CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor – Question1808

Integer overflow occurs primarily with:

A.
string formatting
B. debug operations
C. output formatting
D. input verifications
E. arithmetic operations
F. None of the choices.

Correct Answer: E

Explanation:

Explanation:
An integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation attempts to create a numeric value that is larger than can be represented within the available storage space. On some processors the result saturates – once the maximum value is reached attempts to make it larger simply return the maximum result.