A long-term IS employee with a strong technical background
and broad managerial experience has applied for a vacant
position in the IS audit department. Determining whether to
hire this individual for this position should be based on
the individual's experience and:
A. the length of service since this will help ensure
technical competence.
B. age as training in audit techniques may be impractical.
C. IS knowledge since this will bring enhanced credibility
to the audit function.
D. ability, as an IS auditor, to be independent of existing
IS relationships.
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Answer: D
Independence should be continually assessed by the auditor
and management. This assessment should consider such factors
as changes in personal relationships, financial interests
and prior job assignments and responsibilities. The fact
that the employee has worked in IS for many years may not in
itself ensure credibility. The audit department's needs
should be defined and any candidate should be evaluated
against those requirements. In addition, the length of
service will not ensure technical competency, and evaluating
an individual's qualifications based on the age of the
individual is not a good criterion and is illegal in many
parts of the world.
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D. ability, as an IS auditor, to be independent of existing
IS relationships.
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The impact of EDI on internal controls will be: A. that fewer opportunities for review and authorization will exist. B. an inherent authentication. C. a proper distribution of EDI transactions while in the possession of third parties. D. that IPF management will have increased responsibilities over data center controls.
The primary role of an IS auditor during the system design phase of an application development project is to: A. advise on specific and detailed control procedures. B. ensure the design accurately reflects the requirement. C. ensure all necessary controls are included in the initial design. D. advise the development manager on adherence to the schedule.
Which of the following types of controls is designed to provide the ability to verify data and record values through the stages of application processing? A. Range checks B. Run-to-run totals C. Limit checks on calculated amounts D. Exception reports
An IS auditor discovers that programmers have update access to the live environment. In this situation, the IS auditor is LEAST likely to be concerned that programmers can: A. authorize transactions. B. add transactions directly to the database. C. make modifications to programs directly. D. access data from live environment and provide faster maintenance.
An existing system is being extensively enhanced by extracting and reusing design and program components. This is an example of: A. reverse engineering. B. prototyping. C. software reuse. D. reengineering.
When selecting software, which of the following business and technical issues is the MOST important to be considered? A. Vendor reputation B. Requirements of the organization C. Cost factors D. Installed base
When auditing the proposed acquisition of a new computer system, the IS auditor should FIRST establish that: A. a clear business case has been approved by management. B. corporate security standards will be met. C. users will be involved in the implementation plan. D. the new system will meet all required user functionality.
Which of the following would be of MOST concern to an IS auditor reviewing a VPN implementation? Computers on the network that are located: A. on the enterprise's facilities. B. at the backup site. C. in employees' homes. D. at the enterprise's remote offices.
An organization is considering connecting a critical PC-based system to the Internet. Which of the following would provide the BEST protection against hacking? A. An application-level gateway B. A remote access server C. A proxy server D. Port scanning
In the ISO/OSI model, which of the following protocols is the FIRST to establish security for the user application? A. Session layer. B. Transport layer C. Network layer D. Presentation layer
An offsite information processing facility: A. should have the same amount of physical access restrictions as the primary processing site. B. should be easily identified from the outside so that in the event of an emergency it can be easily found. C. should be located in proximity to the originating site so that it can quickly be made operational. D. need not have the same level of environmental monitoring as the originating site since this would be cost prohibitive.
With the help of the security officer, granting access to data is the responsibility of: A. data owners. B. programmers. C. system analysts. D. librarians.