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






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






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






4. Gantt: used to display ______________.






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






6. What type of testing is performed to determine if control procedures have proper design and are operating properly?






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. An audit of operational efficiency.






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






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






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






22. (1.) General (2.) Application






23. Requires that a password be broken into two or more parts - with each part in the possession of a separate person.






24. 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






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






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






27. (1.) Feasibility Study (2.) Definition of Requirements (3.) Design (4.) Development (5.) Testing (6.) Implementation (7.) Post-implementation phase






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






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






30. In Release Management - _________________ means that each step of the release process undergoes formal review and approval before the next step is allowed to begin.






31. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






32. 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.)






33. Who is responsible for imposing an IT governance model encompassing IT strategy - information security - and formal enterprise architectural mandates?






34. 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.






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. The risk that there are material weaknesses in existing business processes and no compensating controls to detect or prevent them






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






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






42. 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






43. Concerned with electrical and physical specifications for devices. No frames or packets involved.






44. An auditor has detected potential fraud while testing a control objective - He should ___________________. Because Audit committee members are generally not involved in business operations - they will be sufficiently remove from the matter - and they






45. 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.






46. The purpose of an auditor doing interviews - To observe personnel to better understand their discipline - as well as ______________.






47. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine the numeric total of a specific attribute from the entire population.






48. 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






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






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