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IIA-CCSA Certification in Control Self-Assessment® (CCSA®) Questions and Answers

Questions 4

The purpose of Control self-assessment is:

Options:

A.

to make analysis through interviews

B.

to find report issued by auditors

C.

through which internal control effectiveness is examined and assessed

D.

to focus on policies and procedures that are strategy compliance

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Questions 5

The internal audit activity should evaluate risk exposures relating to the organization’s risk management system, is:

Options:

A.

2010.A1-Risk management standard

B.

2110.A2-Risk management standard

C.

2110.A3-Risk management standard

D.

2010.A4-Risk management standard

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Questions 6

Which of the following is NOT the internal factor that could affect the objective setting?

Options:

A.

Changes in production quotas

B.

Resource or budgetary changes

C.

Economic shifts

D.

Additional or loss of large contracts or customers

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Questions 7

Which structures characterized by fast information flow between levels of the organization and high employee satisfaction?

Options:

A.

Complex

B.

Centralized

C.

Productive

D.

Flat

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Questions 8

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

Program conclusion specify all activities and linking the program activities to expected final results.

B.

Program modeling specify all activities and linking the program activities to expected intermediate and ultimate results.

C.

Program developing specify all activities and linking the program activities to expected ultimate results.

D.

Program integrity specify all activities and linking the program activities to expected intermediate results.

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Questions 9

In traditional approach, objectives used were of management’s and in control selfassessment approach it is of work teams’.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 10

When internal auditors establishes trust and thus provides the basis for reliance on their judgment, this refers to:

Options:

A.

Veracity

B.

Authenticity

C.

Integrity

D.

Accuracy

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Questions 11

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

Policy adherence is a progressive approach.

B.

Business focus is traditional approach.

C.

Final report is issued by auditors in control self-assessment approach.

D.

Management develops to enhance control structure guided by the auditors using standards in control self-assessment approach.

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Questions 12

The technique that involves developing a sequence of possible events and projecting potential results refers to:

Options:

A.

scenario

B.

Action plan

C.

synthetic act

D.

none of the above

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Questions 13

Which of the following is correct?

Options:

A.

Workshops can be very useful when a number of employees are away from work for a limited period time.

B.

Workshops can be very expensive when a number of employees are away from work for an extended period time.

C.

Workshops can be very expensive when there is a good management support among employees.

D.

Workshops can be very least costly when a number of employees are away from work for an extended period time.

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Questions 14

What says that control policies and procedures must be established and executed to help ensure that the actions identified by management as necessary to address risks to achievement of entity’s objectives are effectively carried out?

Options:

A.

Control activity

B.

Control environment

C.

Control guideline

D.

Control procedure

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Questions 15

SWOT Analysis is:

Options:

A.

the process of analyzing environmental information

B.

the process of monitoring environmental information

C.

the process of organization’s hierarchical information

D.

the process of analyzing technological policies

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Questions 16

Action plans should have which following characteristics to be effective?

Options:

A.

Practical, Feasible, durable, General

B.

Practical, Feasible, Cost effective, Specific

C.

Sufficient, changeable, Cost effective, Specific

D.

Practical, Feasible, Reliable, Specific

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Questions 17

_____________ define specific organizational goals and should be reasonably obtainable and contain execution strategies.

Options:

A.

Operating objectives

B.

Resourcing objectives

C.

Organizational objectives

D.

Executable objectives

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Questions 18

To provide management with information to mitigate the negative consequences associated with accomplishing the organization’s objectives is the:

Options:

A.

Organizational audit activity’s assessment plan

B.

Risk audit activity’s risk plan

C.

Internal audit activity’s audit plan

D.

Operational audit activity’s impact plan

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Questions 19

An efficient and economical method of storing data so it can be accessed quickly for management decisions using access tools like searches and records is known as:

Options:

A.

Database

B.

Data dictionary

C.

Data repository

D.

Catalog

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Questions 20

Skill at sensing other people’s emotions, understanding their perspective and taking an active interest in their concerns is called:

Options:

A.

Empathy

B.

Condolences

C.

Approval

D.

Promptness

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Questions 21

“I understand how to use the business unit’s new automated accounting software”, this question falls in which category?

Options:

A.

Core questions

B.

Business questions

C.

workshop questions

D.

Noneof the above

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Questions 22

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

Workshops involve gathering information from individuals representing different levels in the press.

B.

Workshops involve gathering information from work teams representing different levels in the business unit or function.

C.

Workshops involve gathering information from individuals representing similar levels in the business unit or function.

D.

Workshops involve gathering information from work teams representing similar levels in the lobby.

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Questions 23

Outcome measures are:

Options:

A.

only quantitative and measure results associated with only products delivered by an organization.

B.

both quantitative and qualitative and measure both results associated with products and services delivered by an organization.

C.

only qualitative and measure results associated with only services delivered by an organization.

D.

none of the above

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Questions 24

The documented or tangible control tools used by an organization such as policies and procedures are known as:

Options:

A.

Informal controls

B.

Formal controls

C.

Procedural controls

D.

Organizational controls

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Questions 25

Effective and efficient use of the entity’s resources is called:

Options:

A.

Resource control

B.

Resource utilization

C.

Operations controls

D.

Compliance control

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Questions 26

Which of the following is correct?

Options:

A.

Practitioners use a more democratic approach to leadership.

B.

Strategic managers use a more democratic approach to leadership.

C.

Autocratic managers use a more democratic approach to leadership.

D.

Participate managers use a more democratic approach to leadership.

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Questions 27

Determination that the evidence has a logical relationship to the findings is known as:

Options:

A.

Competency

B.

Feasibility

C.

Relevancy

D.

Testimonial

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Questions 28

The process of monitoring the external and internal environment of an organization is commonly referred to as:

Options:

A.

Inspecting environment

B.

Monitoring environment

C.

Environmental inspection

D.

Environmental scanning

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Questions 29

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

In traditional approach, reporting was done by work teams and in control selfassessment approach it is done by auditors.

B.

In traditional approach, reporting was done by auditors and in control self-assessment approach it is done by work teams.

C.

In traditional approach, setting business objectives were done by auditors and in control self-assessment approach it is done by management.

D.

In traditional approach, accessing risks were done by auditors and in control selfassessment approach it is also done by auditors.

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Questions 30

What is the additional evidence in support of primary or secondary evidence?

Options:

A.

Trend comparison

B.

Data synthesis

C.

Risk control

D.

Corroborative evidence

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Questions 31

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

People are one of the weakest links in control processes.

B.

Processes are one of the weakest links in control processes.

C.

Products are one of the weakest links in control processes.

D.

Inadequate Planning is one of the weakest links in control processes.

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Questions 32

Use of observations and interviews to study how people learn, interact with others or make decisions refers to:

Options:

A.

Open-ended discussion

B.

Focus groups

C.

Ethnographic analysis

D.

None of the above

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Questions 33

An ethical tone has been established at the top of the organization and has been communicated throughout the organization.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 34

Adjusting entries made without formal approval is a fraud warning of financial characteristics.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 35

The measures are generally quantitative in that they measure the quantities of products or services delivered by an organization are referred to as:

Options:

A.

Output measures

B.

Extensive measures

C.

Experimental measures

D.

Operational measures

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Questions 36

Comparison of cost of a program or activity to a measurable unit of output or outcome is called cost-residuary impact.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 37

Non-discretionary controls are:

Options:

A.

subject to human choice or judgment

B.

customary controls with which all auditors are familiar.

C.

automatically provided by the system and cannot be bypassed, ignored or overridden based on human judgment.

D.

addresses intangibles such as competence, values, openness and leadership and more difficult to grasp.

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Questions 38

Which following is a classification of Control self-assessment workshop?

Options:

A.

Presentation software

B.

Electronic mailing

C.

Project management software

D.

None of the above

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Questions 39

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

The decision symbol have three exit points, these can be on the sides and the bottom.

B.

Flowcharts generally flow from top to bottom and right to left.

C.

Flowchart symbols may or may not start with a terminal symbol.

D.

Flowchart symbols should have a single entry point on the bottom of the symbol.

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Questions 40

What assesses the quality of performance over time?

Options:

A.

Internal control monitoring

B.

Business decisions

C.

Organizational policies and procedures

D.

Standardization

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Questions 41

Which of the following is NOT the reason why organizations use strategic planning?

Options:

A.

To establish and help achieve business objectives.

B.

To focus resources on areas that is key to the organization’s success.

C.

To communicate established objectives to stakeholders.

D.

To neglect establish criteria against which to measure progress.

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Questions 42

In traditional approach, evaluating risks and controls were done by auditors and in control self-assessment approach it is done by work teams.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 43

No policy regarding identification, sale and disposal of obsolete and surplus materials is a fraud warning sign of Inventory

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 44

The ability to manage yourself and your responsibilities is called:

Options:

A.

Management awareness

B.

Achievement Orientation

C.

Conscientiousness

D.

Adaptability

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Questions 45

To make sure the performance data is accurate, sufficient and reliable is called:

Options:

A.

data validation

B.

data verification

C.

data reliability

D.

data measurement

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Questions 46

Who are the people who benefit from the organization, use its products or services or who are otherwise associated?

Options:

A.

Managers

B.

Employees

C.

Stakeholders

D.

Team workers

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Questions 47

The characteristics or values that will be used to measure outputs, outcomes or service levels from the activities of each operating unit, function, program or activity defines:

Options:

A.

Performance plan

B.

Performance objectives

C.

Performance indicators

D.

Performance management

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Questions 48

___________ are clearly communicated to all employees and management obtains feedback signifying that the communication has been effective.

Options:

A.

Entity wide objectives

B.

Activity-level objectives

C.

Presentations

D.

Forms and means of communication

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Questions 49

What aims to allow individuals involved in the process to assist the CSA team in identifying the risks and control weaknesses in the processes being reviewed?

Options:

A.

Interviews

B.

Survey

C.

Voting

D.

Auditing

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Questions 50

Organizations with centralized structures with a strict chain of command and typically perform highly repetitive tasks grouped within their functional areas, have:

Options:

A.

Machine bureaucracy

B.

Performance bureaucracy

C.

Functional bureaucracy

D.

Organizational bureaucracy

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Questions 51

Management thinks in terms of risk (implicitly and explicitly), and management rarely thinks in terms of control.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 52

Internal audit reports characteristic of the internal auditor’s paradigm has internal control as its old paradigm and addressing process risks as its old paradigm.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 53

A weak control is equal to high vulnerability and a strong control is equal to the low vulnerability.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 54

Corporate governance is the organization’s strategic response to management.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 55

A process to identify, assess, manage and control potential events in order to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of the organization’s objectives is called:

Options:

A.

Activity management

B.

Risk management

C.

Control management

D.

Accomplish management

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Questions 56

What generally includes estimating the risk’s significance, assessing the likelihood of its occurrence and deciding how to manage the risk and what actions should be taken?

Options:

A.

Risk mitigation

B.

Risk assessment

C.

Risk analysis

D.

Risk management

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Questions 57

Which of the following is correct?

Options:

A.

Employees should rarely monitor the effect of changes in the entity’s internal environment and modify the strategic initiatives as necessary.

B.

Management should constantly monitor the effect of changes in the entity’s external environment and modify the strategic initiatives as necessary.

C.

Stakeholders should monitor the effect of changes in the entity’s external environment and modify the operational initiatives as necessary.

D.

Organization should monitor the effect of changes in the entity’s external environment and modify the employee orientation as necessary.

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Questions 58

Programmed procedures designed to prevent, detect and correct errors or irregularities that could adversely impact the organization’s business activities are called:

Options:

A.

Manual controls

B.

Error controls

C.

Internal controls

D.

Automated controls

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Questions 59

In traditional approach, final report is issued by management and in control selfassessment approach it is issued by work teams’.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 60

Remedy of the circumstances that allowed the unauthorized activity or return conditions to what they were before the violation, is called:

Options:

A.

Access control

B.

Solution

C.

Corrective controls

D.

None of the above

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Questions 61

What involve developing a purpose and goals statement for CSA, resource budgets and projected completion time lines?

Options:

A.

Resource planning

B.

Organizational planning

C.

Operational planning

D.

Strategic planning

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Questions 62

Tall organization structures have a large number of levels between the top of the organization and the bottom.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 63

Good team communication, leadership, environment of trust and respect, good management are all factors of:

Options:

A.

Managerial acts

B.

Ethical conducts

C.

Enhanced operational conducts

D.

Open voting

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Questions 64

Which of the following is NOT the factor involved that influence the state of an organization’s control environment?

Options:

A.

History of control weakness

B.

Strong code of conduct

C.

Strong ethics policy

D.

Improve productivity

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Questions 65

What assess the overall effect of the program and are typically conducted on a periodic or as needed basis?

Options:

A.

Program evaluation

B.

Program effectiveness

C.

Program efficiency

D.

Program routine

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Questions 66

Accurate self-assessment is a realistic evaluation of your strengths and limitations.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 67

What refers to shared beliefs, values and behaviors of the members of an organization?

Options:

A.

Culture

B.

Legation

C.

Refinement

D.

Attitude

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Questions 68

Information related to either the elements outside the organization’s control or to elements that the organization can control at least to some extent is called:

Options:

A.

Performance

B.

Organizational

C.

Explanatory

D.

None of the above

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Questions 69

Fill in the Blanks

________ are the targets or goals that an organization to needs to achieve in order to fulfill its purpose as articulated in its mission, mission and value statements.

Options:

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Questions 70

Control self-assessment questions have which following categories?

Options:

A.

General or Core questions

B.

Questions relating to particular business function

C.

Questions relating to specific business unit involves in workshop

D.

All of the above

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Questions 71

_________ are preferred if the culture in the organization may hinder open, candid discussions in workshop settings or of management desires to minimize the time spent and cost incurred in gathering the information.

Options:

A.

Interviews

B.

Surveys

C.

Dialogues

D.

Conferences

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Questions 72

The change that results in a need to change policies, procedures, staffing levels or goals refers to which change?

Options:

A.

Change in policy

B.

Change in technology

C.

Change in practices

D.

Change in expertise

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Questions 73

Operational risk is the day to day mitigation of safety and health risks of employees performing their jobs.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

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Questions 74

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

those risks that reduce consequences to immateriality are tested at the time of risk measurement.

B.

those audits that reduce consequences to immateriality are tested during the program execution.

C.

those internal controls that reduce consequences to immateriality are tested in the audit program.

D.

those amendments that reduce consequences to immateriality are tested after the feedback.

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Questions 75

Post implementation reviews of projects allow management to assess the degree to which the objectives were achieved for the resources expended in which phase of project management?

Options:

A.

Implementation

B.

Follow-up

C.

Reporting

D.

Analyzing

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Questions 76

Which of the following is Correct?

Options:

A.

Managers are often involved in CSA because of their expertise and experience in both business of the organization and its related risks and controls.

B.

Internal auditors are often involved in CSA because of their expertise and experience in both business of the organization and its related risks and controls.

C.

Team workers are often involved in CSA because of their experience in business of the organization.

D.

External auditors are often involved in CSA because of their expertise and experience in both business of the organization and its related risks and controls.

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Questions 77

Risk assessment and developing plans and processes for risk mitigation is the purpose of:

Options:

A.

Risk Planning

B.

Risk Monitoring

C.

Risk Identification

D.

Risk Management

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Questions 78

Purchase insurance coverage when:

Options:

A.

To avoiding and eliminating the risks where and when possible.

B.

The risk is catastrophic in nature or beyond the capacity of the organization to absorb from current funds.

C.

The expenditure of premiums is not justified by the services incidental to the insurance contract, or other services.

D.

All of the above

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Questions 79

Votes are cast anonymously and all responses are confidential is one of the advantages of:

Options:

A.

Classified voting

B.

Electronic mailing

C.

Electronic voting

D.

None of the above

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Questions 80

Who identified internal control components including Control environment, Information & communication, risk assessment, control activities and Monitoring?

Options:

A.

The American Institute of Standards (AIS)

B.

The American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA)

C.

The American Institute of Certified Control (AICC)

D.

The American Institute of Professional Studies (AIPS

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Questions 81

What flow from and are linked with the organization’s entity wide objectives and strategic plans?

Options:

A.

Entity wide plans

B.

Activity-level objectives

C.

General applications

D.

Risk control activities

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Exam Code: IIA-CCSA
Exam Name: Certification in Control Self-Assessment® (CCSA®)
Last Update: Apr 30, 2026
Questions: 270

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