Which of the following statements is true regarding the communication of audit engagement observations?

An organization has acquired a new line of business. None of the organization's internal auditors have the required expertise to perform an internal audit of the new business line; therefore, the chief audit executive (CAE) has contracted the services of an external audit firm to perform the engagement. The CAE has assigned a member of the internal audit team to assist the external team with the engagement. According to the Standards, which of the following statements is true regarding supervision of the engagement?

According to HA guidance, which of the following statements regarding audit workpapers is true?

A chief audit executive (CAE) is evaluating four potential audit engagements based on the following factors: the engagement's ability to reduce risk to the organization, the engagement's ability to save the organization money, and the extent of change in the area since the last engagement. The CAE has scored the engagements for each factor from low to high, assigned points, and calculated an overall ranking. The results are shown below with the points in parentheses:
Risk Reduction
Cost Savings
Changes
High (3) Medium (2) Low (1)
High (3) Low (1) High (3)
Low (1) High (3) Medium (2)
Medium (2) Medium (2) High (3)
If the organization has asked the CAE to consider the cost savings factor to be twice as important as any other factor, which engagements should the CAE pursue?

A payroll clerk enters payroll transactions into the general ledger. The staff accountant reconciles the payroll ledgers. The payroll manager issues the manual payroll checks. The checks are maintained in a locked cabinet.
The chief financial officer secures the keys to the cabinet. The payroll clerk distributes the manual checks.
The payroll manager reconciles the bank statements monthly. Which of the following audit steps best addresses the risk of fraud in the payroll process?