ISC2 CC Security Principles Practice Question

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

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  Provide diligent and competent service to principals

  Why it's wrong here

  The Code's preamble places the duty to society and the public above all else, so this obligation ranks below protecting public safety and welfare. It is tempting because providing competent service to principals is a genuine Canon obligation, and would be the priority when weighing duties owed solely to an employer or client.

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  Advance and protect the profession

  Why it's wrong here

  Advancing and protecting the profession is the fourth and lowest-ranked canon, not the highest. It is tempting because professional advocacy feels like a core duty, but the Code's precedence places the safety of society and the infrastructure, plus public trust, ahead of it.

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  Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally

  Why it's wrong here

  Acting honourably, honestly, justly, responsibly and legally is the second canon, not the highest obligation. It is tempting because it reads as the broadest, most ethical-sounding duty, but the Code ranks protect society, the common good, necessary public trust and confidence, and the infrastructure above it.

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  Protect society, the common good, and the public trust

  Why this is correct

  The (ISC)² Code of Ethics orders its canons so that the safety and welfare of society outranks all other duties, including obligations to principals or employers. Protecting society, the common good and the public trust therefore sits at the highest priority, satisfying the stem's demand for the top-ranked obligation.

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