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What is reliability in the context of service quality? 

An audit team of three people is conducting a Stage 2 audit to ISO 9001 of an engineering organisation that manufactures sacrificial anodes for the oll and gas industry in marine environments. These are aluminium products designed to prevent corrosion of submerged steel structures. You, as one of the auditors, find that the organisation has shipped anodes for Project DK in the Gulf of Mexico before the galvanic efficiency test results for the anodes have been fully analysed and reported as required by the customer. The Quality Manager explains that the Managing Director authorised release of the anodes to avoid late delivery as penalties would be imposed. The customer was not informed since the tests very rarely fall below the required efficiency. You raise a nonconformity against clause 8.6 of ISO 9001. Which of the following options for the best description of the nonconformity?

The Closing meeting of a second-party audit was planned for 6 pm with the general manager and the quality manager. At 6 pm, when the audit team enters the meeting room, only the Quality Manager is present and walting for them. The dialogue among them is as follows: Auditor team leader: "Good evening, could you please inform the general manager that we are ready to start with the closing meeting?" Quality manager: "Good evening. I am sorry to inform you that the general manager will not be able to attend the meeting. He will try to participate virtually to make some closing remarks." Auditor team leader: "OK. We identified seven nonconformities - these are the reports. Could you please review them and sign them?" Quality manager: "OK. As you know, I reviewed them after yesterday's meeting and accept of all them, where shall I sign?" General manager (from speakers in the room and addressing the quality manager): "Hold on! Do not sign the two nonconformities related to ABC Bank! I have just checked, and we did not provide any services to ABC Bank during September! You can sign the remaining five nonconformities." How would you proceed with the audit? Select one.

A Health Trust has contracted with Servitup, a catering services company that has been certified to ISO 9001 for one year. It provides services to 10 small rural hospitals in remote locations involving the purchase and storage of dry goods and fresh produce, preparing meals and loading heated trolleys for ward service by hospital staff. You, as auditor, are conducting the first surveillance audit at one site with the Deputy Catering Manager (DCM). DCM: "I apologise for the absence of the Catering Manager. He has called in sick today and we are really short of staff." You: "I see. It really shouldn't affect the QMS so the audit can progress as normal." DCM: "The Catering Manager set up the system. I'm afraid I'm not as familiar with it as he is." You: "OK, let's start with the Quality Policy. What are the main issues for the QMS here?" DCM: Give me a minute. I need to look at the Quality Policy on the noticeboard in his office. You find that two internal audits have been carried out in the first year by the Catering Manager. One of them indicates that complaints from patients are increasing in number, mainly due to food being served too cold. The DCM comments that the trolley thermometer is often unreliable. Which two of the following actions would be "correction" in dealing with the complaints? 

You are conducting a third-party audit to ISO 9001 and interviewing the Training Manager. She explains that training is more important than ever because the organisation has had to reduce the number of staff employed. Many of the remaining staff are now required to be 'multi-skilled'. You ask to see plans for the multi-skilling training and are shown plans that look comprehensive, and include both 'on the job" training and internal and external training courses. The records indicate that several staff required parts of their training to be repeated one month after the first training was provided. You ask why this was needed and are told that an investigation of customer complaints identified that several staff members did not complete certain tasks in the correct manner. The extra training was therefore recommended as a corrective action. Based on this interview, which two of the tollowing audit trails would be the most appropriate to follow? Select the two most appropriate audit trails from the following.