Answer / guest

Answer: C

Encryption provides security for data during transmission.
The other choices do not provide protection during data
transmission.

Accountability for the maintenance of appropriate security measures over information assets resides with the: A. security administrator. B. systems administrator. C. data and systems owners. D. systems operations group.

2 Answers  

---

A LAN administrator normally would be restricted from: A. having end-user responsibilities. B. reporting to the end-user manager. C. having programming responsibilities. D. being responsible for LAN security administration.

2 Answers  

---

Which of the following is the MOST critical element of an effective disaster recovery plan (DRP)? A. Offsite storage of backup data B. Up-to-date list of key disaster recovery contacts C. Availability of a replacement data center D. Clearly defined recovery time objective (RTO)

1 Answers  

---

Following a reorganization of a company's legacy database, it was discovered that records were accidentally deleted. Which of the following controls would have MOST effectively detected this occurrence? A. Range check B. Table lookups C. Run-to-run totals D. One-for-one checking

1 Answers  

---

During a post-implementation review of an enterprise resource management system, an IS auditor would MOST likely: A. review access control configuration. B. evaluate interface testing. C. review detailed design documentation. D. evaluate system testing.

1 Answers  

---

Authentication is the process by which the: A. system verifies that the user is entitled to input the transaction requested. B. system verifies the identity of the user. C. user identifies himself to the system. D. user indicates to the system that the transaction was processed correctly.

1 Answers  

---

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

1 Answers  

---

An IS auditor has just completed a review of an organization that has a mainframe and a client-server environment where all production data reside. Which of the following weaknesses would be considered the MOST serious? A. The security officer also serves as the database administrator (DBA.) B. Password controls are not administered over the client/server environment. C. There is no business continuity plan for the mainframe system?s non-critical applications. D. Most LANs do not back up file server fixed disks regularly.

1 Answers  

---

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

1 Answers  

---

An Internet-based attack using password sniffing can: A. enable one party to act as if they are another party. B. cause modification to the contents of certain transactions. C. be used to gain access to systems containing proprietary information. D. result in major problems with billing systems and transaction processing agreements.

1 Answers  

---

A team conducting a risk analysis is having difficulty projecting the financial losses that could result from a risk. To evaluate the potential losses the team should: A. compute the amortization of the related assets. B. calculate a return on investment (ROI). C. apply a qualitative approach. D. spend the time needed to define exactly the loss amount.

1 Answers  

---

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.

2 Answers  

---