Chapter 16 Question Bank — Coverage & Balance
Verified current Drive counts
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Total questions | 56 |
| Foundational | 8 |
| Standard | 16 |
| Difficult | 24 |
| Expert | 8 |
| Correct A | 14 |
| Correct B | 14 |
| Correct C | 14 |
| Correct D | 14 |
Cognitive design
- Recall — 8
- Understand — 8
- Distinguish — 8
- Apply — 32
The current bank intentionally leans toward application and role/model discrimination.
Topic coverage — exactly 7 each
- Current State & Operating Model Fundamentals
- Operating Model Selection & Evolution
- Critical Success Factors
- Building the DMO & Stakeholders
- CDO, Governance, Data Quality & Architecture Interactions
- Managing a Global Data Organization
- Executive & Business Roles
- IT & Hybrid Roles
Diagnostic completeness
The current Answer Key contains for all 56 questions: - correct answer letter; - correct rationale; - rationale for A, B, C, and D; - DMBOK source anchor; - Related Confusion Pair; - a populated Mistake Autopsy Tag; - source URL.
Source boundary: DAMA-DMBOK2 Revised Chapter 16, printed pp. 521–540.
Artifact 08 remains performance-driven; source-supplied autopsy tags are diagnostic metadata, not evidence that the learner has actually made those mistakes.