IIA Trivia Answers 

 Trivia for December  

1. New Zealand almost didn’t get its national institute status because it didn’t have 400 members. The International board of directors granted their status with them having how many members?
   260
    

2. What year did the Chapter Achievement Program (CAP) begin?
   1986
   
   

3. The Thurston Award honors an author whose article is voted most outstanding in what IIA publication?
   The Internal Auditor magazine
   
   

4. What year was the Society Emeritus established?
   1976
   
    

5. What year was the Common Body of Knowledge established?
   1972
   
    

 Trivia for November 

1. Can you name all of The IIA’s presidents?
   Bradford Cadmus, Archie McGhee, John Harmon, Robert Richmond, Stanley C. Gross, G. Peter Wilson, William G. Bishop III, David A. Richards, Richard F. Chambers
    
2. In the 1980s, there was strong consideration for changing the name of the CIA designation. More than 60 percent of members favored the change to what name?
   CPIA – Certified Professional Internal Auditor
    
3. What was the name of the newsletter that preceded IIA Today?
   INTER.NOS
    
4. In 1988, The IIA published its first two textbooks for internal audit college courses. What were the names of those textbooks?
   The Practice of Modern Internal Auditing and Internal Auditing: Principles and Techniques
    
5. Who was the first person to receive a doctoral dissertation grant from The IIA?
   R. David Plumlee

Trivia for October

1. What year was the first Statement on Internal Auditing standards (SIAS) published?
   1984
    
2. What was the first college to receive a grant to have an IIA endorsed internal audit program?
   Brigham Young University
    
3. What year debuted computer-based versions of the certification exams?
   1998
    
4. What year did the CCSA program start?
   1999
    
5. Where was the first International Conference in Asia held and what year?
   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2011
   
    

Trivia for September

1. For the 25th anniversary of the CIA designation, what award did The IIA intorduce?
   Lawrence B. Sawyer award
    
2. At the 1970 International Conference in New York, who delivered the keynote address?
   Henry Kissinger
    
3. When did Bill Bishop first become IIA president?
   1991
    
4. What year was the first formal publication from The IIA released?
   1943
    
5. What year did The IIA start serving the CIA exam twice a year and in which months?
   1982; May and November

Trivia for August

1. Where was the 50th international conference held and when?
   New York, NY; jUNE 16 - 19
    
2. Who originally had the idea to have The IIA headquarters housed in an office complex?
   John Harmon
    
3. Who is known as "Mr. Internal Auditing"?
   Bradford Cadmus
    
4. Who is the founding father of The IIA?
   Victor Z. Brink
    
5. What year did http://www.theiia.org go up on the internet?
   1994

Trivia for July

1. Who received the very first CIA certificate?
   John R. Ballard, CIA

2. How many people took the very first CIA exam?
   654

3. Who was the first full voting female member of The IIA?
   Linda Stanford

4. In 1986, The IIA debuted its first software product. What was it called?
   auditMASTERPLAN

5. In November 1998, The IIA offered the first all-objective CIA exam. It broke a record for the number of candidates. How many people took the exam?
   5,165

 Trivia for June

1. On what date was The IIA officially established after filing a Certificate of Incorporation?
   November 17, 1941
   
   
2. How many members attended the first annual meeting?
   24
   
   
3. Where were the first chapters formed outside of North America?
   London and Manila
   
   
4. The IIA reached a milestone in membership of April 12, 2005 by having how many members?
   100,000
   
   

Trivia for May

1. Which North American IIA chapter won the "Best Chapter Award" for The IIA's 50th Anniversary?
   San Francisco
   
   
2. What was the higest elected office in The IIA until 1979?
   the president
   
   

3. Bradford Cadmus was a pivotal figure for the auditing profession and The IIA as was honored an award after he died. Who was the first person to receive it posthumously after Cadmus?
   John B. Thurston
   
   

4. What was the first IIA chpater formed and when?  
   New York, December 15, 1942
   
   

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 Trivia for April

1. Which IIA Chapter has 70 members?
   IIA Mid-Columbia
    
2. In what year was The IIA's motto - "Progress through Sharing" - adopted?
   1955
    
3. In 1941, who was Time magazine's "Man of the Year"?
   Franklin D. Roosevelt
    
4. What Greek ruler used internal audits to manage his estate?
   Ptolemy Phidadelphus II
    
5. What was the average annual wage in 1941?
   $1,492

 Trivia for March

1. Revered as the"father of modern internal auditing." He joined The IIA in 1957.
   Lawrence Sawyer
    
2. This Chapter formed in India in 1962
   Bombay
    
3. In what year was The IIA Research Foundation started?
   1976
    
4. Who was the first IIA Chairwoman?
   Carman Lapointe (Currently Under - Secretary - General, Internal Oversight

Trivia for February

1. Which international conference was never held and why?
   The 4th International Conference - 1945 due to war conditions
    
2. Who was The IIA's first Executive Director, and when did he serve?
   Bradford Cadmus, 1947 - 1962
    
3. Where and when was the first chapter established outside the US?
   Toronto Chapter, in 1944
   (Montreal Chapter followed in 1945)

Older Trivia

1. Who wrote the first book, and when, on internal auditing?
   Victor Z. Brink, as a doctoral dissertation, in 1941
    
2. When and where was the first annual meeting of The IIA held?
   December 9,1941
   Featured presentation - a partner from Price Waterhouse on "Coordinating Internal and External Audits"
    
3. Who was the first Chairman of the Board?
   John B. Thurston, 1941 - 1942