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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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.






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. (1.) General (2.) Application






9. 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.






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






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






12. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. (1.) MPLS (2.) SONET (3.) T-Carrier (4.) Frame Relay (5.) ISDN (6.) X.25






18. The memory locations in the CPU where arithmetic values are stored.






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






20. 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






21. 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 _________________.






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






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






24. (1.) Feasibility (2.) Requirements (3.) Design (4.) Development (5.) Testing (6.) Implementation (7.) Post-implementation






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






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






27. Information is arranged in frames and transported across the medium. Collision detection. Checksum verification of delivery.






28. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






29. A facility that is used to store and manage access to an organization's application source and object code. It consists of 5 parts: (1.) Access and authorization controls (2.) Program checkout (3.) Program Check-in (4.) Version Control (5.) Code Ana






30. A collection of two or more servers that is designed to appear as a single server.






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Guide program execution through organization of resources and development of clear project objectives.






40. Gantt: used to display ______________.






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






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






43. An auditor has reviewed access privileges of some employees and has discovered that employees with longer terms of service have excessive privileges. This means User privileges are not being removed from their old position when they transfer to a new






44. 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 ________.






45. The CPU has: (1.) Arithmetic Logic Unit (2.) ______________ (3.) a small amount of memory (usually in to form of registers)






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






47. Disasters are generally grouped in terms of type: ______________.






48. 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






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






50. An audit that combines an operational audit and a financial audit.