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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 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






2. 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.






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






4. The memory locations in the CPU where arithmetic values are stored.






5. 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.






6. 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 _________________.






7. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Governance and control framework (3.) Control Objectives (4.) Management Guidelines (5.) Implementation Guide (6.) IT Assurance Guide






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. An audit that is performed in support of an anticipated or active legal proceeding.






13. The first major task in a disaster recovery or business continuity planning project.






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






15. 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)






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






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






18. (1.) Monitoring (2.) Control Environment (3.) Risk Assessment and Control (4.) Information and Communication






19. (1.) IP (2.) ICMP (3.) RRC (Radio Resource Control) (4.) AppleTalk






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






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






22. 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?






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






24. 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






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






26. A tightly coupled collection of computers that are used to solve a common task. One or more actively perform tasks - while zero or more may be in a standby state.






27. 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.






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






29. To measure organizational performance and effectiveness against strategic goals.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. In Release Management - _________________ means that each step of the release process undergoes formal review and approval before the next step is allowed to begin.






35. 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?






36. (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






37. 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.






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






39. (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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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






44. To determine effectiveness of a disaster recovery program - an IT auditor should examine _____________.






45. 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






46. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine how many samples possess a specific characteristic.






47. 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






48. 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






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