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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. (1.) Objectives (2.) Components (3.) Business Units / Areas






2. (1.) Utility (DNS - SNMP - DHCP (2.) Messaging protocols (SMTP) (3.) Data Transfer protocols (NFS - FTP) (4.) Interactive protocols (Telnet)






3. 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






4. 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?






5. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






6. 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.






7. A technique that is used to identify the most critical path in a project to understand which tasks are most likely to affect the project schedule.






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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)






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






14. Guide program execution through organization of resources and development of clear project objectives.






15. 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.






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






17. (1.) General (2.) Application






18. An audit of an IS department's operations and systems.






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






21. An audit of an accounting system - accounting department processes - and procedures to determine if business controls are sufficient to ensure the integrity of financial statements.






22. (1.) Hardware Complement (physical specifications) (2.) Hardware Configuration (firmware settings) (3.) Operating system version and configuration (4.) Software versions and configuration






23. To ensure that input values are within established ranges - of the correct character types - and free of harmful contents.






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






34. An audit of operational efficiency.






35. 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






36. The IS auditor should conduct a risk assessment first to determine which areas have highest risk. She should devote more testing resources to those high-risk areas.






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






38. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






39. 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






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






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






42. (1.) Statistical (2.) Judgmental (3.) Attribute (4.) Variable (5.) Stop-or-Go (6.) Discovery (7.) Stratified






43. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Framework (3.) Reporting to External Parties (4.) Evaluation Tools






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






45. 1.) Executive Support (2.) Well-defined roles and responsibilities.






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






47. (1.) IP (2.) ICMP (3.) RRC (Radio Resource Control) (4.) AppleTalk






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






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






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