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CISA—Certified Information Systems Auditor - Part 359

Mary Smith

Wed, 15 Apr 2026

CISA—Certified Information Systems Auditor - Part 359

1. Which of the following actions should an organization's security policy require an employee to take upon finding a security breach?

A) Report the incident to the manager immediately.
B) Inform IS audit management immediately.
C) Confirm the breach can be exploited.
D) Devise appropriate countermeasures.



2. The performance of an order-processing system can be measured MOST reliably by monitoring:

A) input/request queue length.
B) turnaround time of completed transactions.
C) application and database servers' CPU load.
D) heartbeats between server systems.



3. In planning a major system development project, function point analysis would assist in:

A) estimating the elapsed time of the project.
B) estimating the size of a system development task.
C) analyzing the functions undertaken by system users as an aid to job redesign.
D) determining the business functions undertaken by a system or program.



4. During an audit, the IS auditor finds that in many cases excessive rights were not removed from a system. Which of the following would be the auditor's BEST recommendation?

A) IT security should regularly revoke excessive system rights.
B) System administrators should ensure consistency of assigned rights.
C) Line management should regularly review and request modification of access rights.
D) Human resources should delete access rights of terminated employees.



5. During an ERP post-implementation review, it was noted that operating costs have been significantly higher than anticipated. Which of the following should the organization have done to detect this issue?

A) Updated the project charter as major changes occurred
B) Conducted periodic user satisfaction surveys
C) Performed an analysis of system usage
D) Monitored financial key performance indicators



1. Right Answer: A
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2. Right Answer: A
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3. Right Answer: C
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4. Right Answer: D
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5. Right Answer: D
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