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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
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1. 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.
The 5 types of Evidence that the auditor will collect during an audit.
The appropriate role of an IS auditor in a control self-assessment
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
Foreign Key
2. 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.
Organizational culture and maturity
A Server Cluster
General Controls
Disaster Recovery
3. (1.) Financial (2.) Customer (3.) Internal processes (4.) Innovation / Learning
The two Categories of Controls
ISO 20000 Standard:
The 4-item focus of a Balanced Scorecard
Stay current with technology
4. 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.
Information security policy
Referential Integrity
Confidence coefficient
(1.) Polices (2.) Procedures (3.) Standards
5. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP
Transport Layer Protocols
TCP/IP Link Layer
The typical Configuration Items in Configuration Management
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
6. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Governance and control framework (3.) Control Objectives (4.) Management Guidelines (5.) Implementation Guide (6.) IT Assurance Guide
OSI Layer 7: Application
The BCP process
Variable Sampling
Elements of the COBIT Framework
7. (1.) Statistical (2.) Judgmental (3.) Attribute (4.) Variable (5.) Stop-or-Go (6.) Discovery (7.) Stratified
Service Continuity Management
Types of sampling an auditor can perform.
Elements of the COSO pyramid
Release management
8. To communication security policies - procedures - and other security-related information to an organization's employees.
Audit Methodologies
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
Security Awareness program
Substantive Testing
9. 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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10. 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.)
Application Controls
Gantt Chart
The Release process
A Server Cluster
11. 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.
Control Unit
Testing activities
Sampling Risk
ITIL definition of PROBLEM
12. An IS auditor needs to perform an audit of a financial system and needs to trace individual transactions through the system. What type of testing should the auditor perform?
Substantive Testing (test of transaction integrity)
Geographic location
Employees with excessive privileges
A Server Cluster
13. 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?
Variable Sampling
Risk Management
Sampling Risk
Registers
14. (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
Incident Management
The BCP process
Control Risk
Business Realization
15. The process to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes.
Stay current with technology
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
less than 24 hours
Server cluster
16. A representation of how closely a sample represents an entire population.
Main types of Controls
less than 24 hours
Precision means
OSI Layer 7: Application
17. (1.) Access controls (2.) Encryption (3.) Audit logging
TCP/IP Network Model
Primary security features of relational databases
Emergency Changes
Antivirus software on the email servers
18. 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
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
Separate administrative accounts
Change management
Sampling
19. 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
Notify the Audit Committee
Application Layer protocols
Configuration Management
A Service Provider audit
20. 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.
Service Level Management
Segregation of duties issue in a high value process
Business Realization
Compliance Testing
21. An audit of operational efficiency.
Configuration Management
An Administrative
A Financial Audit
The Requirements
22. 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
Expected Error Rate
Balanced Scorecard
The Software Program Library
Variable Sampling
23. A dynamically scalable and usually virtualized computing environment that is provided as a service. Clout computing services may be rented or leased so that an organization can have a scalable application without the need for supporting hardware.
Compliance Testing
Frameworks
Cloud computing
Split custody
24. An audit to determine the level and degree of compliance to a law - regulation - standard - contract provision - or internal control.
Service Continuity Management
Change management
An IS audit
A Compliance audit
25. To review and approve proposed changes to systems and infrastructure. This helps to reduce the risk of unintended events and unplanned downtime.
Emergency Changes
Input validation checking
Change management
Sample Standard Deviation
26. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
IT Strategy
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
27. (1.) General (2.) Application
An Operational Audit
Database primary key
A Cold Site
Main types of Controls
28. The inventory of all in-scope business processes and systems
Attribute Sampling
Segregation of duties issue in a high value process
Function Point Analysis
The first step in a business impact analysis
29. 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
OSI: Transport Layer
Inform the auditee
Antivirus software on the email servers
Expected Error Rate
30. 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.
The BCP process
Confidence coefficient
Grid Computing
Data Link Layer Standards
31. 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.
Stop-or-go Sampling
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
Categories of risk treatment
Sampling
32. Concerns the reliability of data transfer between systems. (1.) Connection Oriented (2.) Guaranteed Delivery (3.) Order of Delivery
A Financial Audit
An IS audit
OSI: Transport Layer
An Integrated Audit
33. 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.
Separate administrative accounts
Change management
Sampling
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
34. The risk that there are material weaknesses in existing business processes and no compensating controls to detect or prevent them
TCP/IP Transport Layer
Inherent Risk
Information security policy
A gate process
35. The highest number of errors that can exist without a result being materially misstated.
Tolerable Error Rate
Sampling Risk
Judgmental sampling
Testing activities
36. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users
Power system controls
Personnel involved in the requirements phase of a software development project
Types of sampling an auditor can perform.
Network Layer Protocols
37. 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.
Elements of the COSO pyramid
Inform the auditee
Gantt Chart
Stop-or-go Sampling
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
A Compliance audit
Sample Standard Deviation
Referential Integrity
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
39. Information is arranged in frames and transported across the medium. Collision detection. Checksum verification of delivery.
WAN Protocols
A Cold Site
OSI: Data Link Layer
Personnel involved in the requirements phase of a software development project
40. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine the numeric total of a specific attribute from the entire population.
Variable Sampling
A Problem
Transport Layer Protocols
The Software Program Library
41. The sum of all samples divided by the number of samples.
Insourcing
Discovery Sampling
A Sample Mean
TCP/IP Transport Layer
42. Contains programs that communicate directly with the end user.
Deming Cycle
Data Link Layer Standards
Capability Maturity Model
OSI Layer 7: Application
43. Used to translate or transform data from lower layers into formats that the application layer can work with.
Sampling
Inform the auditee
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
Wet pipe fire sprinkler system
44. Handle application processing
Power system controls
Stay current with technology
The 5 types of Evidence that the auditor will collect during an audit.
Application Controls
45. 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
Audit Methodologies
Cloud computing
Employees with excessive privileges
Business Realization
46. To measure organizational performance and effectiveness against strategic goals.
Change management
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
Balanced Scorecard
IT Strategy
47. The portion of IT management that tracks the financial value of IT services that support organizational objectives. It includes 4 activities: (1.) Budgeting (2.) Capital Investment (3.) Expense Management (4.) Project accounting and project ROI (Ret
IT Services Financial Management
List of systems examined
Security Awareness program
Stop-or-go Sampling
48. Subjective sampling is used when the auditor wants to _________________________.
Volumes of COSO framework
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
Application Controls
Detection Risk
49. Describes the effect on the business if a process is incapacitated for any appreciable time
Business Realization
Statement of Impact
Employees with excessive privileges
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
50. An alternate processing center that contains no information processing equipment.
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
Tolerable Error Rate
Controls
A Cold Site