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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. A sampling technique where items are chosen at random; each item has a statistically equal probability of being chosen.






8. The means by which management establishes and measures processes by which organizational objectives are achieved






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. To review and approve proposed changes to systems and infrastructure. This helps to reduce the risk of unintended events and unplanned downtime.






19. External auditors are needed under these conditions: (1.) When the organization ________________________. (2.) Some regulations and standards require external - independent auditors






20. (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






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






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






23. Any event which is not part of the standard operation of service and which causes or may cause an interruption to or reduction in quality of that service. Includes THREE incident types: (1.) Service Outage (2.) Service Slowdown (3.) Software Bug






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






28. When several incidents have occurred that appear to have the same or a similar root cause - a PROBLEM is occurring.






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. The sum of all samples divided by the number of samples.






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






36. What activity involves the identification of potential risk and the appropriate response for each threat based on impact assessment using qualitative and/or quantitative measures for an enterprise-wide risk management strategy?






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






38. What type of testing is performed to determine if control procedures have proper design and are operating properly?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.






46. Gantt: used to display ______________.






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






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






49. 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






50. 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 _________________.