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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. 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






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






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






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






5. (1.) General (2.) Application






6. The main hardware component of a computer system - which executes instructions in computer programs.






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. An alternate processing center that contains no information processing equipment.






18. Support the functioning of the application controls






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






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






21. (1.) Feasibility (2.) Requirements (3.) Design (4.) Development (5.) Testing (6.) Implementation (7.) Post-implementation






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






23. ITIL term used to describe the SDLC.






24. A software developer has informed the project manager that a portion of the application development is going to take five additional days to complete. The project manager make a __________________ to document the reason for the change.






25. A tightly coupled collection of computers that are used to solve a common task. One or more actively perform tasks - while zero or more may be in a standby state.






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






27. (1.) Objectives (2.) Components (3.) Business Units / Areas






28. To communication security policies - procedures - and other security-related information to an organization's employees.






29. 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.






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






31. An audit of operational efficiency.






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






33. (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






34. 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.






35. A dynamically scalable and usually virtualized computing environment that is provided as a service. Clout computing services may be rented or leased so that an organization can have a scalable application without the need for supporting hardware.






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. (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






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






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






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






48. Consists of two main packet transport protocols: TCP and UDP.






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






50. (1.) Authentication (2.) Authorization (3.) Change Management (4.) Completeness checks (5.) Validation checks (6.) Input controls (7.) Output controls (8.) Problem management (9.) Identification/access controls