ISCA - CA Final - May 2013 - Probable questions

Important questions for May 2013

Chapter 1 :

1.       Office automation systems classification of IS are less important. Remaining all imp. 

Chapter 2:

1.       6 Approaches followed for s/w development + Strength & weakness (Agile approach most imp – (A.  Jolie ;-)

2.       SDLC Phase 1 – Feasibility Study & its types .

3.       SDLC Phase 2 – Fact finding technique + Analysis of Present system ( Most imp) + SRS + Roles involved in SDLC

4.       SDLC Phase 3  - Designing System Output + Input + 4 Design Principles

5.       SDLC Phase 4  - 5 Methods of Validating Vendors Proposal

6.       SDLC Phase 5 – Whole Phase is most imp. ( Most likely to get a question from this phase – Regression Testing )

7.       SDLC Phase 6 : Conversion Procedure + Strategies

8.       SDLC Phase 7 : PIR + Maintenance & its types . 

Chapter 3:

1.       General concepts – Mt Pg. 99 to 116 ( Most imp – IS Audit questions )

2.       What is Audit Trial + Objectives ( Mt. Pg. 129)

3.       Controls – Compensatory control (Pg 120) + User Controls

4.       Data Security questions ( Cryptosystems + DES + PKI + Firewall & its types + IDS + Hacker & how do hackers hack + Virus …….) 

Chapter 4:

1.       Multiyear Testing plan

2.       Audit tools  ( Most imp)

3.       Advantages + Disadvantages of Continuous audit

4.       Hardware Review + LAN Review.

Chapter 5 :

1.       Definitions ( Risk + Vulnerability + Threat …….)

2.       Risk Management cycle

3.       Areas to be focussed in Risk Management

4.       5 Different ways to evaluate risk

5.       Risk Mitigation techniques + Measures

6.       4 strategies for Risk Management ( Pg. 89)

7.       Threats – computerised environment

Chapter 6 : ( Generally whole chapter is imp)

1.       BCP + Components

2.       Objectives + BC life cycle

3.       BPR + Business Modelling

4.       BIA ( 3^rd  phase of BCP)

5.       Different types of Plans  ( Emergency + Backup + Test plan)

6.       SPF + Causes + Significance

7.       Threats & Risk Mangt.

8.       Backup Techniques

9.       5 factors to be considered by deciding type of storage media.

10.    Different types of Insurance ( Most imp)

Chapter 7: ERP -  Advise to study complete chapter 

Chapter 8 :  

1.       Sys & Web trust + SAS-70 + HIPPA + COCO+ CMM + COBIT

Chapter 9 : Advise to study complete chapter 

Chapter 10 : 

1.       Objectives of the act + Scope + Non applicability of the act .

2.       Section 3 to 43 .  ( Most imp : 3 , 4, 5,6,7,8,9, 11, 12, 13, 17,18 ,  22 , 23, 25 , 26 , 30 , 33 , 35 , 36, 37, 38 , 41 , 43 )

3.       Compounding ( section 63 read along with Section 77A)

4.       Section 87 – Powers of CG

 Note : These are just a probable questions . 

Page numbers referred above are from the book ISCA - Made easy ( Edition 2 ) by Praveen Jain  .