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Certified Internal Auditor - Part 3, Business Analysis and Information Technology Questions 641–645 (page: 130)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

Which of the following is a malicious program, the purpose of which is to reproduce itself throughout the network and produce a denial of service attack by excessively utilizing system resources?

  1. Logic bomb.
  2. Virus.
  3. Worm.
  4. Trojan horse.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

A worm is an independent program that reproduces by copying itself from one system to another over a network and consumes computer and network resources.



Inefficient use of excess computer equipment can be controlled by

  1. Contingency planning.
  2. System feasibility studies.
  3. Capacity planning.
  4. Exception reporting.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Planning is as important for the information systems function as for any other part of the organization. The master plan for this function should be consistent with the strategic plan for the organization and include goals and objectives. an inventory of current capacity, and a forecast of future needs. The plan is the basis for determining hardware needs.



The best plan for responding to quickly changing information requirements is to foster:

  1. Greater online access to information systems.
  2. Competitive pressures for enhanced functions in systems.
  3. Closer linkage between organizational strategy and information.
  4. More widespread use of automated controls.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

An important management challenge is to integrate the planning, design, and implementation of complex application systems with the strategy of the organization, which will permit the best possible response to quickly changing information requirements.



An automobile and personal property insurer has decentralized its information processing to the extent that headquarters has less processing capacity than any of its regional processing centers. These centers are responsible for initiating policies, communicating with policyholders, and adjusting claims. The company uses leased lines from a national telecommunications company. Initially, the company thought there would be little need for interregional communication, but that has not been the case. The company underestimated the number of customers that would move between regions and the number of customers with claims arising from accidents outside their regions. The company has a regional center in an earthquake-prone area and is planning how to continue processing if that center, or any other single center, were unable to perform its processing. The company considered mirroring the data stored at each regional center at another center. A disadvantage of such an arrangement is:

  1. Lack of awareness at headquarters of the state of processing.
  2. Increased cost and complexity of network traffic.
  3. Interference of the mirrored data with original source data.
  4. Confusion on the part of insurance agents about where customer data are stored.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

If data stored at one regional center is to mirror the data stored at another center, the most efficient method to ensure each center has the most current data is to transfer data across a network. Consequently, the cost of network traffic would increase dramatically.
The complexity of the network would also increase as the network would need to provide a great deal of security when transferring data.



Which of the following statements about desktop computers, servers, and mainframe computers is true?

  1. Desktop computers usually more than servers but less than mainframes.
  2. Because of the increase, desktop computers, there will be little need for mainframes in the near future.
  3. Servers must be programmed directly in machine language while mainframes use higher-level language.
  4. The cost per transaction to process on each type of computer has decreased in recent years.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Advances in technology have resulted in less expensive computers and increased computing power. The cost to process transactions on all kinds of computers has therefore decreased.



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