Which of the following factors would not be considered in determining appropriate follow-up procedures?

An organization's internal audit plan includes a recurring assurance review of the human resources (HR) department. Which of the following statements is true regarding preliminary communication between the auditor in charge (AIC) and the HR department?
1.The AIC should notify HR management when the draft audit plan is being developed, as a courtesy.
2.The AIC should notify HR management before the planning stage begins.
3.The AIC should schedule formal status meetings with HR management at the start of the engagement.
4.The AIC should finalize the scope of the engagement before communicating with HR management.

An audit engagement objective at a manufacturer is to determine the quality of raw materials purchased. Which of the following actions would best enable an internal auditor to satisfy this objective?

An auditor used a questionnaire during an interview to gather information about the nature of credit sales processing. The questionnaire did not cover some pertinent information offered by the person being interviewed, and the auditor did not document the potential problems for further investigation.
The primary deficiency with the above process is that:

According to IIA guidance, which of the following is true when the internal audit activity is asked to investigate potential ethics violations in a foreign subsidiary?