Question 1

In what ways Performance auditors provide information to government policymakers?

Options :

A : Developing methods and approaches to evaluate a new or a proposed program

B : By giving informal reports

C : Developing conclusions about economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of government programs and making recommendations for improvement.

D : By not performing investigate work.

Answer: C

Question 2

There are some compensating benefits that the public sector can offer its workforce to offset the generally higher salaries available in the private sector. These can include all of the following EXCEPT:

Options :

A : Benefits — generous amount of paid days off per year as holidays, plus accrued vacation and reasonable health insurance.

B : Training and development — generally at par with the private sector.

C : Incentives — cash awards given to employees with significant cost effective suggestions.

D : None of the above

E : All of the above

Answer: A

Question 3

All of The following are the areas that should be considered when identifying specific performance to measure EXCEPT:

Options :

A : Determine if recommendations for improvement or change are warranted.

B : Identify stakeholder needs.

C : Assess performance through bench marking or best practice reviews

D : Do not Identify processes within the program.

Answer: D

Question 4

All of the following are levels of ethics, each of which has its own sets of responsibilities EXCEPT:

Options :

A : Organizational ethics — the environment or culture of an organization and formal and informal rules of conduct. These can also include specific laws and regulations.

B : Personal morality — the basic sense of right and wrong is a function of social mores, parental influence, religious background, and personal experiences.

C : Corporate social responsibility or CSR: an umbrella term under which the ethical rights and duties existing between companies and society is debated.

D : Professional ethics — professional norms and rules that govern a profession. Some professions, such as auditing, have professional codes of conducts (such as the IIA’s Code of Ethics).

Answer: C

Question 5

The term _______refers to methods designed to describe or summarize the characteristics of a data set. The term _______refers to methods designed to allow inferences or estimates to be made about the characteristics of a data set.

Options :

A : Inferential statistics, descriptive statistics

B : Standard deviation, mean

C : Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics

D : Median, arithmetic mean

Answer: C