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One of the objectives of a DRP is to reduce both the
duration and cost of recovering from a disaster. DRP would
increase the cost of operations before and after the
disaster occurs, but should reduce the time to return to
normal operations and the cost that could result from a
disaster.

An IS auditor discovers evidence of fraud perpetrated with a manager's user id. The manager had written the password, allocated by the system administrator, inside his/her desk drawer. The IS auditor should conclude that the: A. manager's assistant perpetrated the fraud. B. perpetrator cannot be established beyond doubt. C. fraud must have been perpetrated by the manager. D. system administrator perpetrated the fraud.

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Which of the following is a control to compensate for a programmer having access to accounts payable production data? A. Processing controls such as range checks and logic edits B. Reviewing accounts payable output reports by data entry C. Reviewing system-produced reports for checks (cheques) over a stated amount D. Having the accounts payable supervisor match all checks (cheques) to approved invoices

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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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Which of the following systems or tools can recognize that a credit card transaction is more likely to have resulted from a stolen credit card than from the holder of the credit card? A. Intrusion detection systems B. Data mining techniques C. Firewalls D. Packet filtering routers

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The use of residual biometric information to gain unauthorized access is an example of which of the following attacks? A. Replay B. Brute force C. Cryptographic D. Mimic

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An organization wants to enforce data integrity principles and achieve faster performance/execution in a database application. Which of the following design principles should be applied? A. User (customized) triggers B. Data validation at the front end C. Data validation at the back end D. Referential integrity

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Which of the following is a threat? A. Lack of security B. Loss of goodwill C. Power outage D. Information services

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The planning and monitoring of computer resources to ensure that they are being used efficiently and effectively is: A. hardware monitoring. B. capacity management. C. network management. D. job scheduling.

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A team conducting a risk analysis is having difficulty projecting the financial losses that could result from a risk. To evaluate the potential losses the team should: A. compute the amortization of the related assets. B. calculate a return on investment (ROI). C. apply a qualitative approach. D. spend the time needed to define exactly the loss amount.

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Which of the following would be a MAJOR disadvantage of using prototyping as a systems development methodology? A. User expectations of project timescales may be overly optimistic. B. Effective change control and management is impossible to implement. C. User participation in day-to-day project management may be too extensive. D. Users usually are not sufficiently knowledgeable to assist in system development.

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Good quality software is BEST achieved: A. through thorough testing. B. by finding and quickly correcting programming errors. C. determining the amount of testing by the available time and budget. D. by applying well-defined processes and structured reviews throughout the project.

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Which of the following is the MOST reasonable option for recovering a noncritical system? A. Warm site B. Mobile site C. Hot site D. Cold site

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