Question 140
During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that management's response is reported as remediation without evidence of completion. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. Which audit procedure would MOST directly validate the suspected control gap?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Trace findings to workpapers and confirm severity, root cause, business impact, management responses, ownership and communication to governance. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that management's response is reported as remediation without evidence of completion. A defensible IS audit conclusion requires relevant and reliable evidence from the actual control population and period.
Incorrect Answers
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. It does not establish the requested evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion outcome.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. The relevant success criterion is evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion; this measures a different function.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. That result could pass without demonstrating evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.