IT Controls - General Controls

Question 1

Define “general controls.”

Answer 1

Controls that have pervasive effects on all the specific computer processing applications

Question 2

List the types of physical safeguards used to protect the data files.

Answer 2

File labels
File protection rings
File protection plans

Question 3

List some internal control implications associated with an IT environment.

Answer 3

1. )Segregation of duties may be undermined (a disadvantage).
2. )Audit trail may be lacking (a disadvantage).
3. )Computer processing is uniform (an advantage).

Question 4

List some controls that can be put in place/built in hardware and systems software.

Answer 4

1. )Parity check
2. )Echo check
3. )Diagnostic routines
4. )Boundary protection

Question 5

List the five categories of general controls

Answer 5

1. )Organization and operation
2. )Systems development and documentation
3. )Hardware and systems software
4. )Access
5. )Data and procedures

Question 6

List the IT duties that should be segregated (in connection with “organization and operation”).

Answer 6

Systems analyst
Programmer
Operator
Librarian
Security