The objective of IT governance is to ensure that the IT
strategy is aligned with the objectives of (the):
A. enterprise.
B. IT.
C. audit.
D. finance.
Answer / guest
Answer: A
The objective of IT governance is to ensure that the IT
strategy is aligned with the enterprise/business objectives.
Choices B, C, D are not the main objectives.
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At the end of the testing phase of software development, an IS auditor observes that an intermittent software error has not been corrected. No action has been taken to resolve the error. The IS auditor should: A. report the error as a finding and leave further exploration to the auditee's discretion. B. attempt to resolve the error. C. recommend that problem resolution be escalated. D. ignore the error, as it is not possible to get objective evidence for the software error.
A debugging tool, which reports on the sequence of steps executed by a program, is called a/an: A. output analyzer. B. memory dump. C. compiler. D. logic path monitor.
Which of the following is an implementation risk within the process of decision support systems? A. Management control B. Semistructured dimensions C. Inability to specify purpose and usage patterns D. Changes in decision processes
Which of the following audit techniques would an IS auditor place the MOST reliance on when determining whether an employee practices good preventive and detective security measures? A. Observation B. Detail testing C. Compliance testing D. Risk assessment
An IS auditor performing an independent classification of systems should consider a situation where functions could be performed manually at a tolerable cost for an extended period of time as: A. critical. B. vital. C. sensitive. D. noncritical.
Which of the following functions, if combined, would be the GREATEST risk to an organization? A. Systems analyst and database administrator B. Quality assurance and computer operator C. Tape librarian and data entry clerk D. Application programmer and tape librarian
The planning and monitoring of computer resources to ensure that they are being used efficiently and effectively is: A. hardware monitoring. B. capacity management. C. network management. D. job scheduling.
An IS auditor performing an application maintenance audit would review the log of program changes for the: A. authorization for program changes. B. creation date of a current object module. C. number of program changes actually made. D. creation date of a current source program.
Congestion control is BEST handled by which OSI layer? A. Data link B. Session layer C. Transport layer D. Network layer
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
When auditing the requirements phase of a system development project, an IS auditor would: A. assess the adequacy of audit trails. B. identify and determine the criticality of the need. C. verify cost justifications and anticipated benefits. D. ensure that control specifications have been defined.
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.