1) The "audit criteria" includes procedures that the firm/organization to be assessed has defined based on
the applicable standard.
2)Some persons of the processes/ sections on the plan will be interviewed about the operation of the
processes/ sections. Moreover, there may be a case where other processes/ sections relevant to the
processes/ sections will be also audited. Each of start/ end time is a rough may slightly change.
3) In regard to the role and responsibility of audit team members and their companies for the audit, see "JQA
Management System Certification/Registration Regulations