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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
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1. (1.) Link (2.) Internet (3.) Transport (4.) Application
Split custody
Segregation of duties issue in a high value process
BCP Plans
TCP/IP Network Model
2. Concerns the reliability of data transfer between systems. (1.) Connection Oriented (2.) Guaranteed Delivery (3.) Order of Delivery
Six steps of the Release Management process
Discovery Sampling
A gate process
OSI: Transport Layer
3. 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
Business impact analysis
Project change request
Controls
Notify the Audit Committee
4. An audit of IS controls - security controls - or business controls to determine control existence and effectiveness.
TCP/IP Network Model
Notify the Audit Committee
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
An Operational Audit
5. An alternate processing center that contains no information processing equipment.
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
Geographic location
TCP/IP Transport Layer
A Cold Site
6. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Framework (3.) Reporting to External Parties (4.) Evaluation Tools
Volumes of COSO framework
Power system controls
Balanced Scorecard
Statistical Sampling
7. (1.) Requirements (2.) Design (3.) Development (4.) Testing (5.) Release preparation (packaging) (6.) Release Deployment
A Problem
Six steps of the Release Management process
(1.) Polices (2.) Procedures (3.) Standards
Service Level Management
8. 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
The Software Program Library
An Integrated Audit
Split custody
Input validation checking
9. 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
Dimensions of the COSO cube
objective and unbiased
Frameworks
Antivirus software on the email servers
10. The risk that there are material weaknesses in existing business processes and no compensating controls to detect or prevent them
Criticality analysis
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
Network Layer Protocols
Inherent Risk
11. 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.
Assess the maturity of its business processes
An Integrated Audit
Cloud computing
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
12. 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
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
Recovery time objective
Sampling
An IS audit
13. 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.
Split custody
Sampling Risk
Information systems access
Data Link Layer Standards
14. Framework for auditing and measuring IT Service Management Processes.
Registers
ISO 20000 Standard:
(1.) Polices (2.) Procedures (3.) Standards
A Virtual Server
15. Delivery of packets from one station to another - on the same network or on different networks.
ITIL definition of PROBLEM
IT Strategy
The Internet Layer in the TCP/IP model
A Virtual Server
16. (1.) Authentication (2.) Authorization (3.) Change Management (4.) Completeness checks (5.) Validation checks (6.) Input controls (7.) Output controls (8.) Problem management (9.) Identification/access controls
Control Unit
Sampling Risk
Examples of Application Controls
Types of sampling an auditor can perform.
17. 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.
Network Layer Protocols
Project Management Strategies
A Forensic Audit
Audit logging
18. What type of testing is performed to determine if control procedures have proper design and are operating properly?
Compliance Testing
IT executives and the Board of Directors
Frameworks
Gantt Chart
19. (1.) Monitoring (2.) Control Environment (3.) Risk Assessment and Control (4.) Information and Communication
Information systems access
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
The 7 phases and their order in the SDLC
Elements of the COSO pyramid
20. External auditors are needed under these conditions: (1.) When the organization ________________________. (2.) Some regulations and standards require external - independent auditors
The Requirements
Resource details
Lacks specific expertise or resources to conduct an internal audit
Disaster Recovery
21. Gantt: used to display ______________.
SDLC Phases
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Volumes of COSO framework
Resource details
22. Subjective sampling is used when the auditor wants to _________________________.
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
OSI: Physical Layer
Registers
Detection Risk
23. 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.
Statement of Impact
Application Layer protocols
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
A Problem
24. An audit to determine the level and degree of compliance to a law - regulation - standard - contract provision - or internal control.
An IS audit
A Compliance audit
Volumes of COSO framework
Background checks performed
25. 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
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
OSI: Data Link Layer
Hash
TCP/IP Network Model
26. To ensure that input values are within established ranges - of the correct character types - and free of harmful contents.
Input validation checking
Elements of the COBIT Framework
The best approach for identifying high risk areas for an audit
The 7 phases and their order in the SDLC
27. 1.) Executive Support (2.) Well-defined roles and responsibilities.
Network Layer Protocols
Information security policy
Sampling
Split custody
28. (1.) Physical (2.) Technical (4.) Administrative
Precision means
Release management
The Software Program Library
Three Types of Controls
29. (1.) MPLS (2.) SONET (3.) T-Carrier (4.) Frame Relay (5.) ISDN (6.) X.25
WAN Protocols
Categories of risk treatment
Examples of Application Controls
The audit program
30. 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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31. (1.) Avoidance (2.) Transfer (3.) Mitigation (4.) Acceptance
Categories of risk treatment
Critical Path Methodology
A Service Provider audit
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
32. (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
IT Strategy
The BCP process
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
The 5 types of Evidence that the auditor will collect during an audit.
33. The annual expected loss to an asset. It is calculated as the single loss expectancy (SLE) X the annualized rate of occurrence (ARO.)
Business Realization
Three Types of Controls
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
Annualized Loss Expectance (ALE)
34. 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
Employee termination process
A Sample Mean
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
Power system controls
35. (1.) IP (2.) ICMP (3.) RRC (Radio Resource Control) (4.) AppleTalk
Network Layer Protocols
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Department Charters
Antivirus software on the email servers
36. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance
Sampling Risk
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
A Cold Site
Options for Risk Treatment
37. 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
Frameworks
Stratified Sampling
Wet pipe fire sprinkler system
Incident Management
38. What three elements allow validation of business practices against acceptable measures of regulatory compliance - performance - and standard operational guidelines.
(1.) Polices (2.) Procedures (3.) Standards
Criticality analysis
A Virtual Server
Volumes of COSO framework
39. 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 _________________.
Criticality analysis
Entire password for an encryption key
The two Categories of Controls
Stay current with technology
40. (1.) LAN protocols (2.) 80 (2.) 11 MAC/LLC (WiFi) (3.) Common Carrier packet networks (4.) ARP (5.) PPP and SLIP (6.) Tunneling - PPTP - L2TP
The BCP process
The 7 phases and their order in the SDLC
Criticality analysis
Data Link Layer Standards
41. Collections of Controls that work together to achieve an entire range of an organization's objectives.
Frameworks
Power system controls
Elements of the COSO pyramid
Business Realization
42. 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.
Grid Computing
Variable Sampling
Current and most up-to-date
(1.) Polices (2.) Procedures (3.) Standards
43. Describes the effect on the business if a process is incapacitated for any appreciable time
Statement of Impact
Dimensions of the COSO cube
Stratified Sampling
Detection Risk
44. The process of recording the configuration of IT systems. Each configuration setting is known in ITSM parlance as a Configuration Item.
Configuration Management
Data Link Layer Standards
Gantt Chart
(1.) Man-made (2.) Natural
45. Focuses on: maintaining service availability with the least disruption to standard operating parameters during an event
OSI: Data Link Layer
Lacks specific expertise or resources to conduct an internal audit
Business Continuity
Precision means
46. Support the functioning of the application controls
Compliance Testing
IT Service Management
Annualized Loss Expectance (ALE)
General Controls
47. 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
Sampling Risk
Compliance Testing
Categories of risk treatment
Main types of Controls
48. 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)
Compliance Testing
Organizational culture and maturity
Security Awareness program
Information systems access
49. The memory locations in the CPU where arithmetic values are stored.
Tolerable Error Rate
Information security policy
Registers
Elements of the COBIT Framework
50. The CPU has: (1.) Arithmetic Logic Unit (2.) ______________ (3.) a small amount of memory (usually in to form of registers)
Wet pipe fire sprinkler system
Control Risk
Lacks specific expertise or resources to conduct an internal audit
Control Unit
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