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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An audit that is performed in support of an anticipated or active legal proceeding.






2. n audit strategy and plans that include: (1.) Scope (2.) Objectives (3.) Resources (4.) Procedures used to evaluation controls and processes






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






4. 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.






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






6. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.






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






8. 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.






9. A collection of two or more servers that is designed to appear as a single server.






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. A sampling technique where items are chosen based upon the auditor's judgment - usually based on risk or materiality.






14. Must be tested to validate effectiveness through: (1.) Document Review (2.) Walkthrough (3.) Simulation (4.) Parallel testing (5.) Cutover testing practices






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






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






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






18. The means by which management establishes and measures processes by which organizational objectives are achieved






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






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






21. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine the numeric total of a specific attribute from the entire population.






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






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






24. 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






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






26. The inventory of all in-scope business processes and systems






27. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






28. A computation of the variance of sample values from the sample mean. This is a measurement of the spread of values in a sample






29. An audit of operational efficiency.






30. 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.






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






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






33. (1.) Feasibility Study (2.) Definition of Requirements (3.) Design (4.) Development (5.) Testing (6.) Implementation (7.) Post-implementation phase






34. The set of activities that is concerned with the ability of the organization to continue to provide services - primarily in the event that a natural or man made disaster has occurred.






35. A Fire sprinkler system has water in its pipes - and sprinkler heads emit water only if the ambient temperature reaches 220 deg. F. This is a ________________. The system is charged with water and will discharge water out of any sprinkler head whose






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






37. 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.






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






39. What type of testing is performed to verify the accuracy and integrity of transactions as they flow through a system?






40. (1.) Access Control (2.) Change Management (3.) Security Controls (4.) Incident Management (5.) SDLC (6.) Source code and versioning controls (7.) Monitoring and logging (8.) Event Management






41. The CPU has: (1.) Arithmetic Logic Unit (2.) ______________ (3.) a small amount of memory (usually in to form of registers)






42. 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






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






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






45. To review and approve proposed changes to systems and infrastructure. This helps to reduce the risk of unintended events and unplanned downtime.






46. 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.






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






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






49. External auditors are needed under these conditions: (1.) When the organization ________________________. (2.) Some regulations and standards require external - independent auditors






50. (1.) MPLS (2.) SONET (3.) T-Carrier (4.) Frame Relay (5.) ISDN (6.) X.25