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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used to determine which business processes are the most critical - by ranking them in order of criticality






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. Individual events may often create combined threats to enterprise operations: A tornado might also spawn ____________________.






6. (1.) LAN protocols (2.) 80 (2.) 11 MAC/LLC (WiFi) (3.) Common Carrier packet networks (4.) ARP (5.) PPP and SLIP (6.) Tunneling - PPTP - L2TP






7. The first major task in a disaster recovery or business continuity planning project.






8. 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.






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






10. (1.) Automatic (2.) Manual






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. ____________________ 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






19. Used to illustrate the relationship between planned activities. PERT diagrams show multiple routes through the project activities - as necessary for accomplishing a goal.






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






21. IT Governance is most concerned with ________.






22. What three elements allow validation of business practices against acceptable measures of regulatory compliance - performance - and standard operational guidelines.






23. 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.)






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






25. 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.






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






27. The main hardware component of a computer system - which executes instructions in computer programs.






28. 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






29. An active - instance of a server operating system running on a machine that is designed to house two or more such virtual servers.






30. The sum of all samples divided by the number of samples.






31. Handle application processing






32. 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






33. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






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






35. Collections of Controls that work together to achieve an entire range of an organization's objectives.






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






37. To communication security policies - procedures - and other security-related information to an organization's employees.






38. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






39. Should include 4 steps: (1.) Emergency Approval (2.) Implementation (3.) Verification (4.) Review






40. External auditors are needed under these conditions: (1.) When the organization ________________________. (2.) Some regulations and standards require external - independent auditors






41. To determine effectiveness of a disaster recovery program - an IT auditor should examine _____________.






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






49. Used to control connections that are established between systems (1.) TCP (2.) IPC (3.) SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) (4.) RPC (Remote Procedure Call) (5.) NetBIOS






50. 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.