Which of the following is least likely to enhance the independence of an internal audit activity?

What type of risk management strategy is being employed when an organization installs two firewalls to provide protection from unauthorized access to the network?

When comparing an organization's current performance to that of the prior year, an internal auditor found that:
Total labor costs had increased.
More overtime costs had been incurred.
The total number of workers had increased.
Net income was 10 percent lower.
Based solely on this information, which of the following is a valid conclusion?

A manufacturing organization's multi-step sales and shipping process starts when the organization's headquarters receives the sales order. Headquarters then shares that data with the individual manufacturing facility that compiles the shipment. Finally, the individual manufacturing facility sends the shipments to the customer. Which method should the internal auditor use to document this process in a flowchart?

An internal auditor would most likely judge an error in an account balance to be material if the error involves: