The IIA has developed the Professional Practices Framework (PPF). In general, a framework provides a structural blueprint of how a body of knowledge and guidance fits together. As a coherent system, it facilitates all of the following to a discipline or profession EXCEPT:
All of the following are the general steps to follow when testing a hypothesis EXCEPT:
________ supports a finding with the greatest degree of certainty. This type of evidence provides direct proof of a fact without requiring additional inference or presumption. ________ provides less certainty than direct evidence. This type of evidence generally requires the use of additional evidence to develop and support conclusions.
Auditors and evaluators develop ________ to obtain information from customers or other stakeholders that is not readily available in the organization’s data sources. Where as ______ allow auditors to obtain testimonial evidence regarding a customer’s operations, activities, concerns, and initiatives.