During an audit of executive travel, an auditor noted that the president's travel expense reimbursements were approved by an executive secretary who reported to the president. The organization's reimbursement policy requires all travel expense reimbursements to be approved by the traveler's supervisor, but it does not address the president's reimbursements. Which of the following represents the auditor's best recommendation in this situation?

Management testimony of improper segregation of duties in the cash receipt process can be considered which of the following?

Which of the following would be included in an internal audit department's quality assurance and improvement program?
1.Ongoing internal assessments of the performance of the internal audit department.
2.Periodic internal reviews through self-assessments.
3.Assessments conducted by a qualified external reviewer at least once every five years.

A staff auditor, nearly finished with an audit engagement, discovers that the director of marketing has a gambling habit. The gambling issue is not directly related to the existing engagement and there is pressure to complete the current engagement. The auditor notes the problem and forwards the information to the chief audit executive but performs no further follow-up. The auditor's actions would:
I. Be in violation of the IIA Code of Ethics for withholding meaningful information.
II. Be in violation of the Standards because the auditor did not properly follow up on a red flag that might indicate the existence of fraud.
III. Not be in violation of either the IIA Code of Ethics or Standards.

Which of the following factors would the auditor in charge be least likely to consider when assigning tasks to audit team members for an engagement?