Question 40
Domain 5: Standards, Regulation, and Business ImplementationAn AI governance lead wants to evaluate how well the organization's current ethics program is developed and where improvements are needed. According to the source material, what is the most appropriate use of standards in this situation?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Standards can be used to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps in an existing program. Their role is to compare the current state against a recognized reference point to reveal areas needing improvement. — Source material: "Use standards to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps."
Why each option is right or wrong
A. Use standards to replace internal governance decisions with external requirements
Standards are used here to benchmark maturity and identify gaps, not to replace organizational decision-making.
B. Use standards to assess organizational maturity and reveal gaps in the ethics program
The source states that standards should be used to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps. In this scenario, comparing the current ethics program against standards directly supports evaluating how developed the program is and where improvement is needed.
C. Use standards to certify that the ethics program is fully compliant with all regulations
Benchmarking maturity identifies gaps; it does not by itself establish full regulatory compliance.
D. Use standards to focus only on technical model performance metrics
The stated use is organizational maturity and gap identification, not only technical performance measurement.