Question 1

An organization suffered significant damage to its local file and application servers as a result of a hurricane. Fortunately, the organization was able to recover all information backed up by its overseas third-party contractor.

Which of the following approaches has been used by the organization?

Options :

A : Application management.

B : Data center management.

C : Managed security services.

D : Systems integration.

Answer: B

Question 2

Which of the following management statements illustrates how natural bias can lead to poor decision making?

Options :

A : "Although we previously agreed that we would launch a new product this year, we changed our minds and decided to terminate the launch."

B : "Due to the crisis that arose last week, we are not prepared to provide the board with an estimate of next year-s revenue."

C : "We will continue manufacturing the same products in the same way that we always have, because this tradition has made our organization successful."

D : "We decided to postpone expanding into the new market because of high uncertainty at this time."

Answer: C

Question 3

According to IIA guidance, which of the following statements is true regarding analytical procedures?

Options :

A : Data relationships are assumed to exist and to continue where no known conflicting conditions exist.

B : Analytical procedures are intended primarily to ensure the accuracy of the information being examined.

C : Data relationships cannot include comparisons between operational and statistical data.

D : Analytical procedures can be used to identify unexpected differences, but cannot be used to identify the absence of differences.

Answer: B

Question 4

In response to a question posed by an internal auditor, management indicated that there is an agreement in place to quickly rent servers and desktop workstations to restore operations from tapes stored at an off-site location. Which of the following plans would the auditor most likely conclude is currently in place for the organization?

Options :

A : A hot recovery plan.

B : No recovery plan.

C : A cold recovery plan.

D : A warm recovery plan.

Answer: A

Question 5

During a review of the accounts payable process, an internal auditor gathered all of the vendor payment transactions for the past 24 months. The auditor then used an analytics tool to identify the top five vendors that received the highest sum of payments.

Which of the following analytics techniques did the auditor apply?

Options :

A : Process analysis.

B : Process mining.

C : Data analysis.

D : Data mining.

Answer: A

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