When reviewing the quality of an IS department's development
process, the IS auditor finds that they do not use any
formal, documented methodology and standards. The IS
auditor's MOST appropriate action would be to:
A. complete the audit and report the finding.
B. investigate and recommend appropriate formal standards.
C. document the informal standards and test for compliance.
D. withdraw and recommend a further audit when standards are
implemented.
Answer / guest
Answer: C
The IS auditor's first concern would be to ensure that
projects are consistently managed. Where it is claimed that
an internal standard exists, it is important to ensure that
it is operated correctly, even when this means documenting
the claimed standards first. Merely reporting the issue as a
weakness and closing the audit without findings would not
help the organization in any way and investigating formal
methodologies may be unnecessary if the existing, informal
standards prove to be adequate and effective.
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An IS auditor who has discovered unauthorized transactions during a review of EDI transactions is likely to recommend improving the: A. EDI trading partner agreements. B. physical controls for terminals. C. authentication techniques for sending and receiving messages. D. program change control procedures.
Which of the following tasks is performed by the same person in a well-controlled information processing facility/computer center? A. Security administration and management B. Computer operations and system development C. System development and change management D. System development and systems maintenance
The PRIMARY benefit of database normalization is the: A. minimization redundancy of information in tables required to satisfy users? needs. B. ability to satisfy more queries. C. maximization of database integrity by providing information in more than one table. D. minimization of response time through faster processing of information.
In an EDI process, the device which transmits and receives electronic documents is the: A. communications handler. B. EDI translator. C. application interface. D. EDI interface.
A digital signature contains a message digest to: A. show if the message has been altered after transmission. B. define the encryption algorithm. C. confirm the identity of the originator. D. enable message transmission in a digital format.
During an audit of the tape management system at a data center, an IS auditor discovered that parameters are set to bypass or ignore the labels written on tape header records. The IS auditor also determined that effective staging and job setup procedures were in place. In this situation, the IS auditor should conclude that the: A. tape headers should be manually logged and checked by the operators. B. staging and job setup procedures are not appropriate compensating controls. C. staging and job setup procedures compensate for the tape label control weakness. D. tape management system parameters must be set to check all labels.
Before reporting results of an audit to senior management, an IS auditor should: A. Confirm the findings with auditees. B. Prepare an executive summary and send it to auditee management. C. Define recommendations and present the findings to the audit committee. D. Obtain agreement from the auditee on findings and actions to be taken.
The FIRST step in developing a business continuity plan (BCP) is to: A. classify the importance of systems. B. establish a disaster recovery strategy. C. determine the critical recovery time period. D. perform a risk ranking.
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
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.
An IS auditor reviewing back-up procedures for software need only determine that: A. object code libraries are backed up. B. source code libraries are backed up. C. both object and source codes libraries are backed up. D. program patches are maintained at the originating site.
Which audit technique provides the BEST evidence of the segregation of duties in an IS department? A. Discussion with management B. Review of the organization chart C. Observation and interviews D. Testing of user access rights