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To Become Certified
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Eligibility and certification requirements are not identical. You must meet ONE of the below
requirements in order to be eligible to sit for CIA:
Holding a bachelors degree or its equivalent from an accredited College-level institution.
Being a full-time undergraduate degree student in your senior year.
Completing more than 90 percent of the academic requirements needed for a degree (in the
United States, approximately 120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours of degree credits at
an accredited college-level institution).
Holding an International Professional Designation approved by the board of Regents that
may be accepted as equivalent to a bachelors degree.
To Become Certified
You may sit for the exam, based on your eligibility requirements, prior to satisfying the certification
requirements, but you will not be certified until you meet ALL of the following:backgrounds as well
as professional experiences capable of executing any assignment undertaken through continuously
exceeding our customers expectations. We measure our success by our customers loyalty and
end result.
Pass the three parts of the exam.
Complete a minimum of 2 years experience in internal auditing or its equivalent. Either a
Masters degree or work experience in related business professions (such as accounting,
law, or finance) can substitute for one-year experience.
Must have your work experience verified by a CIA or your supervisor.
Must exhibit high moral and professional character and must submit a Character Reference
Form signed by a CIA, CGAP, CCSA, CFSA, CRMA, or the candidates supervisor.
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Download the most recent CIA handbook
published by the IIA and read through it.
Create a profile on the IIAs CCMS (Certification
Candidate Management System):
If you have not previously applied to an IIA
certification program, you must first create
a profile in the Certification Candidate
Management System (CCMS). To do so, go to
www.globaliia.org/certification & click on the link
to the CCMS. You will be directed to the CCMS
login page. Click on the First Time Users link
on the right, read & agree to the terms of use,
& complete the New Profile page.
Submit an exam part application
Wait 48 hours to schedule your exam
Create an account on www.pearsonvue.com/iia
Schedule your exam: You may schedule your
exam at any IIA-authorized Pearson VUE test
center at any time that the center has an
available testing station for you.
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og in to the CCMS and click on the Complete
a Form link to complete an application
form. Select the application form for the
certification of your choice and complete the
required information.
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Planning is your key to success. You should create a study plan as early as possible.
Have a general overview of the three CIA exam parts will help you better plan your study.
After taking a general idea of all the topics covered in the CIA exam its time to set up a broad
plan. Your plan should include rough dates of sitting for exams, and study hours per section.
Periodically visit the IIAs website (www.theiia.org) to stay abreast of all updates and developments
related to the CIA program. You can also subscribe to our weekly/monthly newsletter that will
keep you posted on any updates.
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Having perfected the exam topics and answered as many practice questions as possible is essential
to pass the exam, but you also need to develop the necessary skills and strategies to pass a multiple
choice exam. Time management is the most important skill. The below tips are very helpful too.
Create exam like environment: Switch off your
mobile, log out of Facebook, Skype If you
live with your family inform them not to disturb
you during your exam simulation session.
The computer screen has a built-in timer to
let you know the time remaining as you work
through the exam. Plan your time wisely so
that you do not use your time up early in
the exam and do not have enough time to
complete the exam.
Read the question before you look at answers.
The testing system allows you to flag
questions for review and allows you to return
to these items after you have viewed the last
question in the exam. If you have completed
the last question in the exam before the time
is up, you will be able to review your flagged
questions and any other questions until your
testing time expires.
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The more you know about the exam the higher are your chances of success.
Make sure you have the correct up-to-date information about the number of questions in each part,
the time allocated for each part, etc. You will find below the current breakdown of the CIA exam.
All CIA questions are multiple-choice. Each provides four options from which you must choose
your answer:
Each exam contains scored and un-scored questions.
Each scored question contributes equally to your final test score and is pretested to ensure
statistical validity.
Un-scored questions are included on each
exam for the purpose of determining the
difficulty of these items only. They do not
contribute to your exam score.
Your raw score is calculated based on
the number of scored questions that you
answer correctly and then converted to
a reporting scale that ranges from 250 to
750 points.
A score of 600 (Equivalent to 75%) or
higher on this scale is required to pass an
IIA exam.
If you do not pass the test, the score report
will indicate the numeric score that you
received. This will let you know how close
you were to achieving the required 600
points.
A non-electronic language translation
dictionary is allowed in the exam room.
If you are taking the exam in a language
other than your native language you will
find this handy.
You will be offered an erasable note board
and pen on which you can take notes
during the exam.
No other items, papers, food or drink are
allowed at the examination site.
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Authorization letter
Valid photo identification
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