Yep, I agree. In training sessions I've provided, the same questions come up all the time; auditor trainees always seem to want a checklist, a form or a package that will tell them step by step what to do and when to do it. From what they've told me, what it comes down to is that they do not feel confident just going out on the floor and auditing without a concrete and detailed checklist because they're afraid of forgetting to ask important questions or not checking a certain aspect. After all, a checklist will tell you what to ask, and will show what the next question is. That's not auditing. My 8 year old can do that.
Problem is, the checklist is completely agnostic to the answers. It won't let you follow an audit trail because it has no idea what the answers will be; it only has the questions. A checklist can be de-railed after the very first question! Whatcha gonna do now?