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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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






2. A maturity model that represents the aggregations of other maturity models.






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






8. When several incidents have occurred that appear to have the same or a similar root cause - a PROBLEM is occurring.






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






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






11. Support the functioning of the application controls






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






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






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






15. 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?






16. 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






17. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. An auditor has discovered several errors in user account management: many terminated employees' computer accounts are still active. The best course of action - To improve the _________________ to reduce the number of exceptions. For a time - the proc






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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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29. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users






30. 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






31. A four-step quality control process known as PDSA - or PDCA. Steps: (1.) Plan (2.) Do (3.) Study (4.) Act






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Consists of two main packet transport protocols: TCP and UDP.






37. An active - instance of a server operating system running on a machine that is designed to house two or more such virtual servers.






38. The risk that there are material weaknesses in existing business processes and no compensating controls to detect or prevent them






39. (1.) General (2.) Application






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






41. A technique that is used to select a portion of a population when it is not feasible to test an entire population.






42. Any event which is not part of the standard operation of service and which causes or may cause an interruption to or reduction in quality of that service. Includes THREE incident types: (1.) Service Outage (2.) Service Slowdown (3.) Software Bug






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. (1.) Physical (2.) Technical (4.) Administrative






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






49. 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.






50. 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.