Question 130
During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that a fraud model's findings are presented without confirming false-positive and false-negative behavior. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. Where should the audit team focus its principal finding?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Faulty extraction logic or incomplete data can hide exceptions while giving false confidence in audit analytics. The described exception is: a fraud model's findings are presented without confirming false-positive and false-negative behavior. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of freight tracking and fleet operations, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.
Incorrect Answers
Inadequate engagement quality control can allow unsupported findings and repeat process weaknesses to persist. That result could pass without demonstrating evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.
Audit conclusions may lack objectivity when independence is impaired by self-review, incentives or undisclosed conflicts. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.
Controls may not address the intended risk at the correct point because their preventive, detective or corrective roles are misunderstood. It does not establish the requested evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion outcome.