問36
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システム監査の目的はどれか。
令和元年度 秋期 ITパスポート試験 問36
マネジメント系システム監査 › システム監査
This question's explanation and your answers so far.
解説
問 36
Incorrectア
Taking backups of important data is one concrete control (countermeasure) that prepares for risks in the operation stage; what an audit does is inspect and evaluate whether such work is being carried out appropriately. Performing the work itself is not the purpose of an audit.
Incorrectイ
Improving the skills of development staff is an activity related to human-resource development and education, and is not the purpose of a systems audit. An audit is not a venue for raising staff skills; it is in a position to evaluate the appropriateness of the system and its management.
Incorrectウ
Surveying user needs during the planning stage and documenting them as systemization requirements is the work of requirements definition (the upstream process of system planning and development). An audit is in a position to evaluate the appropriateness of such work; carrying out requirements definition itself is not the purpose of an audit.
- エ
正解 A systems audit is an activity in which an auditor in an independent, professional position inspects and evaluates an information system and, based on the results, gives advice and promotes improvement. Its purpose is to appropriately control the various risks related to the information system (such as failures, information leakage, and inefficiency) and to make the system function safely, effectively, and efficiently. Choice エ states exactly this definition of the purpose, so it is correct.
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- The purpose of a systems audit is to control the risks related to the information system and make the system function safely, effectively, and efficiently. The auditor inspects, evaluates, and advises from an independent, third-party position.
- The key point is to distinguish that an audit does not perform the actual work itself (such as backups, requirements definition, or training), but rather inspects and evaluates whether that work is appropriate.
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