ITPEC FE Subject A October 2025 Question 57

Planning to get the most from IT investment across the company in support of business strategy — the CIO is the executive responsible for information strategy.

The CIO (Chief Information Officer) works at management level. When the computerisation strategy is set, the CIO aligns it with the business strategy and decides how information resources and IT investment are allocated across the whole company, so that they give the greatest benefit.

Answer (a)

Why not others:

• •(b) — auditing whether information systems work properly and advising on them is the job of a system auditor, who must be independent of the systems being audited
• •(c) — taking queries, reporting problems and giving specific instructions to the department in charge is day-to-day management of the systems, below executive level
• •(d) — following development and operation and giving specific improvement instructions is the work of the information systems department's management, not of the executive who sets strategy

Key rule: A CIO works at strategy level, aligning IT with business goals and deciding IT investment company-wide; auditing and day-to-day direction belong to other roles.

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