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The FIRST step in a successful attack to a system would be:

A. gathering information.

B. gaining access.

C. denying services.

D. evading detection.

Question List (358q): Question 1: Which of the following append themselves to files as a prote...; Question 2: An IT steering committee should review information systems P...; Question 3: Which of the following intrusion detection systems (IDSs) wi...; Question 4: An IS audit team is evaluating the documentation related to ...; Question 5: Which of the following would provide the BEST evidence of su...; Question 6: The frequent updating of which of the following is key to th...; Question 7: An information security manager has observed multiple except...; Question 8: To install backdoors, hackers generally prefer to use:...; Question 9: The PRIMARY role of a control self-assessment (CSA) facilita...; Question 10: A virtual private network (VPN) provides data confidentialit...; Question 11: Which of the following is a characteristic of a single mirro...; Question 12: Which of the following is the MOST effective control over vi...; Question 13: When reviewing the procedures for the disposal of computers,...; Question 14: Following best practices, formal plans for implementation of...; Question 15: At the completion of a system development project, a post pr...; Question 16: Which of the following would provide the STRONGEST indicatio...; Question 17: Which of the following is MOST important with regard to an a...; Question 18: An IS auditor attempting to determine whether access to prog...; Question 19: Which of the following sampling techniques is BEST to use wh...; Question 20: Which audit technique provides the BEST evidence of the segr...; Question 21: Which of the following system deployments requires the cloud...; Question 22: Which of the following should be of MOST concern to an IS au...; Question 23: With a properly implemented public key infrastructure (PKI) ...; Question 24: Which of the following layer of an enterprise data flow arch...; Question 25: The MAIN reason for requiring that all computer clocks acros...; Question 26: What increases encryption overhead and cost the most?...; Question 27: What is a data validation edit control that matches input da...; Question 28: Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective of baselinin...; Question 29: The information security policy that states 'each individual...; Question 30: What is an initial step in creating a proper firewall policy...; Question 31: Which of the following cryptographic systems is MOST appropr...; Question 32: Which of the following components is responsible for the col...; Question 33: Which of the following is MOST critical for the effective im...; Question 34: Which of the following should be an IS auditor's GREATEST co...; Question 35: Which of the following is MOST important for an IS auditor t...; Question 36: An IS audit manager is preparing the starling plan for an au...; Question 37: Which of the following would an IS auditor consider to be th...; Question 38: Which of the following is a prevalent risk in the developmen...; Question 39: An external security audit risk has reported multiple instan...; Question 40: An organization was severely impacted alter an advanced pers...; Question 41: An organization has implemented an automated match between p...; Question 42: Digital signatures are an effective control method for infor...; Question 43: An IS auditor discovers that several desktop computers conta...; Question 44: Which of the following is an effective method for controllin...; Question 45: What is a risk associated with attempting to control physica...; Question 46: What supports data transmission through split cable faciliti...; Question 47: Identify the network topology from below diagram presented b...; Question 48: The development of an IS security policy is ultimately the r...; Question 49: The performance of an order-processing system can be measure...; Question 50: Which of the following is the MOST effective way to achieve ...; Question 51: Which of the following refers to the act of creating and usi...; Question 52: An organization is acquiring a new customer relationship man...; Question 53: Which of the following would BEST indicate the effectiveness...; Question 54: Who is responsible for the overall direction, costs, and tim...; Question 55: When classifying information, it is MOST important to align ...; Question 56: The FIRST step in a successful attack to a system would be:...; Question 57: John has been hired to fill a new position in one of the wel...; Question 58: Many organizations require an employee to take a mandatory v...; Question 59: Which of the following types of spyware was originally desig...; Question 60: An IS auditor is assigned to perform a postimplementation re...; Question 61: As an IS auditor it is very important to understand software...; Question 62: Which of the following layer of the OSI model provides a sta...; Question 63: An IS auditor is reviewing the performance outcomes of contr...; Question 64: Overall responsibility for approving logical access rights t...; Question 65: Which of the following controls should be implemented to BES...; Question 66: An IS auditor should carefully review the functional require...; Question 67: If an IS auditor observes that an IS department fails to use...; Question 68: An IS auditor should review the configuration of which of th...; Question 69: An IS audit manager was temporarily tasked with supervising ...; Question 70: Which of the following access control situations represents ...; Question 71: The PRIMARY advantage of a continuous audit approach is that...; Question 72: You should know the difference between an exploit and a vuln...; Question 73: Which of the following types of testing would determine whet...; Question 74: A data breach has occurred at a third-party vendor used by a...; Question 75: During the due diligence phase of an acquisition, the MOST i...; Question 76: When reviewing the procedures for the disposal of computers,...; Question 77: Which of the following tasks should be performed FIRST when ...; Question 78: What is an effective control for granting temporary access t...; Question 79: After discovering a security vulnerability in a third-party ...; Question 80: Which of the following would an IS auditor consider to be th...; Question 81: What is the purpose of a hypervisor?...; Question 82: Which of the following is the FIRST step in initiating a dat...; Question 83: Processing controls ensure that data is accurate and complet...; Question 84: In an environment where most IT services have been outsource...; Question 85: What is BEST for an IS auditor lo review when assessing the ...; Question 86: An IS auditor examining the configuration of an operating sy...; Question 87: The use of cookies constitutes the MOST significant security...; Question 88: During an audit of a telecommunications system, an IS audito...; Question 89: An IS auditor finds that needed security patches cannot be a...; 1 commentQuestion 90: Which of the following attacks would MOST likely result in t...; Question 91: Which of the following transmission media is LEAST vulnerabl...; Question 92: Which of the following goals would you expect to find in an ...; Question 93: Which of the following should be included in a feasibility s...; Question 94: An IS auditor is reviewing security policies and finds no me...; Question 95: The MAIN reason an organization's incident management proced...; Question 96: Utilizing external resources for highly technical informatio...; Question 97: Which of the following is MOST important when an incident ma...; Question 98: To determine if unauthorized changes have been made to produ...; Question 99: Proper segregation of duties prohibits a system analyst from...; Question 100: Which of the following is the MOST effective control against...; Question 101: Upon completion of audit work, an IS auditor should:...; Question 102: Which of the following is the MOST important difference betw...; Question 103: What is used as a control to detect loss, corruption, or dup...; Question 104: While reviewing the IT infrastructure, an IS auditor notices...; Question 105: A data administrator is responsible for:...; Question 106: During an IS audit of a data center, it was found that progr...; Question 107: An IS auditor has imported data from the client's database. ...; Question 108: Which of the following can help detect transmission errors b...; Question 109: A multinational organization is integrating its existing pay...; Question 110: An IS auditor observes that the CEO has full access to the e...; Question 111: Network environments often add to the complexity of program-...; Question 112: Which of the following techniques would provide the BEST ass...; Question 113: The information security policy that states 'each individual...; Question 114: As part of business continuity planning, which of the follow...; Question 115: Which of the following BEST enables timely detection of chan...; Question 116: An IS auditor reviewing wireless network security determines...; Question 117: Which of the following would provide the BEST assurance that...; Question 118: The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol addresses the confid...; Question 119: During a review of operations, it is noted that during a bat...; Question 120: Which of the following comparisons are used for identificati...; Question 121: A help desk has been contacted regarding a lost business mob...; Question 122: When using a digital signature, the message digest is comput...; Question 123: Which of the following control make sure that input data com...; Question 124: Transmitting redundant information with each character or fr...; Question 125: Mitigating the risk and impact of a disaster or business int...; Question 126: To confirm integrity for a hashed message, the receiver shou...; Question 127: To help ensure the organization's information assets are ade...; Question 128: There are several types of penetration tests depending upon ...; Question 129: The BEST way to assure an organization's board of directors ...; Question 130: During an audit of a business continuity plan (BCP), an IS a...; Question 131: Which of the following BEST reduces the ability of one devic...; Question 132: Which of the following protocol is developed jointly by VISA...; Question 133: Which is a clear indicator that an organization's IS strateg...; Question 134: Relatively speaking, firewalls operated at the physical leve...; Question 135: What a the BEST control to address SOL injection vulnerabili...; Question 136: To determine who has been given permission to use a particul...; Question 137: Proper segregation of duties normally does not prohibit a LA...; Question 138: Which of the following is one most common way that spyware i...; Question 139: To ensure confidentiality through the use of asymmetric encr...; Question 140: An organization offers an online information security awaren...; Question 141: Which of the following control testing approaches is BEST us...; Question 142: Which of the following sampling methods is MOST useful when ...; Question 143: An IS auditor is reviewing a project to implement a payment ...; Question 144: Which of the following is an advantage of an integrated test...; Question 145: To assist an organization in planning for IT investments, an...; Question 146: Which of the following is a benefit of the DevOps developmen...; Question 147: To ensure authentication, confidentiality and integrity of a...; Question 148: Which of the following is the MOST important outcome of effe...; Question 149: Which of the following would be the MOST cost-effective reco...; Question 150: When auditing a proxy-based firewall, an IS auditor should:...; Question 151: After an employee termination, a network account was removed...; Question 152: Which of the following could an IS auditor recommend to impr...; Question 153: The MOST effective biometric control system is the one:...; Question 154: A technical lead who was working on a major project has left...; Question 155: Which of the following is the BEST recommendation to prevent...; Question 156: Which of the following would provide management with the MOS...; Question 157: E-mail traffic from the Internet is routed via firewall-1 to...; Question 158: During the review of a web-based software development projec...; 1 commentQuestion 159: Which of the following is the FIRST step in initiating a dat...; Question 160: Which of the following refers to a symmetric key cipher whic...; Question 161: Which of the following should be performed FIRST when prepar...; Question 162: Which of the following is an appropriate test method to appl...; Question 163: Which of the following refers to any authentication protocol...; Question 164: Which of the following weaknesses would have the GREATEST im...; Question 165: An IS auditor is reviewing the performance outcomes of contr...; Question 166: An IS auditor conducting audit follow-up activities learns t...; Question 167: After initial investigation, an IS auditor has reasons to be...; Question 168: Which of the following would represent an acceptable test of...; Question 169: The use of risk assessment tools for classifying risk factor...; Question 170: A risk analysis for a new system is being performed. For whi...; Question 171: The logical exposure associated with the use of a checkpoint...; Question 172: The PRIMARY purpose of audit trails is to:...; Question 173: Which of the following would contribute MOST to an effective...; Question 174: Which of the following fire suppression systems needs to be ...; Question 175: Which of the following would BEST provide assurance of the i...; Question 176: An IS auditor noted that an organization had adequate busine...; Question 177: Which of the following is the GREATEST security threat when ...; Question 178: A database administrator is responsible for:...; Question 179: Which of the following is the MOST effective data loss contr...; Question 180: The MOST effective control for reducing the risk related to ...; Question 181: Which of the following is an IS auditor s GREATEST concern w...; Question 182: Which of the following attack is MOSTLY performed by an atta...; Question 183: During the extraction and transfer process of data from an a...; Question 184: Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of Single Sign ...; Question 185: Which of the following is the BEST indicator of the effectiv...; Question 186: Which of the following controls should be implemented to BES...; Question 187: Sign-on procedures include the creation of a unique user ID ...; Question 188: Proper segregation of duties prevents a computer operator (u...; Question 189: When implementing an IT governance framework in an organizat...; Question 190: The MAIN purpose for periodically testing offsite facilities...; Question 191: Which of the following provides the MOST reliable audit evid...; Question 192: An IS auditor should be concerned when a telecommunication a...; Question 193: Since data storage of a critical business application is on ...; Question 194: Which of the following would MOST effectively minimize the r...; Question 195: An organization has installed blade server technology in its...; Question 196: .What is an acceptable recovery mechanism for extremely time...; Question 197: Which of the following functionality is NOT performed by the...; Question 198: Which of the following is the MOST important reason to use s...; Question 199: Which of the following reports should an IS auditor use to c...; Question 200: Which of the following internet security threats could compr...; Question 201: Which of the following type of an IDS resides on important s...; Question 202: Which of the following is the MOST effective way to identify...; Question 203: Which of the following is the BEST reason for delaying the a...; Question 204: The PRIMARY objective of performing a postincident review is...; Question 205: Sign-on procedures include the creation of a unique user ID ...; Question 206: A review of wide area network (WAN) usage discovers that tra...; Question 207: Which of the following is one most common way that spyware i...; Question 208: An organization has implemented periodic reviews of logs sho...; Question 209: An information security manager is developing evidence prese...; Question 210: Which of the following protocol is used for electronic mail ...; Question 211: Which of the following would BEST ensure continuity of a wid...; Question 212: A manufacturing firm wants to automate its invoice payment s...; Question 213: Which of the following types of attack works by taking advan...; Question 214: Which of the following is the MOST robust method for disposi...; Question 215: An IS auditor auditing the effectiveness of utilizing a hot ...; Question 216: During an audit of a business continuity plan (BCP), an IS a...; Question 217: Which of the following is the MOST important determining fac...; Question 218: E-mail traffic from the Internet is routed via firewall-1 to...; Question 219: Which of the following controls can BEST detect accidental c...; Question 220: An organization has outsourced its wide area network (WAN) t...; Question 221: The MOST effective control for addressing the risk of piggyb...; Question 222: An IS auditor determines that a business impact analysis (BI...; Question 223: The responsibility for authorizing access to application dat...; Question 224: An IS auditor conducting a review of disaster recovery plann...; Question 225: When conducting a post-implementation review of a new softwa...; Question 226: The GREATEST risk posed by an improperly implemented intrusi...; Question 227: A large insurance company is about to replace a major financ...; Question 228: During a review of an insurance company s claims system, the...; Question 229: Which of the following would provide the BEST evidence for u...; Question 230: The PRIMARY reason for using digital signatures is to ensure...; Question 231: Audit management has just completed the annual audit plan fo...; Question 232: What is an effective countermeasure for the vulnerability of...; Question 233: A top-down approach to the development of operational polici...; Question 234: An organization performs nightly backups but does not have a...; Question 235: An IS auditor is reviewing the business requirements 'or the...; Question 236: Which of the following poses the GREATEST risk to the enforc...; Question 237: What is the PRIMARY benefit of an audit approach which requi...; Question 238: An organization has a mix of access points that cannot be up...; Question 239: Which of the following should be considered FIRST when imple...; Question 240: The traditional role of an IS auditor in a control self-asse...; Question 241: During an IS audit, auditor has observed that authentication...; Question 242: How does the SSL network protocol provide confidentiality?...; Question 243: Which of the following provides the MOST useful information ...; Question 244: The output of the risk management process is an input for ma...; Question 245: An IS auditor is reviewing an organization's implementation ...; Question 246: Which of the following issues should be the GREATEST concern...; Question 247: Functional acknowledgements are used:...; Question 248: Critical processes are not defined in an organization's busi...; Question 249: Which of the following statements appearing in an organizati...; Question 250: What should be the PRIMARY basis for scheduling a follow-up ...; Question 251: Establishing data ownership is an important first step for w...; Question 252: The BEST filter rule for protecting a network from being use...; Question 253: An internet-based attack using password sniffing can:...; Question 254: Which of the following should be done FIRST to effectively d...; Question 255: Which of the following is MOST important for an organization...; Question 256: What is the first step in a business process re-engineering ...; Question 257: Hamid needs to shift users from using the application from t...; Question 258: Which of the following is the MOST important consideration w...; Question 259: Following a successful attack on an organization's web serve...; Question 260: Which of the following are designed to detect network attack...; Question 261: What is the primary objective of a control self-assessment (...; Question 262: Which of the following would provide the BEST evidence of su...; Question 263: During an ongoing audit management requests a briefing on th...; Question 264: At a hospital, medical personal carry handheld computers whi...; Question 265: A legacy application is running on an operating system that ...; Question 266: A sender of an e-mail message applies a digital signature to...; Question 267: Which of the following is the MOST critical step in planning...; Question 268: During an audit of a disaster recovery plan (DRP) for a crit...; Question 269: Which of the following would provide the BEST evidence for a...; Question 270: In RFID technology which of the following risk could represe...; Question 271: An organization has implemented a control to help ensure dat...; Question 272: When developing metrics to measure the contribution of IT to...; Question 273: The PRIMARY purpose of an IT forensic audit is:...; Question 274: Which of the following should be an IS auditor's GREATEST co...; Question 275: Which of the following tools are MOST helpful for benchmarki...; Question 276: Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern to an I...; Question 277: Data anonymizabon helps to prevent which types of attacks in...; Question 278: Which of the following presents the GREATEST concern when im...; Question 279: The GREATEST advantage of using web services for the exchang...; Question 280: Diskless workstation is an example of:...; Question 281: .When auditing third-party service providers, an IS auditor ...; Question 282: .What is the recommended initial step for an IS auditor to i...; Question 283: An organization is using an enterprise resource management (...; Question 284: A multinational organization is introducing a security gover...; Question 285: What control detects transmission errors by appending calcul...; Question 286: The goal of an information system is to achieve integrity, a...; Question 287: .Which of the following provides the strongest authenticatio...; Question 288: An IS steering committee should:...; Question 289: As a driver of IT governance, transparency of IT's cost, val...; Question 290: Which of the following should be included in emergency chang...; Question 291: A local area network (LAN) administrator normally would be r...; Question 292: A database is denormalized in order to:...; Question 293: Which of the following step of PDCA establishes the objectiv...; Question 294: An IS auditor found that a company executive is encouraging ...; Question 295: Which of the following is a distinctive feature of the Secur...; Question 296: Which of the following methods of encryption has been proven...; Question 297: Which of the following should be performed immediately after...; Question 298: Which of the following is MOST important for an IS auditor t...; Question 299: In planning an audit, the MOST critical step is the identifi...; Question 300: IS management recently replaced its existing wired local are...; Question 301: Talking about the different approaches to security in comput...; Question 302: Which of the following is the MOST important prerequisite fo...; Question 303: The BEST way to evaluate a shared control environment is to ...; Question 304: Which of the following is the BEST approach to identify whet...; Question 305: Change control for business application systems being develo...; Question 306: An organization has recently implemented a Voice-over IP (Vo...; Question 307: Which of the following cloud deployment model is provisioned...; Question 308: During an IS audit, auditor has observed that authentication...; Question 309: To aid management in achieving IT and business alignment, an...; Question 310: Which of the following is the GREATEST concern associated wi...; Question 311: Which of the following would be the MOST cost-effective reco...; Question 312: Parity bits are a control used to validate:...; Question 313: A business application system accesses a corporate database ...; Question 314: If a database is restored using before-image dumps, where sh...; Question 315: Which of the following is the BEST detective control for a j...; Question 316: The MOST likely effect of the lack of senior management comm...; Question 317: The reason a certification and accreditation process is perf...; Question 318: What benefit does using capacity-monitoring software to moni...; Question 319: By evaluating application development projects against the c...; Question 320: When developing a risk management program, what is the FIRST...; Question 321: If a programmer has update access to a live system, IS audit...; Question 322: Responsibility and reporting lines cannot always be establis...; Question 323: In the process of evaluating program change controls, an IS ...; Question 324: Which of the following would BEST help to support an auditor...; Question 325: Which of the following is the BEST indication that an organi...; Question 326: What is a data validation edit control that matches input da...; Question 327: An IS auditor reviews an organizational chart PRIMARILY for:...; Question 328: Which of the following is a mechanism for mitigating risks?...; Question 329: A grants management system is used to calculate grant paymen...; Question 330: Which of the following would be the MOST effective control t...; Question 331: the use of a cloud service provider to obtain additional com...; Question 332: Which of the following is the MOST likely reason an organiza...; Question 333: The difference between a vulnerability assessment and a pene...; Question 334: Which of the following programs would a sound information se...; Question 335: Which of the following access rights in the production envir...; Question 336: maturity model is useful in the assessment of IT service man...; Question 337: What would an IS auditor expect to find in the console log?...; Question 338: An organization has recently acquired another organization. ...; Question 339: A data administrator is responsible for:...; Question 340: To address the issue that performance pressures on IT may co...; Question 341: Which of the following should the IS auditor use to BEST det...; Question 342: The success of control self-assessment (CSA) highly depends ...; Question 343: Which of the following would be the MOST secure firewall sys...; Question 344: An IS auditor Is reviewing a complete population of incident...; Question 345: To support an organization's goals, an IS department should ...; Question 346: Which of the following is an object-oriented technology char...; Question 347: Which of the following database controls would ensure that t...; Question 348: As part of an IS audit, the auditor notes the practices list...; Question 349: What kind of protocols does the OSI Transport Layer of the T...; Question 350: Which of the following is a distinguishing feature at the hi...; Question 351: Which of the following backup schemes is the BEST option whe...; Question 352: Although BCP and DRP are often implemented and tested by mid...; Question 353: Which of the following layer of an enterprise data flow arch...; Question 354: internal IS auditor recommends that incoming accounts payabl...; Question 355: An IS auditor conducting audit follow-up activities learns t...; Question 356: What topology provides the greatest redundancy of routes and...; Question 357: An IS auditor previously worked in an organization s IT depa...; Question 358: Which of the following is the BEST way to increase the effec...

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