ASIS-CPP 2020

ASIS-CPP 2020 practice questions, page 13 of 28, with answer review and explanations.

Question 61

The class of person under a duty to safeguard a proprietary secret is known as a(n):

  1. Agent
  2. Proprietary security employee
  3. Fiduciary
  4. Business associate
  5. None of the above

Question 62

It is important for employees to know whether confidential information is a trade secret, or some other confidential material, because:

  1. If it is a trade secret, the employee may be prevented from disclosing t by injunction.
  2. If not a trade secret and it is disclosed, the employer must take action after the disclosure and must be able to prove some actual damage in order to recover
  3. If not a trade secret, the information once disclosed is no longer defendable
  4. If not a trade secret, the information once disclosed cannot be further prevented from disclosure by an injunction
  5. All of the above.

Question 63

Which of the following is not a correct statement as a general rule involving the protection of proprietary information?

  1. As a class, employees are the largest group of persons bound to secrecy because of their status or relationship
  2. By operation of common law, employees are presumed to be fiduciaries to an extent that they may not disclose secrets of their employers without authorization
  3. Other than the employees, any other persons to be bound to secrecy must agree to be so bound
  4. Any agreements to be bound must always be in writing and are not implied from acts

Question 64

To effectively involve the law for the protection of sensitive information, the owner of the proprietary information must be able to show "objective indications of attempts to protect secrecy." Which of the following has been recognized in the past as such an indication?

  1. Use of warning signs to alert employees to sensitive data and the places it is stored
  2. Separately storing sensitive information in security containers with the appropriate security precautions
  3. Special instructions providing a "need-to-know" basis
  4. Restrictions to nonemployee access to places containing sensitive information
  5. All of the above

Question 65

Which of the following should be made part of a proprietary information protection program?

  1. Pre-employment screening
  2. Effective perimeter control system
  3. Execution of patent and secrecy agreement
  4. Paper and data control
  5. Both A and C
  6. All of the above