Full Practice Test – CIA Part 1 2024 – 2025

CIA Part 1 – Essentials of Internal Auditing

125 questions | 2.5 hours (150 minutes)

The CIA exam has three parts that you must pass. So, at some point, at the beginning or end of your CIA exam experience, you’ll need to take CIA exam Part 1. And before you do, you should learn all about the syllabus, format, difficulty, and best passing strategies for this part.

The CIA exam Part 1 is well aligned with The IIA’s International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) and includes six domains covering the foundation of internal auditing; independence and objectivity; proficiency and due professional care; quality assurance and improvement programs; governance, risk management, and control; and fraud risk. Part one tests candidates’ knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, particularly the Attribute Standards (series 1000, 1100, 1200, and 1300) as well as Performance Standard 2100.

Six Domains

I. Foundations of internal auditing (15%)

II. ​independence and objectivity (15%)

III. Proficiency and due professional care (18%)​

IV. Quality assurance and improvement program (7%)​

V. Governance, risk management, and control (35%)

VI. Fraud risks (10%)​

To pass the CIA exam Part 1, you must know all about the content this part covers. The title of CIA Part 1 is Essentials of Internal Auditing, so this part addresses the basics of the profession.

What’s more, you need to know that on January 1, 2019, the IIA changed the syllabus for each CIA exam part. In order to better test candidates on the knowledge and skills necessary for today’s internal auditor, the IIA updated the CIA exam in early 2019 according to the results of their 2017 global job-analysis survey. Part of the exam modifications involved redistributing the content between each part to minimize overlap, and in the process, the number of content areas in Part 1 doubled from 3 to 6. However, the CIA syllabus hasn’t changed again since 2019, so the following reflects the current topics.

Passing Score: How to Pass CIA Part 1

As the CIA exam is fully computerized, a computer grades the exam and converts all raw CIA exam Part 1 scores into a reporting scale of 250-750 points. The passing score on that scale is set at 600. The CIA Part 1 exam passing score is the same as the CIA passing score for the other exam parts.

Who this course is for:

• CIA Part 1 candidate, internal auditor, external auditor, auditing manager, internal control analyst