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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.






2. The process of recording the configuration of IT systems. Each configuration setting is known in ITSM parlance as a Configuration Item.






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. ____________________ 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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Consists of 11 distinct activities: (1.) Service Desk (2.) Incident Management (3.) Problem Management (4.) Change Management (5.) Configuration Management (6.) Release Management (7.) Service-level Management (8.) Financial Management (9.) Capacity






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






25. 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.)






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






27. Describes the effect on the business if a process is incapacitated for any appreciable time






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Handle application processing






33. (1.) Link (2.) Internet (3.) Transport (4.) Application






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






35. Focuses on: post-event recovery and restoration of services






36. 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






37. Subjective sampling is used when the auditor wants to _________________________.






38. A tightly coupled collection of computers that are used to solve a common task. One or more actively perform tasks - while zero or more may be in a standby state.






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. To ensure that input values are within established ranges - of the correct character types - and free of harmful contents.






44. (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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Individual events may often create combined threats to enterprise operations: A tornado might also spawn ____________________.






50. An IS auditor is examining the IT standards document for an organization that was last reviewed two years earlier. The best course of action for the IS auditor is: Report that the ____________________________. Two years is far too long between revie







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