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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. Focuses on: maintaining service availability with the least disruption to standard operating parameters during an event






2. 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






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






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






5. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






6. 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.






7. A condition that is the result of multiple incidents that exhibit common symptoms e.g. A web application is displaying information incorrectly and many users have contacted the IT service desk.






8. 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






9. A database administrator has been asked to configure a database management system so that it records all changes made by users - The DBA should implement ___________. This will cause the database to record every change that is made to it.






10. A condition often identified as a result of multiple incidents that exhibit common symptoms. Problems can also be identified from a single significant incident for which the impact is significant.






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






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






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






14. 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.)






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






16. 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.






17. To communication security policies - procedures - and other security-related information to an organization's employees.






18. 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)






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. Delivery of packets from one station to another - on the same network or on different networks.






24. (1.) Observations (2.) Written Notes (3.) Correspondence (4.) Process and Procedure documentation (5.) Business records






25. The risk that a material error exists that will not be prevented or detected by the organization's control framework - The possibility that a process or procedure will be unable to prevent or deter serious errors and wrongdoing.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. (1.) Objectives (2.) Components (3.) Business Units / Areas






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






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






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






36. IS auditors can _____________________ through the following means: (1.) training courses (2.) webinars (3.) ISACA chapter training events (4.) Industry conferences






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






43. Governed by: (1.) Effective Change Management (2.) Effective Application Testing (3.) Resilient Architecture (4.) Serviceable Components






44. Use of a set of monitoring and review activities that confirm whether IS operations is providing service to its customers.






45. An audit of a third-party organization that provides services to other organizations.






46. 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.






47. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.






48. 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






49. Lowest layer. Delivers messages (frames) from one station to another vial local network.






50. 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.







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