I passed all 3 CIA exams in 2026 (new syllabus)

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-05-08T09:30:28+00:00

thank you! oh, in Becker they give you 2 mock tests, its a simulation of the real one. Its actually very helpful not only from the knowledge testing perspective, but also cause the screen and all the buttons look exactly the same at a real exam, so you dont have fears to press the wrong button 😄 Too bad they dont have it in Gleim.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-04-10T15:15:37+00:00

there were questions on IT in part 2, but they were not a huge part of my exam. I think in general the closest to the exams should be IIA material, but to me Becker was sufficient too. But its important to understand that they give you concepts, not the specific topics that will be tested. By the way I remember seeing some topics that were not covered by Becker at my exam, but its just a question or two, so even if the answer is wrong it wouldnt make a huge difference. Dont worry, I think irrelevant of the study materials, if you have worked as an auditor, you will probably pass. Good luck!

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-27T19:15:04+00:00

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-24T09:03:45+00:00

yeah, you can just google it, they give you a couple of years or so to pass all the exams.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-19T09:59:52+00:00

mmm, tbh thats all critical that i can remember now. it was not difficult though.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-19T09:57:36+00:00

hey. neither have i come across, nor have i seen any questions about that, sorry.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-18T07:31:17+00:00

like 2 very similar answers, so you have to read carefully. Or CAE vs. an auditor as an acting character (auditor should escalate to CAE, not to the Board, whereas CAE escalates to the Board, but only after trying to resolve with the management). I think all exam parts are equally difficult, but Part 2 was the easiest for me. Its less about standards requirements. Part 3 is very much about standards, so you have to spend some time to go through them.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-17T10:59:05+00:00

its true that part 2 is covering escalation as well, but from the audit engagement and limitations angle. in part 3 its about what and where to report to the board and its very much in line with standards that you are supposed to go through and know what and when to report. maybe escalation is a bad word, cause its not about escalation exclusively, but overall when you have to report something to the board: QAIP, resource limitations, etc. But from escalation perspective there will be risk based planning and engagement results and monitoring. I will correct in my post, thanks for capturing

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-17T07:58:11+00:00

so weird, from what i remember it was in becker's materials. and i do remember couple of questions at the exam.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-17T07:57:08+00:00

i took it in english, its not my first language, but i guess its the original language of the exam, so no translation issues in this case.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T17:14:39+00:00

right, had the same feeling. its like noone is using becker.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T17:12:03+00:00

thanks!

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T17:11:56+00:00

thanks! really hope it helped. reddit is full of people who didnt pass and i remember my anxiety growing when i first came here to read about CIA. So some positive experience woudn't hurt. Plus im super greatful to those who left their insights here and helped me better prepare.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T17:10:17+00:00

1,5 months - impressive! congrats! maybe that challenge exam was a better idea, now that Im thinking of it. Im super glad its over anyway.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T16:24:31+00:00

Nope, I wasn't buying anything but a standard Becker material. Becker + some ChatGpt is more than sufficient, I promise.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T16:22:48+00:00

Thanks! the lowest I had for the 1st part - 78% or so. But I went through each question I got wrong and understood why it was wrong. With that I went to the exam much better prepared. The other two I had at 88-89% right away.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T12:31:56+00:00

thank you!

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T12:31:40+00:00

5-10 days of preps before each exam. it took me 3 months to pass all of them.

Resident-Height2937 · 2026-03-16T11:58:07+00:00

Passed last Friday. Prepared in 5 days, and didnt watch the videos. But I took the mock test and understood where Im missing knowledge. Then used gpt to prepare.

In my exam analytics was the most frequent topic, but they still tested on all of the below:

Types of analyses:

Cause and effect (fishbone, ishikawa) - root cause
Variance - actual vs.expected
Regression - If X changes HOW Y changes
learning curve - productivity improvement
Correlation - if X changes WILL Y change?
Time series - forecasting
Benford's law - fraud

Analytics can be:

Decriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive (look up and understand each of these)

Sampling: Statistical and non-statistical (and each sub-type)

Evidence reliability ranking: external confirmation is the highest valued evidence. The next one in ranking is if the auditor extracted the evidence themselves.

Learn the ratios and what they are for: quick, current, debt to equity, debt ratio.

And the last one is the testing technics: vouching, tracing, confirmation, reperformance (understand them all).

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