ASQ CQA
Company ABC is a manufacturer of various parts for the auto industry. they have received
complaints recently concerning the finish on their parts. the QM sends you to the paint dept to
conduct audits. What type of audit is this? correct answer Process Audit
a consultant hired to audit a company prior to it seeking registration under an ISO standard
would conduct a correct answer internal audit
a follow-up audit should at a minimum include in its scope correct answer corrective actions
taken in response to non-conformities identified in the previous audit
a company has been repeatedly audited by its customers with no significant nonconformities
identified. it is now considering becoming registered to ISO 9001 and considers itself ready for
registration. which is true? correct answer ISO 9001 is focused on documentation of the QMS;
second party audit results are not a good indicator of readiness**
in order to be effective a second party audit should correct answer adapt the scope of the audit
to the client's interests
a consultant conducts both quality and environmental audits on behalf of the client. in an
environmental audit, the auditor notes a quality nonconformity. the auditor should - correct
answer mention the observation to the auditee but not include in closing meeting, write a
nonconformity or include it in final report
During an audit interview, an employee struggles to answer a question about SOPs. the
employee is prompted by a supervisor and answers the questions correctly with the help of
hints. the auditor should - correct answer document the observation and ask the supervisor to
refrain from answering or giving hints
a company hires a QM away from one of its suppliers, and asks the new QM to conduct a
second party audit of his former employer. the manager should correct answer note that this
represents an appearance of conflict of interest and he cannot inform the audit
