Which of the following would be included in an IS strategic
plan?
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Answer / burhan babeker homaida
Analysis of future business opjectives
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Answer / aravind
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
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Answer / guest
Long term and short term plans to meet overal business
objective.
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Answer / burhan babeker homaida
Target dates for development projects
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Which of the following is MOST effective in controlling application maintenance? A. Informing users of the status of changes B. Establishing priorities on program changes C. Obtaining user approval of program changes D. Requiring documented user specifications for changes
Losses can be minimized MOST effectively by using outside storage facilities to do which of the following? A. Provide current, critical information in backup files B. Ensure that current documentation is maintained at the backup facility C. Test backup hardware D. Train personnel in backup procedures
The window of time recovery of information processing capabilities is based on the: A. criticality of the processes affected. B. quality of the data to be processed. C. nature of the disaster. D. applications that are mainframe based.
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.
Which of the following provides the framework for designing and developing logical access controls? A. Information systems security policy B. Access control lists C. Password management D. System configuration files
The difference between whitebox testing and blackbox testing is that whitebox testing: A. involves the IS auditor. B. is performed by an independent programmer team. C. examines a program's internal logical structure. D. uses the bottom-up approach.
Which of the following would allow a company to extend it?s enterprise?s intranet across the Internet to it?s business partners? A. Virtual private network B. Client-Server C. Dial-Up access D. Network service provider
Which of the following exposures associated with the spooling of sensitive reports for offline printing would an IS auditor consider to be the MOST serious? A. Sensitive data can be read by operators. B. Data can be amended without authorization. C. Unauthorized report copies can be printed. D. Output can be lost in the event of system failure.
The reason for having controls in an IS environment: A. remains unchanged from a manual environment, but the implemented control features may be different. B. changes from a manual environment, therefore the implemented control features may be different. C. changes from a manual environment, but the implemented control features will be the same. D. remains unchanged from a manual environment and the implemented control features will also be the same.
Which of the following would be the LEAST helpful in restoring service from an incident currently underway? A. Developing a database repository of past incidents and actions to facilitate future corrective actions B. Declaring the incident, which not only helps to carry out corrective measures, but also improves the awareness level C. Developing a detailed operations plan that outlines specific actions to be taken to recover from an incident D. Establishing multidisciplinary teams consisting of executive management, security staff, information systems staff, legal counsel, public relations, etc., to carry out the response.
Which of the following duties would be a concern if performed along with systems administration? A. Maintenance of access rules B. Review of system audit trail C. Data librarian D. Performance monitoring
A critical function of a firewall is to act as a: A. special router that connects the Internet to a LAN. B. device for preventing authorized users from accessing the LAN. C. server used to connect authorized users to private trusted network resources. D. proxy server to increase the speed of access to authorized users.