Compliance and Auditing Study Guide 2026
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✍️ Sample Compliance and Auditing Questions & Answers
1. What is an 'incident response plan' (IRP) required for in IT compliance frameworks?
An Incident Response Plan provides documented procedures for detecting, containing, eradicating, and recovering from security incidents, minimizing damage and meeting regulatory notification requirements.
2. What is the role of a 'Chief Compliance Officer' (CCO) in a US organization?
The Chief Compliance Officer oversees and manages the organization's compliance program, ensuring adherence to laws, regulations, and internal policies, and reporting compliance status to leadership and the board.
3. The COSO ERM framework identifies how many components of enterprise risk management?
The original COSO ERM framework (2004) identified eight interrelated components: internal environment, objective setting, event identification, risk assessment, risk response, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring.
4. Which type of audit opinion is issued when financial statements are free from material misstatement?
An unqualified opinion (clean opinion) is issued when the auditor concludes that financial statements present fairly in all material respects in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
5. Which framework is commonly used by US organizations to assess and improve cybersecurity risk management?
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides a policy framework of computer security guidance for US organizations to assess and improve their ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyberattacks.
6. What is 'concentration risk' in compliance and risk management?
Concentration risk is the risk of excessive exposure to a single counterparty, customer, industry, geography, or asset class that could cause significant losses if that entity experiences problems.