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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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Answer: C
Threats, such as a power outage, are possible sources of
danger to the assets of an organization. Lack of security is
a vulnerability. Vulnerabilities are a set of circumstances
susceptible to attack. Loss of goodwill is an impact.
Information services are assets, vulnerable to threats and
the resulting impacts.
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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 control that detects transmission errors by appending calculated bits onto the end of each segment of data is known as a: A. reasonableness check. B. parity check. C. redundancy check. D. check digits.
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Which of the following types of controls is designed to provide the ability to verify data and record values through the stages of application processing? A. Range checks B. Run-to-run totals C. Limit checks on calculated amounts D. Exception reports
Which of the following is a control over component communication failure/errors? A. Restricting operator access and maintaining audit trails B. Monitoring and reviewing system engineering activity C. Providing network redundancy D. Establishing physical barriers to the data transmitted over the network
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