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Which of the following is the most useful graphical tool for promoting an understanding of process capability?

• A.An affinity diagram
• B.A histogram
• C.An Ishikawa diagram
• D.A flowchart

The main purpose for conducting an opening meeting for an audit is to

• A.clarify the audit objectives
• B.develop audit criteria
• C.discuss previous audit results
• D.establish the scope of the audit

When lower-tier documents are compared to higher-tier documents before the fieldwork starts, the comparison is called a

• A.conformance audit
• B.process audit
• C.desk audit
• D.management audit

A quality audit observation is defined as

• A.an accepted level of audit findings defined as "major" and "minor"
• B.a noted item of objective evidence found during an audit
• C.the lead auditor's perception of a potential problem
• D.an auditor's initial notice of a potential nonconformance

Auditors can use flowcharts in their work in order to

• A.analyze the causal factors of process dispersion
• B.distinguish variations in a process over time
• C.understand the overall process or system being audited
• D.determine process capability and uniformity