A company has a high turnover rate in its IT department, and new employees are not consistently trained on data destruction procedures. As a result, some decommissioned drives are being disposed of improperly. What is the most effective way to address this issue?

Require all IT employees to complete a mandatory training module on data destruction as part of onboarding.

Assign a senior IT staff member to be responsible for all data destruction activities.

Create a detailed data destruction policy and post it on the company intranet.

Implement a training program that includes onboarding, periodic refreshers, and a clear escalation path for questions.

When should data be destroyed according to a data retention schedule?

When the data is no longer accessed frequently

After the retention period has expired and there is no legal hold

Immediately after it is created

Only when storage space is running low

What is the first step in responding to an incident where data destruction has failed?

Deleting the data again using a different method

Containing the incident and assessing the risk of data exposure

Documenting the incident in the destruction log

Immediately notifying all data subjects

Which data destruction method is most appropriate for optical media such as CDs and DVDs?

Physical destruction (e.g., shredding)

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Domain 3Objective 8

Data Destruction CDPSE Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Data Life Cycle Management domain, which accounts for 23% of the CDPSE exam.

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A company has a high turnover rate in its IT department, and new employees are not consistently trained on data destruction procedures. As a result, some decommissioned drives are being disposed of improperly. What is the most effective way to address this issue?
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Which method is recommended for destroying data on magnetic tape?
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When should data be destroyed according to a data retention schedule?
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What is the first step in responding to an incident where data destruction has failed?
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Which data destruction method is most appropriate for optical media such as CDs and DVDs?
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