Question 590
During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that a referential integrity constraint is disabled for overnight imports. 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?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Review privileged activity, constraints, change history and recovery tests against representative data integrity risks. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a referential integrity constraint is disabled for overnight imports. 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 protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. It does not retain the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion control over time.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. Recurrence here depends on evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not this safeguard.