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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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






2. The maximum period of downtime for a process or application






3. Support the functioning of the application controls






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. An audit of operational efficiency.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






19. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.






20. 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






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. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Governance and control framework (3.) Control Objectives (4.) Management Guidelines (5.) Implementation Guide (6.) IT Assurance Guide






23. The purpose of an auditor doing interviews - To observe personnel to better understand their discipline - as well as ______________.






24. 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)






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. Used to determine which business processes are the most critical - by ranking them in order of criticality






33. Who is responsible for imposing an IT governance model encompassing IT strategy - information security - and formal enterprise architectural mandates?






34. (1.) General (2.) Application






35. Define 10 elements of an Audit - (1.) Subject of audit (2.) Audit Objective (3.) Type of audit (4.) Audit scope (5.) Pre-audit planning (6.) Audit procedures (7.) Communication plan (8.) Report Preparation (9.) Wrap-up (10.) Post-audit follow-up






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. 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.






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






39. 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






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






41. (1.) Operational (2.) Financial (3.) Integrated (4.) IS (5.) Administrative (6.) Compliance (7.) Forensic (8.) Service Provider






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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