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






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






3. 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






4. A sampling technique where at least one exception is sought in a population






5. The risk that an IS auditor will overlook errors or exceptions during an audit.






6. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






7. Used for several types of system changes: (1.) Incidents and problem resolution (bug fixes.) (2.) Enhancements (new functionality.) (3.) Subsystem patches and changes (require testing similar to when changes are made to the application itself.)






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. (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






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






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






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






15. Describes the effect on the business if a process is incapacitated for any appreciable time






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






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






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






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






20. The IS auditor should conduct a risk assessment first to determine which areas have highest risk. She should devote more testing resources to those high-risk areas.






21. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






22. An auditor has discovered that several administrators in an application share an administrative account. The auditor should recommend that - Several __________________ should be used. This will enforce accountability for each administrator's actions.






23. 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






24. An IS auditor needs to perform an audit of a financial system and needs to trace individual transactions through the system. What type of testing should the auditor perform?






25. Who is responsible for imposing an IT governance model encompassing IT strategy - information security - and formal enterprise architectural mandates?






26. 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






27. 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






28. Support the functioning of the application controls






29. Gantt: used to display ______________.






30. Used to determine which business processes are the most critical - by ranking them in order of criticality






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. Handle application processing






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






36. A CMM helps an organization to _______________ - which is an important first step to any large-scale process improvement effort.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Focuses on: post-event recovery and restoration of services






44. 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






45. 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 _________________.






46. An audit of a third-party organization that provides services to other organizations.






47. 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






48. A technique that is used to identify the most critical path in a project to understand which tasks are most likely to affect the project schedule.






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






50. (1.) Financial (2.) Customer (3.) Internal processes (4.) Innovation / Learning