ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor Practice Questions — 10 Free (2026)
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On what must the criteria for evaluating, selecting, monitoring and re-evaluating external providers be based?
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- Q1 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
On what must the criteria for evaluating, selecting, monitoring and re-evaluating external providers be based?
- A. Whether they are able to supply a process, a product or a service that answers the requirements ✓
- B. Price and delivery time
- C. Their certification status
- D. The length of the trading relationship
- E. The share of the organisation's total purchasing that the provider concerned accounts for in the period under review
A record of what was done, and of anything it called for, has to be kept as documented information. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO9001.QMS
- Q2 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
To whom does the standard say audit plans should be presented?
- A. To the auditee and the audit client, as required ✓
- B. To the certification body alone in the ordinary course of things
- C. To the audit team only
- D. To the accreditation body
- E. To every interested party
Any difficulty with the plan is settled between the team leader, the auditee and, where it proves necessary, whoever runs the audit programme. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO.LA.CORE
- Q3 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
Which shortcomings does the standard say a review of documented information may bring to light?
- A. Deficiencies, omissions or conflicts in the material ✓
- B. Errors in the auditee's accounts
- C. Gaps in the auditee's insurance
- D. Weaknesses in the auditee's pricing
- E. Failures in the auditee's recruitment in the ordinary course of things
The review also builds an overall picture of how much documented information there is and how far it might conform. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO.LA.CORE
- Q4 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
Why do team members go through the auditee's documented information before the audit proper?
- A. To decide which staff to interview whatever either of the parties may prefer
- B. To learn how the auditee operates and what risks are inherent in it ✓
- C. To settle the fee
- D. To confirm the certification scope
- E. To draft the nonconformity reports
The answer runs on: to prepare the activities and working papers, and to see how far the material may conform and where deficiencies, omissions or conflicts might lie. What is reviewed takes in the system's documents and records, and reports from earlier audits, but is not confined to them. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO.LA.CORE
- Q5 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
On what condition may an organisation decide that a requirement is not applicable?
- A. That the certification body agrees
- B. That the requirement falls in Clause 8
- C. That deciding so will not end in what is supplied failing to conform ✓
- D. That the organisation is small
- E. That the requirement concerns a process the organisation has placed with an external provider rather than carrying out itself
Size, complexity, the management model adopted, the range of activities and the nature of the risks may all bear on the review of applicability. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO9001.QMS
- Q6 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
To whom above all must the performance of the system, and the openings for improvement, be reported?
- A. To top management ✓
- B. To the certification body
- C. To the auditors
- D. To relevant interested parties
- E. To whichever manager holds responsibility for the process to which the report in question happens to relate at the time it is made
The duty to report is one of the matters for which responsibility and authority have to be assigned. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO9001.QMS
- Q7 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
Why does the standard say audit evidence is based on samples of the information available?
- A. Because complete records are rarely kept
- B. Because sampling removes the auditor's own bias
- C. Because the auditee chooses what may be examined whatever either of the parties may prefer
- D. Because an audit runs for a stated period and on resources that are limited ✓
- E. Because standards forbid complete examination
Sampling has to be used fittingly, because how much weight the conclusions bear turns on it. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO.LA.CORE
- Q8 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
How does the standard gloss the behaviour it calls decisive?
- A. Reaching a conclusion before the audit ends
- B. Refusing to alter a finding once recorded
- C. Being able to reach timely conclusions on logical reasoning and analysis ✓
- D. Choosing the sample without consulting the auditee in the ordinary course of things
- E. Settling disputes between team members
Self-reliant is glossed separately as being able to act and function independently while still interacting well with others. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO.LA.CORE
- Q9 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
Which climate-related requirement does the corpus attribute to the surrounding community?
- A. Eco-friendly packaging
- B. Emissions reporting to a standard
- C. Disclosure of climate risk
- D. Backing environmental initiatives locally, and cutting the mark the company leaves on its surroundings ✓
- E. Programmes run inside the workplace to encourage employees towards more sustainable habits in the course of their daily work
Customers, regulators, investors and employees each have their own place on the same list. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO9001.QMS
- Q10 · ISO 9001 LA · Closed book
In which circumstance does the standard treat taking on a risk as a proper option?
- A. Where the risk is small
- B. Where it is taken in order to pursue an opportunity ✓
- C. Where insurance is in place
- D. Where the customer has agreed
- E. Where the organisation has satisfied itself that the risk cannot affect the conformity of any product or service falling within the scope of its system
Sharing the risk, and keeping it on the strength of an informed decision, appear on the same list. ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - ISO standards and course material, ISO9001.QMS
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