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IT Control Monitoring Methods

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What is the purpose of control monitoring?

To identify where active monitoring may be useful

To check if the control itself is operational

To ensure compliance with enterprise policies only

To verify whether the control is effectively addressing the risk (correct)

How should the monitoring of controls be based?

On irrelevant data

On irrelevant data or through self-assessment

On data that are relevant to the risk and overall performance (correct)

On data that are not relevant to the risk and overall performance

When risk action plans are required, what should be monitored?

Appropriate risk management practices in alignment with enterprise risk appetite and tolerance (correct)

The effectiveness of the firewall

Control requirements

Employee compliance with policies

How is control monitoring conducted?

Through self-assessment or independent assurance reviews Signup and view all the answers

What is the main benefit of continuous audit techniques?

Reducing the time lag between system misuse and detection Signup and view all the answers

Which type of automated evaluation technique embeds specially written audit software in the enterprise host application system?

Systems control audit review file (SCARF) Signup and view all the answers

How do continuous audit techniques affect the confidence in the reliability of an IT system?

They improve the security of a system and provide timely detection of failures Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of snapshots as an automated evaluation technique?

To take pictures of the processing path of a transaction Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the integrated test facility (ITF) technique?

To set up dummy entities and include them in production files for testing transactions Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of audit hooks in application systems?

To function as red flags and alert IT auditors to act before an error or irregularity occurs Signup and view all the answers

What does continuous and intermittent simulation (CIS) involve during a process run of a transaction?

Simulating the instruction execution of the application and auditing transactions based on predetermined criteria Signup and view all the answers

How does an IT auditor verify the correctness of computer-processed data using the ITF technique?

By comparing the output with the data that have been independently calculated Signup and view all the answers