Module 1 of 8 · ~8 min video + quiz
Auditing Fundamentals: Purpose, Types and Principles
What audits are actually for, and the three failure modes that make audit programmes worthless. First-, second- and third-party audits and their different stakes, the core vocabulary — criteria, evidence, findings, conclusions — the principles of auditing as working rules, and what the 2026 edition of ISO 19011 changed.
After this module you can
- ✓Explain what an internal audit is for — and the three failure modes that make audit programmes worthless.
- ✓Distinguish first-, second- and third-party audits and their different stakes.
- ✓Use the core audit vocabulary precisely: criteria, evidence, findings, conclusions.
- ✓Apply the principles of auditing as working rules, not poster text.
- ✓Summarise what the 2026 edition of ISO 19011 changed and why.
The method for this module
- Read Module 1 in the course study guide.
- Standard reading: ISO 19011:2026 — scope, terms and definitions, and the principles of auditing (clauses 1–4) — in your own licensed copy.
- Watch the video above — the guided lesson that ties them together.
- Take the quiz below, closed notes. Pass mark 80% — below it, re-study what you missed and take a fresh attempt.
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Module 1 quiz
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