The success of control self-assessment (CSA) depends highly
on:
A. Having line managers assume a portion of the responsibility for control monitoring.
B. Assigning staff managers the responsibility for building,
but not monitoring, controls.
C. The implementation of stringent control policy and rule-
driven controls.
D. The implementation of supervision and the monitoring of
control assigned duties
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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.
Which of the following is MOST directly affected by network performance monitoring tools? A. Integrity B. Availability C. Completeness D. Confidentiality
Which of the following has the LEAST effect on controlling physical access? A. Access to the work area is restricted through a swipe card. B. All physical assets have an identification tag and are properly recorded. C. Access to the premises is restricted and all visitors authorized for entry. D. Visitors are issued a pass and escorted in and out by a concerned employee.
A request for a change to a report format in a module (subsystem) was made. After making the required changes, the programmer should carry out: A. unit testing. B. unit and module testing. C. unit, module and regression testing. D. module testing.
Sign-on procedures include the creation of a unique user ID and password. However, an IS auditor discovers that in many cases the user name and password are the same. The BEST control to mitigate this risk is to: A. change the company's security policy. B. educate users about the risk of weak passwords. C. build in validations to prevent this during user creation and password change. D. require a periodic review of matching user ID and passwords for detection and correction.
Which of the following duties would be a concern if performed along with systems administration? A. Maintenance of access rules B. Review of system audit trail C. Data librarian D. Performance monitoring
Which of the following disaster recovery/continuity plan components provides the GREATEST assurance of recovery after a disaster? A. The alternate facility will be available until the original information processing facility is restored. B. User management was involved in the identification of critical systems and their associated critical recovery times. C. Copies of the plan are kept at the homes of key decision making personnel. D. Feedback to management assuring them that the business continuity plans are indeed workable and that the procedures are current.
IS management has recently informed the IS auditor of its decision to disable certain referential integrity controls in the payroll system to provide users with a faster report generator. This will MOST likely increase the risk of: A. data entry by unauthorized users. B. a nonexistent employee being paid. C. an employee receiving an unauthorized raise. D. duplicate data entry by authorized users.
Confidential data stored on a laptop is BEST protected by: A. storage on optical disks. B. logon ID and password. C. data encryption. D. physical locks.
The PRIMARY objective of conducting a post-implementation review is to assess whether the system A) achieved the desired objectives B) provides for backup and recovery C) provides for information security D) documentation is clear and understandable
When performing an audit of access rights, an IS auditor should be suspicious of which of the following if allocated to a computer operator? A. READ access to data B. DELETE access to transaction data files C. Logged READ/EXECUTE access to programs D. UPDATE access to job control language/script files
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