The FIRST task an IS auditor should complete when performing
an audit in an unfamiliar area is to:
A. design the audit programs for each system or function
involved.
B. develop a set of compliance tests and substantive tests.
C. gather background information pertinent to the new audit.
D. assign human and economical resources.
Answer / guest
Answer: C
Proper planning is the necessary first step in performing
effective audits. The IS auditor's first task should be to
gather background information, such as business sector,
applied benchmarks, specific trends and regulatory and legal
requirements. This will allow the auditor to better
understand what to audit. After gathering initial
information, the auditor would then identify the audit
subject and audit objectives, define the scope, establish
the information systems and functions involved, and identify
the needed resources.
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Which of the following tests is an IS auditor performing when a sample of programs is selected to determine if the source and object versions are the same? A. A substantive test of program library controls B. A compliance test of program library controls C. A compliance test of the program compiler controls D. A substantive test of the program compiler controls
In planning an audit, the MOST critical step is the identification of the:
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
An organization having a number of offices across a wide geographical area has developed a disaster recovery plan (DRP). Using actual resources, which of the following is the MOST cost-effective test of the DRP? A. Full operational test B. Preparedness test C. Paper test D. Regression test
Which of the following would be considered an essential feature of a network management system? A. A graphical interface to map the network topology B. Capacity to interact with the Internet to solve the problems C. Connectivity to a help desk for advice on difficult issues D. An export facility for piping data to spreadsheets
The purpose of debugging programs is to: A. generate random data that can be used to test programs before implementing them. B. protect valid changes from being overwritten by other changes during programming. C. define the program development and maintenance costs to be include in the feasibility study. D. ensure that abnormal terminations and coding flaws are detected and corrected.
An IS auditor involved as a team member in the detailed system design phase of a system under development would be MOST concerned with: A. internal control procedures. B. user acceptance test schedules. C. adequacy of the user training program. D. clerical processes for resubmission of rejected items.
Which of the following processes describes risk assessment? Risk assessment is: A. subjective. B. objective. C. mathematical. D. statistical.
The window of time recovery of information processing capabilities is based on the: A. criticality of the processes affected. B. quality of the data to be processed. C. nature of the disaster. D. applications that are mainframe based.
Which of the following would an IS auditor place LEAST reliance on when determining management's effectiveness in communicating information systems policies to appropriate personnel? A. Interviews with user and IS personnel B. Minutes of IS steering committee meetings C. User department systems and procedures manuals D.Information processing facilities operations and procedures manuals
The PRIMARY reason for using digital signatures is to ensure data: A. confidentiality. B. integrity. C. availability. D. timeliness.
During a review of a customer master file an IS auditor discovered numerous customer name duplications arising from variations in customer first names. To determine the extent of the duplication the IS auditor would use: A. test data to validate data input. B. test data to determine system sort capabilities. C. generalized audit software to search for address field duplications. D. generalized audit software to search for account field duplications.