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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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






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






4. Support the functioning of the application controls






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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






9. An audit of IS controls - security controls - or business controls to determine control existence and effectiveness.






10. Handle application processing






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






17. (1.) Link (2.) Internet (3.) Transport (4.) Application






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






19. Focuses on: maintaining service availability with the least disruption to standard operating parameters during an event






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






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






22. A sampling technique where items are chosen based upon the auditor's judgment - usually based on risk or materiality.






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. (1.) Requirements (2.) Design (3.) Development (4.) Testing (5.) Release preparation (packaging) (6.) Release Deployment






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. (1.) Access Control (2.) Change Management (3.) Security Controls (4.) Incident Management (5.) SDLC (6.) Source code and versioning controls (7.) Monitoring and logging (8.) Event Management






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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 _________________.






39. During the development phase - Developers should only be performing Unit Testing - to verify that the individual sections of code they have written are performing properly.






40. PERT: shows the ______________ critical path.






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The means by which management establishes and measures processes by which organizational objectives are achieved






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






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






50. 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