Exam CISA topic 1 question 945 discussion

Actual exam question from Isaca's CISA

Question #: 945
Topic #: 1

An IS auditor observes a system performance monitoring too that states that a server critical to the organization averages high CPU utilization across a cluster of four virtual servers throughout the audit period. To determine if further investigation is required an IS auditor should review:

A. system baselines.
B. the system process activity log.
C. the number of CPUs allocated to each virtual machine.
D. organizational objectives.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by saado9 at May 3, 2023, 1:01 p.m.

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SuperMax

Highly Voted 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: A

While organizational objectives (option D) are important for setting overall priorities, options A, B, and C are more directly relevant to investigating the observed high CPU utilization issue. Therefore, the IS auditor should primarily review system baselines (option A) and the system process activity log (option B) to understand the situation and potentially consider the CPU allocation (option C) as part of the investigation.

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Most Recent 11 months, 1 week ago

Selected Answer: A

System baselines are essential in determining normal system performance levels, which include resource utilization, such as CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network I/O. These baselines can be used to establish thresholds for the levels of acceptable performance.

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