You are a CCA working for a well-known C3PAO. You have been selected for an Assessment Team tasked with conducting a CMMC assessment on a C3PAO. While you are reviewing the presented evidence, one of the Assessment Team members informs you that they weren’t trained for the job and that a friend helped them get the position. By employing non-credentialed individuals and assigning them assessment tasks, which requirement of the CoPC has the C3PAO violated?
As the Lead Assessor for a CMMC Level 2 assessment team, you have completed the examination of evidence and generated Preliminary Recommended Findings. Now, it is time to submit, package, and archive the assessment documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to protocol. According to the CMMC Assessment Process, how long after the Final Findings Briefing must you submit the Assessment Results Package to the C3PAO CQAP?
An OSC is undergoing a CMMC assessment by a C3PAO. The assessment team has been on-site for several days, reviewing the OSC’s systems, policies, and procedures against the CMMC requirements. Each day, the assessment team holds a "daily checkpoint" meeting with the OSC’s security team and representatives. This checkpoint serves an important purpose in the overall assessment process. What is the significance of the Daily Checkpoint meeting in the CMMC assessment process?
A CCA is offered a significant discount on cybersecurity software from a vendor whose product they will be evaluating during a CMMC assessment. How should the CCA handle this situation according to the CoPC’s conflict of interest principle?
John has just passed the CCA examination and is looking to gain real-world knowledge. You are a CCA working for a leading C3PAO and a friend of John’s, and he hears that you are conducting a CMMC assessment and wants to learn about how some documents are completed. He asks if you could provide a CA-RR document you completed during your current engagement to help him understand how various fields are filled out. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action?
A CCA is reviewing an OSC’s evidence for a CMMC practice and finds that the documentation is in draft form, marked “For Internal Use Only,” and lacks final approval. The OSC insists it is actively used. How should the CCA evaluate this evidence?
The Certification Assessment Readiness Review (CA-RR) aims to determine whether the OSC and the Assessment Team are ready to conduct the assessment as planned and within the allocated time. It addresses all of the following aspects of readiness to conduct the assessment except which one?
The Assessment Kickoff meeting is one of the most important sessions of any CMMC Assessment engagement. All the following are participants in this meeting, EXCEPT?
An OSC has recently obtained an ISO 27001 certification and a FedRAMP Authorization to Operate (ATO) for its information systems. During the initial stages of the CMMC Assessment Process, the OSC claims that these certifications should grant them automatic credit or exemption from certain CMMC requirements. As the Lead Assessor, what should be your response?
A CCA is conducting an interview with an OSC system administrator who admits that a required practice is not implemented because “we don’t have the budget for it this year.” The CCA notes this in their findings. What principle of the CoPC does the CCA uphold by documenting this statement without offering advice?
