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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
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1. 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
Cloud computing
Inherent Risk
The Business Process Life Cycle
Change management
2. The main hardware component of a computer system - which executes instructions in computer programs.
TCP/IP Network Model
The first step in a business impact analysis
CPU
The Steering Committee
3. A critical application is backed up once per day. The recovery point objective (RPO) for an application that is backed up once per day cannot be ________.
less than 24 hours
Hash
Substantive Testing
Three Types of Controls
4. IS auditors can _____________________ through the following means: (1.) training courses (2.) webinars (3.) ISACA chapter training events (4.) Industry conferences
The first step in a business impact analysis
Stay current with technology
The 5 types of Evidence that the auditor will collect during an audit.
OSI: Data Link Layer
5. 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.
Options for Risk Treatment
Foreign Key
Resource details
The audit program
6. A computation of the variance of sample values from the sample mean. This is a measurement of the spread of values in a sample
Organizational culture and maturity
Sample Standard Deviation
Lacks specific expertise or resources to conduct an internal audit
The Internet Layer in the TCP/IP model
7. 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.
Inform the auditee
OSI: Data Link Layer
Employee termination process
Disaster Recovery
8. The memory locations in the CPU where arithmetic values are stored.
BCP Plans
Function Point Analysis
Registers
An IS audit
9. The annual expected loss to an asset. It is calculated as the single loss expectancy (SLE) X the annualized rate of occurrence (ARO.)
Annualized Loss Expectance (ALE)
ITIL definition of PROBLEM
OSI: Network Layer
A Problem
10. (1.) Observations (2.) Written Notes (3.) Correspondence (4.) Process and Procedure documentation (5.) Business records
The 5 types of Evidence that the auditor will collect during an audit.
Control Unit
Change management
Volumes of COSO framework
11. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
IT Service Management
(1.) Man-made (2.) Natural
Personnel involved in the requirements phase of a software development project
12. Delivery of packets from one station to another - on the same network or on different networks.
COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission)
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
The Internet Layer in the TCP/IP model
less than 24 hours
13. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP
An Integrated Audit
Recovery time objective
Transport Layer Protocols
Substantive Testing (test of transaction integrity)
14. 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.
Compliance Testing
Sampling Risk
Prblem Management
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
15. Information is arranged in frames and transported across the medium. Collision detection. Checksum verification of delivery.
OSI: Data Link Layer
Sampling Risk
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
IT Service Management
16. The set of activities that is concerned with the ability of the organization to continue to provide services - primarily in the event that a natural or man made disaster has occurred.
Stop-or-go Sampling
Blade Computer Architecture
The availability of IT systems
Service Continuity Management
17. A sampling technique where at least one exception is sought in a population
Criticality analysis
Discovery Sampling
Examples of Application Controls
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
18. (1.) Avoidance (2.) Transfer (3.) Mitigation (4.) Acceptance
The BCP process
Categories of risk treatment
A Forensic Audit
Lacks specific expertise or resources to conduct an internal audit
19. 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.
An Administrative
The Requirements
WAN Protocols
A Sample Mean
20. (1.) Utility (DNS - SNMP - DHCP (2.) Messaging protocols (SMTP) (3.) Data Transfer protocols (NFS - FTP) (4.) Interactive protocols (Telnet)
SDLC Phases
The Release process
Application Layer protocols
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
21. (1.) Access controls (2.) Encryption (3.) Audit logging
Business Continuity
objective and unbiased
Primary security features of relational databases
Organizational culture and maturity
22. (1.) Reliable delivery (2.) Connection oriented (persistent connection) (3.) Order of Delivery (4.) Flow Control (transfer rate is throttled) (5.) Port Number
OSI: Data Link Layer
Examples of Application Controls
Buffers
TCP/IP Transport Layer packet delivery
23. An audit of an IS department's operations and systems.
Deming Cycle
The Requirements
An IS audit
Primary security features of relational databases
24. Requires that a password be broken into two or more parts - with each part in the possession of a separate person.
Control Risk
A Service Provider audit
Function Point Analysis
Split custody
25. One of a database table's fields - whose value is unique.
Sampling Risk
Database primary key
The Software Program Library
Criticality analysis
26. (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
Examples of IT General Controls
Organizational culture and maturity
Substantive Testing
Discovery Sampling
27. Critical Path Methodology helps a project manager determine which activities are on a project's critical list - ________________________.
The Requirements
Buffers
OSI: Transport Layer
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
28. ____________________ 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
Categories of risk treatment
The Business Process Life Cycle
Critical Path Methodology
Geographic location
29. 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.
OSI: Transport Layer
Grid Computing
Stay current with technology
Sampling Risk
30. A sampling technique where items are chosen based upon the auditor's judgment - usually based on risk or materiality.
Judgmental sampling
Precision means
The Business Process Life Cycle
Application Controls
31. Must be tested to validate effectiveness through: (1.) Document Review (2.) Walkthrough (3.) Simulation (4.) Parallel testing (5.) Cutover testing practices
BCP Plans
A Financial Audit
IT Strategy
Statistical Sampling
32. An auditor has detected potential fraud while testing a control objective - He should ___________________. Because Audit committee members are generally not involved in business operations - they will be sufficiently remove from the matter - and they
Buffers
Transport Layer Protocols
objective and unbiased
Notify the Audit Committee
33. An alternate processing center that contains no information processing equipment.
Balanced Scorecard
Testing activities
Options for Risk Treatment
A Cold Site
34. Subjective sampling is used when the auditor wants to _________________________.
Controls
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
List of systems examined
35. 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
Audit Methodologies
Service Level Management
Structural fires and transportation accidents
Types of sampling an auditor can perform.
36. Who is responsible for imposing an IT governance model encompassing IT strategy - information security - and formal enterprise architectural mandates?
IT executives and the Board of Directors
TCP/IP Internet Layer
The BCP process
Statement of Impact
37. n audit strategy and plans that include: (1.) Scope (2.) Objectives (3.) Resources (4.) Procedures used to evaluation controls and processes
Application Layer protocols
Compliance Testing
The audit program
Security Awareness program
38. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.
IT Strategy
Structural fires and transportation accidents
Network Layer Protocols
Attribute Sampling
39. Outsourcing is an opportunity for the organization to focus on core competencies. When an organization oursources a business function - it no longer needs to be concerned about training employees in that function. Outsources does not always reduce co
Advantages of outsourcing
Discovery Sampling
Insourcing
Power system controls
40. The maximum period of downtime for a process or application
Hash
The Business Process Life Cycle
Recovery time objective
Employee termination process
41. A collection of two or more servers that is designed to appear as a single server.
TCP/IP Transport Layer packet delivery
Primary security features of relational databases
Volumes of COSO framework
Server cluster
42. 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
Application Controls
The 7 phases and their order in the SDLC
Server cluster
Wet pipe fire sprinkler system
43. Change Management includes a _____________ of six steps: (1.) Proposal or Request (2.) Review (3.) Approval (4.) Implementation (5.) Verification (6.) Post-change Review
Formal waterfall
Input validation checking
A Forensic Audit
Sampling Risk
44. A sampling technique used to permit sampling to stop at the earliest possible time. This technique is used when the auditor feels that there is a low risk or low rate of exceptions in the population.
Insourcing
Information systems access
The audit program
Stop-or-go Sampling
45. 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.
The Internet Layer in the TCP/IP model
The Release process
Inherent Risk
The best approach for identifying high risk areas for an audit
46. 0. No process at all (1.) Process are ad hoc and disorganized (2.) Consistent processes (3.) Documented processes (4.) Measured and managed processes (5.) Processes are continuously improved
Registers
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
Sample Standard Deviation
47. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Framework (3.) Reporting to External Parties (4.) Evaluation Tools
Variable Sampling
Volumes of COSO framework
Information systems access
An Integrated Audit
48. An audit of a third-party organization that provides services to other organizations.
A Service Provider audit
Audit logging
Six steps of the Release Management process
IT Strategy
49. Used to determine which business processes are the most critical - by ranking them in order of criticality
Sampling Risk
Stay current with technology
Structural fires and transportation accidents
Criticality analysis
50. (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
Employee termination process
IT Strategy
Deming Cycle
Examples of Application Controls