If an engagement client's operating standards are vague and thus subject to interpretation, the auditor should:

A newly hired chief audit executive is reviewing available documentation to provide evidence of conformance with the standard for continuing professional development. Which of the following documents is the most reliable source for this purpose?

Following a quality assurance review of a small internal audit activity, the external reviewer and the chief audit executive (CAE) cannot agree on the importance of several deficiencies noted during the review. Which of the following would be the most appropriate next step for the reviewer to take?

An auditor for a large wholesaler is evaluating the controls over the approval and oversight of credit sales. Which of the following procedures would be a control weakness?

A fast-food company is developing a computer simu-lation involving arrival time at a drive-through restaurant. The distribution for arrival times is:
Time Single-Digit Random
Between Arrivals Probability Number Assigned
2 minutes
0.1 0
3 minutes
0.2 1,2
4 minutes
0.3 3,4,5
5 minutes
0.4 6,7,8,9
Six random numbers are selected to represent the arrival of six cars: 1,6,9,0,5,6. What is the mean time between arrivals in this run of the simu-lation model?