Free CISA Practice Test Questions 2026

Which of the following protects against the impact of temporary and rapid decreases or increases in electricity?

A.

Emergency power-off switch

B.

Stand-by generator

C.

Redundant power supply

D.

Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

Which of the following should be the MOST important consideration when establishing data classification standards?

A.

Reporting metrics are established.

B.

An education campaign is established upon rollout.

C.

The standards comply with relevant regulations.

D.

Management supports the newly developed standards

Which of the following validation techniques would BEST prevent duplicate electronic vouchers?

A.

Sequence check

B.

Edit check

C.

Cyclic redundancy check

D.

Reasonless check

Which of the following could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of IT operations?

A.

Total cost of ownership

B.

Internal rate of return

C.

Balanced scorecard

D.

Net present value

Which of the following should the IS auditor use to BEST determine whether a project has met its business objectives?

A.

Earned-value analysis

B.

Issues log with resolutions

C.

Benefits realization document

D.

Completed project plan

A stockbroker accepts orders over the Internet. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate control to ensure confidentiality of the orders?

A.

Public key encryption

B.

Virtual private network

C.

Digital signature

D.

Data Encryption Standard (DES)

A company laptop has been stolen and all photos on the laptop have been published on social media. Which of the following is the IS auditor's BEST course of action?

A.

Determine if the laptop had the appropriate level of encryption

B.

Verify the organization's incident reporting policy was followed

C.

Ensure that the appropriate authorities have been notified

D.

Review the photos to determine whether they were for business or personal purposes

Which of the following is the MOST significant driver of efficient handling of information security incidents?

A.

Prioritization

B.

Budget

C.

Expertise

D.

Strategy

What is the BEST indicator of successful implementation of an organization s information security policy?

A.

Reduced number of noncompliance penalties incurred

B.

Reduced number of successful phishing incidents

C.

Reduced number of help desk calls

D.

Reduced number of false-positive security events

An IS auditor has found that a vendor has gone out of business and the escrow has an older version of the source code What is the auditor's BEST recommendation for the organization?

A.

Prepare a maintenance plan that will support the application using the existing code.

B.

Bring the escrow version up to date

C.

Continue using the existing application since it meets the current requirements.

D.

Undertake an analysis to determine the business risk.

An IS auditor is observing transaction processing and notes that a high-priority update job ran out of sequence. What is the MOST significant risk from this observation'

A.

The job may not have run to completion.

B.

Daily schedules may not be accurate

C.

Previous jobs may have failed.

D.

The job completes with invalid data.

Which of the following would BEST detect logic bombs in new programs?

A.

Final acceptance testing by users

B.

Parallel/pilot testing

C.

Regression testing

D.

Independent program review