Responsibility and reporting lines cannot always be
established when auditing automated systems since:
A. diversified control makes ownership irrelevant.
B. staff traditionally change jobs with greater frequency.
C. ownership is difficult to establish where resources are
shared.
D. duties change frequently in the rapid development of
technology.
Answer / guest
Answer: C
Because of the diversified nature of both data and
application systems, the actual owner of data and
applications may be hard to establish.
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Which of the following physical access controls would provide the highest degree of security over unauthorized access? A. Bolting door lock B. Cipher lock C. Electronic door lock D. Fingerprint scanner
Confidential data residing on a PC is BEST protected by: A. a password. B. file encryption. C. removable diskettes. D. a key operated power source.
Utility programs that assemble software modules needed to execute a machine instruction application program version are: A. text editors. B. program library managers. C. linkage editors and loaders. D. debuggers and development aids.
A primary reason for an IS auditor's involvement in the development of a new application system is to ensure that: A. adequate controls are built into the system. B. user requirements are satisfied by the system. C. sufficient hardware is available to process the system. D. data are being developed for pre-implementation testing of the system.
A programmer managed to gain access to the production library, modified a program that was then used to update a sensitive table in the payroll database and restored the original program. Which of the following methods would MOST effectively detect this type of unauthorized changes? A. Source code comparison B. Executable code comparison C. Integrated test facilities (ITF) D. Review of transaction log files
Which of the following Internet security threats could compromise integrity? A. Theft of data from the client B. Exposure of network configuration information C. A trojan horse browser D. Eavesdropping on the net
Which of the following BEST describes an IT department?s strategic planning process? A. The IT department will have either short-range or long-range plans depending on the organization?s broader plans and objectives. B. The IT department?s strategic plan must be time and project oriented, but not so detailed as to address and help determine priorities to meet business needs. C. Long-range planning for the IT department should recognize organizational goals, technological advances and regulatory requirements. D. Short-range planning for the IT department does not need to be integrated into the short-range plans of the organization since technological advances will drive the IT department plans much quicker than organizational plans.
Which of the following is intended to detect the loss or duplication of input? A. Hash totals B. Check digits C. Echo checks D. Transaction codes
Which of the following would an IS auditor place LEAST reliance on when determining management's effectiveness in communicating information systems policies to appropriate personnel? A. Interviews with user and IS personnel B. Minutes of IS steering committee meetings C. User department systems and procedures manuals D.Information processing facilities operations and procedures manuals
The Primary purpose of audit trails is to
Which of the following is a measure of the size of an information system based on the number and complexity of a system's inputs, outputs and files? A. Program evaluation review technique (PERT) B. Rapid application development (RAD) C. Function point analysis (FPA) D. Critical path method (CPM)
Which of the following fire suppressant systems would an IS auditor expect to find when conducting an audit of an unmanned computer center? A. Carbon dioxide B. Halon C. Dry-pipe sprinkler D. Wet-pipe sprinkler