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CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An estimate that expresses the percent of errors or exceptions that may exist in an entire population






2. To ensure that input values are within established ranges - of the correct character types - and free of harmful contents.






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






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






5. ____________________ 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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. The annual expected loss to an asset. It is calculated as the single loss expectancy (SLE) X the annualized rate of occurrence (ARO.)






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. Consists of main chassis component that is equipped with slots are fitted with individual cpu modules. Main advantage is lower cost per unit.






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






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






28. 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






29. Consists of 11 distinct activities: (1.) Service Desk (2.) Incident Management (3.) Problem Management (4.) Change Management (5.) Configuration Management (6.) Release Management (7.) Service-level Management (8.) Financial Management (9.) Capacity






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






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






32. A critical application is backed up once per day. The recovery point objective (RPO) for an application that is backed up once per day cannot be ________.






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






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






35. 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






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






37. A sampling technique where a population is divided into classes or strata - based upon the value of one of the attributes. Samples are then selected from each class.






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






43. (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






44. 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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. Support the functioning of the application controls






48. The set of activities that is concerned with the ability of the organization to continue to provide services - primarily in the event that a natural or man made disaster has occurred.






49. An organization experiences frequent malware infections on end-user workstations that are received through email - despite the tact that workstations have anti-virus software. To reducing malware - Implementing ________________ will provide an effect






50. (1.) Automatic (2.) Manual