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 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? Schedule a follow-up audit immediately. Note that the deficiency is the result of a random occurrence. Confer with the audit client to assess the appropriateness of the response. Draft a response explicitly requesting a more concise root-cause analysis.2. An audit trail is necessary in order to provide the audit manager with audit results. show how and when items were reviewed. provide management with justification for an audit. schedule and budget for audit assignments.3. Auditors can use flowcharts in their work in order to distinguish variations in a process over time. determine process capability and uniformity. understand the overall process or system being audited. analyze the causal factors of process dispersion.4. Auditor independence includes freedom from which of the following?I. BiasII. Conflict of interestIII. External influencesIV. Previous exposure to the area I, II, and III only. II and IV only. I and II only. II, III and IV only.5. When is it acceptable to grant an extension of the time frame for a corrective action? When there has been a change in operators who perform the task. When the auditor cannot perform the follow-up audit as scheduled. When the auditee determines that the proposed corrective action is not cost-effective. When the corrective action plan requires more time than originally anticipated.6. 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 only. I, II, and III. I and II only.7. An audit report should contain which of the following? Re-audit schedule. Audit findings. Corrective action. Root cause analysis.8. 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? Shop floor staff have been fully trained. Processes are being improved continually. Commitment of management to quality is strong. SPC charts are available.9. Which of the following statistics would best describe the central tendency of a sample of data? Range. Standard deviation. Mean. Mode.10. 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? Make a note on the checklist and initial it. Ask another operator to evaluate the situation. Question the operator about the observation. Report it to the operator’s supervisor or manager.11. The fraction of nonconforming products is plotted on which of the following types of control charts? c chart. u chart. p chart. np chart.12. Which of the following is most important for an auditor to convey at an initial audit interview? An interest in cooperation and open dialogue. A formal approach that is guided by specific roles for each participant. A give-and-take atmosphere that focuses on compromise. A personal approach to information gathering.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 corrected in order to prevent a recurrence. must be reviewed by the material review board.14. 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.15. Which of the following is an audit reporting technique for prioritizing audit findings? Risk-benefit ratio. Weibull distribution. Ishikawa diagram. Cognitive dissonance.16. 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 AQL of the raw material should be used. 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.17. When lower-tier documents are compared to higher-tier documents before the fieldwork starts, the comparison is called a desk audit. conformance audit. management audit. process audit.18. 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. Assess system effectiveness using objective evidence from other areas. Proceed without the escort. Narrow the scope of the audit to accommodate the delays.19. During the opening meeting, it is the auditee’s responsibility to prepare the meeting agenda. set the audit schedule. identify safety requirements. state the audit purpose and scope.20. Which of the following requests by an auditor is likely to obtain the most objective evidence for verification? “What kind of information do you receive?” “Who provides the information to you?” “Describe how you receive information.” “Show me the information you have received.”3 out of 2Please click on the SUBMIT button to get your result.
