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. 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. An interest in cooperation and open dialogue. A personal approach to information gathering. A formal approach that is guided by specific roles for each participant.2. 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. Shop floor staff have been fully trained. SPC charts are available.3. When lower-tier documents are compared to higher-tier documents before the fieldwork starts, the comparison is called a management audit. desk audit. conformance audit. process audit.4. The fraction of nonconforming products is plotted on which of the following types of control charts? c chart. p chart. np chart. u chart.5. 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. Note that the deficiency is the result of a random occurrence. Schedule a follow-up audit immediately.6. Which of the following requests by an auditor is likely to obtain the most objective evidence for verification? “Describe how you receive information.” “What kind of information do you receive?” “Show me the information you have received.” “Who provides the information to you?”7. 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. Element method. Process method. Department method.8. When is it acceptable to grant an extension of the time frame for a corrective action? 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. When the auditor cannot perform the follow-up audit as scheduled.9. If the audit escort for one area is repeatedly late or unavailable, what is the best option open to the auditor? Notify the auditee management of the consequences created by the delays. Narrow the scope of the audit to accommodate the delays. Proceed without the escort. Assess system effectiveness using objective evidence from other areas.10. Which of the following is an audit reporting technique for prioritizing audit findings? Ishikawa diagram. Risk-benefit ratio. Weibull distribution. Cognitive dissonance.11. Auditors can use flowcharts in their work in order to analyze the causal factors of process dispersion. distinguish variations in a process over time. understand the overall process or system being audited. determine process capability and uniformity.12. 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 sample size should be decreased as the quality improves. The AQL of the raw material should be used.13. A root cause of a nonconformance is defined as a problem that is established through the use of fishbone diagrams. is discovered by conducting designed experiments. must be reviewed by the material review board. must be corrected in order to prevent a recurrence.14. Which of the following statistics would best describe the central tendency of a sample of data? Range. Mode. Standard deviation. Mean.15. Audits are conducted against a performance standard to ensure which of the following?I. Meaningful measurementsII. Objectively evaluated performanceIII. Perceptive observations II and III only. I, II, and III. I and II only. I only.16. 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. Report it to the operator’s supervisor or manager. Question the operator about the observation. Make a note on the checklist and initial it.17. An audit report should contain which of the following? Root cause analysis. Corrective action. Re-audit schedule. Audit findings.18. During the opening meeting, it is the auditee’s responsibility to state the audit purpose and scope. prepare the meeting agenda. identify safety requirements. set the audit schedule.19. 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. I, II, and III only. II and IV only. II, III and IV only.20. An audit trail is necessary in order to provide management with justification for an audit. show how and when items were reviewed. schedule and budget for audit assignments. provide the audit manager with audit results.3 out of 2Please click on the SUBMIT button to get your result.
