Question 620
During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that a failover cluster has no spare capacity for its largest node. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. Which audit procedure would provide the MOST DIRECT evidence about this control?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Map end-to-end failure domains and execute approved component or zone-loss scenarios against service objectives. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a failover cluster has no spare capacity for its largest node. 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. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.
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.