CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor – Question2855 - CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor

Ideally, stress testing should be carried out in a:

A. test environment using test data.
B. production environment using live workloads.
C. test environment using live workloads.
D. production environment using test data.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
Stress testing is carried out to ensure a system can cope with production workloads. A test environment should always be used to avoid damaging the production environment. Hence, testing should never take place in a production environment (choices Band
D), and if only test data is used, there is no certainty that the system was stress tested adequately.