PECB ISO-9001-Lead-Auditor Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Who maintains ownership of the audit report?

How can an organization ensure the objectivity and impartiality of the internal audit function?

According to ISO 19011, what two activities take place during the conduct of a audit follow-up?

In the context of a third-party certification audit, how can the auditor demonstrate confidentiality? Select two.

The Closing meeting of a second-party audit was planned for 6 pm with the general manager and the quality manager.
At 6 pm, when the audit team enters the meeting room, only the Quality Manager is present and walting for them.
The dialogue among them is as follows:
Auditor team leader: "Good evening, could you please inform the general manager that we are ready to start with the closing meeting?" Quality manager: "Good evening. I am sorry to inform you that the general manager will not be able to attend the meeting. He will try to participate virtually to make some closing remarks." Auditor team leader: "OK. We identified seven nonconformities - these are the reports. Could you please review them and sign them?" Quality manager: "OK. As you know, I reviewed them after yesterday's meeting and accept of all them, where shall I sign?" General manager (from speakers in the room and addressing the quality manager): "Hold on! Do not sign the two nonconformities related to ABC Bank! I have just checked, and we did not provide any services to ABC Bank during September! You can sign the remaining five nonconformities." How would you proceed with the audit? Select one.

Even though past audits have highlighted a consistently large number of nonconformities within an organisation's design team, the organisation has not varied the frequency or duration of audits on its audit plan.
The decision for whether this situation is acceptable or not should be governed by which of the following?

(Which of the following two options could be considered the most likely potential threats to impartiality in an audit context?)

Scenario 7: POLKA is a car manufacturing company based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company has around
14,000 employees working in different sectors which help with the design, painting, assembling, and test drives of the final product. The company is widely known for its qualitative products and affordable prices. In order to retain their reputation, POLKA implemented a quality management system (QMS) based on ISO
9001.
Before applying for certification, the company decided to conduct an internal audit to check whether there are any nonconformities in their QMS and if the requirements of ISO 9001 are being fulfilled. The top management appointed Sean, the internal auditor, as the team leader of the internal audit team. Sean required from the top management to have unrestricted access to the employees and executives of POLKA and to the documented information. Furthermore, Sean required to establish a team with a large number of auditors, considering the size and the complexity of the organization. The top management of POLKA agreed with Sean's requirements.
The top management, in cooperation with Sean, assigned 10 more employees to the audit team. Following that. Sean planned the audit activities and assigned the roles and responsibilities to each auditor. They began by interviewing employees of different manufacturing departments to check whether they are aware of the process of the QMS implementation. While conducting these activities, one of the auditors asked Sean for permission to audit the department in which he worked on a daily basis, as he was very familiar with the processes of the department.
Along the way, the teams findings showed that the staff were trained, documented information was updated, and the QMS fulfilled the requirements of ISO 9001. The internal audit took three weeks to complete, and on the last week the audit team held a final meeting The team shared their results and together drafted the audit report This report was submitted to the top management of the company. The report was maintained as documented information, and was available to the relevant interested parties.
Based on the scenario above, answer the following question:
According to Scenario 7, one of the auditors requested permission from Sean to audit the department in which he worked on a daily basis. Should Sean grant the auditor permission?

Which two of the following aspects of a quality management system must the organisation continually improve?

What is the responsibility of the audit committee during an internal audit?

You are auditing an organisation that has been certificated to ISO 9001 for ten years. The organisation is a privately-owned, multi-site car tyre fitting organisation. You are auditing one of the sites. You are auditing the car tyre fitting service. You are interviewing the Site Manager (SM).
You: "Would you explain the car tyre fitting service?"
SM: "Of course. Customers typically call us by phone with their requirements. We ask them what they want.
We check whether we have the tyres
they need in stock. If we don't have the tyres in stock, we contact our supplier to confirm when they would be able to supply the tyres. We then determine the cost. We then check what availability we have in our busy schedule to fit the new tyres. We then inform the customer with details of cost and when we can fit the tyres. If the customer is happy to proceed with the booking, we update our Work Schedule. The same process applies for customers who walk into our office and for online requests." You: "What information do you retain should there be a defect reported by a manufacturer of tyres that you have fitted?" SM: "We maintain records of customer names, addresses and contact phone numbers. We maintain a record of the type of tyre fitted and the tyre manufacturers batch information. We also maintain a record of the registration numbers of the vehicles we have fitted tyres to. All records are in our Work Schedule." Which two of the following options you would take to enable you to gather further audit evidence to validate what the Site Manager has told you?

Auditor competence is a combination of knowledge and skills. Which two of the following activities are predominately related to 'knowledge'?

What does the application of the process approach in a QMS enable?

(From the following, select six tasks you would expect to be completed during the audit team meeting of a second-party audit in preparation for the closing meeting of a four-day audit being performed by organisation ABC to an external provider.)

Select six of the activities that are specifically required by ISO 17021-1 as part third-party (Certification Body) surveillance audit processes.