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IIA IIA-CIA-Part3-3P - CIA Exam Part Three: Business Knowledge for Internal Auditing

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Total 488 questions

Which of the following should be established by management during implementation of big data systems to enable ongoing production monitoring?

A.

Key performance indicators

B.

Reports of software customization

C.

Change and patch management

D.

Master data management

Which of the following statements is true regarding the capital budgeting procedure known as discounted payback period?

A.

It calculates the overall value of a project

B.

It ignores the time value of money

C.

It calculates the time a project takes to break even.

D.

It begins at time zero for the project.

Which of the following is a typical example of structured data?

A.

Production information maintained in relational tables.

B.

Tweets and posts of users on social media.

C.

Photos and videos stored in hard drive catalogs.

D.

Sales reports documented in word processing software.

Which of the following is an example of internal auditors applying data mining techniques for exploratory purposes?

A.

Internal auditors perform reconciliation procedures to support an external audit of financial reporting.

B.

Internal auditors perform a systems-focused analysis to review relevant controls.

C.

Internal auditors perform a risk assessment to identify potential audit subjects as input for the annual internal audit plan.

D.

Internal auditors test IT general controls with regard to operating effectiveness versus design.

When management uses the absorption costing approach, fixed manufacturing overhead costs are classified as which of the following types of costs?

A.

Direct product costs

B.

Indirect product costs

C.

Direct period costs

D.

Indirect period costs.

An investor has acquired an organization that has a dominant position in a mature, slow-growth industry and consistently creates positive financial income Which of the following terms would the investor most likely label this investment in her portfolio?

A.

A star

B.

A cash cow

C.

A Question mark

D.

A dog

An employee's mobile device used for work was stolen in a home burglary.

Which control, if already implemented by the organization, would best prevent unauthorized access to organizational data stored on the employee's device?

A.

Access control via biometric authentication.

B.

Access control via passcode authentication.

C.

Access control via swipe pattern authentication.

D.

Access control via security question authentication.

The chief audit executive (CAE) has embraced a total quality management approach to improving the internal audit activity's (IAA's) processes. He would like to reduce the time to complete audits and improve client ratings of the IAA.

Which of the following staffing approaches is the CAE most likely to select?

A.

Assign a team with a trained audit manager to plan each audit and distribute field work tasks to various staff auditors.

B.

Assign a team of personnel who have different specialties to each audit and empower team members to participate fully in key decisions.

C.

Assign a team to each audit, designate a single person to be responsible for each phase of the audit, and limit decision making outside of their area of responsibility.

D.

Assign a team of personnel who have similar specialties to specific engagements that would benefit from those specialties and limit key decisions to the senior person.

When attempting to devise creative solutions to problems, team members initially should do which of the following?

A.

Suspend assumptions and negative feedback

B.

Weight suggestions based on the speaker's level of authority.

C.

Discuss the details of all options presented

D.

Provide documentation to support their positions

Which of the following statements about mentoring is true?

1) Mentoring can be used effectively for increasing employee retention

2) Mentoring can be used effectively in reducing employees frustration.

3) Mentoring can be used effectively for increasing organization communication.

4) Mentoring can be used effectively as a short term activity consisting of instruction and training

A.

1 2. and 3 only.

B.

1. 2 and 4 only

C.

1, 3. and 4 only.

D.

1,2. 3, and 4