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Answer: B

Network security reviews include reviewing router access
control lists, port scanning, internal and external
connections to the system, etc. Environmental reviews,
business continuity reviews and data integrity reviews do
not require a review of the router access control lists.

A tax calculation program maintains several hundred tax rates. The BEST control to ensure that tax rates entered into the program are accurate is: A. an independent review of the transaction listing. B. a programmed edit check to prevent entry of invalid data. C. programmed reasonableness checks with 20 percent data entry range. D. a visual verification of data entered by the processing department.

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When two or more systems are integrated, input/output controls must be reviewed by the IS auditor in the: A. systems receiving the output of other systems. B. systems sending output to other systems. C. systems sending and receiving data. D. interfaces between the two systems.

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Which audit technique provides the BEST evidence of the segregation of duties in an IS department? A. Discussion with management B. Review of the organization chart C. Observation and interviews D. Testing of user access rights

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An IS auditor doing penetration testing during an audit of Internet connections would: A. evaluate configurations. B. examine security settings. C. ensure virus-scanning software is in use. D. use tools and techniques that are available to a hacker.

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Authentication is the process by which the: A. system verifies that the user is entitled to input the transaction requested. B. system verifies the identity of the user. C. user identifies himself to the system. D. user indicates to the system that the transaction was processed correctly.

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Which of the following is a practice that should be incorporated into the plan for testing disaster recovery procedures? A. Invite client participation. B. Involve all technical staff. C. Rotate recovery managers. D. Install locally stored backup.

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An IS auditor performing an application maintenance audit would review the log of program changes for the: A. authorization for program changes. B. creation date of a current object module. C. number of program changes actually made. D. creation date of a current source program.

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With regard to sampling it can be said that: A. sampling is generally applicable when the population relates to an intangible or undocumented control. B. if an auditor knows internal controls are strong, the confidence coefficient may be lowered. C. attribute sampling would help prevent excessive sampling of an attribute by stopping an audit test at the earliest possible moment. D. variable sampling is a technique to estimate the rate of occurrence of a given control or set of related controls.

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Which of the following would be of MOST concern to an IS auditor reviewing a VPN implementation? Computers on the network that are located: A. on the enterprise's facilities. B. at the backup site. C. in employees' homes. D. at the enterprise's remote offices.

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E-mail message authenticity and confidentiality is BEST achieved by signing the message using the:

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An IS auditor reviewing operating system access discovers that the system is not secured properly. In this situation, the IS auditor is LEAST likely to be concerned that the user might: A. create new users. B. delete database and log files. C. access the system utility tools. D. access the system writeable directories.

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The initial step in establishing an information security program is the: A. development and implementation of an information security standards manual. B. performance of a comprehensive security control review by the IS auditor. C. adoption of a corporate information security policy statement. D. purchase of security access control software.

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