Questions for the IIA CIA PART1 were updated on : Dec 01 ,2025
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Question 1
The internal audit activity is undergoing a self-assessment as part of its quality assurance and improvement program. Which of the following observations must be addressed in order for the internal audit activity to achieve conformance with the Standards?
A. The internal audit charter does not identify which audit services are outsourced.
B. The internal audit charter has not been reviewed by the legal department.
C. The internal audit charter has not been approved by the board within the past year.
D. The internal audit charter does not describe the authority of the internal audit activity.
Answer:
C
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Question 2
Which of the following would show appropriate disclosure of nonconformance with the Standards?
A. The chief audit executive (CAE) documented in the personnel file a critical conflict of interest involving an internal auditor on an upcoming contracting engagement.
B. The CAE discussed with the board an issue regarding the internal audit activity performing an IT engagement without proper skills and knowledge.
C. The CAE met with the peer review team to discuss an internal auditor's failure to meet the annual requirements for continuing professional education.
D. The CAE revealed to operational managers that he failed to appropriately consider risks while he was developing the audit plan.
Answer:
B
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Question 3
Which of the following is a primary benefit of implementing a governance, risk management, and compliance framework within an organization?
A. Fewer internal audits.
B. More effective interviews.
C. Automated risk management strategy tools.
D. Reduced assurance costs.
Answer:
D
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Question 4
An organization allows the same individual to physically access inventory and purchase new assets when supplies are depleted. Which of the following would best help the organization manage the risk of fraud?
A. Accounting personnel should regularly perform a reconciliation between invoices and purchase orders.
B. Accounting personnel should conduct a periodic inventory count and reconcile all inventory movements.
C. Internal auditors should review the frequency and volume of purchased assets to detect trends in the inventory levels.
D. Management should establish a policy requiring new inventory asset purchases to be made on serialized order forms with copies retained.
Answer:
B
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Question 5
IT management requires all employees in the IT department to attend annual training on the department's mission, values, and key performance measures. This activity is designed to prevent which of the following conditions?
A. Knowledge/skills gap.
B. Monitoring gap.
C. Accountability/reward failure.
D. Communication failure.
Answer:
D
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Question 6
At the beginning of an IT development project, key risks were identified and assessed, and risk owners were appointed. Six months later, the IT development team reported that the project is significantly over budget, it will not be completed on time, and key personnel had left the organization. Which of the following risk management practices should be improved for future projects?
A. Risk response
B. Risk assessment
C. Risk monitoring
D. Risk avoidance
Answer:
C
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Question 7
Which of the following statements best represents the due professional care that is required of internal auditors?
A. Internal auditors should perform assurance procedures to ensure that all significant risks are identified.
B. Internal auditors should not perform consulting engagements for operations for which they had previous responsibilities.
C. Internal auditors should consider the cost of assurance in relation to the potential benefits.
D. Internal auditors should devise internal audit programs to confirm that the results are accurate.
Answer:
C
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Question 8
According to IIA guidance, which of the following conditions would enhance the independence of the internal audit activity?
A. The organizational culture rewards critical and objective thinking.
B. The quality of work performed by the internal audit activity is periodically reviewed.
C. The organization establishes effective governing body oversight.
D. Audit assignments are rotated among internal audit staff.
Answer:
C
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Question 9
An internal auditor is assessing the effectiveness of the organization's risk management practices. She checks to see whether risk management is an integral part of decision making and whether risk management is transparent, responsive to change, and addresses uncertainty. According to IIA guidance on risk management frameworks, which of the following approaches is the auditor most likely using?
A. Maturity model approach.
B. Process element approach.
C. Key principles approach.
D. Key performance indicators approach.
Answer:
C
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Question 10
An internal audit team was assigned to review the organization's information security protocol. After fieldwork was completed, an internal auditor identified an error in the review of security access. The error could affect the overall results of the engagement. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action for the internal auditor?
A. Proceed with addressing the error and report any corrections to the engagement supervisor during the scheduled exit meeting.
B. Issue the audit report to senior management on schedule but include a disclaimer about the error.
C. Proceed with the scheduled closing of the engagement without consideration of the identified error.
D. Inform the engagement supervisor of the error and allow the supervisor to determine the appropriate action to take.
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D
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Question 11
In the context of an internal control framework, organizational structure and assignment of authority and responsibility is related to which of the following?
A. Control activities.
B. Information and communication.
C. Risk assessment.
D. Control environment.
Answer:
D
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Question 12
Which of the following statements is true regarding the internal audit activity's quality assurance and improvement program (QAIP)?
A. The QAIP scope includes assurance work performed by the internal audit activity but not consulting work.
B. The QAIP verifies conformance with the Definition of Internal Auditing, Code of Ethics, and Standards.
C. QAIP reports are for internal use primarily and typically are not shared with members outside of the internal audit activity.
D. QAIPs make a distinction between fully outsourced internal audit activities and in-house internal audit teams, as a different set of criteria is applied for each.
Answer:
B
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Question 13
Which of the following best describes why a chief audit executive might obtain the services of a fraud specialist to assist in a major fraud investigation?
A. Fraud specialists are better at using computer-assisted audit techniques.
B. Fraud specialists are better equipped to act as an expert witness in court.
C. Fraud specialists are better able to properly apply due professional care.
D. Fraud specialists are better at using crime scene investigation techniques.
Answer:
B
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Question 14
The accounting department asked the chief audit executive (CAE) to perform a review of suspicious transactions. The CAE was an accounting manager for the organization six months ago. How should she respond to the request?
A. Decline, if it is a consulting engagement, because she recently worked in the organization's accounting department.
B. Accept, if it is an assurance engagement, as she has been out of the department long enough to not impair objectivity.
C. Inform the accounting department that the engagement can take place in the future, once she has been removed from accounting for a longer period of time.
D. Accept, if it is a consulting engagement with agreed-upon scope and services to be provided by the internal audit activity.
Answer:
A
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Question 15
What is the primary purpose of The IIA's Code of Ethics?
A. Communicate specific activities appropriate to the performance of internal auditing.
B. Promote ethical culture within corporations and other business organizations.
C. Establish mandatory standards of competence for the practice of internal auditing.
D. Establish principles and expectations governing behavior of individuals and organizations in the conduct of internal auditing.