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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users






2. 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






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






5. A representation of how closely a sample represents an entire population.






6. Used to estimate the effort required to develop a software program.






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






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






9. The IS auditor should act as a SME in the control self-assessment - but should not play a major role in the process.






10. Gantt: used to display ______________.






11. 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






12. A field in a record in one table that can reference a primary key in another table that can reference a primary key in another table.






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






14. 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.






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Handle application processing






21. (1.) Access controls (2.) Encryption (3.) Audit logging






22. 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.)






23. The 5 types of risks that are related to audits include: (1.) Control Risk (2.) Detection Risk (3.) Inherent risk (4.) _____________ (5.) Sampling risk






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. Collections of Controls that work together to achieve an entire range of an organization's objectives.






28. What three elements allow validation of business practices against acceptable measures of regulatory compliance - performance - and standard operational guidelines.






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. Change Management includes a _____________ of six steps: (1.) Proposal or Request (2.) Review (3.) Approval (4.) Implementation (5.) Verification (6.) Post-change Review






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






36. (1.) Reliable delivery (2.) Connection oriented (persistent connection) (3.) Order of Delivery (4.) Flow Control (transfer rate is throttled) (5.) Port Number






37. (1.) Utility (DNS - SNMP - DHCP (2.) Messaging protocols (SMTP) (3.) Data Transfer protocols (NFS - FTP) (4.) Interactive protocols (Telnet)






38. 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.






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






40. Support the functioning of the application controls






41. 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.






42. 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






43. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






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






45. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.






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






47. (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






48. Critical Path Methodology helps a project manager determine which activities are on a project's critical list - ________________________.






49. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine the numeric total of a specific attribute from the entire population.






50. 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.