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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. An estimate that expresses the percent of errors or exceptions that may exist in an entire population






2. The result of strategic planning - process development - and systems development - which all contribute towards a launch of business operations to reach a set of business objectives.






3. An IS auditor is auditing the change management process for a financial application. The auditor has two primary pieces of evidence: change logs and a written analysis of the change logs performed by a business analyst. The change log is best because






4. (1.) Statistical (2.) Judgmental (3.) Attribute (4.) Variable (5.) Stop-or-Go (6.) Discovery (7.) Stratified






5. Framework for auditing and measuring IT Service Management Processes.






6. Used to schedule and sequence activities in a waterfall-type representation. Planned activities are shown flowing downward to completion. More simplistic than a PERT Diagram.






7. A tightly coupled collection of computers that are used to solve a common task. One or more actively perform tasks - while zero or more may be in a standby state.






8. Must be tested to validate effectiveness through: (1.) Document Review (2.) Walkthrough (3.) Simulation (4.) Parallel testing (5.) Cutover testing practices






9. The process to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes.






10. What type of testing is performed to determine if control procedures have proper design and are operating properly?






11. The 5 types of risks that are related to audits include: (1.) Control Risk (2.) Detection Risk (3.) Inherent risk (4.) _____________ (5.) Sampling risk






12. An audit of an accounting system - accounting department processes - and procedures to determine if business controls are sufficient to ensure the integrity of financial statements.






13. The probability that a sample selected does not represent the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage - the numeric inverse of the confidence coefficient






14. An external IS auditor has discovered a _______________________ - The external auditor can only document the finding in the audit report. An external auditor is not in a position to implement controls.






15. 0. No process at all (1.) Process are ad hoc and disorganized (2.) Consistent processes (3.) Documented processes (4.) Measured and managed processes (5.) Processes are continuously improved






16. A computation of the variance of sample values from the sample mean. This is a measurement of the spread of values in a sample






17. Application controls limit ___________ in three ways: (1.) Point of Entry (Input Controls) (2.) During consumption (process controls) (3.) At the point of expression (Output Controls)






18. A sampling technique where items are chosen based upon the auditor's judgment - usually based on risk or materiality.






19. An organization that has experienced a sudden increase in its long-distance charges has asked an auditor to investigate. The auditor is most likely to suspect that intruders have discovered a ______________________and is committing toll fraud.

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20. An audit of operational efficiency.






21. A four-step quality control process known as PDSA - or PDCA. Steps: (1.) Plan (2.) Do (3.) Study (4.) Act






22. The risk that a material error exists that will not be prevented or detected by the organization's control framework - The possibility that a process or procedure will be unable to prevent or deter serious errors and wrongdoing.






23. A Fire sprinkler system has water in its pipes - and sprinkler heads emit water only if the ambient temperature reaches 220 deg. F. This is a ________________. The system is charged with water and will discharge water out of any sprinkler head whose






24. Subjective sampling is used when the auditor wants to _________________________.






25. When several incidents have occurred that appear to have the same or a similar root cause - a PROBLEM is occurring.






26. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users






27. The inventory of all in-scope business processes and systems






28. (1.) Access Control (2.) Change Management (3.) Security Controls (4.) Incident Management (5.) SDLC (6.) Source code and versioning controls (7.) Monitoring and logging (8.) Event Management






29. Used to illustrate the relationship between planned activities. PERT diagrams show multiple routes through the project activities - as necessary for accomplishing a goal.






30. An auditor is examining a key management process and has found that the IT department is not following its split-custody procedure. As a result - Someone may be in possession of the _________________.






31. A condition that is the result of multiple incidents that exhibit common symptoms e.g. A web application is displaying information incorrectly and many users have contacted the IT service desk.






32. Use of a set of monitoring and review activities that confirm whether IS operations is providing service to its customers.






33. An IS auditor is examining the IT standards document for an organization that was last reviewed two years earlier. The best course of action for the IS auditor is: Report that the ____________________________. Two years is far too long between revie






34. (1.) IP (2.) ICMP (3.) RRC (Radio Resource Control) (4.) AppleTalk






35. An audit of an IS department's operations and systems.






36. (1.) Develop a BC Policy (2.) Conduct BIA (3.) Perform critical analysis (4.) Establish recovery targets (5.) Develop recovery and continuity strategies and plans (6.) Test recovery and continuity plans and procedures Train personnel Maintain strateg






37. An organization experiences frequent malware infections on end-user workstations that are received through email - despite the tact that workstations have anti-virus software. To reducing malware - Implementing ________________ will provide an effect






38. To review and approve proposed changes to systems and infrastructure. This helps to reduce the risk of unintended events and unplanned downtime.






39. The party that performs strategic planning - addresses near-term and long-term requirements aligning business objectives - and technology strategies.






40. A technique that is used to select a portion of a population when it is not feasible to test an entire population.






41. Used for several types of system changes: (1.) Incidents and problem resolution (bug fixes.) (2.) Enhancements (new functionality.) (3.) Subsystem patches and changes (require testing similar to when changes are made to the application itself.)






42. A database administrator has been asked to configure a database management system so that it records all changes made by users - The DBA should implement ___________. This will cause the database to record every change that is made to it.






43. Used to measure the relative maturity of an organization and its processes.






44. (1.) Objectives (2.) Components (3.) Business Units / Areas






45. Support the functioning of the application controls






46. An audit of a third-party organization that provides services to other organizations.






47. The process of recording the configuration of IT systems. Each configuration setting is known in ITSM parlance as a Configuration Item.






48. An audit that combines an operational audit and a financial audit.






49. A condition often identified as a result of multiple incidents that exhibit common symptoms. Problems can also be identified from a single significant incident for which the impact is significant.






50. A sampling technique where at least one exception is sought in a population