The Certified Internal Auditor^® (CIA^®)Exam Preparation Resources
The Certified Internal Auditor^® (CIA^®) exam is a self-study exam and does not require a prescribed curriculum. Candidates may choose their own method of preparing for the exam.

Review Manuals and Software
Various CIA exam review manuals and software programs are available and may be ordered through The IIARF's Bookstore.

The 2004 CIA Model Exam Question Manual
The IIA publishes a CIA Model Exam Question Manual/CD-ROM that includes 400 sample CIA questions (100 questions per exam part), along with expanded solutions and may be ordered through The IIARF's Bookstore. The manual is intended to assist candidates in becoming familiar with the content and format of the CIA exam.

Sample Exam Questions
The IIA includes a limited number of sample CIA exam questions (with answers) to give candidates an understanding of the types of questions that typically appear on the exam.

Review Courses
A variety of independent third parties offer CIA exam review courses prior to each exam date. Please note that inclusion of a review course on The IIA's Web site does not imply endorsement.

IIA Member Discounts
IIA members receive preferred discount pricing on some of the CIA exam study materials available through The IIARF's online bookstore, in additional to hundreds of other internal auditing educational products.

Nonmembers
Remember to take advantage of the special IIA membership offer when applying for the CIA exam to reap the benefits of these exciting bookstore discounts.

Review Course Providers

• If review course providers want their course included on The IIA's Web site, we will include it as long as no serious complaints are received about the provider/course from the local IIA insititue.
• When a non-IIA-institute review course provider is added to The IIA's Web site, we will notify the certifications chairperson at the nearest IIA institute(s) and ask the chairperson to contact us if they know of a reason the provider should be excluded from the list.
• If the non-IIA-institute review course provider has courses located in certifications agreement countries, we will not list these courses on our Web site except at the request of the certifications agreement country. We will notify the review course provider to contact the certifications coordinator in the certifications agreement country.
• Inclusion on The IIA's Web site does not imply endorsement of the review course. This is clearly stated on the Web page.
• Contact certification at 1+407-937-1323; certification@theiia.org to submit your review course information to our Web page.