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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A representation of how closely a sample represents an entire population.
Entire password for an encryption key
WAN Protocols
The appropriate role of an IS auditor in a control self-assessment
Precision means
2. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users
To identify the tasks that are responsible for project delays
More difficult to perform
Personnel involved in the requirements phase of a software development project
Frameworks
3. Individual events may often create combined threats to enterprise operations: A tornado might also spawn ____________________.
Structural fires and transportation accidents
Project Management Strategies
Control Unit
Judgmental sampling
4. (1.) Access controls (2.) Encryption (3.) Audit logging
Dimensions of the COSO cube
Primary security features of relational databases
Six steps of the Release Management process
Personnel involved in the requirements phase of a software development project
5. The highest number of errors that can exist without a result being materially misstated.
Sample Standard Deviation
Release management
The appropriate role of an IS auditor in a control self-assessment
Tolerable Error Rate
6. Use of a set of monitoring and review activities that confirm whether IS operations is providing service to its customers.
Critical Path Methodology
Expected Error Rate
Service Level Management
OSI Layer 6: Presentation
7. 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 _________________.
Entire password for an encryption key
TCP/IP Link Layer
Disaster Recovery
Transport Layer Protocols
8. IS auditors can _____________________ through the following means: (1.) training courses (2.) webinars (3.) ISACA chapter training events (4.) Industry conferences
Stay current with technology
OSI: Data Link Layer
Frameworks
IT Services Financial Management
9. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.
Overall audit risk
Release management
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
Wet pipe fire sprinkler system
10. (1.) Reliable delivery (2.) Connection oriented (persistent connection) (3.) Order of Delivery (4.) Flow Control (transfer rate is throttled) (5.) Port Number
Statistical Sampling
TCP/IP Transport Layer packet delivery
Deming Cycle
ITIL definition of CHANGE MANAGEMENT
11. Used to measure the relative maturity of an organization and its processes.
The typical Configuration Items in Configuration Management
Capability Maturity Model
Judgmental sampling
Examples of Application Controls
12. 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
Controls
Function Point Analysis
Incident Management
The Software Program Library
13. (1.) Hardware Complement (physical specifications) (2.) Hardware Configuration (firmware settings) (3.) Operating system version and configuration (4.) Software versions and configuration
Options for Risk Treatment
Assess the maturity of its business processes
The typical Configuration Items in Configuration Management
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
14. 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
Disaster Recovery
WAN Protocols
Insourcing
The Requirements
15. (1.) IP (2.) ICMP (3.) RRC (Radio Resource Control) (4.) AppleTalk
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
The Software Program Library
Network Layer Protocols
Business impact analysis
16. Contains programs that communicate directly with the end user.
Split custody
Cloud computing
less than 24 hours
OSI Layer 7: Application
17. 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.
Primary security features of relational databases
Control Risk
TCP/IP Internet Layer
Employee termination process
18. 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.
Inherent Risk
Insourcing
The Requirements
Audit logging
19. 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
IT standards are not being reviewed often enough
Capability Maturity Model
Input validation checking
Advantages of outsourcing
20. 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.
A Financial Audit
The 7 phases and their order in the SDLC
OSI Layer 7: Application
Hash
21. When several incidents have occurred that appear to have the same or a similar root cause - a PROBLEM is occurring.
Application Layer protocols
Insourcing
Prblem Management
A Server Cluster
22. 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
A Financial Audit
Concentrate on samples known to represent high risk
Power system controls
Compliance Testing
23. 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
Change management
Project Management Strategies
OSI Layer 5: Session
The Business Process Life Cycle
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.
The two Categories of Controls
CPU
Sampling Risk
Elements of the COBIT Framework
25. The maximum period of downtime for a process or application
IT executives and the Board of Directors
Advantages of outsourcing
Recovery time objective
Insourcing
26. Used to determine which business processes are the most critical - by ranking them in order of criticality
Criticality analysis
Employee termination process
Confidence coefficient
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
27. 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
Personnel involved in the requirements phase of a software development project
Precision means
objective and unbiased
IT Services Financial Management
28. Deliver messages from one station to another on the same network or on different networks. Messaging at this layer is not guaranteed.
The Requirements
Substantive Testing
Split custody
TCP/IP Internet Layer
29. Used to estimate the effort required to develop a software program.
An Integrated Audit
The Requirements
TCP/IP Transport Layer
Function Point Analysis
30. 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
Prblem Management
Power system controls
Reduced sign-on
31. What type of testing is performed to verify the accuracy and integrity of transactions as they flow through a system?
A Forensic Audit
Substantive Testing
The two Categories of Controls
Elements of the COBIT Framework
32. The first major task in a disaster recovery or business continuity planning project.
Capability Maturity Model
Gantt Chart
Business impact analysis
Tolerable Error Rate
33. One of a database table's fields - whose value is unique.
Database primary key
Registers
OSI: Data Link Layer
Annualized Loss Expectance (ALE)
34. (1.) Avoidance (2.) Transfer (3.) Mitigation (4.) Acceptance
Categories of risk treatment
Buffers
Assess the maturity of its business processes
OSI: Network Layer
35. An audit of operational efficiency.
An Administrative
A Sample Mean
Inform the auditee
PERT Diagram?
36. Disasters are generally grouped in terms of type: ______________.
An IS audit
A Server Cluster
(1.) Man-made (2.) Natural
Assess the maturity of its business processes
37. (1.) Operational (2.) Financial (3.) Integrated (4.) IS (5.) Administrative (6.) Compliance (7.) Forensic (8.) Service Provider
Release management
The Eight Types of Audits
Control Unit
Lacks specific expertise or resources to conduct an internal audit
38. (1.) Statistical (2.) Judgmental (3.) Attribute (4.) Variable (5.) Stop-or-Go (6.) Discovery (7.) Stratified
Foreign Key
An Integrated Audit
The Business Process Life Cycle
Types of sampling an auditor can perform.
39. The 5 types of risks that are related to audits include: (1.) Control Risk (2.) Detection Risk (3.) Inherent risk (4.) _____________ (5.) Sampling risk
Blade Computer Architecture
Overall audit risk
The audit program
Buffers
40. A CMM helps an organization to _______________ - which is an important first step to any large-scale process improvement effort.
Recovery time objective
Assess the maturity of its business processes
Reduced sign-on
Risk Management
41. ____________________ 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
Prblem Management
Data Link Layer Standards
Information security policy
Geographic location
42. Support the functioning of the application controls
Examples of IT General Controls
The Internet Layer in the TCP/IP model
CPU
General Controls
43. A sampling technique where at least one exception is sought in a population
Sampling Risk
Variable Sampling
The Business Process Life Cycle
Discovery Sampling
44. A collection of two or more servers that is designed to appear as a single server.
Stratified Sampling
ITIL definition of PROBLEM
less than 24 hours
Server cluster
45. An organization wants to reduce the number of user IDs and passwords that its employees need to remember. The best available solution to this - _______________. This provides a single authentication service (such as LDAP or AD) that many applications
Project change request
Precision means
Reduced sign-on
Stratified Sampling
46. 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)
Service Level Management
Control Risk
Information systems access
Rating Scale for Process Maturity
47. An audit that combines an operational audit and a financial audit.
Resource details
A Virtual Server
A Financial Audit
An Integrated Audit
48. Defines internal controls and provides guidance for assessing and improving internal control systems.
ISO 20000 Standard:
Input validation checking
COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission)
The Business Process Life Cycle
49. The CPU has: (1.) Arithmetic Logic Unit (2.) ______________ (3.) a small amount of memory (usually in to form of registers)
Control Unit
Stratified Sampling
A Sample Mean
Vulnerability in the organization's PBX
50. 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.
Segregation of duties issue in a high value process
Server cluster
The first step in a business impact analysis
IT Strategy