An auditor is refused access to a department's production data. The proper response is
Answer: A
An audit built on an undisclosed guess misleads the reader, whereas a stated limitation lets the reader judge the weight of the conclusion and often prompts the data to be released. Abandoning the work discards the findings that are sound.
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Comparing an internal audit by the plant's own staff with an external one, the internal audit
Answer: B
Familiarity finds opportunities an outsider would miss and also makes the long-standing practice invisible, which is the outsider's chief value. A mandatory audit under the Act must be conducted by an accredited energy auditor.
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None of the following belongs in the planning phase of an audit except
Answer: C
Correct answer: agreeing the scope and the instruments with the client
Scope and instrumentation must be settled before anything is measured, since they determine what the audit can conclude and what it will cost. The other three come later - computing savings belongs to the analysis, presenting the findings to the reporting stage, and verification to the period after the measures are installed.
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