IPA IP 2026 Question 17

Topic: Business Industry

A question IPA Japan published in 令和8年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問17, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.

Which of the following lists all and only the appropriate matters to be noted in utilizing AI?

AThe possibility that unintended behavior of AI causes harm to human life, body, or the likeBThe possibility that a judgment by AI contains discriminatory contentCThe possibility that a judgment by AI contains content that infringes privacy

Explanation

All three: safety, fairness and privacy — items A, B and C are each a risk to watch when AI is used.

AI principles and guidelines for business (in Japan the Social Principles of Human-Centric AI and the AI Guidelines for Business, internationally the OECD AI Principles) list them among the core points:

  • •A, safety: an AI that controls machines, vehicles or medical decisions can act in ways nobody intended and hurt people, so it needs testing, monitoring and a way for people to stop it.
  • •B, fairness: an AI learns from past data, and bias in that data can produce discriminatory judgments in hiring, lending or insurance.
  • •C, privacy: an AI may infer or reveal personal matters from the data it handles, so its judgments can infringe privacy.

Answer (b)

Why not others:

  • •(a) — leaves out C, the privacy risk
  • •(c) — leaves out B, the risk of discriminatory judgments
  • •(d) — leaves out A, the risk of physical harm from unintended behavior

Key rule: When AI is used, check its safety, fairness (bias), privacy, transparency and accountability; a person stays responsible for what the AI decides.

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