Question 32
Domain 5: Standards, Regulation, and Business ImplementationAn organization wants to compare its current AI ethics program against recognized standards to understand how developed its practices are and where improvements are needed. What is the primary purpose of using standards in this situation?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Recognized standards are used to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps between current practices and expected practices. — Source material: "Use standards to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps."
Why each option is right or wrong
A. To replace internal governance decisions with external control requirements
Standards are used to assess maturity and gaps, not to transfer governance authority outside the organization.
B. To benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps in current practices
The source states that standards should be used to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps. In this scenario, comparing the AI ethics program to recognized standards is specifically intended to measure how mature the program is and reveal where practices fall short.
C. To guarantee that the organization has fully implemented every ethical requirement
Standards support benchmarking and gap identification; they do not by themselves guarantee full implementation.
D. To measure only technical model performance against deployment targets
The stated use is organizational maturity and gaps, not a narrow evaluation of model performance alone.