<< Prev Question Next Question >>

Question 93/237

Access control software on an organization's mainframe computer records detailed information concerning both successful and unsuccessful log-on attempts to applications. Which of the following audit tools would be best suited to review the access information that has been recorded?

LEAVE A REPLY

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Question List (237q)
Question 1: Which of the following best describes the four components of...
Question 2: Which of the following is a detective control for managing t...
Question 3: During an audit of executive travel, an auditor noted that t...
Question 4: Which of the following is the correct ratio to use in calcul...
Question 5: According to the International Professional Practices Framew...
Question 6: Which of the following types of contracts would provide the ...
Question 7: Which of the following would most likely contribute to discr...
Question 8: An audit identified a number of weaknesses in the configurat...
Question 9: Which of the following is the best approach for obtaining fe...
Question 10: An appliance repair company is considering relocating the ce...
Question 11: While investigating a compromised Web server, an auditor fou...
Question 12: Which of the following is an advantage of control self-asses...
Question 13: Which of the following conditions are necessary for successf...
Question 14: Many questionnaires are made up of a series of different que...
Question 15: A key to effective benchmarking in a consulting engagement i...
Question 16: An internal auditor determines that certain information from...
Question 17: Which of the following activities would be performed during ...
Question 18: Due to a recent system upgrade, an audit is planned to test ...
Question 19: Which of the following factors could interfere with effectiv...
Question 20: Which of the following would be most helpful to a government...
Question 21: Which of the following factors should a chief audit executiv...
Question 22: According to IIA guidance, which of the following strategies...
Question 23: Which of the following is a justifiable reason for omitting ...
Question 24: Which of the following does not represent a difficulty in us...
Question 25: The internal audit activity of an organization obtained appr...
Question 26: The chief audit executive (CAE) determined that based on man...
Question 27: A chief audit executive (CAE) of a major retailer has engage...
Question 28: The chief audit executive (CAE) is adding a new audit positi...
Question 29: Which of the following is the primary purpose of financial s...
Question 30: The internal audit activity performs the following sequence ...
Question 31: An audit client responded to recommendations from a recent c...
Question 32: Which of the following evaluation criteria would be the most...
Question 33: When constructing a staffing schedule for the internal audit...
Question 34: While reviewing the draft report of an audit engagement, the...
Question 35: In response to an accounts receivable confirmation, a custom...
Question 36: An internal auditor is reviewing purchases made through the ...
Question 37: An airline contracted with an external service provider to p...
Question 38: A limitation of using ratio analysis in an audit engagement ...
Question 39: A draft internal audit report that cites deficient condition...
Question 40: An audit of an organization's claims department determined t...
Question 41: During the quarterly review of the internal audit activity's...
Question 42: During the development of a purchasing system, an auditor re...
Question 43: An organization has a health and safety division that conduc...
Question 44: The internal audit activity (IAA) wants to measure its perfo...
Question 45: Which of the following is not a primary purpose for conducti...
Question 46: Which of the followings statements describes a best practice...
Question 47: Cross-referencing individual payroll time cards to personnel...
Question 48: A company has recently incurred significant cost overruns on...
Question 49: An internal auditor for a financial institution has just com...
Question 50: An organization has acquired a new line of business. None of...
Question 51: Once an audit report is drafted, the auditor's supervisor sh...
Question 52: During an information security audit, an auditor discovers t...
Question 53: During an engagement, an internal auditor discovered that an...
Question 54: When performing a compliance audit of the organization's out...
Question 55: Under what circumstances would internal audit not become inv...
Question 56: A bank is developing an integrated customer information syst...
Question 57: According to IIA guidance, which of the following activities...
Question 58: Which sampling plan requires no additional sampling once the...
Question 59: An internal auditor has completed an audit of an organizatio...
Question 60: Which of the following is not true regarding the management ...
Question 61: Reviewing internal audit report drafts with clients is: 1. R...
Question 62: An organization has an opening for an entry-level internal a...
Question 63: Which of the following factors is least essential to a succe...
Question 64: Audit supervision includes approval of the engagement report...
Question 65: During which of the following systems development stages wou...
Question 66: An audit of customer accounts receivable found that outstand...
Question 67: An audit of an organization's fulfillment department discove...
Question 68: Which of the following is an advantage of an interim report?...
Question 69: The chief audit executive (CAE) of a large retail operation ...
Question 70: Management has asked the internal audit activity to perform ...
Question 71: An internal auditor is evaluating controls over the purchasi...
Question 72: An internal auditor is conducting an assessment of the purch...
Question 73: Which of the following statements is correct regarding the a...
Question 74: The internal audit activity's primary responsibility in a re...
Question 75: The most common motivation for management fraud is the exist...
Question 76: Which of the following statements is true pertaining to inte...
Question 77: During an audit of a branch bank, an internal auditor learne...
Question 78: Which of the following is used to identify and prioritize cr...
Question 79: In order to effectively elicit sensitive information from an...
Question 80: An auditor used a questionnaire during an interview to gathe...
Question 81: Which of the following statements is false regarding roles a...
Question 82: Inadequate risk assessment would have the strongest negative...
Question 83: According to the Standards, which of the following control s...
Question 84: In which of the following cases is it appropriate for an aud...
Question 85: Which of the following statements describes an engagement pl...
Question 86: The final internal audit report should be distributed to whi...
Question 87: An organization decides to create an internal audit function...
Question 88: According to the International Professional Practices Framew...
Question 89: When conducting a performance appraisal of an internal audit...
Question 90: An internal auditor is reviewing a new automated human resou...
Question 91: Which of the following factors would not be considered in de...
Question 92: With which of the following would the internal audit activit...
Question 93: Access control software on an organization's mainframe compu...
Question 94: An auditor-in-charge is preparing her audit team for a consu...
Question 95: According to the International Professional Practices Framew...
Question 96: One method for dealing with the uncertainty of demand foreca...
Question 97: An auditor is performing a review of a complex process to id...
Question 98: According to the Standards, which of the following best desc...
Question 99: An internal audit manager is supervising an engagement. A se...
Question 100: A chief audit executive (CAE) has decided to add an engageme...
Question 101: Recommendations should be included in the audit report in or...
Question 102: Senior management of an organization has requested that the ...
Question 103: Which of the following would have the least impact (either p...
Question 104: Which of the following might alert an auditor to the possibi...
Question 105: Which of the following is the most common method management ...
Question 106: Which of the following is an effective way for an internal a...
Question 107: A manager of one of a retailer's several retail outlets is s...
Question 108: A newly promoted chief audit executive (CAE) is faced with a...
Question 109: A bank uses a risk analysis matrix to quantify the relative ...
Question 110: The chief audit executive (CAE) decided that based on manage...
Question 111: An internal auditor has a recommendation to change operation...
Question 112: An internal auditor is discussing an audit problem with an e...
Question 113: An organization has adopted an enterprise-wide risk manageme...
Question 114: New credit policies have been implemented in an automated or...
Question 115: Which of the following is the best problem-solving technique...
Question 116: Which of the following is the least relevant when preparing ...
Question 117: An internal auditor has been asked to participate in an advi...
Question 118: When developing the scope of an audit engagement, which of t...
Question 119: According to IIA guidance, which of the following are potent...
Question 120: An internal auditor is assigned to conduct an audit of secur...
Question 121: Which of the following types of sampling techniques should a...
Question 122: According to IIA guidance, which of the following accurately...
Question 123: An internal auditor is conducting an assessment of the organ...
Question 124: Which of the following is the most important concept to be i...
Question 125: New environmental regulations require the board to certify t...
Question 126: An organization's board would like to establish a formal ris...
Question 127: Which of the following statements is true regarding the comm...
Question 128: Which of the following is the primary reason the chief audit...
Question 129: Due to the expanded role of internal audit in the organizati...
Question 130: Which of the following statements is not true about the over...
Question 131: The internal audit activity of an investment company receive...
Question 132: A manufacturing organization is considering a merger with a ...
Question 133: An internal auditor is planning an assurance engagement. The...
Question 134: An internal auditor found that the cost of some material ins...
Question 135: Which of the following situations would justify the removal ...
Question 136: A consumer electronics company is considering acquiring a sm...
Question 137: An internal auditor recommended that an organization impleme...
Question 138: Five brand managers in a consumer products company met to de...
Question 139: A governmental auditor was assigned to determine reasons why...
Question 140: What does the following scatter gram suggest?...
Question 141: Which of the following is true regarding roles and responsib...
Question 142: Which of the following audit procedures is most suitable for...
Question 143: The following are potential sources of evidence regarding th...
Question 144: An internal auditor provided the following statement about d...
Question 145: Which of the following files, when compared with billing rec...
Question 146: A chief audit executive has noticed that staff auditors are ...
Question 147: An auditor decides to perform an inventory turnover analysis...
Question 148: An internal audit activity is participating in the due dilig...
Question 149: An audit engagement objective at a manufacturer is to determ...
Question 150: Which of the following is a red flag associated with imprope...
Question 151: According to the International Professional Practices Framew...
Question 152: An organization has recently incurred significant cost overr...
Question 153: When conducting research, which of the following is most imp...
Question 154: Which of the following is not likely to be included as an au...
Question 155: When assessing the risk associated with an activity, an inte...
Question 156: A chief audit executive (CAE) is determining which engagemen...
Question 157: The best method for assessing the relative importance of ris...
Question 158: An internal auditor compared the number of human resources p...
Question 159: A company used simple regression analysis to analyze mainten...
Question 160: An internal auditor notes that employees continue to violate...
Question 161: When creating the internal audit plan, the chief audit execu...
Question 162: Which of the following would be the most important reason fo...
Question 163: Information gathered in a forensic investigation of business...
Question 164: Which of the following performance criteria would be most us...
Question 165: The internal auditor is asked to conduct an investigation in...
Question 166: Which of the following statements is true?...
Question 167: Which of the following would provide the greatest assurance ...
Question 168: If an auditor expects to find numerous discrepancies between...
Question 169: After becoming aware of control weaknesses indicating that a...
Question 170: In addition to the internal auditor, which of the following ...
Question 171: As a result of a recent discovery of false information on em...
Question 172: Which of the following would constitute a violation of the I...
Question 173: Which of the following would most likely include recommendat...
Question 174: Which of the following actions are appropriate for the chief...
Question 175: The chief executive officer has requested that the chief aud...
Question 176: A staff auditor, nearly finished with an audit engagement, d...
Question 177: An internal auditor submitted a report containing recommenda...
Question 178: In reviewing the appropriateness of the minimum quantity lev...
Question 179: In preparing to facilitate a control self-assessment session...
Question 180: The chief audit executive of a large publicly held bank is u...
Question 181: During an engagement the internal auditors reported that the...
Question 182: Which of the following statements is false regarding audit c...
Question 183: Which of the following is the first step in the process wher...
Question 184: During a payroll audit of a large organization, an internal ...
Question 185: In forming a team to investigate an organization's potential...
Question 186: During a review of performance measures in an organization's...
Question 187: An auditor is using an internal control questionnaire as par...
Question 188: After completing a fraud investigation but before publishing...
Question 189: According to IIA guidance, which of the following statements...
Question 190: A chief audit executive is preparing interview questions for...
Question 191: Which of the following is an appropriate role for the intern...
Question 192: The following is an excerpt from an audit engagement workpap...
Question 193: After issuance of the engagement final communication for an ...
Question 194: Which of the following would not include recommendations for...
Question 195: A report prepared by the internal audit activity contains se...
Question 196: The most effective procedure to verify compliance with a req...
Question 197: Which of the following is true of engagement recommendations...
Question 198: An internal auditor for a large telecommunications organizat...
Question 199: A performance audit engagement typically involves:...
Question 200: Which of the following should be included in the scope of an...
Question 201: An internal auditor notices that a division has recorded unc...
Question 202: Which of the following audit steps would be most effective t...
Question 203: Which of the following is an appropriate responsibility for ...
Question 204: When conducting audit follow-up of a finding related to cash...
Question 205: An internal auditor has been assigned to perform a quality a...
Question 206: A manufacturing process could create hazardous waste at seve...
Question 207: If an auditor used nonstatistical sampling instead of statis...
Question 208: Which of the following actions is related to the preliminary...
Question 209: According to the International Professional Practices Framew...
Question 210: Which of the following events would most likely cause the ch...
Question 211: Which of the following actions by management would reduce an...
Question 212: During an audit, an employee, who does not want to be identi...
Question 213: An organization's internal auditors are reviewing production...
Question 214: Which of the following is a preventive control for fraud?...
Question 215: Which of the following actions has the least influence on th...
Question 216: While performing a follow-up of a concern about equipment-in...
Question 217: According to the International Professional Practices Framew...
Question 218: An internal auditor has just undertaken an organization-wide...
Question 219: Which of the following would provide the best evidence of co...
Question 220: According to IIA guidance, which of the following are accept...
Question 221: According to IIA guidance, which of the following are approp...
Question 222: Controls are implemented to:
Question 223: When establishing a quality assurance and improvement progra...
Question 224: According to IIA guidance, which of the following is the lea...
Question 225: The chief audit executive established an internal audit acti...
Question 226: Questions used to interrogate individuals suspected of fraud...
Question 227: Which of the following would not be an appropriate step for ...
Question 228: Which of the following are typical steps in the design of an...
Question 229: According to IIA guidance, which of the following actions mi...
Question 230: Which of the following describes an internal auditor's respo...
Question 231: An internal auditor is conducting tests to determine if an o...
Question 232: Which of the following statements is true?...
Question 233: According to IIA guidance, which of the following factors sh...
Question 234: Ordinarily, which of the following would not be an objective...
Question 235: Which of the following would be an appropriate and effective...
Question 236: Persuasive evidence indicates that a member of senior manage...
Question 237: If observed during fieldwork by an internal auditor, which o...