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






2. (1.) Financial (2.) Customer (3.) Internal processes (4.) Innovation / Learning






3. A representation of how closely a sample represents an entire population.






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






5. (1.) LAN protocols (2.) 80 (2.) 11 MAC/LLC (WiFi) (3.) Common Carrier packet networks (4.) ARP (5.) PPP and SLIP (6.) Tunneling - PPTP - L2TP






6. PERT: shows the ______________ critical path.






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. (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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. The process of recording the configuration of IT systems. Each configuration setting is known in ITSM parlance as a Configuration Item.






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. (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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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 _________________.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. An auditor has discovered several errors in user account management: many terminated employees' computer accounts are still active. The best course of action - To improve the _________________ to reduce the number of exceptions. For a time - the proc






35. IT Service Management is defined in ___________________ framework.






36. 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






37. Governed by: (1.) Effective Change Management (2.) Effective Application Testing (3.) Resilient Architecture (4.) Serviceable Components






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. Must be tested to validate effectiveness through: (1.) Document Review (2.) Walkthrough (3.) Simulation (4.) Parallel testing (5.) Cutover testing practices






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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.