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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

The management of working capital is most crucial for which of the following aspects of business?

A.

Liquidity.

B.

Profitability.

C.

Solvency.

D.

Efficiency.

An organization accomplishes its goal to obtain a 40 percent share of the domestic market, but is unable to get the desired return on investment and output per hour of labor. Based on this information the organization is most likely focused on which of the following?

A.

Capital investment and not marketing

B.

Marketing and not capital investment.

C.

Efficiency and not input economy.

D.

Effectiveness and not efficiency.

Which of the following data analytics tools would be applied by an internal audit activity positioned at the lowest level of maturity?

A.

Workflow and data capture technology

B.

Data visualization applications.

C.

Software integrated with central data warehouse

D.

Spreadsheets.

In an organization's established accounts payable department employees perform highly structured activities follow clearly defined procedures and have strict deadlines for performing their tasks The head of the department recently retired, and a new department head was hired To achieve the greatest benefit for this department and avoid redundancy the new leader should adopt which of the following leadership styles?

A.

Achievement-oriented style

B.

People-oriented style

C.

Goal-oriented style

D.

Task-oriented style

Which of me following is applicable to both a job order cost system and a process cost system?

A.

Total manufacturing costs are determined at the end of each period.

B.

Costs are summarized in a production cost repot for each department

C.

Three manufacturing cost elements are tracked direct materials direct labor and manufacturing overhead.

D.

The unit cost can be calculated by dividing the total manufacturing costs for the period by the units produced during the period

Which of the following statements is true with regard to information protection?

A.

All personal information, by definition is considered to be sensitive, requiring specialized controls.

B.

Information is not considered personal if it can only be linked to or used to identify an individual indirectly.

C.

Individuals who provide personal information to organizations share in the risk of inappropriate

disclosure.

D.

Good protection controls remove any restrictions on the quantity of personal information that can be collected

Which of the following network types should an organization choose if it wants to allow access only to its own personnel?

A.

An extranet

B.

A local area network.

C.

An intranet

D.

The internet

When examining an organization's strategic plan, an internal auditor should expect to find which of the following components?

A.

Identification of achievable goals and timelines.

B.

Analysis of the competitive environment.

C.

Plan for the procurement of resources.

D.

Plan for progress reporting and oversight.

Which of the following security controls would provide the most efficient and effective authentication for customers to access their online shopping account?

A.

12-digit password feature.

B.

Security question feature.

C.

Voice recognition feature.

D.

Two-level sign-on feature.

An internal audit manager is explaining to a newly hired staff auditor the various analytics techniques frequently used by the internal audit activity Which of the following statements is true regarding these analytics techniques?

A.

Process mining is a type of data analysts where the data subject is a process

B.

Process analysis is a type of data mining where the data subject is a designated area of a process

C.

Data mining is a type of data analysis that focuses on finding statistical relationships in order to create

profiles

D.

Data mining involves examining small amounts of structured data in a systematic manner