Which of the following events would most likely cause the chief audit executive to consider changing the current year's audit plan?
The government announced that new regulatory requirements will be introduced in the coming years which may significantly impact the organization's primary product.
A major competitor unexpectedly introduced a new model at a lower price point to compete with the organization's market leading product.
The organization announced a new joint venture with a long time corporate partner to introduce a new product with development costs and sales beginning next fiscal year.
An equal joint venture partner filed a lawsuit against the organization and requested that the court issue an immediate suspension of future product shipments.

During a consulting engagement, an internal auditor identifies new risks which will impact the scope and sufficiency of the engagement audit plan. According to the Standards, the internal auditor should:

An audit of customer accounts receivable found that outstanding receivables as a percentage of revenue had increased significantly during the past two years. The increase was attributed to the extension of credit, at the urging of the marketing department, to a number of companies that were not credit worthy.
Which of the following would be least useful in monitoring the disposition of this finding?

An internal auditor is testing the success of the IT support department in meeting the service levels guaranteed to small, medium and large customers. The customer's size classification is based on its annual expenditures with the organization and the nature and extent of services it receives. Which of the following sampling techniques would be the most suitable to select customers for this test?

Because of an abundance of high priority requests from management, an internal audit activity no longer has the resources to meet all of its commitments contained in the annual audit plan. Which of the following would be the best course of action for the chief audit executive to follow?