Free CISA Practice Test Questions 2026

An IS auditor is reviewing IT policies and found that most policies have not been reviewed in over 3 years.
The MOST significant risk is that the policies do not reflect.

A.

The vision of the CEO

B.

Current industry best practices

C.

The mission of the organization

D.

Current legal requirements

Which of the following roles is ULTIMATELY accountable for the protection of an organization s
information?

A.

The board of directors

B.

The chief information security officer (CISO)

C.

The data owner

D.

The chief information officer (CIO)

Which of the following should an IS auditor review FIRST when planning a customer data privacy audit?

A.

Legal and compliance requirements

B.

Customer agreements

C.

Organizational policies and procedures

D.

Data classification

Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective of using a capability maturity model as a tool to
communicate
audit results to senior management?

A.

To evaluate management's action plan

B.

To confirm audit findings

C.

To illustrate improvement opportunities

D.

To prioritize remediation efforts

Which of the following areas are the MOST likely cause of an application producing several erroneous
reports?

A.

A deficiency in user acceptance testing

B.

A deficiency in IT resource allocation

C.

A deficiency in patch management

D.

A deficiency in database administration

An advantage of object-oriented system development is that it:

A.

decreases the need for system documentation.

B.

partitions systems into a client/server architecture.

C.

is suited to data with complex relationships.

D.

is easier to code than procedural languages.

Which of the following should an IS auditor expect to find in an organization s information security policies?

A.

Secure coding procedures

B.

Authentication requirements

C.

Security configuration settings

D.

Asset provisioning lifecycle

Which of the following is the BCST way to determine the effectiveness of a recently installed intrusion
detection system (IDS)?

A.

Implement access control

B.

Conduct attack simulation.

C.

Review audit logs

D.

inspect IDS configuration

The risk that the IS auditor will not find an error that has occurred is identified by which of the following
terms?

A.

Prevention

B.

Inherent

C.

Detection

D.

Control

An IT steering committee assists the board of directors to fulfill IT governance duties by:

A.

developing IT policies and procedures for project tracking.

B.

focusing on the supply of IT services and products

C.

overseeing major projects and IT resource allocation

D.

implementing the IT strategy

The results of a feasibility study for acquiring a new system should provide management with a clear
understanding of:

A.

how hardware selection criteria are aligned with the IS strategic plan.

B.

critical application systems' utilization of computer resources.

C.

the approach to meeting data processing needs

D.

application security over critical data processing.

As part of a quality assurance initiative, an organization has engaged an external auditor to evaluate the
internal IS audit function. Which of the
following observations should be of MOST concern?

A.

The audit team is not sufficiently leveraging data analytics.

B.

Audit reports are not approved by the audit committee.

C.

Audit reports do not state they are conducted in accordance with industry standards.

D.

Audit engagements are not risk-based.