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CIA flashcards that come back when you are about to forget.

The five domains, fifteen principles and 52 standards of the Global Internal Audit Standards, every topic of the 2025 CIA syllabus, and the vocabulary the exam uses, on 199 cards. Mark each card known or not yet, and a simple spaced-repetition schedule brings it back at the right time: missed cards tomorrow, known cards after a few days, mastered cards after a week or two. Free, no account, and it saves in your browser.

  • 🃏 199 cards in four decks
  • All 52 standards by number
  • The 62 syllabus topics mapped
  • Spaced repetition
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What is in the decks

The things the exam expects you to know cold.

20 cards
the five domains and fifteen principles of the Global Internal Audit Standards, with each principle’s standards listed on the back
52 cards
every standard from 1.1 to 15.2 by number and name, with a line on what it governs; study them number first or name first
73 cards
the 2025 syllabus: each domain’s weight and topics, and where each of the 62 topics is examined, linked to the question bank
54 cards
key terms from assurance and advisory to lapping, residual risk and the elements of a finding, in plain words

Every card links to the guide on this site that explains it, and the syllabus cards link straight to that domain in the free question bank. The standards cards summarize what each standard governs in our own words; the Standards’ own wording governs, and the reference map is the place to read further.

How it works

Short sessions, the right cards, no wasted reviews.

Study

Choose decks, a part and a size

Pick any mix of the four decks, narrow to Part 1, 2 or 3 if you want, and study ten, twenty or forty cards at a time. Show the answer, then mark it known or not yet.

Schedule

Cards come back at the right time

A missed card returns later in the session and again tomorrow. A known card moves up a box and returns after one, three, seven and then about sixteen days: the Leitner system.

Direction

Number first, or name first

Standards, principles and terms work both ways: see 13.4 and recall Evaluation Criteria, or see the definition and recall the term. Mixed mode alternates.

Browse

All 199 cards, searchable

Search for a standard number, a term or a topic, filter by deck and part, see your status on every card, and start a session from any search.

Progress

What you have mastered

Mastered, learning and new counts by deck and by exam part, cards due today, and the last fourteen days of reviews.

Print & backup

Paper and devices

A clean printout of any selection for review away from a screen, and a backup file that moves your progress to another device.

Why flashcards, and why these

Recall practice, spaced out, is how facts stick.

Two findings from learning research sit behind the tool. Testing yourself beats rereading: in Roediger and Karpicke’s 2006 studies, students who practised recalling material remembered considerably more a week later than students who spent the same time restudying it. And spacing beats cramming: Cepeda and colleagues’ 2006 review of hundreds of experiments found that spreading practice over time improves long-term retention. Dunlosky and colleagues’ 2013 review of study techniques rated practice testing and spaced practice as the two most useful. A flashcard with a schedule does both.

Flashcards have a limit, and it matters for the CIA. They build fast, accurate recall of structure and vocabulary: which principle a standard belongs to, what 11.5 requires, the difference between skimming and larceny. The exam then asks you to apply that knowledge in scenarios, which cards cannot teach. Use the cards for ten or fifteen minutes a day alongside scenario practice in the question bank and your review course, on the schedule in the CIA Study Planner.

Questions candidates ask

Straight answers.

Is it free, and do I need an account?

It is free and there is no account. The flashcards run entirely in your browser, and nothing you mark is sent to this site or anyone else.

Where is my progress saved?

In your browser’s local storage on the device you are using, automatically, as you go. Clearing your browser data clears it. To keep a copy, or to continue on another device, use Print & backup to download a backup file and load it on the other device.

Which deck should I start with?

For Part 1, start with Principles and domains, then the standards in Domains II and III; the Part 1 exam leans heavily on them. For Part 2, the standards in Domain V and the key terms on findings and evidence. For Part 3, Domain IV and the Part 3 syllabus cards. The syllabus map deck is useful for everyone in the first week, because it shows what each part covers and how much each domain weighs.

Do I need to memorize the standard numbers?

Not for the exam itself, which asks what the Standards require rather than which number requires it. The numbers are a filing system: knowing that 11.5 is risk acceptance and 15.2 is confirming implementation makes the Standards easier to navigate, your miss log easier to organize, and review course rationales easier to follow.

Are the definitions the Standards’ own words?

No. The cards paraphrase the Standards, the syllabus and common audit terms in plain words, so they fit on a card. The Global Internal Audit Standards are free from the IIA, and where a card and the Standards differ, the Standards govern. Tell us through the About page if you spot a card that could be sharper.

How is this different from the question bank?

The question bank tests judgment in exam-style scenarios with a rationale for every option. The flashcards build the recall those scenarios depend on. Use both: cards for ten minutes a day, questions for the main practice.