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IIA-CIA-Part3 Exam Dumps - Business Knowledge for Internal Auditing

Question # 4

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a spear phishing attack?

A.

Numerous and consistent attacks on the company's website caused the server to crash and service was disrupted.

B.

A person posing as a representative of the company's IT help desk called several employees and played a generic prerecorded message requesting password data.

C.

A person received a personalized email regarding a golf membership renewal, and he clicked a hyperlink to enter his credit card data into a fake website.

D.

Many users of a social network service received fake notifications of a unique opportunity to invest in a new product

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Question # 5

An intruder posing as the organization's CEO sent an email and tricked payroll staff into providing employees' private tax information. What type of attack was perpetrated?

A.

Boundary attack.

B.

Spear phishing attack.

C.

Brute force attack.

D.

Spoofing attack.

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Question # 6

The management of working capital is most crucial for which of the following aspects of business?

A.

Liquidity

B.

Profitability

C.

Solvency

D.

Efficiency

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Question # 7

An organization has an agreement with a third-party vendor to have a fully operational facility, duplicate of the original site and configured to the organization's needs, in order to quickly recover operational capability in the event of a disaster, Which of the following best describes this approach to disaster recovery planning?

A.

Cold recovery plan,

B.

Outsourced recovery plan.

C.

Storage area network recovery plan.

D.

Hot recovery plan

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Question # 8

Which of the following is true regarding the use of remote wipe for smart devices?

A.

It can restore default settings and lock encrypted data when necessary.

B.

It enables the erasure and reformatting of secure digital (SD) cards.

C.

It can delete data backed up to a desktop for complete protection if required.

D.

It can wipe data that is backed up via cloud computing

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Question # 9

An organization was forced to stop production unexpectedly, as raw materials could not be delivered due to a military conflict in the region. Which of the following plans have most likely failed to support the organization?

A.

Just-in-time delivery plans.

B.

Backup plans.

C.

Contingency plans.

D.

Standing plans.

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Question # 10

An organization's board of directors is particularly focused on positioning, the organization as a leader in the industry and beating the competition. Which of the following strategies offers the greatest alignment with the board's focus?

A.

Divesting product lines expected to have negative profitability.

B.

Increasing the diversity of strategic business units.

C.

Increasing investment in research and development for a new product.

D.

Relocating the organization's manufacturing to another country.

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Question # 11

Which of the following is most important for an internal auditor to check with regard to the database version?

A.

Verify whether the organization uses the most recent database software version.

B.

Verify whether the database software version is supported by the vendor.

C.

Verify whether the database software version has been recently upgraded.

D.

Verify whether .access to database version information is appropriately restricted.

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Question # 12

An organization discovered fraudulent activity involving the employee time-tracking system. One employee regularly docked in and clocked out her co-worker friends on their days off, inflating their reported work hours and increasing their wages. Which of the following physical authentication devices would be most effective at disabling this fraudulent scheme?

A.

Face or finger recognition equipment,

B.

Radiofrequency identification chips to authenticate employees with cards.

C.

A requirement to clock in and clock out with a unique personal identification number.

D.

A combination of a smart card and a password to clock in and clock out.

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Question # 13

Which of the following organization structures would most likely be able to cope with rapid changes and uncertainties?

A.

Decentralized

B.

Centralized

C.

Departmentalized

D.

Tall structure

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Question # 14

Which of the following is a characteristic of big data?

A.

Big data is being generated slowly due to volume.

B.

Big data must be relevant for the purposes of organizations.

C.

Big data comes from a single type of formal.

D.

Big data is always changing

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Question # 15

Management is designing its disaster recovery plan. In the event that there is significant damage to the organization's IT systems this plan should enable the organization to resume operations at a recovery site after some configuration and data restoration. Which of the following is the ideal solution for management in this scenario?

A.

A warm recovery plan.

B.

A cold recovery plan.

C.

A hot recovery plan.

D.

A manual work processes plan

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Question # 16

Which of the following is the most appropriate beginning step of a work program for an assurance engagement involving smart devices?

A.

Train all employees on bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies.

B.

Understand what procedures are in place for locking lost devices

C.

Obtain a list of all smart devices in use

D.

Test encryption of all smart devices

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Question # 17

Which of the following parties is most likely to be responsible for maintaining the infrastructure required to prevent the failure of a real-time backup of a database?

A.

IT database administrator.

B.

IT data center manager.

C.

IT help desk function.

D.

IT network administrator.

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Question # 18

Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of managerial accounting, which is not applicable to financial accounting?

A.

Managerial accounting uses double-entry accounting and cost data.

B.

Managerial accounting uses general accepted accounting principles.

C.

Managerial accounting involves decision making based on quantifiable economic events.

D.

Managerial accounting involves decision making based on predetermined standards.

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Question # 19

An IT auditor is evaluating IT controls of a newly purchased information system. The auditor discovers that logging is not configured al database and application levels. Operational management explains that they do not have enough personnel to manage the logs and they see no benefit in keeping logs. Which of the fallowing responses best explains risks associated with insufficient or absent logging practices?

A.

The organization will be unable to develop preventative actions based on analytics.

B.

The organization will not be able to trace and monitor the activities of database administers.

C.

The organization will be unable to determine why intrusions and cyber incidents took place.

D.

The organization will be unable to upgrade the system to newer versions.

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Question # 20

Which of the following measures the operating success of a company for a given period of time?

A.

Liquidity ratios.

B.

Profitability ratios.

C.

Solvency ratios.

D.

Current ratios.

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Question # 21

Which of the following statements is true regarding user developed applications (UDAs) and traditional IT applications?

A.

UDAs arid traditional JT applications typically follow a similar development life cycle

B.

A UDA usually includes system documentation to illustrate its functions, and IT-developed applications typically do not require such documentation.

C.

Unlike traditional IT applications. UDAs typically are developed with little consideration of controls.

D.

IT testing personnel usually review both types of applications thoroughly to ensure they were developed properly.

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Question # 22

According to IIA guidance on IT, which of the following best describes a situation where data backup plans exist to ensure that critical data can be restored at some point in the future, but recovery and restore processes have not been defined?

A.

Hot recovery plan

B.

Warm recovery plan

C.

Cold recovery plan

D.

Absence of recovery plan

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Question # 23

According to IIA guidance, which of the following is a broad collection of integrated policies, standards, and procedures used to guide the planning and execution of a project?

A.

Project portfolio.

B.

Project development

C.

Project governance.

D.

Project management methodologies

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Question # 24

An organization is considering integration of governance, risk., and compliance (GRC) activities into a centralized technology-based resource. In implementing this GRC

resource, which of the following is a key enterprise governance concern that should be fulfilled by the final product?

A.

The board should be fully satisfied that there is an effective system of governance in place through accurate, quality information provided.

B.

Compliance, audit, and risk management can find and seek efficiencies between their functions through integrated information reporting.

C.

Key compliance and risk metrics can be tracked and compared throughout the enterprise, aiding in identifying problem departments.

D.

Data analytics can be utilized for trending of the data to ensure that patterns and ongoing monitoring occurs throughout the organization.

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Question # 25

Which of the following is an example of a physical control designed to prevent security breaches?

A.

Preventing database administrators from initiating program changes

B.

Blocking technicians from getting into the network room.

C.

Restricting system programmers' access to database facilities

D.

Using encryption for data transmitted over the public internet

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Question # 26

An organization buys equity securities for trading purposes and sells them within a short time period. Which of the following is the correct way to value and report those securities at a financial statement date?

A.

At fair value with changes reported in the shareholders' equity section.

B.

At fair value with changes reported in net income.

C.

At amortized cost in the income statement.

D.

As current assets in the balance sheet

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Question # 27

Which of the following statements is true regarding user-developed applications (UDAs)?

A.

UDAs are less flexible and more difficult to configure than traditional IT applications.

B.

Updating UDAs may lead to various errors resulting from changes or corrections.

C.

UDAs typically are subjected to application development and change management controls.

D.

Using UDAs typically enhances the organization's ability to comply with regulatory factors.

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Question # 28

While auditing an organization's customer call center, an internal auditor notices that Key performance indicators show a positive trend, despite the fact that there have been increasing customer complaints over the same period. Which of the following audit recommendations would most likely correct the cause of this inconsistency?

A.

Review the call center script used by customer service agents to interact with callers, and update the script if necessary.

B.

Be-emphasize the importance of call center employees completing a certain number of calls per hour.

C.

Retrain call center staff on area processes and common technical issues that they will likely be asked to resolve.

D.

Increase the incentive for call center employees to complete calls quickly and raise the number of calls completed daily

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Question # 29

An employee was promoted within the organization and relocated to a new office in a different building. A few months later, security personnel discovered that the employee's smart card was being used to access the building where she previously worked. Which of the following security controls could prevent such an incident from occurring?

A.

Regular review of logs.

B.

Two-level authentication.

C.

Photos on smart cards.

D.

Restriction of access hours.

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Question # 30

According to IIA guidance, which of the following links computers and enables them to -communicate with each other?

A.

Application program code

B.

Database system

C.

Operating system

D.

Networks

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Question # 31

An organization has instituted a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) work environment. Which of the following policies best addresses the increased risk to the organization's network incurred by this environment?

A.

Limit the use of the employee devices for personal use to mitigate the risk of exposure to organizational data.

B.

Ensure that relevant access to key applications is strictly controlled through an approval and review process.

C.

Institute detection and authentication controls for all devices used for network connectivity and data storage.

D.

Use management software scan and then prompt parch reminders when devices connect to the network

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Question # 32

An investor has acquired an organization that has a dominant position in a mature. slew-growth Industry and consistently creates positive financial income.

Which of the following terms would the investor most likely label this investment in her portfolio?

A.

A star

B.

A cash cow

C.

A question mark

D.

A dog

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Question # 33

A third party who provides payroll services to the organization was asked to create audit or “read-only 1 functionalities in their systems. Which of the following statements is true regarding this request?

A.

This will support execution of the right-to-audit clause.

B.

This will enforce robust risk assessment practices

C.

This will address cybersecurity considerations and concerns.

D.

This will enhance the third party's ability to apply data analytics

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Question # 34

In an effort to increase business efficiencies and improve customer service offered to its major trading partners, management of a manufacturing and distribution company established a secure network, which provides a secure channel for electronic data interchange between the company and its partners. Which of the following network types is illustrated by this scenario?

A.

A value-added network.

B.

A local area network.

C.

A metropolitan area network.

D.

A wide area network.

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Question # 35

The board of directors wants to implement an incentive program for senior management that is specifically tied to the long-term health of the organization. Which of the following methods of compensation would be best to achieve this goal?

A.

Commissions.

B.

Stock options

C.

Gain-sharing bonuses.

D.

Allowances

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Question # 36

The chief audit executive (CAE) has been asked to evaluate the chief technology officer's proposal to outsource several key functions in the organization's IT department. Which of the following would be the most appropriate action for the CAE to determine whether the proposal aligns with the organization's strategy?

A.

Understand strategic context and evaluate whether supporting information is reliable and complete.

B.

Ascertain whether governance and approval processes are transparent, documented, and completed.

C.

Perform a due diligence review or asses management's review of provider operations.

D.

Identify key performance measures and data sources.

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Question # 37

According to Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory of Motivation, which of the following factors arc mentioned most often by satisfied employees?

A.

Salary and status

B.

Responsibility and advancement

C.

Work conditions and security

D.

Peer relationships and personal life

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Question # 38

Which of the following actions should an internal auditor take to clean the data obtained for analytics purposes?

A.

Deploys data visualization tool.

B.

Adopt standardized data analysis software.

C.

Define analytics objectives and establish outcomes.

D.

Eliminate duplicate records.

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Question # 39

Which of the following should software auditors do when reporting internal audit findings related to enterprisewide resource planning?

A.

Draft separate audit reports for business and IT management.

B.

Conned IT audit findings to business issues.

C.

Include technical details to support IT issues.

D.

Include an opinion on financial reporting accuracy and completeness.

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Question # 40

Which component of an organization's cybersecurity risk assessment framework would allow management to implement user controls based on a user's role?

A.

Prompt response and remediation policy

B.

Inventory of information assets

C.

Information access management

D.

Standard security configurations

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Question # 41

When reviewing application controls using the four-level model, which of the following processes are associated with level 4 of the business process method?

A.

Activity

B.

Subprocess

C.

Major process

D.

Mega process

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Question # 42

Which of the following intangible assets is considered to have an indefinite life?

A.

Underground oil deposits

B.

Copyright

C.

Trademark

D.

Land

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Question # 43

Which of the following measures would best protect an organization from automated attacks whereby the attacker attempts to identify weak or leaked passwords in order to log into employees' accounts?

A.

Requiring users to change their passwords every two years.

B.

Requiring two-step verification for all users

C.

Requiring the use of a virtual private network (VPN) when employees are out of the office.

D.

Requiring the use of up-to-date antivirus, security, and event management tools.

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Question # 44

An internal auditor discusses user-defined default passwords with the database administrator. Such passwords will be reset as soon as the user logs in for the first time, but the initial value of the password is set as "123456." Which of the following are the auditor and the database administrator most likely discussing in this situation?

A.

Whether it would be more secure to replace numeric values with characters.

B.

What happens in the situations where users continue using the initial password.

C.

What happens in the period between the creation of the account and the password change.

D.

Whether users should be trained on password management features and requirements.

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Question # 45

Which of the following is classified as a product cost using the variable costing method?

1. Direct labor costs.

2. Insurance on a factory.

3. Manufacturing supplies.

4. Packaging and shipping costa.

A.

1 and 2

B.

1 and 3

C.

2 and 4

D.

3 and 4

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Question # 46

An internal auditor identified a database administrator with an incompatible dual role. Which of the following duties should not be performed by the identified administrator?

A.

Designing and maintaining the database.

B.

Preparing input data and maintaining the database.

C.

Maintaining the database and providing its security,

D.

Designing the database and providing its security

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Question # 47

Which of the following statements is true regarding a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environment?

A.

There is a greater need for organizations to rely on users to comply with policies and procedures.

B.

With fewer devices owned by the organization, there is reduced need to maintain documented policies and procedures.

C.

Incident response times are less critical in the BYOD environment, compared to a traditional environment

D.

There is greater sharing of operational risk in a BYOD environment

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Question # 48

What is the primary purpose of an Integrity control?

A.

To ensure data processing is complete, accurate, and authorized.

B.

To ensure data being processed remains consistent and intact.

C.

To monitor the effectiveness of other controls

D.

To ensure the output aligns with the intended result.

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Question # 49

An internal auditor for a pharmaceutical company as planning a cybersecurity audit and conducting a risk assessment. Which of the following would be considered the most significant cyber threat to the organization?

A.

Cybercriminals hacking into the organization's time and expense system to collect employee personal data.

B.

Hackers breaching the organization's network to access research and development reports

C.

A denial-of-service attack that prevents access to the organization's website.

D.

A hacker accessing she financial information of the company

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Question # 50

According to 11A guidance on IT, which of the following spreadsheets is most likely to be considered a high-risk user-developed application?

A.

A revenue calculation spreadsheet supported with price and volume reports from the production department.

B.

An asset retirement calculation spreadsheet comprised of multiple formulas and assumptions.

C.

An ad-hoc inventory listing spreadsheet comprising details of written-off inventory quantities.

D.

An accounts receivable reconciliation spreadsheet used by the accounting manager to verify balances

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Question # 51

Which of the following is most appropriately placed in the financing section of an organization's cash budget?

A.

Collections from customers

B.

Sale of securities.

C.

Purchase of trucks.

D.

Payment of debt, including interest

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