Question: 1
An internal auditor is concerned that a division's management may have shipped poor quality merchandise in order to inflate sales and thereby boost the division manager's bonus. Furthermore, the auditor suspects that returned goods are being shipped to other customers as new products before defects are fully corrected. Which of the following audit procedures would be least effective in determining whether such shipments took place?
Question: 2
An audit of an organization's systems development life cycle (SDLC) found that detailed internal control procedures for mission critical business systems were not developed until the systems were implemented. When reporting this finding, the auditor should recommend the development of such procedures during which SDLC phase?
Question: 3
In evaluating threats to an organization's network communication system, which of the following transmission media would an auditor recommend as most reliable and effective in thwarting intruders?
Question: 4
Which of the following would be the most appropriate starting point in a compliance evaluation of software licensing requirements for an organization with more than 15,000 computer workstations?
Question: 5
The internal audit activity's key responsibility for information security is to
