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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes.






2. Used to schedule and sequence activities in a waterfall-type representation. Planned activities are shown flowing downward to completion. More simplistic than a PERT Diagram.






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






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






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






6. Application controls limit ___________ in three ways: (1.) Point of Entry (Input Controls) (2.) During consumption (process controls) (3.) At the point of expression (Output Controls)






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






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






9. 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






10. (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






11. Describes the effect on the business if a process is incapacitated for any appreciable time






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






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






14. Gantt: used to display ______________.






15. 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.






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






17. The probability that a sample selected actually represents the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage.






18. (1.) General (2.) Application






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






20. 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






21. The probability that a sample selected does not represent the entire population. This is usually expressed as a percentage - the numeric inverse of the confidence coefficient






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






23. Used to control connections that are established between systems (1.) TCP (2.) IPC (3.) SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) (4.) RPC (Remote Procedure Call) (5.) NetBIOS






24. 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 _________________.






25. (1.) Statistical (2.) Judgmental (3.) Attribute (4.) Variable (5.) Stop-or-Go (6.) Discovery (7.) Stratified






26. (1.) Automatic (2.) Manual






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. A quantitative risk analysis is __________________ because: It is difficult to get accurate figures on the frequency of specific threats. It is difficult to determine the probability that a threat will be realized. It is relatively easy to determine






33. When several incidents have occurred that appear to have the same or a similar root cause - a PROBLEM is occurring.






34. An organization wants to reduce the number of user IDs and passwords that its employees need to remember. The best available solution to this - _______________. This provides a single authentication service (such as LDAP or AD) that many applications






35. 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.






36. An external IS auditor has discovered a _______________________ - The external auditor can only document the finding in the audit report. An external auditor is not in a position to implement controls.






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






38. 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






39. Aids in the coordinating of business processes using a sequence of three events -(1.) Business process creation (2.) Implementation (3.) Maintenance 3a. Benchmarking: Facilitates continuous improvement within the BPLC






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






41. (1.) MPLS (2.) SONET (3.) T-Carrier (4.) Frame Relay (5.) ISDN (6.) X.25






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






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






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






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






46. A database administrator has been asked to configure a database management system so that it records all changes made by users - The DBA should implement ___________. This will cause the database to record every change that is made to it.






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






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






49. Risk Mitigation Risk Avoidance Risk Transfer Risk Acceptance






50. n audit strategy and plans that include: (1.) Scope (2.) Objectives (3.) Resources (4.) Procedures used to evaluation controls and processes