In the Planning Stage, the primary goal is to... - ANSWERaddress audit objectives
The BEST way to ensure payroll data accuracy is to ... - ANSWERcompare the
payroll report to the input forms
An IS Auditor would use code comparison software to look at... - ANSWERsource
program controls without information from IS personnel (This makes the Auditor
objective, independent, and relatively complete assurance of program changes)
The decisions and actions of an IS Auditor are MOST likely to affect... (what type of
risk?) - ANSWERDetection risk
A checksum is an ________ check - ANSWERintegrity
Control self assessments ensure that ... - ANSWEReffective application controls are
maintained
To be effective, the QA function should be ... - ANSWERindependent of the PM
(meaning the effectiveness of the QA function is in question if the PM reports to QA)
ETF transfer reconciliations should include... - ANSWERtracing (because
reconciliations involve following a transaction to its source and to the final
destination)
An appropriate control for ensuring the authenticity of orders received in an EDI
system application is to ... - ANSWERverify the identity of senders and determine if
orders correspond to contracts
The effect of applicable statutory requirements must be factored in... -
ANSWERwhile planning an IS audit
Compliance tests determine whether the controls are ____________ ___________
when related to determining whether controls support management policies and
procedures - ANSWERoperating as designed
After a business process is identified, Auditor should... - ANSWERidentify control
objectives and activities
Table lookups are _____ controls because input and output data are checked
against predefined tables - ANSWERpreventative
substantive testing is the most effective to determine whether the _____________
___________ of controls is properly applied to transaction processing -
ANSWERoperational effectiveness