Internal audit ?

Question

What are some good questins for a internal audit?

Answer 1

Are you the auditor? or being audited? what type of business?

All audits are done to a standard such as ISO 9000/2000 etc.
Do you have a standard you are auditing to?
HERE IS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
Who is your quality director?
What is the companies mission statement/ quality policy?
Do you have work instructions? Where are they located?
Where are the training records located? Who trained you?

Answer 2

*How do internal and external auditors differ and how should they relate?
*How does internal auditing maintain its independence and objectivity?
*How does the internal audit activity go about prioritizing its resources?
*How should an organization go about sourcing its internal audit activity?
*Is it mandatory to have an internal audit activity?
*What are the critical skills and attributes of a chief audit executive (CAE)?
*What are the skill sets and staffing needs of an internal audit activity?
*What is Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and what role in it does internal auditing play?
*What is internal auditing?
*What is internal auditing's role in preventing, detecting, and investigating fraud?
*What services can the internal auditors provide for the audit committee?
*What should be the reporting lines for the chief audit executive (CAE)?
*What standards guide the work of internal audit professionals?
*What is the appropriate relationship between the internal audit activity and the audit committee?
*Why should an organization have an audit committee?
*Why should organizations have internal auditing?

Answer 3

The role of internal audit is to provide independent assurance that an organisation's risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.

Answer 4

I'm going to be doing an internal audit on our production and machine shop department and i need help with five or six questions to ask. I would really appreciate someone's help and advice.