CISA Domain 3B-1 Practice Test 001

This practice test covers Domain 3 (Information Systems Acquisition, Development & Implementation) Subdomain B-1 (System Readiness and Implementation Testing) from the CISA exam content outline.

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CISA 3B-1 System Readiness and Implementation Testing Practice Test 001

10 questions • Single best answer

Question 1

A national retailer is preparing to migrate its new point-of-sale platform into production after several months of development. The IS auditor has been engaged to assess implementation readiness before management makes the go-live decision. Testing artifacts, sign-offs, and a cutover plan are available for review. Which action should the auditor perform FIRST?

A. Determine whether user acceptance testing was completed against documented, approved acceptance criteria B. Confirm that the production fallback plan has been fully tested C. Verify that all end-user training sessions have been delivered D. Examine the data conversion reconciliation reports to confirm that all migrated records are complete and accurate

Question 2

During an implementation readiness review of a hospital's new electronic health record system, the IS auditor must evaluate whether the platform is ready to move into production. The project team offers several sources of information to support the go-live decision. Which of the following would provide the BEST evidence that the system meets business requirements?

A. A project status report showing the project is on schedule and within budget B. Confirmation from the development team that all coding has been completed C. Signed user acceptance test results traced to the approved requirements D. Minutes of the steering committee approving the go-live date

Question 3

An IS auditor is reviewing a manufacturing company's ERP go-live preparations and examines the testing evidence gathered during the implementation phase. The project sponsor is eager to meet an aggressive deployment deadline and pressure is mounting on the team. Which of the following findings would be MOST significant when assessing production readiness?

A. Some test cases were executed later than the original test schedule B. User acceptance testing was signed off despite several high-severity defects remaining unresolved C. Regression testing was performed by developers rather than an independent testing group D. The test environment did not exactly replicate the production hardware configuration

Question 4

A financial institution is completing readiness testing for a new loan origination system. Late in user acceptance testing, the business identifies several defects that prevent core lending transactions from completing correctly. Go-live is currently scheduled to occur in one week. What should the IS auditor recommend as the BEST course of action?

A. Proceed with go-live and log the defects for resolution in the next planned release B. Deploy to a limited pilot group while the defects are fixed in parallel C. Escalate the defects to the steering committee for a risk acceptance decision D. Delay go-live until the defects are remediated and retested against the exit criteria

Question 5

An IS auditor is evaluating the implementation testing approach for a telecom provider's new billing system, which must process millions of transactions each day once deployed. Management wants assurance that the system will perform acceptably once it is live. Which type of testing would provide the BEST assurance of production readiness under expected volumes?

A. Unit testing of the individual billing calculation modules B. Functional testing confirming that each requirement is met C. Regression testing performed after the final defect fixes D. Load and stress testing that simulates peak production transaction volumes

Question 6

A government agency is replacing its legacy payroll system and plans to run the new and old systems simultaneously for two full pay cycles before decommissioning the legacy environment. The IS auditor is asked to comment on the value of this approach for the implementation. What is the PRIMARY benefit of this parallel testing?

A. It reduces the amount of user acceptance and regression testing required before the go-live decision B. It allows results from the new system to be compared against proven legacy output C. It eliminates the need for a documented fallback plan during cutover D. It accelerates decommissioning of the legacy production environment

Question 7

During a readiness review for an insurance company's new claims platform, the IS auditor finds that the project team intends to make the go-live decision informally at a routine status meeting. No documented criteria currently define what actually constitutes readiness. Which recommendation is MOST appropriate for the auditor to make in this situation?

A. Establish and approve defined go/no-go criteria that must be met before production deployment B. Require the full steering committee to attend the next project status meeting C. Extend the testing window to allow additional test cases to be executed D. Assign the go-live decision to the IT operations manager

Question 8

An IS auditor reviewing a logistics firm's new warehouse management system notes that functional and user acceptance testing were both completed successfully. However, production support procedures, monitoring, and operational handover have not yet been addressed by the team. Which conclusion is MOST appropriate regarding the system's readiness for production?

A. The system is ready because user acceptance testing completed successfully B. Readiness cannot be reliably assessed until the system has operated within the live production environment C. The system is not fully ready because operational readiness has not yet been demonstrated D. Operational support falls outside the scope of an implementation readiness review

Question 9

A retail bank is converting customer account data from its legacy system to a new core banking platform as part of the implementation. The IS auditor must assess whether the data conversion is ready to support go-live. Which control provides the BEST assurance that the converted data is complete and accurate?

A. Reconciliation of record counts and control totals between the source and target systems B. Written confirmation from the implementation vendor that all conversion scripts executed without any errors C. A sample of converted records reviewed informally by the project manager D. Sign-off from the business confirming that the conversion schedule was met

Question 10

An IS auditor is reviewing the cutover plan for a utility company's new customer information system, which is scheduled to go live over a single weekend. Management is confident the deployment will succeed and questions the need for further contingency planning. Which element is MOST important for the auditor to confirm before go-live?

A. A public press release announcing the launch of the new system to all customers B. A tested fallback plan to restore the prior system if the deployment fails C. A prioritized schedule of post-go-live enhancement requests raised by end users D. A final budget reconciliation for the completed implementation project

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