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Cengage Mindtap AIS Chapter 8 Quiz

Q1. The key objective of segregating duties is to:

• Segregate safeguarding, collusion authorizing and efficient functions
• Segregate recording, safeguarding, collusion and authorizing functions
• Segregate authorization, execution, recording, and safeguarding functions
• Segregate execution, recording, safeguarding and collusion functions

Q2. All of the following are major elements of the strategic IT plan, except:

• Investigate a competitor’s use of IT
• Write policies
• Leverage opportunities to apply information technology
• Accommodate changes in organizational objectives

Q3. What is a policy?

• A law to prevent fraud
• A plan or process put in place to guide actions
• A law to enforce penalties for noncompliance
• A law to compel behaviors

Q4. Which of the following is not IT governance?

• A process that ensures that IT protects the organizations assets
• A process that ensures that IT establishes control processes to achieve objectives
• A process that ensures that IT supports the organization’s objectives
• A process that ensures that IT supports the organization’s strategies

Q5. Identify the item below that is not a category of a personnel control plan:

• Management and termination
• Monitoring and governance
• Selection and hiring
• Retention and development

Q6. IT control process domains in COBIT 5 include:

• All of these choices are part of the domains
• Evaluate, Deliver, and Monitor (EDM)
• Align, Plan, and Organize (APO)
• Build, Acquire, and Implement (BAI)

Q7. A well-documented application typically includes:

• All of these choices are correct
• Systems documentation
• Program documentation
• Operations run and user manuals

Q8. Which of the following functions within the IT organization need to be segregated?

• Protect data and computer equipment
• All of these choices are correct
• Process data received from user departments
• Create or update programs

Q9. Having two employees authorize the release of a purchase order or requiring dual signatures on checks is an example of what type of control?

• IT controls
• Pervasive controls
• Compensatory controls
• Application controls

Q10. What is the purpose of the strategic IT plan?

• It is a segregation of duties control plan.
• It is used to set the direction for the IT projects
• It is used to set the direction for the organization
• It is a static document