What condition would terminate the permanence of a digital asset?

• A. All copies are deleted
• B. The license is revoked
• C. The asset is upgraded
• D. The file is moved to cold storage

Answer: (A)

Permanence of a digital asset hinges on the asset continuing to exist somewhere in the system, whether in active use or in backups. Deleting every copy eliminates all instances of the asset—no file remains, no backup, nothing to reference—so the asset can no longer be considered permanent.

Revoking a license affects access rights, not the underlying file itself; the asset can still exist in storage and potentially be used by someone with the proper rights. Upgrading creates a newer version while the original may still be stored, so permanence isn’t terminated by the act of upgrading. Moving the file to cold storage makes it dormant but does not destroy it, so permanence persists.