MCT Beginning T 40

1. Traps to be avoided by an auditor:

• Sharing advice or opinions
• Neglecting the work place at the expense of the documentation
• Careful listening
• Keeping people waiting for you
• Discretion

2. The objectives of an audit program are influenced by:

• FS procedures
• Expectations of top management
• FSMS requirements
• Statutory and regulatory requirements
• Risks identified

3. The audit procedure contains, at minimum, instructions on how to:

• Plan the audits
• Conduct the audits
• Ensure auditor competences
• Assign the responsibility for managing the audit program to a qualified person

4. An internal audit is initiated, for example:

• When it is scheduled in the audit program
• Following the request of a department manager
• After a dysfunction in an activity
• Following a major evolution of a process

5. The results of the internal audit:

• Are management review outputs
• Are management review inputs
• Allow FSMS improvement opportunities to be found
• Are verifiable evidences