Question 37
Domain 5: Standards, Regulation, and Business ImplementationAn organization wants to evaluate how developed its AI ethics program is and determine where improvement is needed. According to the source material, what is the most appropriate way to do this?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Use recognized standards as a benchmark to assess organizational maturity and to identify gaps that need improvement. — Use standards to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps.
Why each option is right or wrong
A. Measure the program only by whether any ethics incidents have been reported
Benchmarking requires using standards to assess maturity and identify gaps, not incident counts alone.
B. Use standards to benchmark the organization’s maturity and identify gaps in the program
The source material states that standards should be used to benchmark organizational maturity and identify gaps. Because the organization wants both an assessment of how developed its AI ethics program is and where improvement is needed, benchmarking against standards directly matches both objectives.
C. Rely on internal opinions from program leaders to define maturity without external criteria
Benchmarking is based on standards, not solely on internal opinion without criteria.
D. Focus on closing visible gaps first without assessing current maturity against a benchmark
Gap identification is paired with benchmarking organizational maturity using standards.