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ISCA Key Questions for Information Systems Audit

The document contains 48 questions from 5 units related to information systems auditing (ISCA). The questions cover topics such as: 1. The roles and functions of production control groups, data administrators, database administrators, and quality assurance. 2. System development life cycles, program development life cycles, and organizational issues that can affect decentralization of information systems. 3. Security programs, security threats and remedies, disaster recovery plans, and computer operations controls. 4. Cryptographic controls, access controls, data validation, communication subsystem exposures, and physical security controls. 5. Generalized audit software, utility software, specialized audit software, concurrent audit software, information system auditing standards and procedures.

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ISCA Key Questions for Information Systems Audit

The document contains 48 questions from 5 units related to information systems auditing (ISCA). The questions cover topics such as: 1. The roles and functions of production control groups, data administrators, database administrators, and quality assurance. 2. System development life cycles, program development life cycles, and organizational issues that can affect decentralization of information systems. 3. Security programs, security threats and remedies, disaster recovery plans, and computer operations controls. 4. Cryptographic controls, access controls, data validation, communication subsystem exposures, and physical security controls. 5. Generalized audit software, utility software, specialized audit software, concurrent audit software, information system auditing standards and procedures.

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ISCA Important Questions

Unit-I 1. Explain the work of a production control group 2. What is the need for control and audit of computers? 3. Briefly explain about the following i) ii) iii) iv) Traditional Auditing Information system management Behavioral science Computer science

4. Briefly explain the nature of control 5. Write the steps in an audit 6. What are the auditors concern in quality assurance 7. What is Risk explain the need for Risk based approach Unit-II 8. Briefly explain about Loading Function & controlling Function. 9. Explain the normative modules of system development process. [Link] are the Major Phases of system development process (SDLC) [Link] program development life cycle. [Link] short note on (1) Chief programmer team (2) Adaptive team. [Link] the roles of DA & DBA [Link] explain about the functions of DA & DBA. [Link] are the organizational issues that effect the decentralization of information system function? [Link] short note on date reporting systems. Unit-III [Link] the steps how to conduct a security program [Link] explain about security treads and remedial measures.

[Link] short note n (1) Disaster recovery plan (2) Insurance [Link] are the different computer operations that come under management controls? [Link] productions control & explain about various control (or) Explain work of production control group. [Link] are the roles of Quality Assurance [Link] briefly the function of QA [Link] is batch control why the input control are important [Link] do we validate input instruction?

Unit-IV [Link] are the Cryptographic controls & how do the work [Link] the role of digital signatures, PIN & plastic cards in access control. [Link] short note on (1) Accounting in Audit train (2) Operations audit train [Link] are data code controls briefly explain about the type of data code controls [Link] between validation & verification. [Link] about communication subsystem exposes. [Link] are the physical component controls in communication controls? [Link] poling Method & Contention methods [Link] the controls over subversive treads. [Link] is factoring what is its role in information system auditing? Unit-V [Link] GAS ( Generalized Audit Software)

[Link] explain the utility software (or) Write about utility software used in evidence collection. [Link] do we need specialized audit software? [Link] the benefits & limitation of audit software [Link] a paragraph about various type of concurrent Audit softwares. [Link] about standards & Procedures laid by ISAEA. [Link] the scope & definition of security program & explain its role. [Link] about the staffing & leading functions in managing as information system audit. [Link] is the need of neural network software [Link] do program defect occurs. [Link] short note on test data [Link] explain the following (1) Planning Function (2) Organization function (3) Staffing function (4) Loading function (5) Controlling function [Link] about the features of information system auditing.

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