While testing the effectiveness of inventory controls, the internal auditor makes a note in the working papers that most of the inventory count adjustments for the facility involved transactions of the machining department. The machining department also had generated an extraordinary number of inventory count adjustments in comparison with other departments last year. The internal auditor should …

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interview management and apply other engagement procedures to determine whether transaction controls and procedures within the machining department are adequate.

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do no further work because the concern was not identified by the analytical procedures included in the engagement work programme.

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notify the chief audit executive (CAE) that fraud is suspected.

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place a note in the working papers to review this matter in detail during the next engagement.

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