CPA Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) : COBIT Model

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Example Question #1 : Cobit Model

Which organization created the COBIT framework?

Possible Answers:

ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)

FASB

Treadway Commission

US Government IT Commission

Correct answer:

ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)

Explanation:

The ISACA is the organization which created the COBIT framework.

Example Question #2 : Cobit Model

Per ISACA, beneficiaries of an implemented COBIT framework would include all of the following except:

Possible Answers:

Process owners

Audit committee members

Risk committee

Hourly employees

Correct answer:

Hourly employees

Explanation:

The beneficiaries of an implemented COBIT framework should be those with more of a stake in the operations of the company.

Example Question #3 : Cobit Model

According to the ISACA when creating the COBIT framework, which of the following is not an attribute of the framework?

Possible Answers:

Guarantee of ethical compliance

Easy integration

Effective IT governance

Plethora of implementation resources

Correct answer:

Guarantee of ethical compliance

Explanation:

For any implemented process, a guarantee is never an attribute as nothing can guarantee ethical compliance.

Example Question #1 : Cobit Model

Which of the following is a person who enters data or uses the information processed by a system?

Possible Answers:

Software developer

Network administrator

User

Hardware technician

Correct answer:

User

Explanation:

Users are any workers who enter data into a system or who use the information processed by the system. Users could be secretaries, administrators, accountants, auditors, CEOs, and  so on.

Example Question #1 : Cobit Model

Which of the following is a person who designs and/or writes programs to collect, process, store, transform and distribute the data and information that are entered by the end users?

Possible Answers:

End user

Hardware technician

Network administrator

Software developer

Correct answer:

Software developer

Explanation:

A software developer designs and/or writes the systems and/or programs to collect, process, store, transform and distribute the data and info that are entered by the end users.

Example Question #6 : Cobit Model

A service that allows customers to rent virtual servers and related services that can be used to develop and test new software applications is ____.

Possible Answers:

Infrastructure as a service

IT as a service

Software as a service

Platform as a service

Correct answer:

Platform as a service

Explanation:

IT as a service is not a term, software as a service relates to applications hosted by a vendor, and platform as a service allows customers to host their own applications.

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