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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A representation of how closely a sample represents an entire population.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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 _________________.






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






9. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






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






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






12. 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






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






14. An organization has chosen to open a business office in another country where labor costs are lower and has hired workers to perform business functions there. - The organization is ___________ - while they may have opened the office in a foreign coun






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Outsourcing is an opportunity for the organization to focus on core competencies. When an organization oursources a business function - it no longer needs to be concerned about training employees in that function. Outsources does not always reduce co






20. 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.






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






26. Used to determine which business processes are the most critical - by ranking them in order of criticality






27. The portion of IT management that tracks the financial value of IT services that support organizational objectives. It includes 4 activities: (1.) Budgeting (2.) Capital Investment (3.) Expense Management (4.) Project accounting and project ROI (Ret






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






29. Used to estimate the effort required to develop a software program.






30. Define 10 elements of an Audit - (1.) Subject of audit (2.) Audit Objective (3.) Type of audit (4.) Audit scope (5.) Pre-audit planning (6.) Audit procedures (7.) Communication plan (8.) Report Preparation (9.) Wrap-up (10.) Post-audit follow-up






31. What type of testing is performed to verify the accuracy and integrity of transactions as they flow through a system?






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






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






34. (1.) Avoidance (2.) Transfer (3.) Mitigation (4.) Acceptance






35. An audit of operational efficiency.






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






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






38. (1.) Statistical (2.) Judgmental (3.) Attribute (4.) Variable (5.) Stop-or-Go (6.) Discovery (7.) Stratified






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






40. A CMM helps an organization to _______________ - which is an important first step to any large-scale process improvement effort.






41. ____________________ 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






42. Support the functioning of the application controls






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






44. A collection of two or more servers that is designed to appear as a single server.






45. 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






46. 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)






47. An audit that combines an operational audit and a financial audit.






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






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






50. 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.