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Questions # 121:

Which of the following is the most common way that occupational fraud is detected?

Options:

A.

Internal audits.


B.

Whistleblower hotline.


C.

Key controls.


D.

External audits.


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Questions # 122:

Which of the following responsibilities would fall under the role of the chief audit executive, rather than internal audit staff or the audit manager?

Options:

A.

Manage and support a quality assurance and improvement program.


B.

Maintain industry-specific knowledge appropriate to the audit engagements


C.

Set clear performance standards for internal auditors and the internal audit activity.


D.

Apply problem-solving techniques for routine situations.


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Questions # 123:

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

Options:

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.


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Questions # 124:

Which of the following statements accurately describes one of the characteristics that distinguishes a multinational company from a domestic company?

Options:

A.

A multinational company has stockholders in other countries.


B.

A multinational company exports its products to other countries.


C.

A multinational company operates outside of its country of origin.


D.

A multinational company uses raw materials and components from more than one country.


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Questions # 125:

Which of the following purchasing scenarios would gain the greatest benefit from implementing electronic data interchange?

Options:

A.

A time-sensitive just-in-time purchase environment.


B.

A large volume of custom purchases.


C.

A variable volume sensitive to material cost.


D.

A currently inefficient purchasing process.


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Questions # 126:

Which of the following is the best approach to overcome entry barriers into a new business?

Options:

A.

Offer a standard product that is targeted in the recognized market.


B.

Invest in commodity or commodity-like product businesses.


C.

Enter into a slow-growing market.


D.

Use an established distribution relationship.


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Questions # 127:

According to MA guidance, which of the following would indicate poor change management control?

1. Low change success rate

2. Occasional planned outages

3. Low number of emergency changes.

4. Instances of unauthorized changes

Options:

A.

1 and 3


B.

1 and 4


C.

2 and 3


D.

2 and 4


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Questions # 128:

In which of the following plans is an employee most likely to find guidance on action and performance standards?

Options:

A.

Operational plans.


B.

Tactical plans.


C.

Strategic plans.


D.

Mission plans.


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Questions # 129:

An organization had three large centralized divisions: one that received customer orders for service work; one that scheduled the service work at customer locations; and one that answered customer calls about service problems. These three divisions were restructured into seven regional groups, each of which performed all three functions. One advantage of this restructuring would be:

Options:

A.

Better internal controls.


B.

Greater economies of scale.


C.

Improved work flow.


D.

Increased specialization.


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Questions # 130:

Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of public key encryption to secure data while it is being transmitted across a network?

Options:

A.

Both the key used to encrypt the data and the key used to decrypt the data are made public.


B.

The key used to encrypt the data is kept private but the key used to decrypt the data is made public.


C.

The key used to encrypt the data is made public but the key used to decrypt the data is kept private.


D.

Both the key used to encrypt the data and the key used to decrypt the data are made private.


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Questions # 131:

How do data analysis technologies affect internal audit testing?

Options:

A.

They improve the effectiveness of spot check testing techniques


B.

They allow greater insight into high risk areas.


C.

They reduce the overall scope of the audit engagement.


D.

They increase the internal auditor's objectivity


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Questions # 132:

According to the International Professional Practices Framework, which of the following statements is true regarding a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program?

1. Every employee generally has a responsibility for ensuring the success of CSR objectives.

2. The board has overall responsibility for the effectiveness of internal control processes associated with CSR.

3. Public reporting on the CSR governance process is expected.

4. Organizations generally have flexibility regarding what is included in a CSR program.

Options:

A.

1, 2, and 3 only


B.

1, 2, and 4 only


C.

1, 3, and 4 only


D.

2, 3, and 4 only


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Questions # 133:

Which of the following describes the most appropriate set of tests for auditing a workstation's logical access controls?

Options:

A.

Review the list of people with access badges to the room containing the workstation and a log of those who accessed the room.


B.

Review the password length, frequency of change, and list of users for the workstation's login process.


C.

Review the list of people who attempted to access the workstation and failed, as well as error messages.


D.

Review the passwords of those who attempted unsuccessfully to access the workstation and the log of their activity.


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Questions # 134:

An organization is considering mirroring the customer data for one regional center at another center. A disadvantage of such an arrangement would be:

Options:

A.

Lack of awareness of the state of processing.


B.

Increased cost and complexity of network traffic.


C.

Interference of the mirrored data with the original source data.


D.

Confusion about where customer data are stored.


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Questions # 135:

Which of the following is most important for an internal auditor to check with regard to the database version?

Options:

A.

Verify whether the organization uses the most recent database software version


B.

Verify whether the database software version is supported by the vendor.


C.

Verify whether the database software version has been recently upgraded


D.

Verify whether access to database version information is appropriately restricted


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