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Question # 401

An IS auditor is reviewing an organization's business intelligence infrastructure. The BEST recommendation to help the organization achieve a reasonable level of data quality would be to:

Options:

A.  

review data against data classification standards.

B.  

outsource data cleansing to skilled service providers.

C.  

consolidate data stored across separate databases into a warehouse.

D.  

analyze the data against predefined specifications.

Discussion 0
Question # 402

The BEST way to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly developed application is to:

Options:

A.  

perform a post-implementation review-

B.  

analyze load testing results.

C.  

perform a secure code review.

D.  

review acceptance testing results.

Discussion 0
Question # 403

Which of the following BEST contributes to the quality of an audit of a business-critical application?

Options:

A.  

Assigning the audit to independent external auditors

B.  

Reviewing previous findings reported by the application owner

C.  

Identifying common coding errors made by the development team

D.  

Involving the application owner early in the audit planning process

Discussion 0
Question # 404

Which of the following would present the GREATEST concern during a review of internal audit quality assurance (QA) and continuous improvement processes?

Options:

A.  

The audit program does not involve periodic engagement with external assessors.

B.  

Quarterly reports are not distributed to the audit committee.

C.  

Results of corrective actions are not tracked consistently.

D.  

Substantive testing is not performed during the assessment phase of some audits.

Discussion 0
Question # 405

Which of the following is the BEST security control to validate the integrity of data communicated between production databases and a big data analytics

system?

Options:

A.  

Hashing in-scope data sets

B.  

Encrypting in-scope data sets

C.  

Running and comparing the count function within the in-scope data sets

D.  

Hosting a digital certificate for in-scope data sets

Discussion 0
Question # 406

An IS audit reveals an IT application is experiencing poor performance including data inconsistency and integrity issues. What is the MOST likely cause?

Options:

A.  

Database clustering

B.  

Data caching

C.  

Reindexing of the database table

D.  

Load balancing

Discussion 0
Question # 407

Which of the following is the BEST point in time to conduct a post-implementation review?

Options:

A.  

After a full processing cycle

B.  

Immediately after deployment

C.  

After the warranty period

D.  

Prior to the annual performance review

Discussion 0
Question # 408

In which of the following sampling methods is the entire sample considered to be irregular if a single error is found?

Options:

A.  

Discovery sampling

B.  

Variable sampling

C.  

Stop-or-go sampling

D.  

Judgmental sampling

Discussion 0
Question # 409

Which of the following is the BEST compensating control against segregation of duties conflicts in new code development?

Options:

A.  

Adding the developers to the change approval board

B.  

A small number of people have access to deploy code

C.  

Post-implementation change review

D.  

Creation of staging environments

Discussion 0
Question # 410

An organization plans to replace its nightly batch processing backup to magnetic tape with real-time replication to a second data center. Which of the following is the GREATEST risk associated with this change?

Options:

A.  

Version control issues

B.  

Reduced system performance

C.  

Inability to recover from cybersecurity attacks

D.  

Increase in IT investment cost

Discussion 0
Question # 411

During a pre-deployment assessment, what is the BEST indication that a business case will lead to the achievement of business objectives?

Options:

A.  

The business case reflects stakeholder requirements.

B.  

The business case is based on a proven methodology.

C.  

The business case passed a quality review by an independent party.

D.  

The business case identifies specific plans for cost allocation.

Discussion 0
Question # 412

Which of the following presents the GREATEST risk of data leakage in the cloud environment?

Options:

A.  

Lack of data retention policy

B.  

Multi-tenancy within the same database

C.  

Lack of role-based access

D.  

Expiration of security certificate

Discussion 0
Question # 413

What is the PRIMARY reason for an organization to classify the data stored on its internal networks?

Options:

A.  

To determine data retention policy

B.  

To implement data protection requirements

C.  

To comply with the organization's data policies

D.  

To follow industry best practices

Discussion 0
Question # 414

When a data center is attempting to restore computing facilities at an alternative site following a disaster, which of the following should be restored FIRST?

Options:

A.  

Data backups

B.  

Decision support system

C.  

Operating system

D.  

Applications

Discussion 0
Question # 415

When physical destruction IS not practical, which of the following is the MOST effective means of disposing of sensitive data on a hard disk?

Options:

A.  

Overwriting multiple times

B.  

Encrypting the disk

C.  

Reformatting

D.  

Deleting files sequentially

Discussion 0
Question # 416

Which of the following is the MOST important reason for an IS auditor to examine the results of a post-incident review performed after a security incident?

Options:

A.  

To evaluate the effectiveness of continuous improvement efforts

B.  

To compare incident response metrics with industry benchmarks

C.  

To re-analyze the incident to identify any hidden backdoors planted by the attacker

D.  

To evaluate the effectiveness of the network firewall against future security breaches

Discussion 0
Question # 417

An IS auditor is planning an audit of an organization's risk management practices. Which of the following would provide the MOST useful information about

risk appetite?

Options:

A.  

Risk policies

B.  

Risk assessments

C.  

Prior audit reports

D.  

Management assertion

Discussion 0
Question # 418

The PRIMARY purpose of an incident response plan is to:

Options:

A.  

reduce the impact of an adverse event on information assets.

B.  

increase the effectiveness of preventive controls.

C.  

reduce the maximum tolerable downtime (MTD) of impacted systems.

D.  

increase awareness of impacts from adverse events to IT systems.

Discussion 0
Question # 419

Which of the following would be an auditor's GREATEST concern when reviewing data inputs from spreadsheets into the core finance system?

Options:

A.  

Undocumented code formats data and transmits directly to the database.

B.  

There is not a complete inventory of spreadsheets, and file naming is inconsistent.

C.  

The department data protection policy has not been reviewed or updated for two years.

D.  

Spreadsheets are accessible by all members of the finance department.

Discussion 0
Question # 420

A small IT department has embraced DevOps, which allows members of this group to deploy code to production and maintain some development access to automate releases. Which of the following is the MOST effective control?

Options:

A.  

Enforce approval prior to deployment by a member of the team who has not taken part in the development.

B.  

The DevOps team provides an annual policy acknowledgment that they did not develop and deploy the same code.

C.  

Annual training reinforces the need to maintain segregation between developers and deployers of code

D.  

The IT compliance manager performs weekly reviews to ensure the same person did not develop and deploy code.

Discussion 0
Question # 421

Which of the following is MOST critical to the success of an information security program?

Options:

A.  

Alignment of information security with IT objectives

B.  

Management’s commitment to information security

C.  

Integration of business and information security

D.  

User accountability for information security

Discussion 0
Question # 422

Which of the following is MOST important for the successful establishment of a security vulnerability management program?

Options:

A.  

A robust tabletop exercise plan

B.  

A comprehensive asset inventory

C.  

A tested incident response plan

D.  

An approved patching policy

Discussion 0
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