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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Governed by: (1.) Effective Change Management (2.) Effective Application Testing (3.) Resilient Architecture (4.) Serviceable Components
An Administrative
Audit Methodologies
Stratified Sampling
The availability of IT systems
2. Framework for auditing and measuring IT Service Management Processes.
Six steps of the Release Management process
Foreign Key
ISO 20000 Standard:
Advantages of outsourcing
3. A sampling technique where a population is divided into classes or strata - based upon the value of one of the attributes. Samples are then selected from each class.
TCP/IP Network Model
The BCP process
Stratified Sampling
Frameworks
4. A database term - which means that the database will not permit a program (or user) to deleted rows from a table if there are records in other tables whose foreign keys reference the row to be deleted.
Referential Integrity
Critical Path Methodology
Inherent Risk
IT Service Management
5. 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.
Blade Computer Architecture
ITIL definition of PROBLEM
The Internet Layer in the TCP/IP model
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
6. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.
Variable Sampling
Project Management Strategies
Hash
IT Strategy
7. The probability that a sample selected does not represent the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage - as the numeric inverse of the confidence coefficient.
The two Categories of Controls
(1.) Polices (2.) Procedures (3.) Standards
Examples of Application Controls
Sampling Risk
8. A critical application is backed up once per day. The recovery point objective (RPO) for an application that is backed up once per day cannot be ________.
OSI: Network Layer
less than 24 hours
Hash
Documentation and interview personnel
9. The process to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes.
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Cloud computing
The appropriate role of an IS auditor in a control self-assessment
Formal waterfall
10. A representation of how closely a sample represents an entire population.
The typical Configuration Items in Configuration Management
Precision means
Data Link Layer Standards
Elements of the COBIT Framework
11. 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
Examples of Application Controls
Antivirus software on the email servers
The Requirements
Elements of the COBIT Framework
12. A facility that is used to store and manage access to an organization's application source and object code. It consists of 5 parts: (1.) Access and authorization controls (2.) Program checkout (3.) Program Check-in (4.) Version Control (5.) Code Ana
Elements of the COSO pyramid
Examples of Application Controls
Prblem Management
The Software Program Library
13. (1.) Hardware Complement (physical specifications) (2.) Hardware Configuration (firmware settings) (3.) Operating system version and configuration (4.) Software versions and configuration
A Compliance audit
OSI: Network Layer
The typical Configuration Items in Configuration Management
More difficult to perform
14. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine the numeric total of a specific attribute from the entire population.
Sampling Risk
Variable Sampling
Risk Management
Elements of the COSO pyramid
15. The first major task in a disaster recovery or business continuity planning project.
Assess the maturity of its business processes
Statistical Sampling
Business impact analysis
OSI: Data Link Layer
16. Delivery of packets from one station to another - on the same network or on different networks.
Elements of the COSO pyramid
The Internet Layer in the TCP/IP model
Network Layer Protocols
Examples of IT General Controls
17. (1.) Avoidance (2.) Transfer (3.) Mitigation (4.) Acceptance
Categories of risk treatment
Controls
Sampling Risk
Substantive Testing (test of transaction integrity)
18. 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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19. An active - instance of a server operating system running on a machine that is designed to house two or more such virtual servers.
Organizational culture and maturity
A Virtual Server
Release management
Assess the maturity of its business processes
20. An estimate that expresses the percent of errors or exceptions that may exist in an entire population
Foreign Key
Inherent Risk
TCP/IP Network Model
Expected Error Rate
21. The inventory of all in-scope business processes and systems
OSI: Data Link Layer
The first step in a business impact analysis
Assess the maturity of its business processes
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
22. During an audit - the auditor should obtain 6 types of documents - (1.) Org charts (2.) ___________ (3.) third-party contracts (4.) policies and procedures (5.) standards (6.) system documentation
Department Charters
Service Continuity Management
Data Link Layer Standards
Sampling Risk
23. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP
Attribute Sampling
Transport Layer Protocols
A Server Cluster
Configuration Management
24. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance
Information security policy
Main types of Controls
The Eight Types of Audits
Options for Risk Treatment
25. An alternate processing center that contains no information processing equipment.
Server cluster
Options for Risk Treatment
A Cold Site
Controls
26. (1.) Requirements (2.) Design (3.) Development (4.) Testing (5.) Release preparation (packaging) (6.) Release Deployment
(1.) Man-made (2.) Natural
The first step in a business impact analysis
Transport Layer Protocols
Six steps of the Release Management process
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.
Department Charters
The Requirements
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
The best approach for identifying high risk areas for an audit
28. 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
A gate process
Incident Management
Volumes of COSO framework
Dimensions of the COSO cube
29. An audit to determine the level and degree of compliance to a law - regulation - standard - contract provision - or internal control.
Tolerable Error Rate
Incident Management
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
A Compliance audit
30. Who is responsible for imposing an IT governance model encompassing IT strategy - information security - and formal enterprise architectural mandates?
Project change request
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
Emergency Changes
IT executives and the Board of Directors
31. Change Management includes a _____________ of six steps: (1.) Proposal or Request (2.) Review (3.) Approval (4.) Implementation (5.) Verification (6.) Post-change Review
Resource details
OSI: Data Link Layer
An IS audit
Formal waterfall
32. 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 _________________.
Entire password for an encryption key
More difficult to perform
Main types of Controls
Service Continuity Management
33. 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.
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
Deming Cycle
Segregation of duties issue in a high value process
Options for Risk Treatment
34. An audit report usually includes the following 10 elements: (1.) Cover letter (2.) Introduction (3.) Summary (4.) Audit description (5.) _______________ (6.) Interviewees (7.) Evidence (8.) Explanation of sampling techniques (9.) Findings (10.) Recom
Business impact analysis
Variable Sampling
Input validation checking
List of systems examined
35. Lowest layer. Delivers messages (frames) from one station to another vial local network.
Gantt Chart
OSI Layer 7: Application
TCP/IP Link Layer
Statement of Impact
36. 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.
Inform the auditee
Business Continuity
Application Layer protocols
Transport Layer Protocols
37. An audit of a third-party organization that provides services to other organizations.
IT Strategy
A Service Provider audit
A Financial Audit
OSI: Transport Layer
38. (1.) Link (2.) Internet (3.) Transport (4.) Application
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
Input validation checking
Frameworks
TCP/IP Network Model
39. Used to control connections that are established between systems (1.) TCP (2.) IPC (3.) SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) (4.) RPC (Remote Procedure Call) (5.) NetBIOS
OSI Layer 5: Session
Examples of IT General Controls
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
Transport Layer Protocols
40. (1.) Reliable delivery (2.) Connection oriented (persistent connection) (3.) Order of Delivery (4.) Flow Control (transfer rate is throttled) (5.) Port Number
Examples of Application Controls
WAN Protocols
An IS audit
TCP/IP Transport Layer packet delivery
41. What activity involves the identification of potential risk and the appropriate response for each threat based on impact assessment using qualitative and/or quantitative measures for an enterprise-wide risk management strategy?
A Cold Site
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
A Compliance audit
Risk Management
42. An audit that is performed in support of an anticipated or active legal proceeding.
A Forensic Audit
Service Continuity Management
Employee termination process
The 4-item focus of a Balanced Scorecard
43. A sampling technique where items are chosen at random; each item has a statistically equal probability of being chosen.
Statistical Sampling
Structural fires and transportation accidents
Discovery Sampling
Volumes of COSO framework
44. (1.) Monitoring (2.) Control Environment (3.) Risk Assessment and Control (4.) Information and Communication
Risk Management
Business impact analysis
Separate administrative accounts
Elements of the COSO pyramid
45. The maximum period of downtime for a process or application
Expected Error Rate
Recovery time objective
An Operational Audit
The best approach for identifying high risk areas for an audit
46. A quantitative risk analysis is __________________ because: It is difficult to get accurate figures on the frequency of specific threats. It is difficult to determine the probability that a threat will be realized. It is relatively easy to determine
Control Unit
Resource details
More difficult to perform
Assess the maturity of its business processes
47. Contains programs that communicate directly with the end user.
Prblem Management
OSI Layer 7: Application
Employees with excessive privileges
Inherent Risk
48. Consists of two main packet transport protocols: TCP and UDP.
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
Attribute Sampling
TCP/IP Transport Layer
Geographic location
49. Define 10 elements of an Audit - (1.) Subject of audit (2.) Audit Objective (3.) Type of audit (4.) Audit scope (5.) Pre-audit planning (6.) Audit procedures (7.) Communication plan (8.) Report Preparation (9.) Wrap-up (10.) Post-audit follow-up
(1.) Man-made (2.) Natural
Inform the auditee
Service Continuity Management
Audit Methodologies
50. The IS auditor should act as a SME in the control self-assessment - but should not play a major role in the process.
Insourcing
Audit Methodologies
The appropriate role of an IS auditor in a control self-assessment
Referential Integrity