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Isaca CISA Practice Test 22

Question 210

During a routine controls assessment at a regional hospital, the IS auditor learns that two regions build incompatible identity platforms without an approved enterprise architecture review. The affected operation supports patient-care scheduling and claims processing. Healthcare service continuity and protected records are at stake. Management states that remediation is complete. Which evidence BEST supports closing this issue?

  1. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations.
  2. Approved purpose inventories and sampled rights requests, deletion actions and processor reviews demonstrate privacy requirements operate end to end.
  3. Signed agreements and sampled service reports demonstrate required controls, escalation rights and an executable exit path.
  4. Approved owners, consistent classifications and reconciled data lineage demonstrate critical information is governed as defined.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that two regions build incompatible identity platforms without an approved enterprise architecture review. The reviewer must verify the remediation period and scope.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. That result could pass without demonstrating evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

C:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.

D:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. It does not establish the requested evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion outcome.

Question 211

During a payment-platform modernization at a payment clearing organization, the IS auditor learns that a cloud migration creates duplicate integration interfaces that violate the reference model. The affected operation supports merchant settlement and reconciliation. Finance and settlement integrity depend on this operation. Which risk should the auditor treat as the PRIMARY concern arising from these facts?

  1. Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access.
  2. IT exposures may fall outside risk appetite because ownership, escalation and residual risk assessment are ineffective.
  3. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks.
  4. Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks. The described exception is: a cloud migration creates duplicate integration interfaces that violate the reference model. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of merchant settlement and reconciliation, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access. It does not retain the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion control over time.

B:

IT exposures may fall outside risk appetite because ownership, escalation and residual risk assessment are ineffective. Recurrence here depends on evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not this safeguard.

D:

Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions. It protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.

Question 212

During a payment-platform modernization at a payment clearing organization, the IS auditor learns that a cloud migration creates duplicate integration interfaces that violate the reference model. The affected operation supports merchant settlement and reconciliation. Finance and settlement integrity depend on this operation. What test BEST distinguishes effective control operation from an unsupported assertion?

  1. Review architecture standards and exception decisions against the solution portfolio, integration map and target-state road map.
  2. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan.
  3. Trace technology risk scenarios through impact assessment, owner assignment, controls, acceptance authority and board reporting.
  4. Trace measures to service objectives, definitions, source data, thresholds and escalation actions; independently recalculate samples.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Review architecture standards and exception decisions against the solution portfolio, integration map and target-state road map. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a cloud migration creates duplicate integration interfaces that violate the reference model. A defensible IS audit conclusion requires relevant and reliable evidence from the actual control population and period.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

C:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. It changes a different feature than evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

D:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

Question 213

During a payment-platform modernization at a payment clearing organization, the IS auditor learns that a cloud migration creates duplicate integration interfaces that violate the reference model. The affected operation supports merchant settlement and reconciliation. Finance and settlement integrity depend on this operation. What result would best demonstrate sustained operation of the corrected control?

  1. Named risk owners, documented residual assessments and appropriately approved responses tie material exposures to the enterprise risk framework.
  2. Approved owners, consistent classifications and reconciled data lineage demonstrate critical information is governed as defined.
  3. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations.
  4. Validated KPIs and KRIs show business outcomes, breached thresholds and accountable corrective decisions, not activity counts alone.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that a cloud migration creates duplicate integration interfaces that violate the reference model. The reviewer must verify the remediation period and scope.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. It does not establish the requested evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion outcome.

B:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. The relevant success criterion is evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion; this measures a different function.

D:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.

Question 214

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that a system procurement omits required interoperability with the customer master database. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. Where should the audit team focus its principal finding?

  1. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks.
  2. Personal information may be used or retained without appropriate purpose, transparency, authority and enforceable safeguards.
  3. Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls.
  4. Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks. The described exception is: a system procurement omits required interoperability with the customer master database. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of citizen service accounts and public records, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Personal information may be used or retained without appropriate purpose, transparency, authority and enforceable safeguards. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

C:

Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls. The configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

D:

Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

Question 215

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that a system procurement omits required interoperability with the customer master database. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. Which substantive or control test most directly addresses the observation?

  1. Review architecture standards and exception decisions against the solution portfolio, integration map and target-state road map.
  2. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan.
  3. Trace a processing purpose from data inventory and notices through lawful basis, retention, processor flows and privacy impact assessment.
  4. Examine quality plans, acceptance tests, defect trends, independent reviews and corrective action effectiveness.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Review architecture standards and exception decisions against the solution portfolio, integration map and target-state road map. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a system procurement omits required interoperability with the customer master database. A defensible IS audit conclusion requires relevant and reliable evidence from the actual control population and period.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. The configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

C:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

D:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. It changes a different feature than evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

Question 216

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that a system procurement omits required interoperability with the customer master database. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. What outcome would provide the STRONGEST evidence that the identified gap is resolved?

  1. Approved purpose inventories and sampled rights requests, deletion actions and processor reviews demonstrate privacy requirements operate end to end.
  2. Approved owners, consistent classifications and reconciled data lineage demonstrate critical information is governed as defined.
  3. Traceable acceptance evidence and declining repeat defects show quality objectives are met and corrective actions are sustained.
  4. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Correct. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that a system procurement omits required interoperability with the customer master database. The reviewer must verify the remediation period and scope.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.

B:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. It does not establish the requested evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion outcome.

C:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. The relevant success criterion is evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion; this measures a different function.

Question 217

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that an approved target architecture has no owner for tracking deviations. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. What control exposure MOST directly explains why this observation is significant?

  1. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks.
  2. IT exposures may fall outside risk appetite because ownership, escalation and residual risk assessment are ineffective.
  3. Third-party control gaps and exit dependencies can leave material obligations unowned or unverifiable.
  4. Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks. The described exception is: an approved target architecture has no owner for tracking deviations. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of customer checkout and order fulfillment, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.

Incorrect Answers

B:

IT exposures may fall outside risk appetite because ownership, escalation and residual risk assessment are ineffective. The relevant success criterion is evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion; this measures a different function.

C:

Third-party control gaps and exit dependencies can leave material obligations unowned or unverifiable. That result could pass without demonstrating evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

D:

Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.

Question 218

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that an approved target architecture has no owner for tracking deviations. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Which evidence-gathering approach is MOST aligned with the recorded exposure?

  1. Trace technology risk scenarios through impact assessment, owner assignment, controls, acceptance authority and board reporting.
  2. Review architecture standards and exception decisions against the solution portfolio, integration map and target-state road map.
  3. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan.
  4. Review due diligence, contract clauses, subservice coverage, performance reviews and tested exit or transition arrangements.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Review architecture standards and exception decisions against the solution portfolio, integration map and target-state road map. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that an approved target architecture has no owner for tracking deviations. A defensible IS audit conclusion requires relevant and reliable evidence from the actual control population and period.

Incorrect Answers

A:

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.

C:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.

D:

Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. It does not establish the requested evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion outcome.

Question 219

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that an approved target architecture has no owner for tracking deviations. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Which evidence would BEST support a conclusion that the exposure has been addressed?

  1. Signed agreements and sampled service reports demonstrate required controls, escalation rights and an executable exit path.
  2. Approved owners, consistent classifications and reconciled data lineage demonstrate critical information is governed as defined.
  3. Named risk owners, documented residual assessments and appropriately approved responses tie material exposures to the enterprise risk framework.
  4. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Correct. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that an approved target architecture has no owner for tracking deviations. The reviewer must verify the remediation period and scope.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. That result could pass without demonstrating evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

B:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.

C:

Not the strongest closure evidence for this case. It does not establish the requested evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion outcome.

Question 220

During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that legacy technology is renewed despite an adopted enterprise modernization roadmap. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. Which consequence would MOST directly follow if this weakness remains unresolved?

  1. Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access.
  2. Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions.
  3. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks.
  4. Personal information may be used or retained without appropriate purpose, transparency, authority and enforceable safeguards.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks. The described exception is: legacy technology is renewed despite an adopted enterprise modernization roadmap. 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

A:

Unclear data accountability or classification can lead to inaccurate decisions and inappropriate information access. The configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

B:

Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

D:

Personal information may be used or retained without appropriate purpose, transparency, authority and enforceable safeguards. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.