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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used to translate or transform data from lower layers into formats that the application layer can work with.






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






3. An estimate that expresses the percent of errors or exceptions that may exist in an entire population






4. Gantt: used to display ______________.






5. What three elements allow validation of business practices against acceptable measures of regulatory compliance - performance - and standard operational guidelines.






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






8. Consists of main chassis component that is equipped with slots are fitted with individual cpu modules. Main advantage is lower cost per unit.






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






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






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






12. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






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






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






27. The set of activities that is concerned with the ability of the organization to continue to provide services - primarily in the event that a natural or man made disaster has occurred.






28. A technique that is used to identify the most critical path in a project to understand which tasks are most likely to affect the project schedule.






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






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






31. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






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






33. (1.) General (2.) Application






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. ____________________ 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






40. (1.) Automatic (2.) Manual






41. (1.) Monitoring (2.) Control Environment (3.) Risk Assessment and Control (4.) Information and Communication






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






43. An audit of operational efficiency.






44. (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






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






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






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






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






49. A computer uses RAM for several purposes: (1.) Operating System - to store info regarding running processes (2.) ____________ - that are used to temporarily store information retrieved from hard disks (3.) Storage of program code (4.) Storage of prog






50. A sampling technique used to permit sampling to stop at the earliest possible time. This technique is used when the auditor feels that there is a low risk or low rate of exceptions in the population.