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CISA DOMAIN 2 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
What does EGIT stand for? What is it's meaning? Ans: Enterprise
Governance of Information and Technology. It a system composed of
stakeholders, board of directors, department managers, and internal
customers who provide input into the IT decision making process.
What are the three broad processes in the EGIT framework are: Ans: 1.
IT Resource Management - Focuses on maintainng an updated inventory
of all IT resources and addresses the risk mgmt. process.
2. Performance Measurement - Ensure IT Processes bring value to the
company.
3. Compliance Management
According to COBIT's perspective what is the difference between
Governance and Management? Ans: Governance - Ensures stakeholders
needs, conditions and options are evaluated to determine enterprise
objectives. Performance is monitored based on enterprise objectives.
Management - Plans activities according to the governance body.
(Basically a step down, more hands on approach).
T/F EGIT is apart of Governance? Ans: True
What does CSF stand for? Ans: Critical Success Factor
What are the terms of reference when auditing EGIT? Ans: 1. Scope of
work to be done.
2. IS Auditors right of information within the organization and TPSP.
3. Who to report EGIT issues to.
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What is Strategic Planning from an IS standpoint? Ans: Defining long
term direction of IT an enterprise wants to take to improve business
processes.
T/F: Strategic IS Planning involves considering, cost, benefit, and risk of
implementing new technology. Ans: True
What are some common uses of Business Intelligence? Ans: A) Legal
Requirements, for businesses to understand what's occurring in there
own business.
B) Competitive advantage for Supply chain and other areas
C) The increasing size and complexity of organizations.
What are the two components which allow BI to operate effectively?
Ans: A) The enterprise data flow architecture
B) A logical data architecture
What are the layers/components of EDFA? Ans: Enterprise Data Flow
Architecture is composed of the following layers:
1. Presentation/desktop access layer -
2. Data source layer -
3. Core data warehouse
4. Data mart layer
5. Data staging and quality layer
6. Data access layer
7. Data preparation layer
8. Metadata repository layer
9. Warehouse management layer
CISA DOMAIN 2 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
What does EGIT stand for? What is it's meaning? Ans: Enterprise
Governance of Information and Technology. It a system composed of
stakeholders, board of directors, department managers, and internal
customers who provide input into the IT decision making process.
What are the three broad processes in the EGIT framework are: Ans: 1.
IT Resource Management - Focuses on maintainng an updated inventory
of all IT resources and addresses the risk mgmt. process.
2. Performance Measurement - Ensure IT Processes bring value to the
company.
3. Compliance Management
According to COBIT's perspective what is the difference between
Governance and Management? Ans: Governance - Ensures stakeholders
needs, conditions and options are evaluated to determine enterprise
objectives. Performance is monitored based on enterprise objectives.
Management - Plans activities according to the governance body.
(Basically a step down, more hands on approach).
T/F EGIT is apart of Governance? Ans: True
What does CSF stand for? Ans: Critical Success Factor
What are the terms of reference when auditing EGIT? Ans: 1. Scope of
work to be done.
2. IS Auditors right of information within the organization and TPSP.
3. Who to report EGIT issues to.
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What is Strategic Planning from an IS standpoint? Ans: Defining long
term direction of IT an enterprise wants to take to improve business
processes.
T/F: Strategic IS Planning involves considering, cost, benefit, and risk of
implementing new technology. Ans: True
What are some common uses of Business Intelligence? Ans: A) Legal
Requirements, for businesses to understand what's occurring in there
own business.
B) Competitive advantage for Supply chain and other areas
C) The increasing size and complexity of organizations.
What are the two components which allow BI to operate effectively?
Ans: A) The enterprise data flow architecture
B) A logical data architecture
What are the layers/components of EDFA? Ans: Enterprise Data Flow
Architecture is composed of the following layers:
1. Presentation/desktop access layer -
2. Data source layer -
3. Core data warehouse
4. Data mart layer
5. Data staging and quality layer
6. Data access layer
7. Data preparation layer
8. Metadata repository layer
9. Warehouse management layer
