SAFe 2025/2026 IT EXAM

This PDF contains a set of carefully selected practice questions for the IIA-CIA-Part3-3P exam. These questions are designed to reflect the structure, difficulty, and topics covered in the actual exam, helping you reinforce your understanding and identify areas for improvement. What's Inside: 1. Topic-focused questions based on the latest exam objectives 2. Accurate answer keys to support self-review 3. Designed to simulate the real test environment 4. Ideal for final review or daily practice Important Note: This material is for personal study purposes only. Please do not redistribute or use for commercial purposes without permission. For full access to the complete question bank and topic-wise explanations, visit: CertQuestionsB Our YouTube: FB page: 1 / 16 CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CCLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM Share some IIA-CIA-Part3-3P exam online questions below. 1. With regard to disaster recovery planning, which of the following would most likely involve stakeholders from several departments? A. Determining the frequency with which backups will be performed. B. Prioritizing the order in which business systems would be restored. C. Assigning who in the IT department would be involved in the recovery procedures. D. Assessing the resources needed to meet the data recovery objectives Answer: B 2. The economic order quantity for inventory is higher for an organization that has: A. Lower annual unit sales. B. Higher fixed inventory ordering costs. C. Higher annual carrying costs as a percentage of inventory value. D. A higher purchase price per unit of inventory. Answer: B 3. Which of the following is a major advantage of decentralized organizations, compared to centralized organizations? A. Decentralized organizations are more focused on organizational goals. B. Decentralized organizations streamline organizational structure. C. Decentralized organizations tend to be less expensive to operate. D. Decentralized organizations tend to be more responsive to market changes. Answer: D 4. Which of me following responsibilities would ordinary fall under the help desk function of an organization? A. Maintenance service items such as production support B. Management of infrastructure services including network management C. Physical hosting of mainframes and distributed servers D. End-to-end security architecture design Answer: B 5. Which of the following analytical techniques would an internal auditor use to verify that none of an organization's employees are receiving fraudulent invoice payments? A. Perform gap testing. B. Join different data sources. C. Perform duplicate testing. D. Calculate statistical parameters. Answer: D Explanation: Reference: 6. Which of the following bring-your-own-device (BYOD) practices is likely to increase the risk of infringement on local regulations such as copyright or privacy laws? A. Not installing anti-malware software 2 / 16 CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CCLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM B. Updating operating software in a haphazard manner C. Applying a weak password for access to a mobile device D. Jailbreaking a locked smart device. Answer: D 7. Which of the following is the most likely reason an organization may decide to undertake a stock split? A. To keep stock price constant. B. To keep shareholders' equity constant. C. To increase shareholders' equity. D. To enhance the stock liquidity. Answer: D 8. Which of the following is the first step an internal audit activity should undertake when executing a data analytics process? A. Conduct a risk assessment regarding the effectiveness of the data analytics process. B. Analyze possible and available sources of raw data C. Define the purpose and the anticipated value D. Select data for cleaning and normalization procedures. Answer: B 9. Maintenance cost at a hospital was observed to increase as activity level increased. The following data was gathered: Activity Level - Maintenance Cost Month Patient Days January 5,600 $7,900 February 7,100 $8,500 March 5,000 $7,400 April 6,500 $8,200 May 7,300 $9,100 June 8,000 $9,800 If the cost of maintenance is expressed in an equation, what is the independent variable for this data? A. Fixed cost. B. Variable cost. C. Total maintenance cost. 3 / 16 CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CCLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM D. Patient days. Answer: D 10. Which of the following assists in ensuring mat information exchanged over IT systems is encrypted? A. Operating system B. Utility software C. Firewall D. Application software Answer: C 11. Which of the following methods is most closely associated to year over year trends? A. Horizontal analysis B. Vertical analysis C. Common-size analysis D. Ratio analysis Answer: A 12. An organization uses the management-by-objectives method, whereby employee performance is based on defined goals. Which of the following statements is true regarding this approach? A. It is particularly helpful to management when the organization is facing rapid change B. It is a more successful approach when adopted by mechanistic organizations C. It is more successful when goal-setting is performed not only by management, but by an team members, including lower-level staff. D. It is particularly successful in environments that are prone to having poor employer-employee relations Answer: C 13. Organizations mat adopt just-in-time purchasing systems often experience which of the following? A. A slight increase in carrying costs. B. A greater need for inspection of goods as the goods arrive. C. A greater need for linkage with a vendor s computerized order entry system. D. An increase in the number of suitable suppliers Answer: C 14. According to IIA guidance, which of the following is the correct order to conduct a business impact analysis (BIA) for the potential loss of an organization's network services'' 15. Which of the following is a systems software control? A. Restricting server room access to specific individuals B. Housing servers with sensitive software away from environmental hazards. C. Ensuring that ail user requirements are documented. D. Performing of intrusion testing on a regular basis Answer: A 4 / 16 CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CCLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM 16. Which of the following is an example of an application system control? A. Data values fall within a prescribed range. B. Error listings are generated and promptly remediated. C. Report distribution is restricted to authorized personnel. D. Field amounts contain an upper or lower limit. Answer: A 17. Which of the following budgets must be prepared first? A. Cash budget. B. Production budget. C. Sales budget. D. Selling and administrative expenses budget. Answer: C 18. in which of the following technical infrastructure audits should attention be turned to physical security and environmental controls? A. Database review B. Data center review C. Network configuration review D. Operating systems review Answer: B 19. Which of the following application controls, implemented by management, monitors data being processed to ensure the data remains consistent and accurate? A. Management trail controls. B. Output controls. C. Integrity controls. D. Input controls. Answer: C Explanation: Reference: Presentations/Application Controls/MSA 516 Application Controls P 20. Which of the following is an example of a phishing attack? A. An employee receives an email that appears to be from the organization's bank, though it is not. The employee replies to the email and sends the requested confidential information. B. An organization's website has been hacked. The hacker added political content that is not consistent with the organization's views. C. An organization's systems have been compromised by malicious software. The software locks the organization's operating system until d ransom is paid. D. An organization's communication systems have been intercepted. A communication session is controlled by an unauthorized third party. Answer: A 21. Which of the following is a product-oriented definition of a business rather than a market-oriented definition of a business? A. We are a people-and-goods mover