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IIA-CIA-Part3-3P IIA CIA Exam Part Three: Business Knowledge for Internal Auditing Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

Prepare effectively for your IIA IIA-CIA-Part3-3P CIA Exam Part Three: Business Knowledge for Internal Auditing certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2025, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.

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An organization with an annual demand of 25.000 units correctly computes its economic order quantity to be 1,000 units Its safety stock is 300 units and the lead time is two days If there are 250 production days in a year what is the reorder point1?

A.

200 units.

B.

300 units.

C.

500 units.

D.

1,000 units.

An organization is experiencing a high turnover. Which of the following can human resources deploy to effectively detect the root cause of turnover?

A.

Require regular performance appraisals

B.

Perform exit interviews

C.

Encourage periodic rotation of employee duties.

D.

Ensure mandatory vacations

According to IIA guidance, which of the following is a primary component of a network security strategy?

A.

Application input controls

B.

Firewall controls.

C.

Transmission encryption controls

D.

Change management controls

Which of the following IT professionals is responsible for providing maintenance to switches and routers to keep IT systems running as intended?

A.

Data center operations manager.

B.

Response and support team.

C.

Database administrator.

D.

Network administrator.

Which of the following IT operational areas is responsible for the integrity of data flow within an

organization?

A.

Network

B.

Database

C.

Operating system

D.

Server

Which of the following practices circumvents administrative restrictions on smart devices, thereby increasing data security risks?

A.

Rooting.

B.

Eavesdropping.

C.

Man in the middle.

D.

Session hijacking.

An organization suffered significant damage to its local file and application servers as a result of a hurricane. Fortunately, the organization was able to recover all information backed up by its overseas third-party contractor.

Which of the following approaches has been used by the organization?

A.

Application management.

B.

Data center management.

C.

Managed security services.

D.

Systems integration.

Which of the following statements is true regarding user-developed applications (UDAs) and traditional IT applications?

A.

UDAs and traditional IT applications typically follow a similar development life cycle.

B.

A UDA usually includes system documentation to illustrate its functions, and IT-developed applications typically do not require such documentation.

C.

Unlike traditional IT applications, UDAs typically are developed with little consideration of controls.

D.

IT testing personnel usually review both types of applications thoroughly to ensure they were developed properly.

An internal auditor is assessing the risks related to an organization's mobile device pokey She notes that the organization allows third parties (vendors and visitors) to use outside smart devices to access its proprietary networks and systems Which of the following types of smart device risks should the internal auditor be most concerned about?

A.

Compliance

B.

Privacy

C.

Strategic

D.

Physical security.

Which of me following is true of matrix organizations?

A.

A unity-of-command concept requires employees to report technically, functionally, and administratively to the same manager

B.

A combination of product and functional departments allows management lo utilize personnel from various functions

C.

Authority responsibility and accountability of the units involved may vary based on the project's life, or the organization's culture

D.

It is best suited for firms with scattered locations or for multi-lira. large-scale firms

An internal auditor computed that one of the organization's accounting divisions is processing 30 travel reports per hour while another accounting division is processing 22 travel reports per hour.

Which of the following efficiency measures did the internal auditor most likely employ?

A.

Operating rate.

B.

Asset efficiency rate.

C.

Resource utilization rate.

D.

Productivity rate.

Which of the following describes a third-party network that connects an organization specifically with its trading partners?

A.

Value-added network (VAN).

B.

Local area network (LAN).

C.

Metropolitan area network (MAN).

D.

Wide area network (WAN).

Which of the following statements is true regarding an organization's servers?

A.

Servers optimize data processing by sharing it with other computers on the information system

B.

Servers manage the interconnectivity of system hardware devices in the information system.

C.

Servers manage the data stored in databases residing on the information system.

D.

Servers enforce access controls between networks transmitting data on the information system

Which of the following performance measures disincentivizes engaging in earnings management?

A.

Linking performance to profitability measures such as return on investment.

B.

Linking performance to the stock price.

C.

Linking performance to quotas such as units produced.

D.

Linking performance to nonfinancial measures such as customer satisfaction and employees training.

According to IIA guidance, which of the following statements is true with regard to workstation computers that access company information stored on the network?

A.

individual workstation computer controls are not as important as companywide server controls.

B.

Particular attention should be paid to housing workstations away from environmental hazards.

C.

Cybersecurity issues can be controlled at an enterprise level making workstation level controls

redundant

D.

With security risks near an all-time high workstations should not be connected to the company network

According to IIA guidance on IT. which of the following would be considered a primary control for a spreadsheet to help ensure accurate financial reporting?

A.

Formulas and static data are locked or protected.

B.

The spreadsheet is stored on a network server that is backed up daily.

C.

The purpose and use of the spreadsheet are documented.

D.

Check-in and check-out software is used to control versions.

Which of the following recognized competitive strategies focuses on gaining efficiencies?

A.

Focus

B.

Cost leadership

C.

Innovation

D.

Differentiation

A remote location contains a data center with hardware available to support critical production systems as required in the recovery plan IT personnel periodically test and update systems at the data center. This is an example of which of the following recovery solutions?

A.

Cold recovery plan

B.

Critical recovery plan

C.

Warm recovery plan

D.

Tested recovery plan

What would an internal auditor do to ensure that a process to mitigate risk is in place for the organization's change management process?

A.

Develop and enforce change policies to ensure employees are continually trained.

B.

Apply a risk-based approach and impose segregation of duties related to the change management process.

C.

Conduct a high-level threat analysis and implement a compensating control.

D.

Validate authorization, segregation of duties, testing of changes, and approval to move changes into production.

Which of the following is a characteristic of big data?

A.

Big data is often structured.

B.

Big data analytic results often need to be visualized.

C.

Big data is often generated slowly and is highly variable.

D.

Big data comes from internal sources kept in data warehouses.

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