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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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1. Requires that a password be broken into two or more parts - with each part in the possession of a separate person.






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






3. 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.






4. Contains programs that communicate directly with the end user.






5. 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.






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






7. The maximum period of downtime for a process or application






8. A four-step quality control process known as PDSA - or PDCA. Steps: (1.) Plan (2.) Do (3.) Study (4.) Act






9. 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.






10. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






11. IS auditors can _____________________ through the following means: (1.) training courses (2.) webinars (3.) ISACA chapter training events (4.) Industry conferences






12. 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.






13. An alternate processing center that contains no information processing equipment.






14. (1.) Objectives (2.) Components (3.) Business Units / Areas






15. (1.) Reliable delivery (2.) Connection oriented (persistent connection) (3.) Order of Delivery (4.) Flow Control (transfer rate is throttled) (5.) Port Number






16. 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






17. PERT: shows the ______________ critical path.






18. 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?






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






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






21. To measure organizational performance and effectiveness against strategic goals.






22. 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






23. Used to measure the relative maturity of an organization and its processes.






24. 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.






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Describes the effect on the business if a process is incapacitated for any appreciable time






37. 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






38. (1.) Authentication (2.) Authorization (3.) Change Management (4.) Completeness checks (5.) Validation checks (6.) Input controls (7.) Output controls (8.) Problem management (9.) Identification/access controls






39. 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 _________________.






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






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






42. A sampling technique where a population is divided into classes or strata - based upon the value of one of the attributes. Samples are then selected from each class.






43. (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






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






45. A Fire sprinkler system has water in its pipes - and sprinkler heads emit water only if the ambient temperature reaches 220 deg. F. This is a ________________. The system is charged with water and will discharge water out of any sprinkler head whose






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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






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







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