According to IIA guidance, which of the following must internal auditors consider to conform with the requirements for due professional care during a consulting engagement?
1. The cost of the engagement, as it pertains to audit time and expenses in relation to the potential benefits.
2. The needs and expectation of clients, including the nature, timing, and communication of engagement results.
3. The application of technology-based audit and other data analysis techniques, where appropriate.
4. The relative complexity and extent of work needed to achieve the engagement's objectives.
During an interview with a data-entry clerk in the human resources department, an internal auditor recognizes a potentially significant weakness with a database system used to track employee performance ratings. Which of the following actions should the auditor take after discovering the weakness?
A newly hired internal auditor is performing an engagement that requires significant IT expertise that he does not possess. If the auditor does not alert the chief audit executive about his lack of expertise and decides to perform the engagement anyhow, which principle of the IIA's Code of Ethics would he violate?
Which of the following would decrease or be reduced if an organization establishes and implements excessive internal controls?
An internal auditor finds during an engagement that payment for the organization's general insurance policy is two months overdue. The issue is informally mentioned to the finance department which immediately submits the invoice for payment. The auditor decides to exclude this finding from the final audit report as the oversight was immediately corrected and there were no consequences because of this late payment.
Which of the following rules of conduct as described in the IIA Code of Ethics,did the auditor fail to uphold?
