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IIA-CIA-Part1 Essentials of Internal Auditing Questions and Answers

Questions 4

According to IIA guidance, which of the following actions by the chief audit executive (CAE) best demonstrates the organizational independence of the internal audit activity?

Options:

A.

The CAE seeks senior management approval of the internal audit charter

B.

The CAE obtains senior management's approval to hire staff

C.

The CAE reports significant issues to the organization's CEO

D.

The CAE provides the board with an annual budget for approval

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Questions 5

Which of the following describes a responsibility of operating management in an organization's corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts?

Options:

A.

Responsible for implementing CSR principles and overseeing of CSR performance.

B.

Responsible for performing periodic internal self-verifications of reported CSR results.

C.

Responsible for performing analysis and comparison of CSR reports and performance.

D.

Responsible for ongoing CSR reporting and accomplishing of performance targets.

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Questions 6

Which of the following is an indicator that the organization s risk management process is effective?

Options:

A.

The organization s risk appetite mission, and objectives are dearly outlined.

B.

The organization s risk management practices are assessed as mature.

C.

The organization has adopted risk management frameworks and global models.

D.

The organization s significant risks are identified and adequately assessed

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Questions 7

Which of the following statements is the most appropriate for a chief audit executive to include in the internal audit policy manual in order to promote objectivity?

Options:

A.

Internal auditors may conduct a financial effectiveness engagement in a business unit at any point after being transferred from that area.

B.

Internal auditors may conclude that a business unit's current control environment is adequate and effective if the review of the prior year's workpapers and audit report supports that conclusion.

C.

Internal auditors may conduct an engagement in a business unit at any point after providing a training workshop in that area.

D.

Internal auditors should limit the scope of an engagement if they become aware of a potential impairment of their objectivity in order to reduce the potential impact of the impairment on the engagement results.

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Questions 8

IT management requires all employees in the IT department to attend annual training on the department’s mission values and key performance measures This activity is designed to prevent which of the following conditions?

Options:

A.

Knowledge’s kills gap

B.

Monitoring gap

C.

Accountability/reward failure

D.

Communication failure

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Questions 9

Which of the following specifications in an internal audit charter is the most important factor in the internal audit activity’s independence?

Options:

A.

Description of internal audit activity's responsibilities

B.

Definition of internal auditing

C.

Statement of internal audit activity's authority

D.

Description of internal audit activity's reporting structure

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Questions 10

During the planning stage of an assurance engagement, a payroll clerk informed the internal auditor that he is often asked to add new employees to the payroll without any formal new-hire documentation from human resources. The auditor is concerned that this increases the risk for fraud. To complete engagement planning, which of the following is the most appropriate next step for the auditor to take?

Options:

A.

Increase the sample size to be tested, ensuring a thorough review of the payroll records.

B.

Advise the chief audit executive of the clerk's assertion, despite the lack of supporting evidence.

C.

Ask the clerk to provide a list of any suspicious new employee names on the payroll.

D.

Investigate the matter further to understand precisely how many payroll records were affected.

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Questions 11

Which of the following practices is generally most effective to protect internal audit objectivity?

Options:

A.

Ensuring regular documentation of auditor skills and experience in the workpapers.

B.

Basing performance evaluations heavily on customer satisfaction surveys.

C.

Prohibiting auditors from accepting gifts from audit clients or potential clients.

D.

Ensuring that auditors have a balance of both operational and internal audit responsibilities.

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Questions 12

Which combination of strategies would provide the best evaluation of the effectiveness of the organization's risk assessment activity?

1. Interview staff at various levels to discuss the organization's objectives, significant risks, and risk appetite.

2. Review board meeting minutes to determine whether the significant risks identified are communicated timely to the board.

3. Evaluate the adequacy and timeliness of management remediation actions by reviewing the control design, testing the controls, and reviewing monitoring procedures.

4. Review the professional development plans of internal audit staff to ensure all are competent to assess the organization's risk assessment activity.

Options:

A.

1 and 2 only.

B.

1.2, and 3 only.

C.

1.3. and 4 only.

D.

3 and 4 only.

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Questions 13

There is a growing perception that employees generally evade their responsibilities. What impact will an internal auditor most likely see during an engagement?

Options:

A.

Supervisors are likely to reduce their level of supervision and increase span of control.

B.

Employees are likely to be supervised closely and given little freedom.

C.

Peer employees are likely to trust one another, but distrust management.

D.

Employees are likely to join forces to accomplish their duties as teams.

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Questions 14

A multinational organization has asked the internal audit activity to assist in setting up the organization’s risk management system. The chief audit executive (CAE) agrees to take on the engagement as a consultant. Which of the following tasks is appropriate for the CAE to undertake?

Options:

A.

Coordinate and facilitate risk workshops for management to attend.

B.

Establish the degree of risk appetite for management to accept.

C.

Set risk indicators and mitigation plans for management to implement

D.

Determine the number of significant risks for management to report to the board.

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Questions 15

Which of the following controls would be most useful to prevent an employee from using the organization's funds for inappropriate expenditures and falsifying financial records to conceal the fraud?

Options:

A.

Segregating duties in the payroll processes.

B.

Confirming receipt of goods or services.

C.

Performing background checks on newly hired employees.

D.

Requiring management approval for expenses.

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Questions 16

Prior to commencing a financial compliance engagement, the engagement supervisor reads the business plan for the finance department and meets informally with the director to learn more about any key issues. Which of the following competencies is the engagement supervisor demonstrating?

Options:

A.

The ability to inspire trust

B.

The ability to communicate effectively

C.

The ability to display courage

D.

The ability to understand the needs of stakeholders

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Questions 17

Which of the following most accurately describes corporate social responsibility at an organization?

Options:

A.

An organizational locus on improving the overall environment, even it is to the detriment of the local community.

B.

A philosophy driven by employees that flows up to senior management and the board of directors.

C.

An overall commitment of the organization to improve the quality of life for not only the employees but the community at large.

D.

A policy of ensuring that the organization is socially responsible, even if it leads to unprofitability due to increased costs.

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Questions 18

Which of the following is an indicator that the internal audit activity does not fully conform with the Standards?

Options:

A.

The quality assurance and improvement program identified several opportunities for the internal audit activity to make improvements.

B.

In lieu of an external assessment, the internal audit activity performed a self-assessment with independent external validation.

C.

During an internal quality assessment, it was identified that rotational auditors often perform consulting engagements for areas of the organization where they had previous responsibilities.

D.

External assessments are performed every five years by a competent internal audit team from the organization's parent company.

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Questions 19

An internal audit team was assigned to review the organization’s information security protocol After fieldwork was completed an internal auditor identified an error in the review of security access The error could affect the overall results of the engagement Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action for the internal auditor?

Options:

A.

Proceed with addressing the error and report any corrections to the engagement supervisor during the scheduled exit meeting

B.

Issue the audit report to senior management on schedule but include a disclaimer about the error

C.

Proceed with the scheduled closing of the engagement without consideration of the identified error

D.

Inform the engagement supervisor of the error and allow the supervisor to determine the appropriate action to take

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Questions 20

Which type(s) of assessments in an internal audit activity’s quality assurance and improvement program requires ongoing monitoring to evaluate internal audit activity's efficiency and effectiveness?

Options:

A.

Neither internal nor external assessment

B.

internal assessment

C.

Both internal and external assessment

D.

External assessment

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Questions 21

Which of the following statements best represents the duo professional care that is required of internal auditor’s?

Options:

A.

Internal auditors should perform assurance procedures to ensure that all significant risks are identified.

B.

Internal auditor should not perform consulting engagements for operations for which they had previous responsibilities.

C.

Internal auditors should consider the cost of assurance in relation to the potential benefits.

D.

Internal auditors should device internal audit programs to confirm that the results are accurate.

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Questions 22

Which of the following relates to the concept of due professional care?

Options:

A.

An auditor attempts to obtain information needed to complete an assurance engagement but is denied access.

B.

The appointment of the chief audit executive is ratified by the board.

C.

An auditor demonstrates a good understanding of the steps involved in carrying out a consulting engagement.

D.

The internal audit resource plan is only approved by the chief financial officer.

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Questions 23

What is the best course of action when the internal audit activity does not have the knowledge necessary to perform a planned audit of the organization's new IT data backup process?

Options:

A.

Postpone the audit engagement to a later date.

B.

Recruit and hire a full-time staff auditor who is proficient in data backup processes.

C.

Change the plan from an assurance engagement to a consulting engagement.

D.

Provide data backup training to the engagement supervisor.

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Questions 24

The internal auditor of a small manufacturer noted that the accounting department has insufficient staff to achieve proper segregation of duties. What type of controls would the auditor likely recommend to management to specifically address this problem?

Options:

A.

Entity-level.

B.

Preventive.

C.

Directive.

D.

Compensating.

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Questions 25

A financial services organization's board is assessing increased regulations and its effect on current industry lending practices. Which of the following committees would help the board identify and assess the effects of the increased regulations?

Options:

A.

Quality committee.

B.

Audit committee.

C.

Risk committee.

D.

Governance committee.

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Questions 26

Senior management asks the chief audit executive to review the organization's compliance with recently introduced legislation on international transfer pricing. The review requires an internal auditor who thoroughly understands the legislation and pricing methods. The internal audit activity does not have an auditor with those skills. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action?

Options:

A.

Outsource the engagement to an external audit firm that has appropriate skills.

B.

Recruit a lawyer with knowledge of the legislation to the audit team and ask the new auditor to perform the engagement.

C.

Decline to perform the engagement, as the internal audit activity does not have the appropriate skill set.

D.

Carry out the engagement using existing internal audit staff to help them gain the appropriate experience.

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Questions 27

According to NA guidance, which of the following conditions would enhance the independence of the internal audit activity?

Options:

A.

The organizational culture rewards critical and objective thinking.

B.

The quality of work performed by the internal audit activity is periodically reviewed,

C.

The organization establishes effective governing body oversight,

D.

Audit assignments are rotated among internal audit staff

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Questions 28

In addition to her internal audit activity responsibilities, the chief audit executive has been asked to oversee the organization's insurance function. Which of the following responses is most appropriate?

Options:

A.

Welcome the additional responsibility, as it represents an opportunity to gain more information for future audits.

B.

Revise the internal audit charter to include oversight of the insurance function, ensuring that all of her responsibilities are properly documented.

C.

Report the request to the board and recommend alternate processes to obtain assurance related to insurance activities.

D.

Promptly remove the organization's insurance function from the audit universe.

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Questions 29

Which of the following must be considered by the chief audit executive before writing the internal audit charter?

Options:

A.

Internal auditors' level of competencies and skills.

B.

The manner in which the internal audit activity is viewed by the board.

C.

Evaluation of staff certifications and continued development.

D.

Effectiveness of the quality assurance and improvement program.

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Questions 30

Which of the following offers the feast evidence that the internal audit activity has achieved organizational independence?

Options:

A.

An independent third party has assessed the organization's system of internal controls to be adequate and effective.

B.

The chief audit executive reports both functionally and administratively to the CEO.

C.

The internal audit charter is drafted properly and approved by the appropriate parties.

D.

The mission statement and strategy of the internal audit activity demonstrates alignment to organizational objectives.

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Questions 31

An internal auditor has documented several instances in which management asked employees to ad against the policies and procedures. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?

Options:

A.

Report the non-compliance cases to the board of directors.

B.

Recommend that management update its policies and procedures based on the circumstances.

C.

Investigate the rationale for management's actions.

D.

Recommend those employees to report the cases through the designed whistleblowing channel for the appropriate treatment.

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Questions 32

Which of the following Code of Ethics principles specifically requires internal auditors to disclose all material facts known to them that, if not disclosed, may distort the reporting of activities under review?

Options:

A.

Confidentiality.

B.

Transparency.

C.

Integrity.

D.

Objectivity.

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Questions 33

An organization allows the same individuals to physical access inventory and purchase new assets when supplies are depleted. Which of the following would best help the organization manage the risk of fraud?

Options:

A.

Accounting personnel should regularly perform reconciliation between invoices and purchase orders

B.

Accounting personnel should conduct a periodic inventory count and reconcile inventory movements

C.

internal auditors should review Vie frequency and volume of purchased assets to detect trends in the inventory levels

D.

Management should established a policy requiring new inventory asset purchases to be made on serialized order forms with copies retained

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Questions 34

Which of the following organizational practices is likely to be a part of a corporate social responsibility program?

Options:

A.

A mining company practices backfilling and planting trees after mining within an area.

B.

A construction company ensures that its workers are paid at the regulated minimum wage.

C.

A foods manufacturer sources cheap raw materials to generate higher profits for distribution to its employees.

D.

A bank listed on the national stock exchange consistently pays dividends to its shareholders.

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Exam Code: IIA-CIA-Part1
Exam Name: Essentials of Internal Auditing
Last Update: Apr 30, 2024
Questions: 227

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