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Isaca CISA Practice Test 28

Question 270

During a routine controls assessment at a regional hospital, the IS auditor learns that a cloud program launches without staff trained in recovery procedures. The affected operation supports patient-care scheduling and claims processing. Healthcare service continuity and protected records are at stake. Which observed evidence is MOST persuasive for a controlled audit follow-up?

  1. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations.
  2. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations.
  3. Validated KPIs and KRIs show business outcomes, breached thresholds and accountable corrective decisions, not activity counts alone.
  4. Traceable acceptance evidence and declining repeat defects show quality objectives are met and corrective actions are sustained.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that a cloud program launches without staff trained in recovery procedures. The reviewer must verify the remediation period and scope.

Incorrect Answers

A:

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

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 271

During a payment-platform modernization at a payment clearing organization, the IS auditor learns that critical operations rely on one engineer with no documented backup role. The affected operation supports merchant settlement and reconciliation. Finance and settlement integrity depend on this operation. Which risk statement is BEST supported by the recorded exception?

  1. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable.
  2. Weak governance can misalign technology decisions, accountability and risk ownership with enterprise objectives.
  3. Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls.
  4. Third-party control gaps and exit dependencies can leave material obligations unowned or unverifiable.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable. The described exception is: critical operations rely on one engineer with no documented backup role. 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

B:

Weak governance can misalign technology decisions, accountability and risk ownership with enterprise objectives. Recurrence here depends on evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not this safeguard.

C:

Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls. That protection can exist while evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion is still missing.

D:

Third-party control gaps and exit dependencies can leave material obligations unowned or unverifiable. It protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.

Question 272

During a payment-platform modernization at a payment clearing organization, the IS auditor learns that critical operations rely on one engineer with no documented backup role. The affected operation supports merchant settlement and reconciliation. Finance and settlement integrity depend on this operation. During fieldwork, what is the BEST focused test of this condition?

  1. Map applicable laws and contracts to accountable owners, controls, jurisdictional flows and periodic compliance assessment evidence.
  2. Compare governance charters and decision rights to approvals, strategy goals, investment outcomes and board oversight records.
  3. Review due diligence, contract clauses, subservice coverage, performance reviews and tested exit or transition arrangements.
  4. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Correct. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that critical operations rely on one engineer with no documented backup role. 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 configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

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.

Question 273

During a payment-platform modernization at a payment clearing organization, the IS auditor learns that critical operations rely on one engineer with no documented backup role. The affected operation supports merchant settlement and reconciliation. Finance and settlement integrity depend on this operation. Management states that remediation is complete. Which evidence BEST supports closing this issue?

  1. Traceable acceptance evidence and declining repeat defects show quality objectives are met and corrective actions are sustained.
  2. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations.
  3. Documented business sponsorship, explicit decision authority and governance reporting link IT choices to approved objectives and risk appetite.
  4. Signed agreements and sampled service reports demonstrate required controls, escalation rights and an executable exit path.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that critical operations rely on one engineer with no documented backup role. 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.

C:

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

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 274

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that capacity planning ignores the staff required to manage expanded infrastructure. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. Which risk should the auditor treat as the PRIMARY concern arising from these facts?

  1. Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls.
  2. Inconsistent or unenforced management directives may create gaps between control intent and actual behavior.
  3. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable.
  4. Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable. The described exception is: capacity planning ignores the staff required to manage expanded infrastructure. 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

A:

Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls. It protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.

B:

Inconsistent or unenforced management directives may create gaps between control intent and actual behavior. It does not retain the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion control over time.

D:

Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions. That protection can exist while evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion is still missing.

Question 275

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that capacity planning ignores the staff required to manage expanded infrastructure. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. What test BEST distinguishes effective control operation from an unsupported assertion?

  1. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan.
  2. Trace measures to service objectives, definitions, source data, thresholds and escalation actions; independently recalculate samples.
  3. Map applicable laws and contracts to accountable owners, controls, jurisdictional flows and periodic compliance assessment evidence.
  4. Trace a sample of enterprise requirements from policy through standards, procedures, communication and exception approval.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that capacity planning ignores the staff required to manage expanded infrastructure. 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 276

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that capacity planning ignores the staff required to manage expanded infrastructure. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. What result would best demonstrate sustained operation of the corrected control?

  1. Version-controlled approved policies and observed procedures are consistent, accessible and supported by time-limited documented exceptions.
  2. Validated KPIs and KRIs show business outcomes, breached thresholds and accountable corrective decisions, not activity counts alone.
  3. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations.
  4. Traceable acceptance evidence and declining repeat defects show quality objectives are met and corrective actions are sustained.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that capacity planning ignores the staff required to manage expanded infrastructure. 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.

D:

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

Question 277

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that a new platform has no budget for licenses or ongoing patch support. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Where should the audit team focus its principal finding?

  1. Third-party control gaps and exit dependencies can leave material obligations unowned or unverifiable.
  2. Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls.
  3. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable.
  4. Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable. The described exception is: a new platform has no budget for licenses or ongoing patch support. 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

A:

Third-party control gaps and exit dependencies can leave material obligations unowned or unverifiable. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

B:

Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls. It changes a different feature than evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

D:

Uncontrolled design divergence can generate integration, security, technical debt and strategic alignment risks. The configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

Question 278

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that a new platform has no budget for licenses or ongoing patch support. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Which substantive or control test most directly addresses the observation?

  1. Map applicable laws and contracts to accountable owners, controls, jurisdictional flows and periodic compliance assessment evidence.
  2. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan.
  3. Review architecture standards and exception decisions against the solution portfolio, integration map and target-state road map.
  4. Review due diligence, contract clauses, subservice coverage, performance reviews and tested exit or transition arrangements.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Compare funded capacity and skills inventories against service criticality, staffing resilience and the approved portfolio plan. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a new platform has no budget for licenses or ongoing patch support. 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. It changes a different feature than evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

C:

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

D:

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

Question 279

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that a new platform has no budget for licenses or ongoing patch support. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. What outcome would provide the STRONGEST evidence that the identified gap is resolved?

  1. Traceable acceptance evidence and declining repeat defects show quality objectives are met and corrective actions are sustained.
  2. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations.
  3. Signed agreements and sampled service reports demonstrate required controls, escalation rights and an executable exit path.
  4. Approved design reviews and exception tracking show new systems align with target architecture or have justified remediable deviations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Resource plans and practical cross-training exercises demonstrate funded personnel and capacity cover the priority service obligations. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that a new platform has no budget for licenses or ongoing patch support. 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.

C:

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

D:

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 280

During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that the technology portfolio consumes resources that were allocated to a higher-priority business service. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. What control exposure MOST directly explains why this observation is significant?

  1. Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions.
  2. Weak governance can misalign technology decisions, accountability and risk ownership with enterprise objectives.
  3. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable.
  4. Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable. The described exception is: the technology portfolio consumes resources that were allocated to a higher-priority business service. 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:

Misleading or poorly governed measures can conceal material service risk and distort decisions. The configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

B:

Weak governance can misalign technology decisions, accountability and risk ownership with enterprise objectives. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

D:

Quality claims may not reflect end-to-end requirements when assurance lacks independence, feedback and traceable controls. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.