Which of the following is LEAST likely to be contained in a
digital certificate for the purposes of verification by a
trusted third party (TTP)/certification authority (CA)?
A. Name of the TTP/CA
B. Public key of the sender
C. Name of the public key holder
D. Time period for which the key is valid
Answer / guest
Answer: C
The public key is stored in the key servers and can be
accessed by anyone, and therefore, the holders of the public
key are unlikely to be included in the certificate. In
addition, the public key holder is not needed for validation
of the certificate. The name of the CA is needed for
validation of the certificate, since the public key of the
CA is needed to verify the public key of the message sender,
before it can be used to verify the message. The public key
of the sender is needed to verify the message hash, while
the time period for which the key is valid is needed to
ensure the key is still valid.
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Which of the following is a check (control) for completeness? A. Check digits B. Parity bits C. One-for-one checking D. Prerecorded input
An IS auditor reviewing database controls discovered that changes to the database during normal working hours were handled through a standard set of procedures. However, changes made after normal hours required only an abbreviated number of steps. In this situation, which of the following would be considered an adequate set of compensating controls? A. Allow changes to be made only with the DBA user account. B. Make changes to the database after granting access to a normal user account C. Use the DBA user account to make changes, log the changes and review the change log the following day. D. Use the normal user account to make changes, log the changes and review the change log the following day.
Which of the following would be included in an IS strategic plan? A. Specifications for planned hardware purchases B. Analysis of future business objectives C. Target dates for development projects D. Annual budgetary targets for the IS department
Which of the following would be the LEAST likely indication that complete or selected outsourcing of IS functions should be considered? A. The applications development backlog is greater than three years. B. It takes one year to develop and implement a high-priority system. C. More than 60 percent of programming costs are spent on system maintenance. D. Duplicate information systems functions exist at two sites.
An IS auditor doing penetration testing during an audit of Internet connections would: A. evaluate configurations. B. examine security settings. C. ensure virus-scanning software is in use. D. use tools and techniques that are available to a hacker.
Which of the following tasks is normally performed by a clerk in the control group? A. Maintenance of an error log B. Authorization of transactions C. Control of noninformation systems assets D. Origination of changes to master files
Which of the following implementation modes would provide the GREATEST amount of security for outbound data connecting to the Internet? A. Transport mode with authentication header plus encapsulating security payload (ESP) B. Secure socket layer (SSL) mode C. Tunnel mode with AH plus ESP D. Triple-DES encryption mode
Which of the following components of a business continuity plan is PRIMARILY the responsibility of an organization?s IS department? A. Developing the business continuity plan B. Selecting and approving the strategy for business continuity plan C. Declaring a disaster D. Restoring the IS systems and data after a disaster
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.
An IS auditor reviewing an outsourcing contract of IT facilities would expect it to define the: A. hardware configuration. B. access control software. C. ownership of intellectual property. D. application development methodology.
Utility programs that assemble software modules needed to execute a machine instruction application program version are: A. text editors. B. program library managers. C. linkage editors and loaders. D. debuggers and development aids.
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.