PECB ISO-IEC-42001-Lead-Auditor Exam With Confidence Using Practice Dumps

It is the certification body’s responsibility to ensure that an audit plan is established prior to the audit.

ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Clause 9.2.3.1 requires certification bodies to “ensure that an audit plan is established, communicated, and agreed upon.”

Updating or communicating the plan can be tasks delegated to the audit team leader, but the accountability for establishing the audit plan remains with the certification body.

The certification body has the ultimate responsibility for reviewing and verifying corrective actions after an audit.

ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Clause 9.4.9 states: “The certification body shall review the correction, cause analysis, and corrective actions proposed by the client.”

Although the audit team may assist, responsibility lies with the certification body for ensuring compliance before issuing or maintaining certification.

A Joint Audit is when two or more audit organizations cooperate to audit the same auditee.

ISO 19011:2018 Clause 3.9 defines joint audit as: “An audit carried out by two or more auditing organizations cooperating to audit a single auditee.”

This is further echoed in ISO/IEC 42001:2023, which supports joint audits especially in multi-country and consortium environments (Clause 9.2.1 reference to audit scope management).