Free CMDA sample questions

Correct answer: Process audit

A process audit examines an activity or operation against specific instructions or standards to ensure it is operating within established limits, such as verifying the parameters and yields of an automated assembly line.

Correct answer: False

The ASQ Code of Ethics mandates that professionals hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public. If management refuses to act on a critical safety defect, the duty to public safety supersedes the duty of confidentiality to the employer or client.

Correct answers: They provide specific knowledge to the audit team but do not act as an auditor.; They must be accompanied by an auditor when gathering objective evidence.

According to ISO 19011, a technical expert provides specific knowledge or expertise to the audit team but does not act as an auditor.

Because technical experts are not qualified auditors, ISO 19011 dictates they must operate under the direction of an auditor and be accompanied by one.

Correct answer: Stop the review of those specific files, notify the auditee's management of the privacy breach, and request redacted copies to continue the audit.

Auditors must maintain data privacy. Viewing unredacted patient data (PHI) is a privacy violation. The auditor must stop, notify management of the issue, and request properly redacted documents (de-identified data) to continue evaluating the complaint handling process.

Correct answer: Backward tracing from a sample of final released product documentation through to the incoming raw material receiving records.

Backward tracing is the tactical strategy of starting with a finished output (e.g., a released component) and tracing its history backward through production records to the original raw material inputs, effectively verifying traceability.

Correct answer: The selected auditors must not have direct responsibility or authority over the departments they will be auditing.

A fundamental principle of auditing (ISO 19011) is independence. To remain objective, auditors must not audit their own work or have direct responsibility for the areas they are auditing.