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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. 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.






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






3. Concerns the reliability of data transfer between systems. (1.) Connection Oriented (2.) Guaranteed Delivery (3.) Order of Delivery






4. An audit of operational efficiency.






5. 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.






6. The party that performs strategic planning - addresses near-term and long-term requirements aligning business objectives - and technology strategies.






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






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






9. A sampling technique where items are chosen based upon the auditor's judgment - usually based on risk or materiality.






10. The 5 types of risks that are related to audits include: (1.) Control Risk (2.) Detection Risk (3.) Inherent risk (4.) _____________ (5.) Sampling risk






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






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






13. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.






14. An auditor has discovered that several administrators in an application share an administrative account. The auditor should recommend that - Several __________________ should be used. This will enforce accountability for each administrator's actions.






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






16. 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.






17. 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 _________________.






18. (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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. An organization experiences frequent malware infections on end-user workstations that are received through email - despite the tact that workstations have anti-virus software. To reducing malware - Implementing ________________ will provide an effect






23. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






24. The probability that a sample selected does not represent the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage - as the numeric inverse of the confidence coefficient.






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






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






27. ____________________ 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






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






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






30. An IS auditor is auditing the change management process for a financial application. The auditor has two primary pieces of evidence: change logs and a written analysis of the change logs performed by a business analyst. The change log is best because






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. A software developer has informed the project manager that a portion of the application development is going to take five additional days to complete. The project manager make a __________________ to document the reason for the change.






39. 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






40. Used to schedule and sequence activities in a waterfall-type representation. Planned activities are shown flowing downward to completion. More simplistic than a PERT Diagram.






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. During the development phase - Developers should only be performing Unit Testing - to verify that the individual sections of code they have written are performing properly.






45. 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.)






46. An organization that has experienced a sudden increase in its long-distance charges has asked an auditor to investigate. The auditor is most likely to suspect that intruders have discovered a ______________________and is committing toll fraud.

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47. (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






48. (1.) Access controls (2.) Encryption (3.) Audit logging






49. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






50. 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