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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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






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






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






4. 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






5. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.






6. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine the numeric total of a specific attribute from the entire population.






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






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






9. Gantt: used to display ______________.






10. The probability that a sample selected does not represent the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage - as the numeric inverse of the confidence coefficient.






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






12. Support the functioning of the application controls






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






14. The inventory of all in-scope business processes and systems






15. 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 _________________.






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






23. 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?






24. n audit strategy and plans that include: (1.) Scope (2.) Objectives (3.) Resources (4.) Procedures used to evaluation controls and processes






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






26. A programmer is updating an application that saves passwords in plaintext. In this case - Passwords should be stored in a _____. This makes it impossible for any person to retrieve a password - which could lead to account compromise.






27. 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






28. 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






29. The highest number of errors that can exist without a result being materially misstated.






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. (1.) Operational (2.) Financial (3.) Integrated (4.) IS (5.) Administrative (6.) Compliance (7.) Forensic (8.) Service Provider






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Change Management includes a _____________ of six steps: (1.) Proposal or Request (2.) Review (3.) Approval (4.) Implementation (5.) Verification (6.) Post-change Review






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. 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






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