Question 39
Domain 5: Standards, Regulation, and Business ImplementationAn organization wants to compare its current AI ethics program against recognized standards to understand how developed the program is and where improvement is needed. Which activity best supports that goal?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Recognized standards can be used as benchmarks to assess organizational maturity and reveal gaps between current practices and desired practices. — Use standards to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps.
Why each option is right or wrong
A. Create a new internal terminology list for AI ethics concepts
Benchmarking compares current practices to recognized standards to assess maturity and identify gaps.
B. Assess current practices against recognized standards to gauge maturity
The source states that standards are used to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps. Comparing the organization's current AI ethics practices against recognized standards directly serves both purposes in this scenario: determining how mature the program is and showing where improvement is needed.
C. Replace all existing policies with a single high-level ethics statement
Standards are used to evaluate maturity and gaps, not to require consolidation into one statement.
D. Delay evaluation until the organization finishes implementing every AI control
Benchmarking is used to identify gaps in current maturity, including before full implementation is complete.