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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. (1.) Physical (2.) Technical (4.) Administrative






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. Support the functioning of the application controls






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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)






12. 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.






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






14. Should include 4 steps: (1.) Emergency Approval (2.) Implementation (3.) Verification (4.) Review






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






16. A sampling technique used to permit sampling to stop at the earliest possible time. This technique is used when the auditor feels that there is a low risk or low rate of exceptions in the population.






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






18. 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.






19. Requires that a password be broken into two or more parts - with each part in the possession of a separate person.






20. 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.






21. The portion of IT management that tracks the financial value of IT services that support organizational objectives. It includes 4 activities: (1.) Budgeting (2.) Capital Investment (3.) Expense Management (4.) Project accounting and project ROI (Ret






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






23. 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






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






25. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






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






27. 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.






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






29. Deliver messages from one station to another on the same network or on different networks. Messaging at this layer is not guaranteed.






30. 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.






31. (1.) General (2.) Application






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






33. An audit of IS controls - security controls - or business controls to determine control existence and effectiveness.






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






36. 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






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






38. Used to translate or transform data from lower layers into formats that the application layer can work with.






39. One of a database table's fields - whose value is unique.






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






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






42. During the development phase - Developers should only be performing Unit Testing - to verify that the individual sections of code they have written are performing properly.






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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