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ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Practice Quiz

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Q1. Which activity is part of the Plan stage of the ISMS PDCA cycle?

A. Conducting the internal audit

B. Establishing information security objectives

C. Operating implemented controls

D. Correcting an identified nonconformity

Q2. Which statement best describes Annex A of ISO/IEC 27001:2022?

A. It contains all mandatory controls for every organisation

B. It replaces the organisation's risk assessment process

C. It provides a reference set of information security controls

D. It defines the boundaries of the organisation's ISMS

Q3. Which responsibility belongs specifically to the audit team leader?

A. Making the final certification decision

B. Preparing the auditee's corrective-action plan

C. Resolving differences of opinion within the audit team

D. Approving the auditee's risk treatment decisions

Q4. An auditor has previously designed and implemented the risk assessment process being audited. What is the main concern?

A. Lack of technical competence

B. Excessive audit duration

C. Insufficient audit sampling

D. A threat to auditor independence

Q5. Which two documents provide important evidence of how identified information security risks are being treated?

A. Risk treatment plan and Statement of Applicability

B. Audit attendance sheet and visitor register

C. Training schedule and office floor plan

D. Procurement plan and financial budget

Q6. When preparing an audit plan for an organisation with higher information security risks, the auditor should:

A. Give every control exactly the same amount of time

B. Focus only on controls selected by the auditee

C. Allocate more attention to significant risk areas while maintaining audit coverage

D. Exclude management-system requirements and focus only on Annex A

Q7. Which audit evidence provides the strongest basis for concluding that a backup control is operating effectively?

A. The information security manager's statement that backups work

B. A current backup policy with no implementation records

C. Records showing backup activities and successful restoration testing

D. A supplier brochure describing its backup technology

Q8. A production system has been changed without the required review and approval. Which Annex A control is most relevant?

A. A.8.32 Change management

B. A.8.15 Logging

C. A.8.13 Information backup

D. A.5.18 Access rights

Q9. An auditor identifies a nonconformity during a certification audit. Which information should form part of the nonconformity statement?

A. The auditor's proposed corrective action

B. The auditor's opinion about the root cause

C. The requirement and objective evidence demonstrating the failure

D. The solution the organisation should implement

Q10. During follow-up, an organisation states that it has performed one missed vulnerability scan. What should the auditor verify before closing the finding?

A. Whether the auditor personally considers the action sufficient

B. Whether the immediate correction was completed only

C. Whether the next certification audit has been scheduled

D. Whether implementation is effective and the cause has been addressed

Q11. Under ISO/IEC 27001:2022, what is the main purpose of determining internal and external issues?

A. To replace the information security risk assessment

B. To establish an appropriate context for the ISMS

C. To identify every employee in the organisation

D. To prepare the organisation's marketing strategy

Q12. Which statement correctly describes documented information under Clause 7.5?

A. It must always be printed and physically signed

B. It must be retained permanently without deletion

C. It must be changed only by an external auditor

D. It must be available when needed and adequately protected

Q13. An organisation audits one of its suppliers against agreed information security requirements. What type of audit is this?

A. First-party audit

B. Second-party audit

C. Third-party certification audit

D. Surveillance audit

Q14. Which action would be inappropriate for an auditor during an audit?

A. Reviewing relevant objective evidence

B. Sampling records based on audit risks

C. Drawing conclusions from verified evidence

D. Advising the auditee which corrective action to implement

Q15. Why is sampling used during an audit?

A. To avoid reviewing sensitive information

B. To eliminate the need for objective evidence

C. To examine a representative selection when reviewing everything is impractical

D. To reduce the certification body's audit fee

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