An auditor traces one shaft at a fastener supplier from the purchase order through to the finished part. The heat number recorded at each step is shown. At which link does the audit trail break?

Between the receiving record and the work order

Between the purchase order and the material certificate

Between the material certificate and the receiving record

Between the work order and the finished part tag

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Q1.An auditor traces one shaft at a fastener supplier from the purchase order through to the finished part. The heat number recorded at each step is shown.

At which link does the audit trail break?
- A.Between the purchase order and the material certificate
- B.Between the material certificate and the receiving record
- C.Between the receiving record and the work order✓ Correct answer
- D.Between the work order and the finished part tag
Explanation
The heat number is the thread that holds the trail together, so the trail breaks at the first link where it stops matching. It reads H-4471 on the certificate and again on the receiving record, then H-4417 on the work order. Two digits have been transposed, and from that point the finished part can no longer be tied back to the certificate. The nearest wrong answer is the last link. The work order and the part tag agree with each other, so nothing breaks there; the error was carried forward from the step before.
Reference: CQT BoK V

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