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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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






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






3. An audit of an IS department's operations and systems.






4. 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.






5. The risk that an IS auditor will overlook errors or exceptions during an audit.






6. 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.






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. A maturity model that represents the aggregations of other maturity models.






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






17. An organization has discovered that some of its employees have criminal records. The best course of action for the organization to take - The organization should have ___________________ on all of its existing employees and also begin instituting bac






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






19. 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






20. Critical Path Methodology helps a project manager determine which activities are on a project's critical list - ________________________.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. Support the functioning of the application controls






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






27. A large number of loosely coupled computers that are used to solve a common task may be in close proximity to each other or scattered over a large geographical area.






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






29. To measure organizational performance and effectiveness against strategic goals.






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






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






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






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






34. Information is arranged in frames and transported across the medium. Collision detection. Checksum verification of delivery.






35. 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.)






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






37. 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.






38. (1.) General (2.) Application






39. 1.) Executive Support (2.) Well-defined roles and responsibilities.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. Subjective sampling is used when the auditor wants to _________________________.






46. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






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






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






49. (1.) Develop a BC Policy (2.) Conduct BIA (3.) Perform critical analysis (4.) Establish recovery targets (5.) Develop recovery and continuity strategies and plans (6.) Test recovery and continuity plans and procedures Train personnel Maintain strateg






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







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