I have no faith in the CPA exam anymore...
09 09 10 - 13:13 Category: .
I'm finding it hard to get motivated to study for my Business and Economic Concepts exam, and I have less than a month. I'm just burnt out on stupid exam terminology and overly verbose questions. A few days ago I came across the question that utterly and completely killed it for me:
Some companies have been the target of terrorist attacks in recent years. The best
approach to avoid having a data center be selected as a terrorist's target is to:
A. ensure that the disaster recovery plans are fully tested.
B. harden the electrical and communications systems against attack.
C. maintain as low a profile as possible.
Seriously? Seriously?! Terrorism has worked it's way into a stupid CPA question? When was the last time a major corporation was undermined by a terrorist attack on it? Get this...
The appraoch to avoid having the data center identified as a terrorist's target is
to establish as low a profile as possible for the data center e.g., by refraining
from (1) identifying the building on the outside as a data center, (2) showcasing the
data center through glass windows, of (3) advertisting the important role the data
center plays in operations.
Cause of course forget having secure systems that are hardened against any sort of malicious attack, the important thing is to make sure that the building isn't labeled and doesn't have glass windows! If you're a megacorp that is worth a terrorist attack maintaining a low profile is pretty much not possible. And in today's day and age it's pretty much a no brainer that the data processing centers of companies are pretty damn important.
I seriously think I have lost my faith in the CPA licensing program based on this moronic question.