Welcome to your CERTIFIED QUALITY AUDITOR QUIZ PART ONE YOU HAVE ONLY 45 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS PART All the best. Name Email-ID Phone Number I AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. An audit report should contain which of the following? Audit findings. Re-audit schedule. Corrective action. Root cause analysis.2. If the audit escort for one area is repeatedly late or unavailable, what is the best option open to the auditor? Narrow the scope of the audit to accommodate the delays. Notify the auditee management of the consequences created by the delays. Proceed without the escort. Assess system effectiveness using objective evidence from other areas.3. A root cause of a nonconformance is defined as a problem that must be reviewed by the material review board. must be corrected in order to prevent a recurrence. is established through the use of fishbone diagrams. is discovered by conducting designed experiments.4. Auditor independence includes freedom from which of the following?I. BiasII. Conflict of interestIII. External influencesIV. Previous exposure to the area I and II only. II, III and IV only. I, II, and III only. II and IV only.5. An auditor is performing an audit of a drilling machine that produces 100 pieces a day and that is showing improved quality. Which of the following rules should be used for determining the proper sample size for a fixed level of confidence? The moving average should be calculated. A 10% sample size should be used, regardless of the change in quality. The AQL of the raw material should be used. The sample size should be decreased as the quality improves.6. Auditors can use flowcharts in their work in order to analyze the causal factors of process dispersion. distinguish variations in a process over time. determine process capability and uniformity. understand the overall process or system being audited.7. While performing an internal audit, an auditor notices that an operator on one shift skips part of the documented procedure. In this situation, the auditor should do which of the following? Ask another operator to evaluate the situation. Make a note on the checklist and initial it. Report it to the operator’s supervisor or manager. Question the operator about the observation.8. When lower-tier documents are compared to higher-tier documents before the fieldwork starts, the comparison is called a desk audit. management audit. process audit. conformance audit.9. Which of the following requests by an auditor is likely to obtain the most objective evidence for verification? “Who provides the information to you?” “Show me the information you have received.” “What kind of information do you receive?” “Describe how you receive information.”10. An audit trail is necessary in order to provide management with justification for an audit. show how and when items were reviewed. provide the audit manager with audit results. schedule and budget for audit assignments.11. Which of the following conclusions can be made by an auditor who observes that statistical process control (SPC) charts posted near operator workstations are done correctly and are regularly completed throughout the plant? Commitment of management to quality is strong. Processes are being improved continually. SPC charts are available. Shop floor staff have been fully trained.12. When is it acceptable to grant an extension of the time frame for a corrective action? When the auditor cannot perform the follow-up audit as scheduled. When the corrective action plan requires more time than originally anticipated. When there has been a change in operators who perform the task. When the auditee determines that the proposed corrective action is not cost-effective.13. Audits are conducted against a performance standard to ensure which of the following?I. Meaningful measurementsII. Objectively evaluated performanceIII. Perceptive observations I only. II and III only. I and II only. I, II, and III.14. Which of the following statistics would best describe the central tendency of a sample of data? Mode. Standard deviation. Mean. Range.15. Which of the following is most important for an auditor to convey at an initial audit interview? A give-and-take atmosphere that focuses on compromise. A personal approach to information gathering. A formal approach that is guided by specific roles for each participant. An interest in cooperation and open dialogue.16. An auditee responds to a corrective action request by stating that the problem has never occurred before and is “not the norm for our operation.” Which of the following is the most appropriate action for the lead auditor? Draft a response explicitly requesting a more concise root-cause analysis. Confer with the audit client to assess the appropriateness of the response. Schedule a follow-up audit immediately. Note that the deficiency is the result of a random occurrence.17. During the opening meeting, it is the auditee’s responsibility to state the audit purpose and scope. identify safety requirements. set the audit schedule. prepare the meeting agenda.18. Which of the following audit strategies is a common technique to assess compliance to a specific requirement at all locations where that requirement is applicable? Discovery method. Department method. Element method. Process method.19. The fraction of nonconforming products is plotted on which of the following types of control charts? c chart. p chart. np chart. u chart.20. Which of the following is an audit reporting technique for prioritizing audit findings? Ishikawa diagram. Risk-benefit ratio. Weibull distribution. Cognitive dissonance.3 out of 2Please click on the SUBMIT button to get your result.
