An IS auditor should be involved in:
A. observing tests of the disaster recovery plan.
B. developing the disaster recovery plan.
C. maintaining the disaster recovery plan.
D. reviewing the disaster recovery requirements of supplier
contracts.
Answer / guest
Answer: A
The IS auditor should always be present when disaster
recovery plans are tested, to ensure that the test meets the
required targets for restoration and recovery procedures are
effective and efficient, reporting on the results as
appropriate. IS auditors may be involved in overseeing plan
development, but they are unlikely to be involved in the
actual development process. Similarly, an audit of plan
maintenance may be conducted, but the IS auditor would not
normally have any responsibility for the actual maintenance.
An IS auditor may be asked to comment upon various elements
of a supplier contract but, again, this is not always the case.
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Antivirus software should be used as a: A. detective control. B. preventive control. C. corrective control. D. compensating control.
An IS auditor performing a review of an application's controls would evaluate the: A. efficiency of the application in meeting the business processes. B. impact of any exposures discovered. C. business processes served by the application. D. the application's optimization.
Which of the following independent duties is traditionally performed by the data control group? A. Access to data B. Authorization tables C. Custody of assets D. Reconciliation
To meet pre-defined criteria, which of the following continuous audit techniques would BEST identify transactions to audit? A. Systems Control Audit Review File and Embedded Audit Modules (SCARF/EAM) B. Continuous and Intermittent Simulation (CIS) C. Integrated Test Facilities (ITF) D. Audit hooks
Which of the following is an objective of a control self-assessment (CSA) program? A. Concentration on areas of high risk B. Replacement of audit responsibilities C. Completion of control questionnaires D. Collaborative facilitative workshops
Which of the following procedures would MOST effectively detect the loading of illegal software packages onto a network? A. The use of diskless workstations B. Periodic checking of hard drives C. The use of current antivirus software D. Policies that result in instant dismissal if violated
Which of the following integrity tests examines the accuracy, completeness, consistency and authorization of data? A. Data B. Relational C. Domain D. Referential
During the course of an audit, the IS auditor discovers that the human resources (HR) department uses a cloud-based application to manage employee records. The HR department engaged in a contract outside of the normal vendor management process and manages the application on its own. Which of the following choices is of MOST concern? A. Maximum acceptable downtime metrics have not been defined in the contract. B. The IT department does not manage the relationship with the cloud vendor. C. The help desk call center is in a different country, with different privacy requirements. D. Company-defined security policies are not applied to the cloud application.
The interface that allows access to lower or higher level network services is called: A. firmware. B. middleware. C. X.25 interface. D. utilities.
Which of the following is a substantive test?
An IS auditor has been assigned to conduct a test that compares job run logs to computer job schedules. Which of the following observations would be of the GREATEST concern to the IS auditor? A. There are a growing number of emergency changes. B. There were instances when some jobs were not completed on time. C. There were instances when some jobs were overridden by computer operators. D. Evidence shows that only scheduled jobs were run.
An IS auditor should use statistical sampling and not judgmental (nonstatistical) sampling, when: A. the probability of error must be objectively quantified. B. the auditor wants to avoid sampling risk. C. generalized audit software is unavailable. D. the tolerable error rate cannot be determined.