Free CISA practice test — 934+ CISA practice questions with detailed explanations across all 5 official CISA exam domains. Every set is scored and drawn from the live question bank — so you practise exactly what the exam tests, not outdated dumps.
Courseiva includes 934+ Certified Information Systems Auditor CISA practice questions across the official exam domains.
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This free CISA practice test mirrors the structure and difficulty of the real Certified Information Systems Auditor CISA exam. Every question is written against the official 2026 exam blueprint published by ISACA, ensuring you practise exactly what the exam tests — not last year's objectives.
The CISA blueprint is divided into 5weighted domains. Questions on this page are distributed proportionally across each domain, so the mix you see here reflects the same weighting you'll face on exam day. High-weight domains like Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience and Protection of Information Assets contribute the most questions, meaning focused practice on these areas gives you the highest return on study time.
CISA Exam Blueprint — 5 Domains
Governance and Management of IT
Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience
Information System Auditing Process
Protection of Information Assets
Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation
61 numbered sets, 5 domain question banks, and targeted sessions — every page is a unique set of questions.
Choose all correct answers
Each chapter page covers one topic in depth — theory, key concepts, and focused practice questions. Use these to close knowledge gaps before returning to full practice tests.
Getting the most from practice questions requires more than just clicking through answers. Here is the study method used by candidates who pass CISA on their first attempt:
Answer before revealing
Read each CISA question fully, eliminate obviously wrong choices, then commit to an answer before clicking to reveal. This active recall process is what builds lasting knowledge.
Read every explanation
Even when you answer correctly, read the full explanation. Knowing WHY the right answer is correct — and why the distractors are wrong — is what separates a 750 score from a 900 score.
Track weak domains
Note which CISA domains you get wrong most often. Then do a targeted 20-30 question session focused only on that domain until your accuracy improves.
Simulate exam pacing
The real CISA gives you roughly 1.6 minutes per question. Use the 60 or 120-question sessions to practise hitting that pace comfortably.
Most candidates who pass CISA on their first attempt report doing between 400 and 800 practice questions over 4–8 weeks of preparation. With 934+ questions in the Courseiva bank, you have more than enough material to build that repetition without seeing the same question twice.
Answer each question to reveal the full explanation and correct answer. This starter set is drawn from all 5 exam domains in blueprint proportion. Use the session selector to start a longer focused practice run.
An organization's IT department implemented a new change management process that requires all changes to be approved by a change advisory board (CAB). A critical security patch needs to be deployed within 2 hours to address an active zero-day vulnerability. The change request was submitted but the CAB is not scheduled to meet for another 24 hours. What is the BEST course of action?
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A multinational corporation operates in a highly regulated industry. The IT governance framework includes a risk appetite statement approved by the board. Recently, the company suffered a significant data breach due to an unpatched vulnerability that had been identified three months earlier. The IT audit found that the vulnerability was reported to the IT department but was not prioritized for remediation because it was deemed low risk by the IT operations team. The incident response plan was not activated because the breach was not initially detected. The board wants to strengthen governance to prevent recurrence. The most effective course of action for the auditor to recommend is:
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An IT department uses a balanced scorecard (BSC) to measure performance. The financial perspective shows that IT costs are within budget, but customer satisfaction scores are declining. The learning and growth perspective indicates low employee engagement. Which action should the IT governance committee prioritize?
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An organization has implemented a business continuity plan (BCP) and disaster recovery plan (DRP). During a recent full interruption test, the IT team discovered that the recovery time objective (RTO) for a critical application was not met. What is the MOST likely reason for this failure?
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During a change management process review, an IS auditor finds that the change advisory board (CAB) approved a change that subsequently caused a major service outage. The change was classified as 'normal' with no emergency. What is the auditor's primary concern?
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An IS auditor is reviewing the backup strategy for a financial institution. The backup administrator states that full backups are taken every Sunday, and incremental backups are taken Monday through Saturday. On Thursday morning, a database server fails, and the administrator needs to restore the server to its state as of Wednesday night. Which backup sets must the administrator use to perform this restoration?
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An IS auditor is reviewing the backup strategy for a financial institution's core transaction processing system. The system processes high volumes of transactions continuously and requires a recovery point objective (RPO) of 5 minutes. The current strategy includes nightly full backups and hourly incremental backups. Which of the following should the auditor recommend as the MOST appropriate improvement?
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An IS auditor is evaluating how an organization manages its backup and restoration process for a critical financial application. The backup job completes successfully each night and writes to a tape library. Management states that recovery capability has been proven because the backup job reports success. Which audit procedure would BEST test whether the backups are actually restorable?
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After issuing the final audit report, the IS auditor should perform follow-up procedures. What is the PRIMARY purpose of follow-up?
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An IS auditor is conducting a follow-up review of prior audit findings. Management has implemented a new automated control but has not yet updated the risk register to reflect the residual risk. Which of the following should the auditor do FIRST?
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An IS auditor is evaluating a control that requires the security administrator to review privileged access logs weekly. During testing, the auditor finds the reviews were performed but no evidence of follow-up exists for two anomalies identified in one review. Which of the following conclusions is MOST appropriate?
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An organization uses a public key infrastructure (PKI) to issue digital certificates. The IS auditor is reviewing the certificate lifecycle management. Which of the following is the GREATEST risk if certificate revocation lists (CRLs) are not updated in a timely manner?
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An IS auditor is evaluating the incident response (IR) plan. Which of the following is the BEST indicator that the plan is effective?
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Which of the following is a primary advantage of fixed-price contracts in systems acquisition?
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An organization is implementing a new CRM system using an agile methodology. The IS auditor wants to assess whether security requirements are being addressed. What is the best evidence for the auditor to review?
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A company is migrating from a legacy system to a cloud-based ERP. Which of the following is the MOST important control to ensure data integrity during data conversion?
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An organization uses a chargeback model to allocate IT costs to business units. What is a PRIMARY benefit of this approach?
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Refer to the exhibit. An IS auditor is reviewing backup error logs. The error indicates a failed backup due to a missing file. What is the MOST likely cause?
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An organization uses a cloud-based ERP system to manage financial transactions. The system is accessed by employees in finance, procurement, and sales departments. The IS auditor is reviewing the user access review process. The access review is performed quarterly by the IT manager using a report generated by the ERP system. The report lists all users and their roles. The IT manager manually checks off users who are still employed and approves the report. The auditor notes that the IT manager does not have detailed knowledge of job functions in each department. Additionally, the ERP system allows role combinations that may create segregation of duties conflicts, such as a user having both 'create purchase order' and 'approve purchase order' roles. The company's policy requires segregation of duties reviews to be performed by business process owners. Which of the following is the BEST recommendation?
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An IS auditor is reviewing an organization's data classification policy. Which of the following findings is MOST critical?
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Answer all 20 questions to see your domain score breakdown
A structured study plan dramatically increases your chances of passing CISA on the first attempt. The most effective approach combines reading the official ISACA documentation or a study guide, watching video explanations for difficult concepts, and then reinforcing everything with daily practice questions.
We recommend the following weekly structure for CISA preparation:
Cover each CISA domain systematically. Read the exam objectives, watch explanatory content, and do 10–20 practice questions per domain to test understanding as you go.
Run full 50–60 question mixed sessions daily. Review every wrong answer in detail. Identify which domains are consistently scoring below 70% and revisit those study materials.
Do 100–120 question timed sessions to simulate real exam conditions. Aim for consistent scores above 80% before booking your exam date. A score above 80% in practice typically translates to a passing CISA score.
On exam day, the CISA tests your ability to apply knowledge to realistic scenarios — not just recall definitions. This is why reading explanations and understanding the reasoning behind every answer matters more than simply grinding question volume. Use the high-count sessions (100, 120) in the final weeks as your confidence benchmark.
Questions
150
On the real exam
Time limit
240 min
1.6 min per question
Passing score
450/1000
Scaled scoring
The CISA exam uses a scaled scoring system — your raw score of correct answers is converted to a score out of 1000. A passing score of 450/1000 does not mean you need 45% of questions correct; the conversion accounts for question difficulty. Consistently scoring above 75–80% on practice tests puts you in a strong position to achieve 450/1000 on the real exam.
Multiple-choice scenario questions on IS audit processes, IT governance, systems acquisition, operations, and information asset protection.
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Every question is written against the official CISA exam blueprint published by ISACA. Our questions follow the same wording style, scenario complexity, and answer structure as the actual exam. They are original questions — not brain dumps — so you learn the underlying concepts and reasoning, not just memorised answers. Candidates who study with brain dumps often pass but have no transferable knowledge; Courseiva questions make you genuinely competent.
Most candidates who pass CISA on their first attempt do 30–60 questions per day. Use the Quick 10 session for daily warm-ups when you are short on time. On study days, run a 50 or 60-question session to build stamina. Reserve 100 and 120-question sessions for the final two weeks when you want to simulate real exam conditions and benchmark your readiness.
The CISA covers 5 domains: Governance and Management of IT (18%), Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience (26%), Information System Auditing Process (18%), Protection of Information Assets (26%), Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation (12%). Each domain carries a different weight, so allocate your study time accordingly. The highest-weighted domains — Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience and Protection of Information Assets — should receive the most attention.
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