CISA : Certified Information Systems Auditor : Part 125

  1. What process allows IS management to determine whether the activities of the organization differ from the planned or expected levels?

    • Business impact assessment
    • Risk assessment
    • IS assessment methods
    • Key performance indicators (KPIs)

    Explanation: 
    IS assessment methods allow IS management to determine whether the activities of the organization differ from the planned or expected levels.

  2. When should reviewing an audit client’s business plan be performed relative to reviewing an organization’s IT strategic plan?

    • Reviewing an audit client’s business plan should be performed before reviewing an organization’s IT strategic plan.
    • Reviewing an audit client’s business plan should be performed after reviewing an organization’s IT strategic plan.
    • Reviewing an audit client’s business plan should be performed during the review of an organization’s IT strategic plan.
    • Reviewing an audit client’s business plan should be performed without regard to an organization’s IT strategic plan.
    Explanation: 
    Reviewing an audit client’s business plan should be performed before reviewing an organization’s IT strategic plan.
  3. Allowing application programmers to directly patch or change code in production programs increases risk of fraud. True or false?

    • True
    • False
    Explanation: 
    Allowing application programmers to directly patch or change code in production programs increases risk of fraud.
  4. Who should be responsible for network security operations?

    • Business unit managers
    • Security administrators
    • Network administrators
    • IS auditors
    Explanation: 
    Security administrators are usually responsible for network security operations.
  5. Proper segregation of duties does not prohibit a quality control administrator from also being responsible for change control and problem management. True or false?

    • True
    • False
    Explanation: 
    Proper segregation of duties does not prohibit a quality-control administrator from also being responsible for change control and problem management.
  6. What can be implemented to provide the highest level of protection from external attack?

    • Layering perimeter network protection by configuring the firewall as a screened host in a screened subnet behind the bastion host
    • Configuring the firewall as a screened host behind a router
    • Configuring the firewall as the protecting bastion host
    • Configuring two load-sharing firewalls facilitating VPN access from external hosts to internal hosts
    Explanation: 
    Layering perimeter network protection by configuring the firewall as a screened host in a screened subnet behind the bastion host provides a higher level of protection from external attack than all other answers.
  7. The directory system of a database-management system describes:

    • The access method to the data
    • The location of data AND the access method
    • The location of data
    • Neither the location of data NOR the access method
    Explanation: 
    The directory system of a database-management system describes the location of data and the access method.
  8. How is the risk of improper file access affected upon implementing a database system?

    • Risk varies.
    • Risk is reduced.
    • Risk is not affected.
    • Risk is increased.
    Explanation: 
    Improper file access becomes a greater risk when implementing a database system.
  9. In order to properly protect against unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data, how should hard disks be sanitized?

    • The data should be deleted and overwritten with binary 0s.
    • The data should be demagnetized.
    • The data should be low-level formatted.
    • The data should be deleted.
    Explanation: 
    To properly protect against unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data, hard disks should be demagnetized before disposal or release.
  10. When reviewing print systems spooling, an IS auditor is MOST concerned with which of the following vulnerabilities?

    • The potential for unauthorized deletion of report copies
    • The potential for unauthorized modification of report copies
    • The potential for unauthorized printing of report copies
    • The potential for unauthorized editing of report copies
    Explanation: 
    When reviewing print systems spooling, an IS auditor is most concerned with the potential for unauthorized printing of report copies.
  11. Why is the WAP gateway a component warranting critical concern and review for the IS auditor when auditing and testing controls enforcing message confidentiality?

    • WAP is often configured by default settings and is thus insecure.
    • WAP provides weak encryption for wireless traffic.
    • WAP functions as a protocol-conversion gateway for wireless TLS to Internet SSL.
    • WAP often interfaces critical IT systems.
    Explanation: 
    Functioning as a protocol-conversion gateway for wireless TLS to Internet SSL, the WAP gateway is a component warranting critical concern and review for the IS auditor when auditing and testing controls that enforce message confidentiality
  12. Proper segregation of duties prevents a computer operator (user) from performing security administration duties. True or false?

    • True
    • False
    Explanation: 
    Proper segregation of duties prevents a computer operator (user) from performing security administration duties.
  13. How do modems (modulation/demodulation) function to facilitate analog transmissions to enter a digital network?

    • Modems convert analog transmissions to digital, and digital transmission to analog.
    • Modems encapsulate analog transmissions within digital, and digital transmissions within analog.
    • Modems convert digital transmissions to analog, and analog transmissions to digital.
    • Modems encapsulate digital transmissions within analog, and analog transmissions within digital.
    Explanation: 
    Modems (modulation/demodulation) convert analog transmissions to digital, and digital transmissions to analog, and are required for analog transmissions to enter a digital network.
  14. Which of the following are effective in detecting fraud because they have the capability to consider a large number of variables when trying to resolve a problem?

    • Expert systems
    • Neural networks
    • Integrated synchronized systems
    • Multitasking applications
    Explanation: 
    Neural networks are effective in detecting fraud because they have the capability to consider a large number of variables when trying to resolve a problem.
  15. What supports data transmission through split cable facilities or duplicate cable facilities?

    • Diverse routing
    • Dual routing
    • Alternate routing
    • Redundant routing
    Explanation: 
    Diverse routing supports data transmission through split cable facilities, or duplicate cable facilities.
  16. What type(s) of firewalls provide(s) the greatest degree of protection and control because both firewall technologies inspect all seven OSI layers of network traffic?

    • A first-generation packet-filtering firewall
    • A circuit-level gateway
    • An application-layer gateway, or proxy firewall, and stateful-inspection firewalls
    • An application-layer gateway, or proxy firewall, but not stateful-inspection firewalls
    Explanation:
    An application-layer gateway, or proxy firewall, and stateful-inspection firewalls provide the greatest degree of protection and control because both firewall technologies inspect all seven OSI layers of network traffic.
  17. Which of the following can degrade network performance?

    • Superfluous use of redundant load-sharing gateways
    • Increasing traffic collisions due to host congestion by creating new collision domains
    • Inefficient and superfluous use of network devices such as switches
    • Inefficient and superfluous use of network devices such as hubs
    Explanation: 
    Inefficient and superfluous use of network devices such as hubs can degrade network performance.
  18. Which of the following provide(s) near-immediate recoverability for time-sensitive systems and transaction processing?

    • Automated electronic journaling and parallel processing
    • Data mirroring and parallel processing
    • Data mirroring
    • Parallel processing
    Explanation: 
    Data mirroring and parallel processing are both used to provide near- immediate recoverability for time-sensitive systems and transaction processing.
  19. What is an effective control for granting temporary access to vendors and external support personnel?

    • Creating user accounts that automatically expire by a predetermined date
    • Creating permanent guest accounts for temporary use
    • Creating user accounts that restrict logon access to certain hours of the day
    • Creating a single shared vendor administrator account on the basis of least-privileged access
    Explanation: 
    Creating user accounts that automatically expire by a predetermined date is an effective control for granting temporary access to vendors and external support personnel.
  20. Which of the following help(s) prevent an organization’s systems from participating in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack?

    • Inbound traffic filtering
    • Using access control lists (ACLs) to restrict inbound connection attempts
    • Outbound traffic filtering
    • Recentralizing distributed systems
    Explanation: 
    Outbound traffic filtering can help prevent an organization’s systems from participating in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
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