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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 memory locations in the CPU where arithmetic values are stored.






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






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






4. An organization wants to reduce the number of user IDs and passwords that its employees need to remember. The best available solution to this - _______________. This provides a single authentication service (such as LDAP or AD) that many applications






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. (1.) Automatic (2.) Manual






12. (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






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






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






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






16. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine how many samples possess a specific characteristic.






17. An estimate that expresses the percent of errors or exceptions that may exist in an entire population






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






23. To measure organizational performance and effectiveness against strategic goals.






24. (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






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






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






27. (1.) Develop a BC Policy (2.) Conduct BIA (3.) Perform critical analysis (4.) Establish recovery targets (5.) Develop recovery and continuity strategies and plans (6.) Test recovery and continuity plans and procedures Train personnel Maintain strateg






28. Gantt: used to display ______________.






29. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Framework (3.) Reporting to External Parties (4.) Evaluation Tools






30. An audit to determine the level and degree of compliance to a law - regulation - standard - contract provision - or internal control.






31. (1.) General (2.) Application






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






33. A technique that is used to select a portion of a population when it is not feasible to test an entire population.






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






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






36. (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






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






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






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






40. During an audit - the auditor should obtain 6 types of documents - (1.) Org charts (2.) ___________ (3.) third-party contracts (4.) policies and procedures (5.) standards (6.) system documentation






41. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






42. 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.






43. 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






44. A CMM helps an organization to _______________ - which is an important first step to any large-scale process improvement effort.






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






46. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.






47. The highest number of errors that can exist without a result being materially misstated.






48. The first major task in a disaster recovery or business continuity planning project.






49. (1.) Financial (2.) Customer (3.) Internal processes (4.) Innovation / Learning






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