CIPP-US Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :CIPP-US
  • Exam Name
    :Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)
  • Certification
    :IAPP Certifications
  • Vendor
    :IAPP
  • Total Questions
    :198 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :Jun 28, 2026

IAPP CIPP-US Online Questions & Answers

  • Question 81:

    What is the most likely reason that states have adopted their own data breach notification laws?

    A. Many states have unique types of businesses that require specific legislation
    B. Many lawmakers believe that federal enforcement of current laws has not been effective
    C. Many types of organizations are not currently subject to federal laws regarding breaches
    D. Many large businesses have intentionally breached the personal information of their customers

  • Question 82:

    The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires schools to do all of the following EXCEPT?

    A. Verify the identity of students who make requests for access to their records.
    B. Provide students with access to their records within a specified amount of time.
    C. Respond to all reasonable student requests regarding explanation of their records.
    D. Obtain student authorization before releasing directory information in their records.

  • Question 83:

    What was the original purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act?

    A. To further define what information can reasonably be under surveillance in public places under the USA PATRIOT Act, such as Internet access in public libraries.
    B. To further clarify a reasonable expectation of privacy stemming from the Katz v. United States decision.
    C. To further define a framework for authorizing wiretaps by the executive branch for national security purposes under Article II of the Constitution.
    D. To further clarify when a warrant is not required for a wiretap performed internally by the telephone company outside the suspect's home, stemming from the Olmstead v. United States decision.

  • Question 84:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next question:

    Declan has just started a job as a nursing assistant in a radiology department at Woodland Hospital. He has also started a program to become a registered nurse.

    Before taking this career path, Declan was vaguely familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). He now knows that he must help ensure the security of his patients' Protected Health Information (PHI).

    Therefore, he is thinking carefully about privacy issues.

    On the morning of his first day, Declan noticed that the newly hired receptionist handed each patient a HIPAA privacy notice. He wondered if it was necessary to give these privacy notices to returning patients, and if the radiology department

    could reduce paper waste through a system of one-time distribution.

    He was also curious about the hospital's use of a billing company. He questioned whether the hospital was doing all it could to protect the privacy of its patients if the billing company had details about patients' care.

    On his first day Declan became familiar with all areas of the hospital's large radiology department. As he was organizing equipment left in the halfway, he overheard a conversation between two hospital administrators. He was surprised to

    hear that a portable hard drive containing non-encrypted patient information was missing. The administrators expressed relief that the hospital would be able to avoid liability. Declan was surprised, and wondered whether the hospital had

    plans to properly report what had happened.

    Despite Declan's concern about this issue, he was amazed by the hospital's effort to integrate Electronic Health Records (EHRs) into the everyday care of patients. He thought about the potential for streamlining care even more if they were

    accessible to all medical facilities nationwide.

    Declan had many positive interactions with patients. At the end of his first day, he spoke to one patient, John, whose father had just been diagnosed with a degenerative muscular disease. John was about to get blood work done, and he feared that the blood work could reveal a genetic predisposition to the disease that could affect his ability to obtain insurance coverage. Declan told John that he did not think that was possible, but the patient was wheeled away before he could explain why. John plans to ask a colleague about this.

    In one month, Declan has a paper due for one his classes on a health topic of his choice. By then, he will have had many interactions with patients he can use as examples. He will be pleased to give credit to John by name for inspiring him to

    think more carefully about genetic testing.

    Although Declan's day ended with many questions, he was pleased about his new position.

    What is the most likely way that Declan might directly violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

    A. By being present when patients are checking in
    B. By speaking to a patient without prior authorization
    C. By ignoring the conversation about a potential breach
    D. By following through with his plans for his upcoming paper

  • Question 85:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next question:

    Miraculous Healthcare is a large medical practice with multiple locations in California and Nevada. Miraculous normally treats patients in person, but has recently decided to start offering telehealth appointments, where patients can have

    virtual appointments with on-site doctors via a phone app.

    For this new initiative, Miraculous is considering a product built by MedApps, a company that makes quality telehealth apps for healthcare practices and licenses them to be used with the practices’ branding. MedApps provides technical support for the app, which it hosts in the cloud. MedApps also offers an optional benchmarking service for providers who wish to compare their practice to others using the service.

    Riya is the Privacy Officer at Miraculous, responsible for the practice's compliance with HIPAA and other applicable laws, and she works with the Miraculous procurement team to get vendor agreements in place. She occasionally assists procurement in vetting vendors and inquiring about their own compliance practices, as well as negotiating the terms of vendor agreements. Riya is currently reviewing the suitability of the MedApps app from a privacy perspective.

    Riya has also been asked by the Miraculous Healthcare business operations team to review the MedApps’ optional benchmarking service. Of particular concern is the requirement that Miraculous Healthcare upload information about the appointments to a portal hosted by MedApps.

    Which of the following would accurately describe the relationship of the parties if they enter into a contract for use of the app?

    A. Miraculous Healthcare would be the covered entity because its name and branding are on the app; MedApps would be a business associate because it is hosting the data that supports the app.
    B. MedApps would be the covered entity because it built and hosts the app and all the data; Miraculous Healthcare would be a business associate because it only provides its brand on the app.
    C. Miraculous Healthcare would be a covered entity because it is the healthcare provider; MedApps would also be a covered entity because the data in the app is being shared with it.
    D. Miraculous Healthcare would be the covered entity because it is the healthcare provider; MedApps would be a business associate because it is providing a service to support Miraculous.

  • Question 86:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next question:

    Felicia has spent much of her adult life overseas, and has just recently returned to the U.S. to help her friend Celeste open a jewelry store in California. Felicia, despite being excited at the prospect, has a number of security concerns, and has

    only grudgingly accepted the need to hire other employees. In order to guard against the loss of valuable merchandise, Felicia wants to carefully screen applicants. With their permission, Felicia would like to run credit checks, administer

    polygraph tests, and scrutinize videos of interviews. She intends to read applicants' postings on social media, ask questions about drug addiction, and solicit character references. Felicia believes that if potential employees are serious about

    becoming part of a dynamic new business, they will readily agree to these requirements.

    Felicia is also in favor of strict employee oversight. In addition to protecting the inventory, she wants to prevent mistakes during transactions, which will require video monitoring. She also wants to regularly check the company vehicle's GPS

    for locations visited by employees. She also believes that employees who use their own devices for work-related purposes should agree to a certain amount of supervision.

    Given her high standards, Felicia is skeptical about the proposed location of the store. She has been told that many types of background checks are not allowed under California law. Her friend Celeste thinks these worries are unfounded, as

    long as applicants verbally agree to the checks and are offered access to the results. Nor does Celeste share Felicia's concern about state breach notification laws, which, she claims, would be costly to implement even on a minor scale.

    Celeste believes that

    even if the business grows a customer database of a few thousand, it's unlikely that a state agency would hassle an honest business if an accidental security incident were to occur.

    In any case, Celeste feels that all they need is common sense ?like remembering to tear up sensitive documents before throwing them in the recycling bin. Felicia hopes that she's right, and that all of her concerns will be put to rest next

    month when their new business consultant (who is also a privacy professional) arrives from North Carolina.

    Which law will be most relevant to Felicia's plan to ask applicants about drug addiction?

    A. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
    B. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
    C. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.
    D. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

  • Question 87:

    Which of the following laws is NOT involved in the regulation of employee background checks?

    A. The Civil Rights Act.
    B. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
    C. The U.S. Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
    D. The California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA).

  • Question 88:

    Sarah lives in San Francisco, California. Based on a dramatic increase in unsolicited commercial emails, Sarah believes that a major social media platform with over 50 million users has collected a lot of personal information about her. The company that runs the platform is based in New York and France.

    Why is Sarah entitled to ask the social media platform to delete the personal information they have collected about her?

    A. Any company with a presence in Europe must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation globally, including in response to data subject deletion requests.
    B. Under Section 5 of the FTC Act, the Federal Trade Commission has held that refusing to delete an individual's personal information upon request constitutes an unfair practice.
    C. The California Consumer Privacy Act entitles Sarah to request deletion of her personal information.
    D. The New York "Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security" (SHIELD) Act requires that businesses under New York's jurisdiction must delete customers' personal information upon request.

  • Question 89:

    SCENARIO

    Please use the following to answer the next question:

    You are the chief privacy officer at HealthCo, a major hospital in a large U.S. city in state A. HealthCo is a HIPAA-covered entity that provides healthcare services to more than 100,000 patients. A third-party cloud computing service provider,

    CloudHealth, stores and manages the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of these individuals on behalf of HealthCo. CloudHealth stores the data in state

    B. As part of HealthCo's business associate agreement (BAA) with

    CloudHealth, HealthCo requires CloudHealth to implement security measures, including industry standard encryption practices, to adequately protect the data. However, HealthCo did not perform due diligence on CloudHealth before entering

    the contract, and has not conducted audits of CloudHealth's security measures.

    A CloudHealth employee has recently become the victim of a phishing attack. When the employee unintentionally clicked on a link from a suspicious email, the PHI of more than 10,000 HealthCo patients was compromised. It has since been

    published online. The HealthCo cybersecurity team quickly identifies the perpetrator as a known hacker who has launched similar attacks on other hospitals ?ones that exposed the PHI of public figures including celebrities and politicians.

    During the course of its investigation, HealthCo discovers that CloudHealth has not encrypted the PHI in accordance with the terms of its contract. In addition, CloudHealth has not provided privacy or security training to its employees. Law

    enforcement has requested that HealthCo provide its investigative report of the breach and a copy of the PHI of the individuals affected.

    A patient affected by the breach then sues HealthCo, claiming that the company did not adequately protect the individual's ePHI, and that he has suffered substantial harm as a result of the exposed data. The patient's attorney has submitted

    a discovery request for the ePHI exposed in the breach.

    Of the safeguards required by the HIPAA Security Rule, which of the following is NOT at issue due to HealthCo's actions?

    A. Administrative Safeguards
    B. Technical Safeguards
    C. Physical Safeguards
    D. Security Safeguards

  • Question 90:

    Nearly every state has a data breach noti cation law with a "compromise standard" for determining when notice is required. Which of the following is the best explanation of what a "compromise" is under this framework?

    A. Compromise is de ned by the degree to which the affected individuals suffered actual harm or had substantial risk of actual harm.
    B. Compromise is de ned by the case law in the jurisdiction and is typically based on the totality of the circumstances.
    C. Compromise means that personally identi able information was wrongfully accessed by third parties.
    D. Compromise means that the con dentiality, security, or integrity of the information was violated.

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