FREE ASQ Certified Quality Auditor Question and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following categories of instruments or methods is regarded as qualitative?

Accepted Answer

Process observations

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Pareto charts

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Frequency distribution

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Histogram

Question 2

Which of the following interviewing approaches by an auditor is most likely to intimidate an auditee?

Accepted Answer

Using a tape recorder to record an auditee's response

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Being silent while waiting for an auditee to respond to a question

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Underlining key facts when recording an auditee's response

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Paraphrasing an auditee's response while writing it down

Question 3

Which of the following approaches of validating a corrective action is NOT acceptable?

Accepted Answer

Contacting the individuals responsible for implementing the correction

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Reviewing measurement records after the correction has been made

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Collecting or observing the new results of the process

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Conducting another audit on the process or system

Question 4

The LEAST crucial conduct for an auditor to display is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Adhering to the original audit plan

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Displaying honesty and forthrightness

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Working in a planned and systematic manner

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Remaining calm throughout the audit

Question 5

The definition of a sample plan's confidence level is the

Accepted Answer

degree of assurance that each inaccuracy in the chosen sample is represented by at least one example

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degree of uncertainty that at least one example of any errors that are present can be found in the chosen sample

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the highest mistake rate that can be tolerated for the function under audit

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lowest possible level of performance that can be deemed appropriate for the audited function

Question 6

What specifically do you do for the calibration laboratory? What kind of questioning method is represented by the one above?

Accepted Answer

Open-ended

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Close-ended

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Discovery

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Leading

Question 7

The corrective action plan must be created by whom?

Accepted Answer

The auditee

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The audit manager

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The auditor

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The registrar