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CISA—Certified Information Systems Auditor - Part 22

Mary Smith

Thu, 16 Apr 2026

CISA—Certified Information Systems Auditor - Part 22

1. Which of the following should be reviewed FIRST when planning an IS audit?

A) Recent financial information
B) Annual business unit budget
C) IS audit standards
D) The business environment



2. An IS auditor is evaluating a virtual server environment and learns that the production server, development server, and management console are housed in the same physical host. What should be the auditor's PRIMARY concern?

A) The physical host is a single point of failure
B) The management console is a single point of failure
C) The development server and management console share the same host
D) The development and production servers share the same host



3. An organization's disposal policy emphasizes obtaining maximum value for surplus IT media. The IS auditor should obtain assurance that:

A) the media is returned to the vendor for credit
B) any existing data is removed before disposal
C) identification labels are removed
D) the media is recycled to other groups within the organization



4. An auditor notes the administrator user ID is shared among three financial managers to perform month-end updates. Which of the following is the BEST recommendation to ensure the administrator ID in the financial system is controlled effectively?

A) Implement use of individual software tokens
B) Conduct employee awareness training
C) Institute user ID logging and monitoring
D) Ensure data in the financial systems has been classified



5. Which of the following is MOST important for an IS auditor to verify after finding repeated unauthorized access attempts were recorded on a security report?

A) Password reset requests have been confirmed as legitimate
B) There is evidence that the incident was investigated
C) System configuration changes are properly tracked
D) A comprehensive access policy has been established



1. Right Answer: D
Explanation:

2. Right Answer: A
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3. Right Answer: D
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4. Right Answer: A
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5. Right Answer: B
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