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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Guide program execution through organization of resources and development of clear project objectives.






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






3. 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






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






5. A computation of the variance of sample values from the sample mean. This is a measurement of the spread of values in a sample






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






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






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






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






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






11. A programmer is updating an application that saves passwords in plaintext. In this case - Passwords should be stored in a _____. This makes it impossible for any person to retrieve a password - which could lead to account compromise.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. ____________________ 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






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






19. The portion of IT management that tracks the financial value of IT services that support organizational objectives. It includes 4 activities: (1.) Budgeting (2.) Capital Investment (3.) Expense Management (4.) Project accounting and project ROI (Ret






20. The result of strategic planning - process development - and systems development - which all contribute towards a launch of business operations to reach a set of business objectives.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. The inventory of all in-scope business processes and systems






25. Information is arranged in frames and transported across the medium. Collision detection. Checksum verification of delivery.






26. An IS auditor needs to perform an audit of a financial system and needs to trace individual transactions through the system. What type of testing should the auditor perform?






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






28. 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.






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






30. (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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Define 10 elements of an Audit - (1.) Subject of audit (2.) Audit Objective (3.) Type of audit (4.) Audit scope (5.) Pre-audit planning (6.) Audit procedures (7.) Communication plan (8.) Report Preparation (9.) Wrap-up (10.) Post-audit follow-up






37. An auditor has discovered that several administrators in an application share an administrative account. The auditor should recommend that - Several __________________ should be used. This will enforce accountability for each administrator's actions.






38. (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






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






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






41. (1.) TCP (2.) UDP






42. A collection of two or more servers that is designed to appear as a single server.






43. A sampling technique used to study the characteristics of a population to determine how many samples possess a specific characteristic.






44. 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.






45. 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 _________________.






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






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






48. (1.) Executive Summary (2.) Framework (3.) Reporting to External Parties (4.) Evaluation Tools






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






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