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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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






2. 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






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






4. During an audit - the auditor should obtain 6 types of documents - (1.) Org charts (2.) ___________ (3.) third-party contracts (4.) policies and procedures (5.) standards (6.) system documentation






5. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Governance and control framework (3.) Control Objectives (4.) Management Guidelines (5.) Implementation Guide (6.) IT Assurance Guide






6. 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.






7. 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






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






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






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






11. (1.) Observations (2.) Written Notes (3.) Correspondence (4.) Process and Procedure documentation (5.) Business records






12. Consists of main chassis component that is equipped with slots are fitted with individual cpu modules. Main advantage is lower cost per unit.






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Gantt: used to display ______________.






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






19. 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






20. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine how many samples possess a specific characteristic.






21. What type of testing is performed to verify the accuracy and integrity of transactions as they flow through a system?






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






27. 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.






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






29. An organization has discovered that some of its employees have criminal records. The best course of action for the organization to take - The organization should have ___________________ on all of its existing employees and also begin instituting bac






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






31. 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?






32. The risk that there are material weaknesses in existing business processes and no compensating controls to detect or prevent them






33. 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






34. An audit of a third-party organization that provides services to other organizations.






35. 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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36. 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






37. A computer uses RAM for several purposes: (1.) Operating System - to store info regarding running processes (2.) ____________ - that are used to temporarily store information retrieved from hard disks (3.) Storage of program code (4.) Storage of prog






38. Used to determine which business processes are the most critical - by ranking them in order of criticality






39. 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?






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






41. One of a database table's fields - whose value is unique.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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)






47. The risk that an IS auditor will overlook errors or exceptions during an audit.






48. A sampling technique where at least one exception is sought in a population






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






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







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