Question 22
Domain 4 — AI Governance, Risk, Ethics, and TrustworthinessAI Threat Landscape Course: A company deploying an AI system for customer service discovers that the system is vulnerable to data manipulation by external actors. Which risk factor does this scenario primarily highlight?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
“Vulnerability” means a weakness that can be exploited by an outside actor. Because the AI system is “vulnerable to data manipulation by external actors,” the scenario is identifying an exploitable weakness in the system rather than the threat itself or the impact.
Why each option is right or wrong
A. Likelihood
B. Vulnerability
The facts point to an exploitable weakness in the deployed system: external actors can manipulate its data, which is the classic condition for a vulnerability rather than a threat event or an impact. In risk terminology, a vulnerability is the weakness that permits exploitation; here, the system’s susceptibility to outside data tampering is the specific condition being identified.
C. Impact
D. Opportunity