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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. A quantitative risk analysis is __________________ because: It is difficult to get accurate figures on the frequency of specific threats. It is difficult to determine the probability that a threat will be realized. It is relatively easy to determine






2. (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






3. The main hardware component of a computer system - which executes instructions in computer programs.






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






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






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






7. (1.) General (2.) Application






8. 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.






9. 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






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






11. An audit of operational efficiency.






12. 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.






13. Deliver messages from one station to another on the same network or on different networks. Messaging at this layer is not guaranteed.






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






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






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






17. A condition often identified as a result of multiple incidents that exhibit common symptoms. Problems can also be identified from a single significant incident for which the impact is significant.






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






19. An auditor has discovered several errors in user account management: many terminated employees' computer accounts are still active. The best course of action - To improve the _________________ to reduce the number of exceptions. For a time - the proc






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. 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






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






26. 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?






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






28. An organization is building a data center in an area frequented by power outages. The organization cannot tolerate power outages. The best _________________solution is an electric generator and an uninterruptible power supply. The UPS responds to the






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Aids in the coordinating of business processes using a sequence of three events -(1.) Business process creation (2.) Implementation (3.) Maintenance 3a. Benchmarking: Facilitates continuous improvement within the BPLC






34. 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






35. Gantt: used to display ______________.






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. PERT: shows the ______________ critical path.






42. Use of a set of monitoring and review activities that confirm whether IS operations is providing service to its customers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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