Free IIA IIA-CIA-Part3 Practice Questions 2026 - Page 5

An organization and its trading partner rely on a computer-to-computer exchange of digital business documents. Which of the following best describes this scenario?

A. Use of a central processing unit

B. Use of a database management system

C. Use of a local area network

D. Use of electronic data Interchange

An organization accomplishes its goal to obtain a 40 percent share of the domestic market, but is unable to get the desired return on Investment and output per hour of labor. Based on this information, the organization is most likely focused on which of the following?

A. Capital investment and not marketing

B. Marketing and not capital investment

C. Efficiency and not input economy

D. Effectiveness and not efficiency

Which of the following is the most appropriate beginning step of a work program for an assurance engagement involving smart devices?

A. Train all employees on bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies.

B. Understand what procedures are in place for locking lost devices

C. Obtain a list of all smart devices in use

D. Test encryption of all smart devices

Which of the following is on advantage of a decentralized organizational structure, as opposed to a centralized structure?

A. Greater cost-effectiveness

B. Increased economies of scale

C. Larger talent pool

D. Strong internal controls

Which of the following security controls would provide the most efficient and effective authentication for customers to access these online shopping account?

A. 12-digit password feature.

B. Security question feature.

C. Voice recognition feature

D. Two-level sign-on feature

Which of the following capital budgeting techniques considers the tune value of money?

A. Annual rate of return.

B. Incremental analysis.

C. Discounted cash flow.

D. Cash payback

An analytical model determined that on Friday and Saturday nights the luxury brands stores should be open for extended hours and with a doubled number of employees present; while on Mondays and Tuesdays costs can be minimized by reducing the number of employees to a minimum and opening only for evening hours Which of the following best categorizes the analytical model applied?

A. Descriptive.

B. Diagnostic.

C. Prescriptive.

D. Prolific.

Management is designing its disaster recovery plan. In the event that there is significant damage to the organization's IT systems this plan should enable the organization to resume operations at a recovery site after some configuration and data restoration. Which of the following is the ideal solution for management in this scenario?

A. A warm recovery plan.

B. A cold recovery plan.

C. A hot recovery plan.

D. A manual work processes plan

According to UA guidance on IT, at which of the following stages of the project life cycle would the project manager most likely address the need to coordinate project resources?

A. Initiation.

B. Planning.

C. Execution.

D. Monitoring.

Which of the following best describes the use of predictive analytics?

A. A supplier of electrical parts analyzed an instances where different types of spare parts were out of stock prior to scheduled deliveries of those parts.

B. A supplier of electrical parts analyzed sales, applied assumptions related to weather conditions, and identified locations where stock levels would decrease more quickly.

C. A supplier of electrical parts analyzed all instances of a part being, out of stock poor to its scheduled delivery date and discovered that increases in sales of that part consistently correlated with stormy weather.

D. A supplier of electrical parts analyzed sales and stock information and modelled different scenarios for making decisions on stock reordering and delivery