustness?
Hard17What is the purpose of 'AI Model Inventory'?
Easy18What is a 'Side-Channel Attack' against an AI model?
Hard19When assessing AI third-party vendor risk, which document is most useful for understanding the vendor's data handling practices?
Easy20Which THREE technical controls effectively manage 'Third-Party AI Vendor' risks?
Hard21Which THREE criteria are essential for evaluating the risk of an AI vendor's 'Model Card'?
Medium22You are managing an AI project and notice the model is performing poorly on a subset of data representing a protected class. What is the correct next step in the risk assessment process?
Medium23Which TWO of the following are primary risks associated with 'membership inference attacks' against an AI model?
Medium24What is 'Model Stealing' as a risk?
Hard25Which control is most effective against 'Data Poisoning' in a collaborative learning environment?
Medium26What is the purpose of 'AI Model Transparency' in a risk management framework?
Easy27Which THREE elements are essential for 'AI Governance'?
Hard28You are managing risks for a federated learning deployment. What is the primary security concern regarding the 'model updates' sent from the edge clients to the aggregator?
Hard29What is the primary objective of a 'Bias Audit' in an AI risk management program?
Easy30You are assessing a supply chain risk where an AI model uses a pre-trained base model from a third-party hub. Which action most effectively mitigates the risk of model poisoning during the integration phase?
Medium31When utilizing a third-party AI vendor, which contractual requirement is most critical for addressing 'shadow AI' risks within an enterprise?
Medium32Which TWO factors help maintain 'AI Accountability'?
Medium33An organization is evaluating 'Third-Party AI Models'. Which risk is most effectively addressed by a 'Model Evaluation Report'?
Medium34An organization is using an LLM-based agent. What is the primary risk associated with 'indirect prompt injection' in this environment?
Medium35When evaluating an AI model for production, what does the 'F1 Score' tell you from a risk management perspective?
Medium36A machine learning model is showing signs of 'data drift'. What is the most effective initial step in the risk assessment process?
Easy37Which THREE factors must be included in a 'Model Risk Management' (MRM) policy?
Hard38What is the key risk difference between 'Data Privacy' and 'Model Security' in AI?
Easy39What is the best way to manage 'Bias' in an AI system?
Easy40What is the primary role of a 'Human-in-the-loop' (HITL) in AI risk management?
Easy41During an adversarial threat modeling exercise for a facial recognition system, you identify a risk of pixel perturbation attacks. Which countermeasure is the most appropriate technical control to implement?
Hard42An organization is performing threat modeling for a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipeline. Which specific vulnerability is unique to the retrieval component?
Hard43When assessing the risk of 'Prompt Leaking', what is the most important control to implement?
Medium44In an AI supply chain, what is 'Dependency Confusion' risk?
Hard45Which TWO techniques help mitigate 'Model Poisoning'?
Medium46Which THREE components are critical for an 'AI Incident Response' plan?
Hard47What is the primary goal of 'Model Monitoring' in the context of risk management?
Medium48Which THREE practices are necessary for managing 'AI Model Version Control' as part of an overall risk management strategy?
Hard49A researcher is using 'Adversarial Training' to defend against evasion. How exactly does this work?
Hard50What is the primary risk of using 'Pre-trained models' from public hubs without verification?
Medium51A developer is implementing 'Differential Privacy' on a training dataset. What is the primary trade-off they are managing?
Medium52Which THREE items should be included in an 'AI Vendor Assessment'?
Medium53Which THREE technical configurations help mitigate the risk of 'Model Exfiltration'?
Hard54Which TWO of the following are considered 'AI Supply Chain' risks?
Medium55Which TWO factors contribute to 'Model Obsolescence' risk?
Medium56Which THREE steps are needed for 'AI Risk Assessment'?
Medium57When dealing with 'Adversarial Evasion', why is the 'black-box' nature of an API a risk?
Hard58What is the most effective control to prevent 'Model Scraping' from an exposed AI prediction API?
Medium59Which of the following describes 'Model Integrity' risk?
Medium60You are implementing 'AI Red Teaming'. What is the most effective way to test against prompt injection?
Medium61What is 'AI Shadowing' or 'Shadow AI' in an enterprise setting?
Easy62Which of the following best describes 'Model Inversion' as a security risk?
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