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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. 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.






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






3. Used to estimate the effort required to develop a software program.






4. A software developer has informed the project manager that a portion of the application development is going to take five additional days to complete. The project manager make a __________________ to document the reason for the change.






5. 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






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






7. 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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8. A sampling technique where items are chosen at random; each item has a statistically equal probability of being chosen.






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






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






11. An organization has discovered that some of its employees have criminal records. The best course of action for the organization to take - The organization should have ___________________ on all of its existing employees and also begin instituting bac






12. (1.) Hardware Complement (physical specifications) (2.) Hardware Configuration (firmware settings) (3.) Operating system version and configuration (4.) Software versions and configuration






13. Aids in the coordinating of business processes using a sequence of three events -(1.) Business process creation (2.) Implementation (3.) Maintenance 3a. Benchmarking: Facilitates continuous improvement within the BPLC






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






15. Defines internal controls and provides guidance for assessing and improving internal control systems.






16. The maximum period of downtime for a process or application






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






18. A computer uses RAM for several purposes: (1.) Operating System - to store info regarding running processes (2.) ____________ - that are used to temporarily store information retrieved from hard disks (3.) Storage of program code (4.) Storage of prog






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






20. 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






21. An auditor has detected potential fraud while testing a control objective - He should ___________________. Because Audit committee members are generally not involved in business operations - they will be sufficiently remove from the matter - and they






22. (1.) Observations (2.) Written Notes (3.) Correspondence (4.) Process and Procedure documentation (5.) Business records






23. 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






24. 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






25. Collections of Controls that work together to achieve an entire range of an organization's objectives.






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






27. (1.) Link (2.) Internet (3.) Transport (4.) Application






28. 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.






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






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. 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?






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






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






34. A large number of loosely coupled computers that are used to solve a common task may be in close proximity to each other or scattered over a large geographical area.






35. An auditor has discovered several errors in user account management: many terminated employees' computer accounts are still active. The best course of action - To improve the _________________ to reduce the number of exceptions. For a time - the proc






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






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






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






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






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






41. (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






42. (1.) General (2.) Application






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






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






45. Governed by: (1.) Effective Change Management (2.) Effective Application Testing (3.) Resilient Architecture (4.) Serviceable Components






46. An organization is building a data center in an area frequented by power outages. The organization cannot tolerate power outages. The best _________________solution is an electric generator and an uninterruptible power supply. The UPS responds to the






47. 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






48. (1.) Access controls (2.) Encryption (3.) Audit logging






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






50. Information is arranged in frames and transported across the medium. Collision detection. Checksum verification of delivery.