IPA IP 2026 Question 2

A question IPA Japan published in 令和8年度 ITパスポート試験公開問題問2, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.

Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning BYOD?

a)Employees using their privately owned mobile devices in the company’s business operations after obtaining permissionb)Streamlining routine tasks in the company’s business operations with software robotsc)Analyzing the flow of the company’s business operations, and continuously improving and optimizing itd)Reviewing the flow of the company’s business operations, and fundamentally redesigning it

Explanation

Employees using their own mobile devices for work, with permission — BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device.

Under BYOD a company lets employees use their privately owned smartphones, tablets or PCs in its business operations. It saves the company buying devices, but company data then sits on devices it does not own, so it needs rules such as approval, MDM, screen locks and remote wipe.

Answer (a)

Why not others:

•(b) — streamlining routine tasks with software robots is RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
•(c) — analyzing business processes and improving them continuously is BPM (Business Process Management)
•(d) — reviewing business processes and redesigning them from the ground up is BPR (Business Process Re-engineering)

Key rule: Tell the business acronyms apart by their core idea: own devices at work (BYOD), software robots (RPA), continuous process improvement (BPM), radical process redesign (BPR).

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