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ISC CGRC Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | ISC2 |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Certified in Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) |
| Exam Number: | CGRC |
| Passing Score: | 700/1000 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 125 |
| Related Certifications: | ISC2 Associate CGRC CISSP |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Advanced Item Types |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Price: | $599 USD |
| Exam Duration: | 180 minutes |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years (with Continuing Professional Education and Annual Maintenance Fee requirements) |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Pearson VUE testing centers and online proctored examination. |
| Pre Condition: | Minimum of 2 years cumulative paid work experience in one or more domains of the CGRC exam outline. Candidates without the required experience may become an Associate of ISC2 after passing the exam and earn the experience within 3 years. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.isc2.org/certifications/cgrc/cgrc-certification-exam-outline |
ISC CGRC Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Scope of the System | 10% | - System scoping activities
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| Assessment/Audit of Security and Privacy Controls | 16% | - Assessment and auditing
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| Compliance Maintenance | 13% | - Continuous monitoring and maintenance
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| Selection and Approval of Framework, Security, and Privacy Controls | 14% | - Control selection process
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| Security and Privacy Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance Program | 16% | - Governance and risk management
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| System Compliance | 14% | - Authorization and compliance activities
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| Implementation of Security and Privacy Controls | 17% | - Control deployment
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The official ISC Certified in Governance Risk and Compliance outline defines 7 domains. The leading three are System Compliance (14%), Compliance Maintenance (13%), and Security and Privacy Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance Program (16%). The full list is in the topics section above, and Test4Cram's 725 practice questions cover each one.
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The CGRC exam is a ISC certification exam validating the ISC Certified in Governance Risk and Compliance syllabus shown above. It belongs to these credential paths: CGRC, ISC2 Associate, CISSP. Candidates in 2026 start with Test4Cram's 725 practice questions, available as a printable PDF, a Windows Desktop Test Engine, and an Online Test Engine — three versions of the same materials.
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ISC Certified in Governance Risk and Compliance Sample Questions:
Disclosure of information to unauthorized persons, or a violation of the security policy of a system in which an unauthorized intentional or unintentional disclosure, modification, destruction, or loss of an object may have occurred.
Response:
- A. Configuration
- B. Compromise
- C. Contingency
- D. Continuity
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
What is the four-step security categorization process?
Response:
- A. 1. Identify Information Types
2. Select Provisional Impact Levels For The Information Types
3. Review Provisional Impact Levels And Adjust/Finalize Information Impact Levels
4. Assign System Security Category And Overall Impact Level - B. 1. Select Provisional Impact Levels For The Information Types
2. Identify Information Types
3. Assign System Security Category And Overall Impact Level
4. Review Provisional Impact Levels And Adjust/Finalize Information Impact Levels - C. 1. Review Provisional Impact Levels And Adjust/Finalize Information Impact Levels
2. Identify Information Types
3. Assign System Security Category And Overall Impact Level
4. Select Provisional Impact Levels For The Information Types - D. 1. Identify Information Types
2. Assign System Security Category And Overall Impact Level
3. Review Provisional Impact Levels And Adjust/Finalize Information Impact Levels
4. Select Provisional Impact Levels For The Information Types
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
You and your project team are just starting the risk identification activities for a project that is scheduled to last for 18 months. Your project team has already identified a long list of risks that need to be analyzed.
How often should you and the project team do risk identification? Response:
- A. Identify risks is an iterative process.
- B. At least once per month
- C. Several times until the project moves into execution
- D. It depends on how many risks are initially identified.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
When should the information system owner document the information system and authorization boundary description in the security plan?
Response:
- A. After security categorization
- B. After security controls are implemented
- C. When reviewing the security control assessment plan
- D. While assembling the authorization package
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
The authorizing official may choose to authorize the system to operate only for a short period of time if it is necessary to test the system in the environment of operation before all controls are fully in place.
This type of authorization was formally referred to as:
Response:
- A. Authorization to use common controls
- B. Authorization to operate
- C. Interim authority to test
- D. Authorization to test
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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