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The wiring and schematic diagram of the network is necessary
to carry out a network audit. A network audit may not be
feasible if a network wiring and schematic diagram is not
available. All other documents are important but not necessary.

When reviewing an organization's logical access security, which of the following would be of the MOST concern to an IS auditor? A. Passwords are not shared. B. Password files are encrypted. C. Redundant logon IDs are deleted. D. The allocation of logon IDs is controlled.

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The MOST significant level of effort for business continuity planning (BCP) generally is required during the: A. testing stage. B. evaluation stage. C. maintenance stage. D. early stages of planning.

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Which of the following systems-based approaches would a financial processing company employ to monitor spending patterns to identify abnormal patterns and report them? A. A neural network B. Database management software C. Management information systems D. Computer assisted audit techniques

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During an audit of a telecommunications system the IS auditor finds that the risk of intercepting data transmitted to and from remote sites is very high. The MOST effective control for reducing this exposure is: A. encryption. B. callback modems. C. message authentication. D. dedicated leased lines.

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A hardware control that helps to detect errors when data are communicated from one computer to another is known as a: A. duplicate check. B. table lookup. C. validity check. D. parity check.

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Which of the following are data file controls? A. Internal and external labeling B. Limit check and logical relationship checks C. Total items and hash totals D. Report distribution procedures

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To prevent an organization's computer systems from becoming part of a distributed denial-of-service attack, IP packets containing addresses that are listed as unroutable can be isolated by: A. establishing outbound traffic filtering. B. enabling broadcast blocking. C. limiting allowable services. D. network performance monitoring.

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A decision support system (DSS): A. is aimed at solving highly structured problems. B. combines the use of models with nontraditional data access and retrieval functions. C. emphasizes flexibility in the decision making approach of users. D. supports only structured decision-making tasks.

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For which of the following applications would rapid recovery be MOST crucial? A. Point-of-sale system B. Corporate planning C. Regulatory reporting D. Departmental chargeback

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When logging on to an online system, which of the following processes would the system perform FIRST? A. Initiation B. Verification C. Authorization D. Authentication

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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.

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An organization having a number of offices across a wide geographical area has developed a disaster recovery plan (DRP). Using actual resources, which of the following is the MOST cost-effective test of the DRP? A. Full operational test B. Preparedness test C. Paper test D. Regression test

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