Which of the following offsite information processing
facility conditions would cause an IS auditor the GREATEST
concern? The facility
A. is identified clearly on the outside with the company name.
B. is located more than an hour driving distance from the
originating site.
C. does not have any windows to let in natural sunlight.
D. entrance is located in the back of the building rather
than the front.
Answer / guest
Answer: A
The offsite facility should not be easily identified from
the outside. Signs identifying the company and the contents
of the facility should not be present. This is to prevent
intentional sabotage of the offsite facility should the
destruction of the originating site be from malicious
attack. The offsite facility should not be subject to the
same natural disaster that affected the originating site.
The offsite facility must also be secured and controlled
just as the originating site. This includes adequate
physical access controls, such as locked doors, no windows
and human surveillance.
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The knowledge base of an expert system that uses questionnaires to lead the user through a series of choices before a conclusion is reached is known as: A. rules. B. decision trees. C. semantic nets. D. data flow diagrams.
A company has implemented a new client-server enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Local branches transmit customer orders to a central manufacturing facility. Which of the following would BEST ensure that the orders are entered accurately and the corresponding products are produced? A. Verifying production to customer orders B. Logging all customer orders in the ERP system C. Using hash totals in the order transmitting process D. Approving (production supervisor) orders prior to production
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.
In a small organization, an employee performs computer operations and, when the situation demands, program modifications. Which of the following should the IS auditor recommend? A. Automated logging of changes to development libraries B. Additional staff to provide separation of duties C. Procedures that verify that only approved program changes are implemented D. Access controls to prevent the operator from making program modifications
The MOST effective method for limiting the damage of an attack by a software virus is: A. software controls. B. policies, standards and procedures. C. logical access controls. D. data communication standards.
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While developing a risk-based audit program, which of the following would the IS auditor MOST likely focus on? A. Business processes B. Critical IT applications C. Corporate objectives D. Business strategies
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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