Part 3 has 100 multiple-choice questions in 120 minutes, taken on a computer at a Pearson VUE test center. Its four sections are weighted 25%, 15%, 15% and 45%.
Questions
100, multiple choice
Time
120 minutes (2 hours)
Where
Pearson VUE test centers
Passing score
600 on a 250 to 750 scale
How the exam is built
100 multiple-choice questions in 120 minutes.
Computer-based at authorized Pearson VUE test centers. The handbook says online testing ended on 27 May 2025.
Each question that counts toward your score has been pretested.
The test center gives you a note board and a dry erase marker, handed back at the end.
The four sections
Section
Weight
Questions in our mocks
1. Internal Audit Operations
25%
about 25
2. Internal Audit Plan
15%
about 15
3. Quality of the Internal Audit Function
15%
about 15
4. Engagement Results and Monitoring
45%
about 45
Pacing
120 minutes for 100 questions is 72 seconds each. Our timed mocks run at the same pace and show your time per question afterwards.
Try 4 questions
Question 1The chief audit executive's relationships and communication with the board and management
A chief audit executive learns in the middle of a quarter that a payroll control failure has allowed significant overpayments. The next scheduled board meeting is ten weeks away. What should be done?
Question 2Coordination and reliance on other assurance providers
A chief audit executive builds a matrix that lists the organization's key risks in rows and, in columns, which providers give assurance over each risk and how much. What is the main benefit of this assurance map?
Question 3Performance measures for the function
Which measure best indicates the effectiveness of an internal audit function in improving the organization's risk management and control?
Question 4Communicating engagement results and ratings
A finding in a city water utility's report includes these sentences. Which one states the cause?