Which of the following is an advantage of an integrated test
facility (ITF)?
A. It uses actual master files or dummies and the IS auditor
does not have to review the source of the transaction.
B. Periodic testing does not require separate test processes.
C. It validates application systems and tests the ongoing
operation of the system.
D. It eliminates the need to prepare test data.
Answer / guest
Answer: B
An integrated test facility creates a fictitious entity in
the database to process test transactions simultaneously
with live input. Its advantage is that periodic testing does
not require separate test processes. However, careful
planning is necessary and test data must be isolated from
production data.
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Which of the following BEST describes the objectives of following a standard system development methodology? A. To ensure that appropriate staffing is assigned and to provide a method of controlling costs and schedules B. To provide a method of controlling costs and schedules and to ensure communication among users, IS auditors, management and IS personnel C. To provide a method of controlling costs and schedules and an effective means of auditing project development D. To ensure communication among users, IS auditors, management and personnel and to ensure that appropriate staffing is assigned
Which of the following can consume valuable network bandwidth? A. Trojan horses B. Trap doors C. Worms D. Vaccines
Which of the following represents the GREATEST risk created by a reciprocal agreement for disaster recovery made between two companies? A. Developments may result in hardware and software incompatibility. B. Resources may not be available when needed. C. The recovery plan cannot be tested. D. The security infrastructures in each company may be different.
Which of the following procedures can a biometric system perform? A. Measure airborne contamination. B. Provide security over physical access. C. Monitor temperature and humidity levels. D. Detect hazardous electromagnetic fields in an area.
IT governance ensures that an organization aligns its IT strategy with: A. Enterprise objectives. B. IT objectives. C. Audit objectives. D. Finance objectives.
The PRIMARY objective of a business continuity and disaster recovery plan should be to: A. safeguard critical IS assets. B. provide for continuity of operations. C. minimize the loss to an organization. D. protect human life.
Which of the following techniques or tools would assist an IS auditor when performing a statistical sampling of financial transactions maintained in a financial management information system? A. Spreadsheets B. Parallel simulation C. Generalized audit software D. Regression testing
Which of the following functions, if performed by scheduling and operations personnel, would be in conflict with a policy requiring a proper segregation of duties? A. Job submission B. Resource management C. Code correction D. Output distribution
An organization has been an Internet user for several years and the business plan now calls for initiating e-commerce via web-based transactions. Which of the following will LEAST impact transactions in e-commerce? A. Encryption is required B. Timed authentication is required C. Firewall architecture hides the internal network D. Traffic is exchanged through the firewall at the application layer only
Access rules normally are included in which of the following documentation categories? A. Technical reference documentation B. User manuals C. Functional design specifications D. System development methodology documents
An IS auditor discovers that an organization?s business continuity plan provides for an alternate processing site that will accommodate fifty percent of the primary processing capability. Based on this, which of the following actions should the IS auditor take? A. Do nothing, because generally, less than twenty-five percent of all processing is critical to an organization?s survival and the backup capacity, therefore is adequate. B. Identify applications that could be processed at the alternate site and develop manual procedures to backup other processing. C. Ensure that critical applications have been identified and that the alternate site could process all such applications. D. Recommend that the information processing facility arrange for an alternate processing site with the capacity to handle at least seventy-five percent of normal processing.
When evaluating the collective effect of preventive, detective or corrective controls within a process an IS auditor should be aware: A. of the point at which controls are exercised as data flows through the system. B. that only preventive and detective controls are relevant. C. that corrective controls can only be regarded as compensating. D. that classification allows an IS auditor to determine which controls are missing.