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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. Any event which is not part of the standard operation of service and which causes or may cause an interruption to or reduction in quality of that service. Includes THREE incident types: (1.) Service Outage (2.) Service Slowdown (3.) Software Bug






2. (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






3. The main hardware component of a computer system - which executes instructions in computer programs.






4. ____________________ of the hot site is most important consideration for site selection. IF they are too close together then a single event may involve both locations






5. Concerns the reliability of data transfer between systems. (1.) Connection Oriented (2.) Guaranteed Delivery (3.) Order of Delivery






6. Consists of main chassis component that is equipped with slots are fitted with individual cpu modules. Main advantage is lower cost per unit.






7. To ensure that input values are within established ranges - of the correct character types - and free of harmful contents.






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






9. Consists of 11 distinct activities: (1.) Service Desk (2.) Incident Management (3.) Problem Management (4.) Change Management (5.) Configuration Management (6.) Release Management (7.) Service-level Management (8.) Financial Management (9.) Capacity






10. Delivery of packets from one station to another - on the same network or on different networks.






11. 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.)






12. The highest number of errors that can exist without a result being materially misstated.






13. 1.) Executive Support (2.) Well-defined roles and responsibilities.






14. (1.) Reliable delivery (2.) Connection oriented (persistent connection) (3.) Order of Delivery (4.) Flow Control (transfer rate is throttled) (5.) Port Number






15. The memory locations in the CPU where arithmetic values are stored.






16. A representation of how closely a sample represents an entire population.






17. The IS auditor should act as a SME in the control self-assessment - but should not play a major role in the process.






18. A field in a record in one table that can reference a primary key in another table that can reference a primary key in another table.






19. The probability that a sample selected actually represents the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage.






20. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.






21. 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.






22. An IS auditor has discovered a high-risk exception during control testing. The best course of action for the IS auditor to take - The IS auditor should immediately ________________ when any high-risk situation is discovered.






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






24. An alternate processing center that contains no information processing equipment.






25. The delivery of messages from one station to another via one or more networks.. Routes packets between networks.






26. (1.) Utility (DNS - SNMP - DHCP (2.) Messaging protocols (SMTP) (3.) Data Transfer protocols (NFS - FTP) (4.) Interactive protocols (Telnet)






27. The primary source for test plans in a software development project is: ________________ that are developed for a project should be the primary source for detailed tests.






28. A programmer is updating an application that saves passwords in plaintext. In this case - Passwords should be stored in a _____. This makes it impossible for any person to retrieve a password - which could lead to account compromise.






29. To communication security policies - procedures - and other security-related information to an organization's employees.






30. A maturity model that represents the aggregations of other maturity models.






31. A dynamically scalable and usually virtualized computing environment that is provided as a service. Clout computing services may be rented or leased so that an organization can have a scalable application without the need for supporting hardware.






32. What three elements allow validation of business practices against acceptable measures of regulatory compliance - performance - and standard operational guidelines.






33. (1.) Requirements (2.) Design (3.) Development (4.) Testing (5.) Release preparation (packaging) (6.) Release Deployment






34. An auditor has discovered that several administrators in an application share an administrative account. The auditor should recommend that - Several __________________ should be used. This will enforce accountability for each administrator's actions.






35. Describes the effect on the business if a process is incapacitated for any appreciable time






36. An organization wants to reduce the number of user IDs and passwords that its employees need to remember. The best available solution to this - _______________. This provides a single authentication service (such as LDAP or AD) that many applications






37. Guide program execution through organization of resources and development of clear project objectives.






38. 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






39. IS auditors can _____________________ through the following means: (1.) training courses (2.) webinars (3.) ISACA chapter training events (4.) Industry conferences






40. (1.) Operational (2.) Financial (3.) Integrated (4.) IS (5.) Administrative (6.) Compliance (7.) Forensic (8.) Service Provider






41. Focuses on: maintaining service availability with the least disruption to standard operating parameters during an event






42. Critical Path Methodology helps a project manager determine which activities are on a project's critical list - ________________________.






43. Lowest layer. Delivers messages (frames) from one station to another vial local network.






44. Contains programs that communicate directly with the end user.






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






46. Individual events may often create combined threats to enterprise operations: A tornado might also spawn ____________________.






47. An organization has chosen to open a business office in another country where labor costs are lower and has hired workers to perform business functions there. - The organization is ___________ - while they may have opened the office in a foreign coun






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






49. The purpose of an auditor doing interviews - To observe personnel to better understand their discipline - as well as ______________.






50. (1.) Avoidance (2.) Transfer (3.) Mitigation (4.) Acceptance






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