The Institute of Internal Auditors Cyprus

A B O U T   C I A 

The Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation is the IIA’s premier certification, reflecting competence in the principles and practises of internal auditing serving as the only internationally accepted designation for internal auditors.

It is now more than 25 years old and up to now, there have been over 50.000 CIA awards. 
Since November 2002, Cyprus is an approved examining Centre (code 0293) and prospective candidates are therefore facilitated in taking up the CIA exams in their own country.

 
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The Certified Internal Auditor examination is offered in four parts. Each part consists of 100 multiple-choice questions with test time of 2 hours and 45 minutes per part. Detailed topic outlines are available (see links below), and changes to the exam’s content or format will be communicated directly to all registered candidates as well as announced on IIA Inc's web site.

PART I – The Internal Audit Activity's Role in Governance, Risk and Control

PART II – Conducting the Internal Audit Engagement  

PART III – Business Analysis and Information Technology

PART IV – Business Managment Skills

Part I, II and III are considered the core global syllabus of the CIA exam - offering a strong focus on corporate governance and risk issues and exhibiting alignment with the IIA's Professional Framework. Part IV of the CIA exam is designed for modification for regional and audit specialization testing. Hence, the IIA offers Professional Recognition Credit for Part IV (PRC-IV) for qualified professional certifications.

Candidates may choose to take one or more exam parts at any time during the program eligibility period, and in any order of preference. For example, a candidate may elect to begin by taking Part III and then proceed to take other parts. Another candidate may elect to take Parts I and II during one exam cycle and then the remaining parts at a later date. Or a candidate may choose to take all four parts during one exam cycle. The choice is yours to make.

 
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For more information please visit the official IIA web site www.theiia.org.

 A B O U T   C C S A

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A B O U T   C F S A

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A B O U T   C G A P 

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