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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (1.) Monitoring (2.) Control Environment (3.) Risk Assessment and Control (4.) Information and Communication
Control Risk
Sampling Risk
Dimensions of the COSO cube
Elements of the COSO pyramid
2. An audit of a third-party organization that provides services to other organizations.
The 7 phases and their order in the SDLC
OSI Layer 7: Application
Database primary key
A Service Provider audit
3. Defines internal controls and provides guidance for assessing and improving internal control systems.
Audit logging
COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission)
TCP/IP Network Model
A Service Provider audit
4. One of a database table's fields - whose value is unique.
Information security policy
Database primary key
Sampling
Separate administrative accounts
5. (1.) Link (2.) Internet (3.) Transport (4.) Application
IT Strategy
Insourcing
Business Realization
TCP/IP Network Model
6. (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
The Business Process Life Cycle
Examples of Application Controls
Recovery time objective
A Service Provider audit
7. (1.) Operational (2.) Financial (3.) Integrated (4.) IS (5.) Administrative (6.) Compliance (7.) Forensic (8.) Service Provider
Examples of IT General Controls
The Eight Types of Audits
The Requirements
The 5 types of Evidence that the auditor will collect during an audit.
8. (1.) Physical (2.) Technical (4.) Administrative
The Business Process Life Cycle
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
Audit logging
Three Types of Controls
9. (1.) Avoidance (2.) Transfer (3.) Mitigation (4.) Acceptance
Categories of risk treatment
Geographic location
Incident Management
An IS audit
10. An estimate that expresses the percent of errors or exceptions that may exist in an entire population
Sampling Risk
Expected Error Rate
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
Gantt Chart
11. Framework for auditing and measuring IT Service Management Processes.
General Controls
Server cluster
ISO 20000 Standard:
Judgmental sampling
12. The memory locations in the CPU where arithmetic values are stored.
The availability of IT systems
Confidence coefficient
Registers
TCP/IP Internet Layer
13. 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.)
The Requirements
Expected Error Rate
The Release process
Project change request
14. The 5 types of risks that are related to audits include: (1.) Control Risk (2.) Detection Risk (3.) Inherent risk (4.) _____________ (5.) Sampling risk
The first step in a business impact analysis
Sampling Risk
Overall audit risk
Statistical Sampling
15. A sampling technique where at least one exception is sought in a population
More difficult to perform
Hash
Formal waterfall
Discovery Sampling
16. The risk that there are material weaknesses in existing business processes and no compensating controls to detect or prevent them
The Software Program Library
Insourcing
Inherent Risk
Audit logging
17. To communication security policies - procedures - and other security-related information to an organization's employees.
Advantages of outsourcing
A Sample Mean
Audit Methodologies
Security Awareness program
18. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.
Business impact analysis
Input validation checking
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
Cloud computing
19. To measure organizational performance and effectiveness against strategic goals.
IT executives and the Board of Directors
Compliance Testing
Balanced Scorecard
General Controls
20. 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?
Business Continuity
Substantive Testing (test of transaction integrity)
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
21. 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
Criticality analysis
Wet pipe fire sprinkler system
OSI: Physical Layer
Dimensions of the COSO cube
22. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.
Release management
ISO 20000 Standard:
Audit logging
Insourcing
23. 1.) Executive Support (2.) Well-defined roles and responsibilities.
TCP/IP Link Layer
Referential Integrity
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
Information security policy
24. (1.) Feasibility Study (2.) Definition of Requirements (3.) Design (4.) Development (5.) Testing (6.) Implementation (7.) Post-implementation phase
SDLC Phases
Compliance Testing
Organizational culture and maturity
Options for Risk Treatment
25. What type of testing is performed to verify the accuracy and integrity of transactions as they flow through a system?
Substantive Testing
Information security policy
IT executives and the Board of Directors
Information systems access
26. Concerns the reliability of data transfer between systems. (1.) Connection Oriented (2.) Guaranteed Delivery (3.) Order of Delivery
Substantive Testing
Employees with excessive privileges
OSI: Transport Layer
Transport Layer Protocols
27. (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
Data Link Layer Standards
Network Layer Protocols
Department Charters
An IS audit
28. 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.
OSI: Data Link Layer
Function Point Analysis
Testing activities
The Eight Types of Audits
29. (1.) MPLS (2.) SONET (3.) T-Carrier (4.) Frame Relay (5.) ISDN (6.) X.25
TCP/IP Transport Layer packet delivery
Assess the maturity of its business processes
Prblem Management
WAN Protocols
30. Focuses on: post-event recovery and restoration of services
Disaster Recovery
Categories of risk treatment
List of systems examined
OSI: Data Link Layer
31. 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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32. To review and approve proposed changes to systems and infrastructure. This helps to reduce the risk of unintended events and unplanned downtime.
Advantages of outsourcing
Change management
Compliance Testing
A Server Cluster
33. (1.) Hardware Complement (physical specifications) (2.) Hardware Configuration (firmware settings) (3.) Operating system version and configuration (4.) Software versions and configuration
The typical Configuration Items in Configuration Management
TCP/IP Internet Layer
Compliance Testing
Employee termination process
34. 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
Referential Integrity
PERT Diagram?
Audit Methodologies
Critical Path Methodology
35. Requires that a password be broken into two or more parts - with each part in the possession of a separate person.
Inform the auditee
Split custody
TCP/IP Transport Layer
Change management
36. A four-step quality control process known as PDSA - or PDCA. Steps: (1.) Plan (2.) Do (3.) Study (4.) Act
Categories of risk treatment
Deming Cycle
Personnel involved in the requirements phase of a software development project
The Requirements
37. An organization experiences frequent malware infections on end-user workstations that are received through email - despite the tact that workstations have anti-virus software. To reducing malware - Implementing ________________ will provide an effect
Geographic location
Incident Management
The Software Program Library
Antivirus software on the email servers
38. 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.
Sampling Risk
A Problem
Elements of the COBIT Framework
Service Continuity Management
39. IS auditors can _____________________ through the following means: (1.) training courses (2.) webinars (3.) ISACA chapter training events (4.) Industry conferences
Stay current with technology
Input validation checking
Grid Computing
Statement of Impact
40. Focuses on: maintaining service availability with the least disruption to standard operating parameters during an event
Sampling Risk
Business Continuity
Power system controls
Resource details
41. 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
List of systems examined
ITIL definition of PROBLEM
Substantive Testing
Function Point Analysis
42. 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.
The Software Program Library
Grid Computing
less than 24 hours
Security Awareness program
43. The risk that an IS auditor will overlook errors or exceptions during an audit.
Detection Risk
less than 24 hours
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
Antivirus software on the email servers
44. 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.
A Forensic Audit
COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission)
objective and unbiased
The Requirements
45. A dynamically scalable and usually virtualized computing environment that is provided as a service. Clout computing services may be rented or leased so that an organization can have a scalable application without the need for supporting hardware.
COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission)
Cloud computing
Service Continuity Management
The Release process
46. ____________________ 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
Control Unit
Geographic location
An Operational Audit
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
47. 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.
Data Link Layer Standards
A Server Cluster
A Problem
Examples of Application Controls
48. Change Management includes a _____________ of six steps: (1.) Proposal or Request (2.) Review (3.) Approval (4.) Implementation (5.) Verification (6.) Post-change Review
Judgmental sampling
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
The Requirements
Formal waterfall
49. (1.) General (2.) Application
The Steering Committee
Server cluster
Main types of Controls
Testing activities
50. Disasters are generally grouped in terms of type: ______________.
TCP/IP Internet Layer
Sampling Risk
Options for Risk Treatment
(1.) Man-made (2.) Natural