Synopses & Reviews
Drive home your knowledge, skills, and abilities for the 2014 CIA ExamStudy for the CIA Exam to develop mastery of the knowledge, skills, and abilities you'll be tested on with Wiley CIA Exam Review 2014 Focus Notes, Part 2. Developed to be a precise, easy-to-use resource, this study guide covers Internal Audit Practice and is organized in the same manner as the Wiley CIA Exam Review topics. Use the portable, spiral-bound, flashcard format to study anywhere you go and to quickly and efficiently grasp the vast knowledge base associated with the exam.
Expert author S. Rao Vallabhaneni puts his twenty-five years of internal auditing and accounting management experience to work to bring you hundreds of outlines, summarized concepts, and useful techniques to help hone your CIA Exam knowledge and pass the test your first time out.
Synopsis
The Wiley CIA Exam Review Focus Notes are developed for each of the three parts of the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam sponsored by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The purpose of the focus notes is to digest and assimilate the vast amounts of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) tested on the CIA exam in a clear, concise, easy-to-read, and easy-to-use format. Each of the focus notes book topics is organized in the same way as the Wiley CIA Exam Review book topics, that is, one focus-notes book for each of the four-volume review books. The four-volume Focus Notes books will supplement and complement the existing Wiley CIA Exam Review books.
Table of Contents
Preface viiCIA Exam Study Preparation Resources ix
CIA Exam-Taking Tips and Techniques xiii
CIA Exam Content Specifications xv
Domain 1 Managing the Internal Audit Function (40–50%) 1
Strategic Role of Internal Audit 1
IIA Standards Applicable to Strategic Role of Internal Audit 32
Operational Role of Internal Audit 64
IIA Standards Applicable to Operational Role of Internal Audit 127
Quality Assurance and Improvement Program 137
Risk-Based Internal Audit Plan 160
IIA Standards Applicable to Risk-Based Internal Audit Plan 180
Domain 2 Managing Individual Engagements (40–50%) 206
Plan Engagements 206
IIA Standards Applicable to Plan Engagements 214
Supervise Engagements 233
IIA Standards Applicable to Supervise Engagements 237
Communicate Engagement Results 257
IIA Standards Applicable to Communicate Engagement Results 267
Monitor Engagement Outcomes 291
IIA Standards Applicable to Monitor Engagement Outcomes 292
Domain 3 Fraud Risks and Controls (5–15%) 297
Types of Fraud 297
Integrating Analytical Relationships to Detect Fraud 305
Interrogation or Investigative Techniques 306
Forensic Auditing 313
Use of Computers in Analyzing Data for Fraud and Crime 314
Appendix Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 317
Title II—Auditor Independence 318
Title III—Corporate Responsibility 319
Title IV—Enhanced Financial Disclosures 321
About the Author 323
Index 325