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Isaca CISA Practice Test 51

Question 500

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that a department buys an unmanaged SaaS tool outside procurement and identity controls. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. Which fieldwork step should the auditor prioritize to test the issue?

  1. Compare service-level performance under representative workload, forecast trends and test plausible component failures.
  2. Check source generation, clock synchronization, forwarding, access restrictions and retention with traceable test events.
  3. Inventory critical end-user applications and test ownership, access, versioning, calculations and backup arrangements.
  4. Review privileged activity, constraints, change history and recovery tests against representative data integrity risks.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Correct. Inventory critical end-user applications and test ownership, access, versioning, calculations and backup arrangements. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a department buys an unmanaged SaaS tool outside procurement and identity controls. 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.

D:

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

Question 501

During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that a department buys an unmanaged SaaS tool outside procurement and identity controls. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. Which observed evidence is MOST persuasive for a controlled audit follow-up?

  1. End-to-end capacity and availability tests meet business service thresholds with demonstrated expansion and failure headroom.
  2. Audited database changes, validated constraints and successful consistent restores support data accuracy and traceability.
  3. Approved change histories and representative patch verification show changes are controlled and critical exposure is addressed.
  4. Documented EUC ownership and sampled access, calculation review and recovery tests demonstrate proportionate controls.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Correct. Documented EUC ownership and sampled access, calculation review and recovery tests demonstrate proportionate controls. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that a department buys an unmanaged SaaS tool outside procurement and identity controls. 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.

C:

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

Question 502

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that an analyst's workbook calculates tax results without version control or peer review. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Which risk statement is BEST supported by the recorded exception?

  1. Recovery objectives may not match actual business disruption tolerance when the BIA is incomplete or unapproved.
  2. Uncontrolled user-managed systems can bypass approved security, integrity, continuity and change controls.
  3. Inadequate response and root-cause practices can prolong service disruption and allow repeat incidents.
  4. Unapproved or poorly tested changes can disrupt services or leave known vulnerabilities without accountable treatment.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Uncontrolled user-managed systems can bypass approved security, integrity, continuity and change controls. The described exception is: an analyst's workbook calculates tax results without version control or peer review. 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:

Recovery objectives may not match actual business disruption tolerance when the BIA is incomplete or unapproved. It protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.

C:

Inadequate response and root-cause practices can prolong service disruption and allow repeat incidents. Recurrence here depends on evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not this safeguard.

D:

Unapproved or poorly tested changes can disrupt services or leave known vulnerabilities without accountable treatment. That protection can exist while evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion is still missing.

Question 503

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that an analyst's workbook calculates tax results without version control or peer review. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. During fieldwork, what is the BEST focused test of this condition?

  1. Trace incident samples through prioritization, escalation, restoration evidence and linkage to problem investigations.
  2. Check source generation, clock synchronization, forwarding, access restrictions and retention with traceable test events.
  3. Interview process owners, quantify outage and data-loss impacts and map dependencies to justified RTO and RPO tiers.
  4. Inventory critical end-user applications and test ownership, access, versioning, calculations and backup arrangements.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Correct. Inventory critical end-user applications and test ownership, access, versioning, calculations and backup arrangements. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that an analyst's workbook calculates tax results without version control or peer review. 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. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

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.

Question 504

During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that an analyst's workbook calculates tax results without version control or peer review. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Management states that remediation is complete. Which evidence BEST supports closing this issue?

  1. Documented EUC ownership and sampled access, calculation review and recovery tests demonstrate proportionate controls.
  2. Time-stamped records and repeated-incident trend checks show timely service restoration and action on root causes.
  3. Approved BIA records connect business services and dependencies to measurable recovery priorities and owners.
  4. Approved change histories and representative patch verification show changes are controlled and critical exposure is addressed.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Documented EUC ownership and sampled access, calculation review and recovery tests demonstrate proportionate controls. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that an analyst's workbook calculates tax results without version control or peer review. The reviewer must verify the remediation period and scope.

Incorrect Answers

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.

D:

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

Question 505

During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that a user-created database has no backup although it supports daily operations. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. Which risk should the auditor treat as the PRIMARY concern arising from these facts?

  1. Uncontrolled user-managed systems can bypass approved security, integrity, continuity and change controls.
  2. Unapproved or poorly tested changes can disrupt services or leave known vulnerabilities without accountable treatment.
  3. Available infrastructure may not deliver committed business service capacity under peak load or shared failures.
  4. Service measures that omit consumer outcomes or lack reliable calculation can conceal contractual and operational failures.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Uncontrolled user-managed systems can bypass approved security, integrity, continuity and change controls. The described exception is: a user-created database has no backup although it supports daily operations. 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

B:

Unapproved or poorly tested changes can disrupt services or leave known vulnerabilities without accountable treatment. It protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.

C:

Available infrastructure may not deliver committed business service capacity under peak load or shared failures. It does not retain the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion control over time.

D:

Service measures that omit consumer outcomes or lack reliable calculation can conceal contractual and operational failures. Recurrence here depends on evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not this safeguard.

Question 506

During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that a user-created database has no backup although it supports daily operations. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. What test BEST distinguishes effective control operation from an unsupported assertion?

  1. Compare service-level performance under representative workload, forecast trends and test plausible component failures.
  2. Inventory critical end-user applications and test ownership, access, versioning, calculations and backup arrangements.
  3. Review SLA definitions, responsibilities and exclusions; independently reproduce reported outcomes from transaction or ticket evidence.
  4. Check source generation, clock synchronization, forwarding, access restrictions and retention with traceable test events.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Inventory critical end-user applications and test ownership, access, versioning, calculations and backup arrangements. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a user-created database has no backup although it supports daily operations. 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 507

During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that a user-created database has no backup although it supports daily operations. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. What result would best demonstrate sustained operation of the corrected control?

  1. Approved change histories and representative patch verification show changes are controlled and critical exposure is addressed.
  2. Documented EUC ownership and sampled access, calculation review and recovery tests demonstrate proportionate controls.
  3. Agreed, auditable service metrics and documented breach handling confirm relevant user outcomes are monitored and governed.
  4. End-to-end capacity and availability tests meet business service thresholds with demonstrated expansion and failure headroom.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Correct. Documented EUC ownership and sampled access, calculation review and recovery tests demonstrate proportionate controls. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that a user-created database has no backup although it supports daily operations. 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 508

During a routine controls assessment at a regional hospital, the IS auditor learns that a service reports 99.9 percent host uptime despite repeated customer checkout failures. The affected operation supports patient-care scheduling and claims processing. Healthcare service continuity and protected records are at stake. Where should the audit team focus its principal finding?

  1. Available infrastructure may not deliver committed business service capacity under peak load or shared failures.
  2. Unapproved or poorly tested changes can disrupt services or leave known vulnerabilities without accountable treatment.
  3. Missing or manipulable logs can prevent detection, accountability and reconstruction of material events.
  4. Recovery objectives may not match actual business disruption tolerance when the BIA is incomplete or unapproved.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. Available infrastructure may not deliver committed business service capacity under peak load or shared failures. The described exception is: a service reports 99.9 percent host uptime despite repeated customer checkout failures. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of patient-care scheduling and claims processing, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Unapproved or poorly tested changes can disrupt services or leave known vulnerabilities without accountable treatment. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

C:

Missing or manipulable logs can prevent detection, accountability and reconstruction of material events. It changes a different feature than evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

D:

Recovery objectives may not match actual business disruption tolerance when the BIA is incomplete or unapproved. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

Question 509

During a routine controls assessment at a regional hospital, the IS auditor learns that a service reports 99.9 percent host uptime despite repeated customer checkout failures. The affected operation supports patient-care scheduling and claims processing. Healthcare service continuity and protected records are at stake. Which substantive or control test most directly addresses the observation?

  1. Sample change and patch events against approvals, risk assessments, baseline updates, testing and rollback records.
  2. Interview process owners, quantify outage and data-loss impacts and map dependencies to justified RTO and RPO tiers.
  3. Review SLA definitions, responsibilities and exclusions; independently reproduce reported outcomes from transaction or ticket evidence.
  4. Compare service-level performance under representative workload, forecast trends and test plausible component failures.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Correct. Compare service-level performance under representative workload, forecast trends and test plausible component failures. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a service reports 99.9 percent host uptime despite repeated customer checkout failures. 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 evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.

B:

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. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.

Question 510

During a routine controls assessment at a regional hospital, the IS auditor learns that a service reports 99.9 percent host uptime despite repeated customer checkout failures. The affected operation supports patient-care scheduling and claims processing. Healthcare service continuity and protected records are at stake. What outcome would provide the STRONGEST evidence that the identified gap is resolved?

  1. End-to-end capacity and availability tests meet business service thresholds with demonstrated expansion and failure headroom.
  2. Protected time-synchronized records and forwarding-health alerts reproduce the expected event trail across the retention window.
  3. Approved BIA records connect business services and dependencies to measurable recovery priorities and owners.
  4. Approved change histories and representative patch verification show changes are controlled and critical exposure is addressed.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Correct. End-to-end capacity and availability tests meet business service thresholds with demonstrated expansion and failure headroom. This is stronger than a manager's verbal assurance because it can be checked against the observed issue that a service reports 99.9 percent host uptime despite repeated customer checkout failures. 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.