In its 9th edition (January, 2019) the CQA Primer contains 472 pages and 433 questions and answers.
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I. Certification Overview
- Certified Auditor Exam
- CQA Body of Knowledge
- CQA Primer Content vs BOK
II. Auditing Fundamentals
- Quality and Auditing Terms
- Audit Types
- Methods
- Relationships
- Purposes
- Common Elements
- Audit Purpose and Scope
- Audit Benefits
- Audit Criteria
- Audit Responsibilities
- Professional Conduct
- Liability Issues
- Ethical Responsibilities
- Legal Consequences
- Audit Credibility
III. Auditor Competencies
- Auditor Characteristics
- On-site Resource Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Communication and Presentation Techniques
- Communication Techniques
- Presentation Techniques
- Interviewing Techniques
- Interviewing
- Listening
- Team Dynamics
- Team Building
- Team Facilitation
- Team Development Stages
IV. Audit Planning and Performance
- Audit Preparation and Planning
- Audit Planning Elements
- Auditor Selection
- Audit Related Documentation
- Audit Logistics
- Audit Tools and Working Papers
- Audit Strategies
- Audit Performance
- On-site Audit Management
- Opening Meeting
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Establishment of Objective Evidence
- Organization of Objective Evidence
- Exit and Closing Meeting
V. Audit Reporting and Follow-up
- Audit Reporting
- Development and Content
- Effective Reports
- Report Steps
- Audit Follow-up
- Corrective Action Process
- Corrective Action Plan Review
- Corrective Action Verification
- Ineffective Corrective Action
- Audit Closure
VI. Audit Program Management
- Program Management
- Senior Management Support
- Staffing and Resource Management
- Training and Development
- Audit Program Evaluation
- Internal Audit Program Management
- External Audit Program Management
- Best Practices
- Organizational Risk Management
- Management Review Input
- Business and Financial Impact
- Auditing as a Management Tool
- Interrelationships of Processes
- Cost of Quality
VII. Quality Tools and Techniques
- Basic Quality and Problem Solving Tools
- Process Improvement Techniques
- Six Sigma
- Lean
- Basic Statistics
- Central Tendency
- Measures of Dispersion
- Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
- Process Variation
- Common and Special Cause
- Process Performance Metrics
- Outliers
- Sampling Methods
- Acceptance Sampling Plans
- Types of Sampling
- Sampling Terms
- Change Control and Configuration Management
- Verification and Validation
- Risk Management Tools
VIII. Appendix/Index
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Case Studies
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The following information is provided by the American Society for Quality (ASQ):
The Certified Quality Auditor is a professional who understands the standards and principles of auditing and the auditing techniques of examining, questioning, evaluating and reporting to determine a quality system’s adequacy and deficiencies. The Certified Quality Auditor analyzes all elements of a quality system and judges its degree of adherence to the criteria of industrial management and quality evaluation and control systems.
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