IIA-CIA-Part1 Exam Question 156

Internal control processes in an organization require that all investments exceeding $20, 000 receive authorization from both the president and treasurer. After conducting a sample of these transactions, an auditor determined that 10 of the 500 investments in the sample had not included both required authorizations.
The sample has a five percent acceptable error rate. Based on this sample, which of the following actions should the auditor take?
  • IIA-CIA-Part1 Exam Question 157

    An internal audit activity maintains a quality assurance and improvement program that includes annual self-assessments. The internal audit activity includes in each engagement report a clause that the engagement is conducted in conformance with the International! Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards). Which of the following justifies inclusion of this clause in the reports?
  • IIA-CIA-Part1 Exam Question 158

    A new chief audit executive (CAE) of a large internal audit activity (IAA) is dissatisfied with the current amount and quality of training being provided to the staff and wishes to implement improvements. According to IIA guidance, which of the following actions would best help the CAE reach this objective?
  • IIA-CIA-Part1 Exam Question 159

    When would on-the-job training be more effective?
  • IIA-CIA-Part1 Exam Question 160

    Which of the following would be most effective in determining if the percentage of medication orders containing errors improved after a hospital installed a computerized medication-tracking system?