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CIA Part 1: Internal Audit Fundamentals · review course
CIA-01 · Professional qualifications
CertiFi's review course for Part 1 of The IIA's Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam, built on the 2025 syllabus aligned with the Global Internal Audit Standards. It covers the four exam sections – Foundations of Internal Auditing (35%), Ethics and Professionalism (20%), Governance, Risk Management, and Control (30%) and Fraud Risks (15%) – through 14 structured lessons, a large practice question bank with explanations and a final review exam.
Who it's for
Internal auditors, accountants, risk and compliance professionals and graduates preparing to sit CIA Part 1.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the purpose, mandate, charter and independent positioning of internal audit under the Global Internal Audit Standards
- Distinguish assurance and advisory services and internal audit's role in risk management under the Three Lines Model
- Apply the ethics and professionalism principles – integrity, objectivity, competency, due professional care and confidentiality – to practical dilemmas
- Evaluate governance, culture, risk management and internal control using COSO, ISO 31000 and related frameworks
- Recognise fraud risks, schemes and red flags, and describe internal audit's role in prevention, detection and investigation
- Answer CIA Part 1 style multiple-choice questions accurately and within the exam's time limit
Lessons
- 1Course orientation and the purpose of internal auditing6 min video
- 2The internal audit mandate and charter6 min video
- 3Assurance and advisory services6 min video
- 4Independence and organisational positioning6 min video
- 5Internal audit's role in risk management: the Three Lines Model5 min video
- 6Integrity and objectivity5 min video
- 7Competency, due professional care and confidentiality5 min video
- 8Governance, culture, ethics and compliance5 min video
- 9Risk types and the risk management process5 min video
- 10Risk management frameworks within processes and functions5 min video
- 11Internal control concepts and types of control5 min video
- 12Control frameworks and evaluating control design and effectiveness5 min video
- 13Fraud risk concepts, schemes and engagement planning5 min video
- 14Fraud red flags, prevention, detection and investigation5 min video