According to the International Professional Practices Framework, which of the following would not be considered when performing an initial risk assessment in engagement planning?

If an organization's chief audit executive wants to implement continuous auditing, what is the appropriate order in which key steps should be undertaken?
I. Identify business applications that require access.
II. Implement steps to continuously assess risks and controls.
III. Define objectives of continuous auditing.
IV. Manage and report results.

An internal auditor notices that a division has recorded uncharacteristically high sales and gross margins for the past three months and now suspects the division is reporting fictitious sales. Which course of action should the auditor follow to determine whether fraud has occurred?

A recent survey indicated that residents of a small town take the train to a nearby city eight times per month, on average. The same survey showed that the number of train trips that a resident takes per month (y) is determined by the number of days per month that the resident works in the nearby city (x), according to the equation: y = 2 + 2x. A person who never works in the nearby city is expected to take the train:

In a payroll audit, a staff auditor suspects that signatures on some of the documents being sampled for examination are not authentic. What action should the auditor take before proceeding with the examination?