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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The purpose of an auditor doing interviews - To observe personnel to better understand their discipline - as well as ______________.






2. 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






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






4. (1.) Hardware Complement (physical specifications) (2.) Hardware Configuration (firmware settings) (3.) Operating system version and configuration (4.) Software versions and configuration






5. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. (1.) Monitoring (2.) Control Environment (3.) Risk Assessment and Control (4.) Information and Communication






12. 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






13. 1.) Executive Support (2.) Well-defined roles and responsibilities.






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






18. An auditor is examining a key management process and has found that the IT department is not following its split-custody procedure. As a result - Someone may be in possession of the _________________.






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






20. To review and approve proposed changes to systems and infrastructure. This helps to reduce the risk of unintended events and unplanned downtime.






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






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






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






24. The probability that a sample selected does not represent the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage - the numeric inverse of the confidence coefficient






25. Used to illustrate the relationship between planned activities. PERT diagrams show multiple routes through the project activities - as necessary for accomplishing a goal.






26. The annual expected loss to an asset. It is calculated as the single loss expectancy (SLE) X the annualized rate of occurrence (ARO.)






27. An organization has chosen to open a business office in another country where labor costs are lower and has hired workers to perform business functions there. - The organization is ___________ - while they may have opened the office in a foreign coun






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






39. The party that performs strategic planning - addresses near-term and long-term requirements aligning business objectives - and technology strategies.






40. 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.






41. An audit of IS controls - security controls - or business controls to determine control existence and effectiveness.






42. A computation of the variance of sample values from the sample mean. This is a measurement of the spread of values in a sample






43. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






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






45. (1.) General (2.) Application






46. A computer uses RAM for several purposes: (1.) Operating System - to store info regarding running processes (2.) ____________ - that are used to temporarily store information retrieved from hard disks (3.) Storage of program code (4.) Storage of prog






47. A database term - which means that the database will not permit a program (or user) to deleted rows from a table if there are records in other tables whose foreign keys reference the row to be deleted.






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






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






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.