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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. A facility that is used to store and manage access to an organization's application source and object code. It consists of 5 parts: (1.) Access and authorization controls (2.) Program checkout (3.) Program Check-in (4.) Version Control (5.) Code Ana






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






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






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






6. The delivery of messages from one station to another via one or more networks.. Routes packets between networks.






7. 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






8. Use of a set of monitoring and review activities that confirm whether IS operations is providing service to its customers.






9. 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






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






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






12. ____________________ 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






13. 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)






14. 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.






15. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






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






17. An audit to determine the level and degree of compliance to a law - regulation - standard - contract provision - or internal control.






18. 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






19. Handle application processing






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






28. Lowest layer. Delivers messages (frames) from one station to another vial local network.






29. (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






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






31. In Release Management - _________________ means that each step of the release process undergoes formal review and approval before the next step is allowed to begin.






32. 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






33. The 5 types of risks that are related to audits include: (1.) Control Risk (2.) Detection Risk (3.) Inherent risk (4.) _____________ (5.) Sampling risk






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






35. (1.) Developers (2.) Architects (3.) Analysts (4.) Users






36. An audit that is performed in support of an anticipated or active legal proceeding.






37. (1.) Automatic (2.) Manual






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Support the functioning of the application controls






43. An auditor has reviewed access privileges of some employees and has discovered that employees with longer terms of service have excessive privileges. This means User privileges are not being removed from their old position when they transfer to a new






44. The party that performs strategic planning - addresses near-term and long-term requirements aligning business objectives - and technology strategies.






45. Consists of 11 distinct activities: (1.) Service Desk (2.) Incident Management (3.) Problem Management (4.) Change Management (5.) Configuration Management (6.) Release Management (7.) Service-level Management (8.) Financial Management (9.) Capacity






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






47. 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






48. Used to translate or transform data from lower layers into formats that the application layer can work with.






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






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