Anyone take the CISA exam? Comparable to the CPA? How long does studying take to pass?

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Much much much much easier. Can study in 2-3 weeks and knock it out. Definitely use the practice questions that ISACA provides. Some of my exam questions were exactly the same

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I don’t think it’s thaaaaat easy and for the record don’t think CPA is thaaaat hard either..

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To study for the CISA, it should take about 4 to 6 weeks.

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YMMV based on your IT background. I have an MIS degree and logged about 20 hours in the ISACA question/answer database over the course of a week and passed easily. My friends that only have a background in accounting had to study for a lot longer or didn't pass the first time. No matter how much time you need to put in, the ISACA database is the best way to study. Go through the practice questions as many times as you need to and read through the explanations for things you get wrong.

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if you have any SOC 2 experience it makes it much easier. I studied about 20 hours total (a few hours each afternoon over a few weekends), just doing practice problems and passed. Also it’s all MCQ and you find out right away if you pass

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Thanks everyone!

If u have relevant experience, 2-3 weeks of studying the ISACA test database questions is all you need. Get to 80-90% and u should be good. It’s difficult but not difficult at the same time.

I did 10-12 hours of practice questions with a year of IT audit experience and passed easily.

Anybody just do a “boot camp”/class for one week and pass without studying on top of that?

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