Which of the following is a common risk associated with poorly designed system interfaces?

Data corruption or loss during transfer

Reduced need for capacity planning

Simplified change management processes

Increased physical security of data centers

A manufacturing company runs a nightly batch process that generates production reports. The process is scheduled to start at 2:00 AM and must finish before the morning shift at 6:00 AM. Recently, the process has been failing intermittently due to a data feed from a third-party supplier arriving late. The IS auditor is reviewing the job scheduling controls. Which control would BEST address this issue?

Schedule the job to start at 1:00 AM to allow more time for the data feed.

Increase the priority of the batch job on the server.

Implement a dependency check that waits for the data feed and alerts if it does not arrive by a specified time.

Remove the dependency on the third-party data feed and use last week's data.

Which of the following is a key control for ensuring the accuracy of automated production processes?

Reviewing job logs and output for errors

Using manual processes instead of automation

Allowing users to modify job schedules without approval

Disabling audit trails for production jobs

Which of the following is the primary role of a network component such as a router in an IT infrastructure?

To store and retrieve data for applications

To provide computational processing for applications

To secure the physical data center perimeter

To direct data packets between different networks

What is the primary purpose of an IT service level agreement (SLA)?

To define the agreed-upon performance and availability targets for a service

To list the names of IT staff members

To describe the hardware specifications of servers

To document the organization's financial budget

Certified Information Systems Auditor

Domain 4Objective 1

IT Operations Management CISA Practice Questions (Page 7)

Part of the Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience domain, which accounts for 26% of the CISA exam.

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Questions 31–35

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A manufacturing company runs a nightly batch process that generates production reports. The process is scheduled to start at 2:00 AM and must finish before the morning shift at 6:00 AM. Recently, the process has been failing intermittently due to a data feed from a third-party supplier arriving late. The IS auditor is reviewing the job scheduling controls. Which control would BEST address this issue?
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33foundation · easy
Which of the following is a key control for ensuring the accuracy of automated production processes?
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34foundation · easy
Which of the following is the primary role of a network component such as a router in an IT infrastructure?
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35foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of an IT service level agreement (SLA)?
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