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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. ____________________ of the hot site is most important consideration for site selection. IF they are too close together then a single event may involve both locations






2. 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






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






4. Focuses on: maintaining service availability with the least disruption to standard operating parameters during an event






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The probability that a sample selected actually represents the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage.






16. 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.






17. (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






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






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






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






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






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






23. An external IS auditor has discovered a _______________________ - The external auditor can only document the finding in the audit report. An external auditor is not in a position to implement controls.






24. (1.) Feasibility (2.) Requirements (3.) Design (4.) Development (5.) Testing (6.) Implementation (7.) Post-implementation






25. (1.) Statistical (2.) Judgmental (3.) Attribute (4.) Variable (5.) Stop-or-Go (6.) Discovery (7.) Stratified






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






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






28. (1.) General (2.) Application






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






30. 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?






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






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






33. The purpose of an auditor doing interviews - To observe personnel to better understand their discipline - as well as ______________.






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.)






38. (1.) Automatic (2.) Manual






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






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






41. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






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






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






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






45. Concerned with electrical and physical specifications for devices. No frames or packets involved.






46. 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.






47. Disasters are generally grouped in terms of type: ______________.






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






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






50. 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