The Primary purpose of audit trails is to
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for ascertaining the accountability of transactions done
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to ensure audit controls meet the orgnization's objectives
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provide useful information to auditors who may wish to track
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The purpose of debugging programs is to: A. generate random data that can be used to test programs before implementing them. B. protect valid changes from being overwritten by other changes during programming. C. define the program development and maintenance costs to be include in the feasibility study. D. ensure that abnormal terminations and coding flaws are detected and corrected.
Which of the following systems or tools can recognize that a credit card transaction is more likely to have resulted from a stolen credit card than from the holder of the credit card? A. Intrusion detection systems B. Data mining techniques C. Firewalls D. Packet filtering routers
In planning a software development project, which of the following is the MOST difficult to determine? A. Project slack times B. The project's critical path C. Time and resource requirements for individual tasks D. Relationships that preclude the start of an activity before others are complete
Which of the following would be considered a business risk? A. Former employees B. Part-time and temporary personnel C. Loss of competitive edge D. Hackers
Which of the following findings would an IS auditor be MOST concerned about when performing an audit of backup and recovery and the offsite storage vault? A. There are three individuals with a key to enter the area. B. Paper documents also are stored in the offsite vault. C. Data files, which are stored in the vault, are synchronized. D. The offsite vault is located in a separate facility.
To check the performance of flow and error control, an IS auditor should focus the use of a protocol analyzer on which of the following layers? A. Network B. Transport C. Data link D. Application
Which of the following types of firewalls would BEST protect a network from an Internet attack? A. Screened subnet firewall B. Application filtering gateway C. Packet filtering router D. Circuit-level gateway
Which of the following would be a compensating control to mitigate risks resulting from an inadequate segregation of duties? A. Sequence check B. Check digit C. Source documentation retention D. Batch control reconciliations
Which of the following BEST provides access control to payroll data being processed on a local server? A. Logging of access to personal information B. Separate password for sensitive transactions C. Software restricts access rules to authorized staff D. System access restricted to business hours
Antivirus software should be used as a: A. detective control. B. preventive control. C. corrective control. D. compensating control.
Java applets and ActiveX controls are distributed executable programs that execute in the background of a web browser client. This practice is considered reasonable when: A. a firewall exists. B. a secure web connection is used. C. the source of the executable is certain. D. the host website is part of your organization.
Which tests is an IS auditor performing when certain program is selected to determine if the source and object versions are the same?