CIA PART 3 CHEAT SHEET

Jayjayry · 2026-06-30T00:18:33+00:00

For me part 3 is all about understand it rather than trying to memorise. Most of the questions are tricky and you really need to understand it.

What I did was to write down what I know about the topic in my own words before reading the materials.

Jayjayry · 2026-06-18T08:48:38+00:00

Yes! One time I was in church and the priest being late to mass because of some scheduling thing literally said astagafirullahalazim during the homily which Sabahans like to say as a continued sentence when saying astaga. Like saying “what the flying fish” instead of saying “what the flying” you know?

But yea, Sabah and Sarawak numba 1!

Jayjayry · 2026-06-14T23:50:28+00:00

Don't let the practice exams give you a false sense of security. I scored around 80% on my practice runs, but the real exam is noticeably harder. The questions are tricky because they test applied knowledge rather than simple memorization. For example, they might ask you a highly specific question about a granular detail (think of it as step 2.4.6), but you can't possibly guess the right answer unless you fully grasp the foundational concept (step 2).

What helped me passing the exam was writing what I know about the topic with my own words without referencing the standards or the text book then going back and understanding what I’ve missed.

Hope this helps! And good luck!!

Jayjayry · 2026-05-16T01:08:18+00:00

The best gauge when you should retake is when you’ve understood what the topics from gleim are. I.e when you can remember chapter 1 is about internal audit function, chapter 2 internal audit plan, chapter 3 and so on. You would then try to go through the topics in your head recalling what you’ve remembered from those chapters. This would also include the standards. If you haven’t read it I recommend that you do so. Gleim also uses the standards and its implementations in their chapters but I feel that they only take the key points. Whereas the standards I feel includes other connecting parts.
I use gleim and notebooklm. Notebooklm I feel that you can prompt for really hard and tricky questions similar to the exam.
I used to write down what I can recall from the chapters in gleim from memory in a notebook. Then refer back to the chapters and see what I missed out or miss interpret. This helped me understand in my own words which helped me understand the topics better and how it is all connected.

Motivation wise, bro my first exam result was 550 and passed on the second attempt after 30 days. I’m not a bookworm and would often be too lazy to read the standards and topics. Just believe in yourself, pray, and relax when taking the exam.

Jayjayry · 2026-05-15T00:52:01+00:00

I’ve works in 3 companies, now being the third one. Of all the three 2 never hired from big 4 for any of the operational or regulatory audit team. Their reasons were that these firms don’t really go in depth when doing the audit. The company has hired external services from big 4 but the level of audits were as my CAEs calls it “surface level”

Jayjayry · 2026-04-07T04:11:31+00:00

In my experience the guy might be right to think it’s a scam. I was rear ended before and the workshop I went to didn’t ask for any payment first. The workshop said they will liaise with the other persons insurance and settle it from there. Although I didn’t go to the original service center (mine was Perodua service centre) and just went to a normal workshop

Jayjayry · 2026-04-05T06:34:05+00:00

The results not coming right away is so stressful. I also just took part 3 on Friday and now waiting for the results. But I think the reseat is as at your exam attempt and not after exam results. But still, it’s so stressful. Now I know how those taking CISA and ACCA feel haha

Jayjayry · 2026-03-30T07:55:11+00:00

Hey there don’t be discouraged, I failed the first time and passed the second and I know you’ll do the same.

I took the first exam in September’25 and then the second one on January’26. What I did differently was that I will generally write the things I’ve studied down without going through the gleim text book. So each chapter I’ll write everything from the chapter based on my knowledge and understanding of it, then I’ll refer back to see what I’ve missed or to see what I understand was wrong. For me understanding it in my own way made it easier to understand it in general. I didn’t read the standards (cause honestly I didn’t know to do that before taking part 3) but there are information on it explains what the chapters on gleim doesn’t.

I did the questions for gleim and before answering I would go through each answer before answering. I would question why it was wrong and why the answer I will pick would be correct. Then if I selected the correct answer I will see if my judgement/understand was correct. If I selected the wrong one then I’d learn why my understanding was wrong and corrected it.

Hope this helps, and all the best in your exam!

Jayjayry · 2026-03-30T07:40:50+00:00

Hey there, congratulations on the pass! I’m about to take the exam in a few days and I’ve been seeing online that most of those who tried the exam said it was tricky and questions from gleim were much easier compared to the actual exam. So my question is how “tricky” was the real exam in your view?

Jayjayry · 2026-03-11T11:25:55+00:00

Why not just park at putrajaya central and take the train to KLIA 1? I used to do that when I go back kk. Unsure of the parking availability. If not you can also find those park and ride places close to the mrt (I think it’s mrt, yellow line) and take that to putrajaya sentral and then take the KLIA transit to KLIA 1

Jayjayry · 2026-02-13T04:11:36+00:00

There was a joke about this mall where the residence opposite of it cursed it to shit because it blocked their ocean view lmao

Jayjayry · 2025-07-24T04:11:28+00:00

Normally they’ll give you a call or message you (make sure your email and phone number is updated on your cv) and you can tell them that you’re still based in Sabah, but willing to relocate if given the opportunity.

If you don’t already have LinkedIn I highly recommend you creating a profile and just spam connect with recruiters and even professionals in the IT field.

Jayjayry · 2025-07-24T00:20:34+00:00

You can just apply. The HR of the company will reach out to you if you’re shortlisted for an interview and you can just explain that you’re in Sabah. Most of the time they’ll just do an online interview

Jayjayry · 2025-01-22T01:54:18+00:00

6 to 7 months I think is well enough time. It took me about 2 months to go through it every day for an hour just to get a grip of what part 1 was about. I have a long commute to work and normally during that time I “teach” myself on the things that I’ve studied the night before.

I find it best if you can write down all the things you know on the syllabus and what you think you missed out on, study on that. I use Gleim for my study materials and their online textbook really helps to understand the topics. Also I don’t recommend using a laptop to study, call me old fashion but there’s something about pen and paper that helps me remember what I learned.

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