The Assurance and Risk Fundamentals exam introduces the concept and need for assurance and teaches them how identify effective internal control systems, information flows and risk management processes.
Availability notice: Assurance and Risk Fundamentals
Assurance and Risk Fundamentals will be available to sit from September 2025.
Exam overview
Duration: 1.5 hours
Total questions: 50
Format: 50 multiple-choice, multi-part multiple choice or multiple-response
Resources
Syllabus
Pilot exams
This pilot exam has been developed to provide an early example of what the exam will look like, how the syllabus content may be assessed and how questions will be formatted in the real exams.
- Pilot exam: Assurance and Risk Fundamentals
- Pilot exam in the practice exam software: Assurance and Risk Fundamentals
Sample exams
To help you prepare for the Assurance and Risk Fundamentals exam, two sample exams have been made available. Each exam includes a balanced selection of questions from the published question bank and is designed to reflect the structure and format of the actual exam. Each sample exam contains 50 questions worth two marks each.
Future Resources
Head back to this page from September 2025 for more resources
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