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CIA Exam parts

Understand what CIA tests, choose your part, and find its study plan, topics, and practice.

3 parts

Follow the audit from foundations to the function

The standard three-part route covers internal-audit fundamentals, performing engagements, and managing the audit function. Check your language’s syllabus version. The separate Challenge Exam is a different route.

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Part 1 - Internal Audit Fundamentals

Standards, ethics, governance, risk, control, and fraud fundamentals. 125 questions in 150 minutes.

Testing time
150 minutes
Question format
Multiple choice

What is tested

  • Foundations of Internal Auditing
  • Ethics and Professionalism
  • Governance, Risk Management, and Control
  • Fraud Risks

Part 2 - Internal Audit Engagement

How engagements are planned, performed, supervised, and communicated. 100 questions in 120 minutes.

Testing time
120 minutes
Question format
Multiple choice

What is tested

  • Engagement Planning
  • Information Gathering, Analysis, and Evaluation
  • Engagement Supervision and Communication

Part 3 - Internal Audit Function

Running the internal audit function: operations, planning, quality, and engagement results monitoring. 100 questions in 120 minutes.

Testing time
120 minutes
Question format
Multiple choice

What is tested

  • Internal Audit Operations
  • Internal Audit Plan
  • Quality of the Internal Audit Function
  • Engagement Results and Monitoring

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