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

Which of the following is an example of two-factor authentication?

A. The user's facial geometry and voice recognition.

B. The user's password and a separate passphrase

C. The user's key fob and a smart card.

D. The user's fingerprint and a personal Identification number

Which of the following best explains the matching principle?

A. Revenues should be recognized when earned.

B. Revenue recognition is matched with cash.

C. Expense recognition is tied to revenue recognition.

D. Expenses are recognized at each accounting period.

The board of directors wants to implement an incentive program for senior management that is specifically tied to the long-term health of the organization. Which of the following methods of compensation would be best to achieve this goal?

A. Commissions.

B. Stock options

C. Gain-sharing bonuses.

D. Allowances

Which of the following is an example of internal auditors applying data mining techniques for exploratory purposes?

A. Internal auditors perform reconciliation procedures to support an external audit of financial reporting.

B. Internal auditors perform a systems-focused analysis to review relevant controls.

C. Internal auditors perform a risk assessment to identify potential audit subjects as input for the annual internal audit plan

D. Internal auditors test IT general controls with regard to operating effectiveness versus design

Which of the following statements is true regarding a project life cycle?

A. Risk and uncertainty increase over the life of the project.

B. Costs and staffing levels are typically high as the project draws to a close.

C. Costs related to making changes increase as the project approaches completion.

D. The project life cycle corresponds with the life cycle of the product produced by or modified by the project.

Which of the following techniques would best detect on inventory fraud scheme?

A. Analyze invoice payments just under individual authorization limits.

B. Analyze stratification of inventory adjustments by warehouse location.

C. Analyze Inventory Invoice amounts and compare with approved contract amounts.

D. Analyze differences discovered curing duplicate payment testing.

Which of the following statements is true regarding activity-based costing (ABC)?

A. An ABC costing system is similar to conventional costing systems in how it treats the allocation of manufacturing overhead.

B. An ABC costing system uses a single unit-level basis to allocate overhead costs to products.

C. An ABC costing system may be used with either a job order or a process cost accounting system.

D. The primary disadvantage of an ABC costing system is less accurate product costing.

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

A. UDAs are less flexible and more difficult to configure than traditional IT applications.

B. Updating UDAs may lead to various errors resulting from changes or corrections.

C. UDAs typically are subjected to application development and change management controls.

D. Using UDAs typically enhances the organization's ability to comply with regulatory factors.

Which of the following controls would be the most effective in preventing the disclosure of an organization's confidential electronic information?

A. Nondisclosure agreements between the firm and its employees.

B. Logs of user activity within the information system.

C. Two-factor authentication for access into the information system.

D. limited access so information, based on employee duties

Which of the following statements Is true regarding the use of centralized authority to govern an organization?

A. Fraud committed through collusion is more likely when authority is centralized.

B. Fraud committed through collusion is more likely when authority is centralized.

C. When authority is centralized, the alignment of activities to achieve business goals typically is decreased.

D. Using separation of duties to mitigate collusion is reduced only when authority is centralized.