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CISA Practice Questions
Certified Information Systems Auditor
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An organization is planning to implement a control self-assessment (CSA) program tor selected business processes Which of the following should be the role of the internal audit team for this program?
When designing a data analytics process, which of the following should be the stakeholder's role in automating data extraction and validation?
An IS auditor found that operations personnel failed to run a script contributing to year-end financial statements. Which of the following is the BEST recommendation?
A review of IT interface controls finds an organization does not have a process to identify and correct records that do not get transferred to the receiving system. Which of the following is the IS
auditor's BEST recommendation?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for an airline's IT management to continuously monitor the controls for a critical integrated flight schedule and payment application?
During a physical security audit, an IS auditor was provided a proximity badge that granted access to three specific floors in a corporate office building. Which of the following issues should be of MOST concern?
How is nonrepudiation supported within a public key infrastructure (PKI) environment?
During a follow-up audit, an IS auditor finds that some critical recommendations have not been addressed, as management has decided to accept the risk. Which of the following is the IS auditors BEST course of action?
IT management has accepted the risk associated with an IS auditor's finding due to the cost and complexity of the corrective actions. Which of the following should be the auditor's NEXT course of action?
Which of the following is the BEST indicator that a third-party vendor adheres to the controls required by the organization?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY benefit of introducing business impact analyses (BIAs) to business resiliency strategies?
An internal audit team is deciding whether to use an audit management application hosted by a third party in a different country.
What should be the MOST important consideration related to the uploading of payroll audit documentation in the hosted
application?
An IS auditor concludes that logging and monitoring mechanisms within an organization are ineffective because critical servers are not included within the central log repository. Which of the following audit procedures would have MOST likely identified this exception?
Which of the following is the BEST indicator for measuring performance of IT help desk function?
Afire alarm system has been installed in the computer room The MOST effective location for the fire alarm control panel would be inside the
Which of the following would provide the BEST evidence of an IT strategy corrections effectiveness?
While evaluating the data classification process of an organization, an IS auditor's PRIMARY focus should be on whether:
When auditing an organization's software acquisition process the BEST way for an IS auditor to understand the software benefits to the organization would be to review the
An organization is shifting to a remote workforce In preparation the IT department is performing stress and capacity testing of remote access infrastructure and systems What type of control is being implemented?
Which of the following management decisions presents the GREATEST risk associated with data leakage?
Which of the following should be the FIRST consideration when deciding whether data should be moved to a cloud provider for storage?
Which of the following is the BEST way to prevent social engineering incidents?
Which of the following is the GREATEST risk if two users have concurrent access to the same database record?
An IS auditor is analyzing a sample of accounts payable transactions for a specific vendor and identifies one transaction with a value five times as high as the average transaction. Which of the following should the auditor do NEXT?
When assessing the overall effectiveness of an organization's disaster recovery planning process, which of the following is MOST important for the IS auditor to verify?
Which of the following is the BEST methodology to use for estimating the complexity of developing a large business application?
Which of the following is a PRIMARY responsibility of an IT steering committee?
An IS auditor has been tasked to review the processes that prevent fraud within a business expense claim system. Which of the following stakeholders is MOST important to involve in this review?
A CFO has requested an audit of IT capacity management due to a series of finance system slowdowns during month-end reporting. What would be MOST important to consider before including this audit in the program?
Which of the following BEST enables an organization to improve the visibility of end-user computing (EUC) applications that support regulatory reporting?
A vendor requires privileged access to a key business application. Which of the following is the BEST recommendation to reduce the risk of data leakage?
Which of the following should be restricted from a network administrator's privileges in an adequately segregated IT environment?
An IS auditor is reviewing the security of a web-based customer relationship management (CRM) system that is directly accessed by customers via the Internet, which of the following should be a concern for the auditor?
An organization has established hiring policies and procedures designed specifically to ensure network administrators are well qualified Which type of control is in place?
Which of the following is the BEST way to verify the effectiveness of a data restoration process?
When auditing the closing stages of a system development protect which of the following should be the MOST important consideration?
Which of the following is the MOST important factor when an organization is developing information security policies and procedures?
During a review, an IS auditor discovers that corporate users are able to access cloud-based applications and data any Internet-connected web browser. Which Of the following
is the auditor’s BEST recommendation to prevent unauthorized access?
An IS auditor is asked to review an organization's technology relationships, interfaces, and data. Which of the following enterprise architecture (EA) areas is MOST appropriate this review? (Choose Correct answer and give explanation from CISA Certification - Information Systems Auditor official book)
An organization outsourced its IS functions to meet its responsibility for disaster recovery, the organization should:
An IS auditor is evaluating the progress of a web-based customer service application development project. Which of the following would be MOST helpful for this evaluation?
Which of the following is the BEST source of information for examining the classification of new data?
Which of the following is MOST helpful to an IS auditor when assessing the effectiveness of controls?
Which of the following provides the BEST evidence that a third-party service provider's information security controls
are effective?
The BEST way to prevent fraudulent payments is to implement segregation of duties between the vendor setup and:
When auditing the feasibility study of a system development project, the IS auditor should:
An IS auditor learns that an in-house system development life cycle (SDLC) project has not met user specifications. The auditor should FIRST examine requirements from which of the following phases?
A review of IT interface controls finds an organization does not have a process to identify and correct records that do not get transferred to the receiving system Which of the following is the IS auditors BEST recommendation?
