CGEIT Governance OF Enterprise IT Practice Question
An organization's governance committee decides to stop funding a legacy IT system that is still critical for a specific department. What should be done?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Conduct an impact analysis and develop a migration strategy.
The committee must perform a formal impact assessment and create a transition plan that ensures business continuity before decommissioning.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Conduct an impact analysis and develop a migration strategy.
Why this is correct
Governance requires evaluating the impact and planning for continuity.
- ✗
Decommission it immediately to save money.
Why it's wrong here
This risks critical business operations and is poor governance.
- ✗
Force the department to find their own funding.
Why it's wrong here
This leads to fragmented systems and loss of central governance control.
- ✗
Ignore the committee's decision and keep paying.
Why it's wrong here
This undermines the governance process.
About these practice questions
This CGEIT question is part of Courseiva's 214-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written and reviewed by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official ISACA exam blueprint
This CGEIT practice question is part of Courseiva's free ISACA certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the CGEIT exam.