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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Answer: C
Recovery managers should be rotated to ensure the experience
of the recovery plan is spread. Clients may be involved but
not necessarily in every case. Not all technical staff
should be involved in each test. Remote or offsite backup
should always be used.
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D. Install locally stored backup.
Clients may be optionally involved but the excercise should require participation of primary recovery staff. Local backup should always be used.
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Which of the following controls is LEAST likely to detect changes made online to master records? A. Update access to master file is restricted to a supervisor independent of data entry. B. Clerks enter updates online and are finalized by an independent supervisor. C. An edit listing of all updates is produced daily and reviewed by an independent supervisor. D. An update authorization form must be approved by an independent supervisor before entry.
Which of the following is the BEST audit procedure to determine if a firewall is configured in compliance with an organization's security policy? A. Review the parameter settings B. Interview the firewall administrator C. Review the actual procedures D. Review the device's log file for recent attacks
Which of the following testing methods is MOST effective during the initial phases of prototyping? A. System B. Parallel C. Volume D. Top-down
Which of the following is an object-oriented technology characteristic that permits an enhanced degree of security over data? A. Inheritance B. Dynamic warehousing C. Encapsulation D. Polymorphism
A company performs full backup of data and programs on a regular basis. The primary purpose of this practice is to: A. maintain data integrity in the applications. B. restore application processing after a disruption. C. prevent unauthorized changes to programs and data. D. ensure recovery of data processing in case of a disaster.
An Internet-based attack using password sniffing can: A. enable one party to act as if they are another party. B. cause modification to the contents of certain transactions. C. be used to gain access to systems containing proprietary information. D. result in major problems with billing systems and transaction processing agreements.
As part of the business continuity planning process, which of the following should be identified FIRST in the business impact analysis (BIA)? A. Organizational risks, such as single point-of-failure and infrastructure risk B. Threats to critical business processes C. Critical business processes for ascertaining the priority for recovery D. Resources required for resumption of business
When a systems development life cycle (SDLC) methodology is inadequate, the MOST serious immediate risk is that the new system will: A. be completed late. B. exceed the cost estimates. C. not meet business and user needs. D. be incompatible with existing systems.
A disaster recovery plan (DRP) for an organization should: A. reduce the length of the recovery time and the cost of recovery. B. increase the length of the recovery time and the cost of recovery. C. reduce the duration of the recovery time and increase the cost of recovery. D. not affect the recovery time nor the cost of recovery.
The interface that allows access to lower or higher level network services is called: A. firmware. B. middleware. C. X.25 interface. D. utilities.
IS auditors who have participated in the development of an application system might have their independence impaired if they: A. perform an application development review. B. recommend control and other system enhancements. C. perform an independent evaluation of the application after its implementation. D. are involved actively in the design and implementation of the application system.
During an audit of an enterprise that is dedicated to e-commerce, the IS manager states that digital signatures are used in the establishment of its commercial relations. To substantiate this, the IS auditor must prove that which of the following is used? A. A biometric, digitalized and encrypted parameter with the customer's public key B. A hash of the data that is transmitted and encrypted with the customer's private key C. A hash of the data that is transmitted and encrypted with the customer's public key D. The customer's scanned signature, encrypted with the customer's public key