ICCP Exam Review provides complete guidance toward all content areas, tasks, and knowledge areas of the exam and is illustrated with real-world examples. All ICCP terminology has been revised to reflect the most recent interpretations, including 252 knowledge inventory questions and 8 case studies. Each chapter summary highlights the most important topics on which you'll be tested, and review questions help you gauge your understanding of the material. You also get access to the ICAEA eLearning Platform to watch the training videos, practice the case studies, and practice the exams.
For those who audit, control, monitor, and assess enterprise digital data, the ICCP certification signals knowledge, skills, experience, and credibility that delivers value to a business. This study guide gives you the advantage of detailed explanations from a real-world perspective, so you can go into the exam fully prepared. ICCP exam includes both knowledge test and hand-on CAATs (Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques) skill test. The ICCP certification has been a globally accepted standard of achievement among computer auditing in more than 20 countries. If you're looking to acquire one of the top computer auditing credentials, ICCP Eaxm Review is the comprehensive study guide you need.
With the advance in information technology, organizations are now able to collect and leverage on a wide variety of data and techniques for decision making. Data analytics is one of the techniques that have been emphasized in recent years. It not only supports business decisions but also can be applied to audit engagements. Though data analytics relies heavily on the understanding of business operations to make sense of the findings, its techniques require practices in order to apply them to different scenarios.
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The International Certified CAATs Practitioner (ICCP) designation is a personal, professional certification to signify that you possess CAATs (Computer Assisted Audit Techniques) foundation knowledge and skills. Individuals qualifying
for this designation must satisfy and substantiate the extensive skills and knowledge requirements established by the International Computer Auditing Education Association (ICAEA).
• Accredited Graduate Requirements
Examination from an Accredited Exam Program
Agree to ICAEA Ethical Requirements
Complete Annual Continuing Education
• Designation
To attain certification, you must attain a minimum passing score is 70 out of 100.
• Exam
This closed-book, 120 minutes-long certification exams is divided into two components: a Knowledge Inventory and two short computer auditing case studies. The case study is CAATs free independent. You can use any CAATs, such as ACL, IDEA, Picalo, J etc., to attend the exam.
• Knowledge Inventory
The Knowledge Inventory component of the exam counts for 60 percent of the final grade. It is meant to test your familiarity with professional knowledge and analysis of practical application. The exam consists of multiple choice covering nine topics:
• Computer Auditing Overview and Understanding CAATs
• Legal Issues/Guidance for Computer Auditors
• Legal Ethical Issues for Computer Auditors
• Computer Auditing Project Planning
• Data Access Skills and Knowledge
• Data Profiling Skills and Knowledge
• Data Analysis Skills and Knowledge
• Machine Learning Skills and Knowledge
• Audit Finding Report Skill and Knowledge
• Case Study
The Case Study component of the exam counts for 40 percent of the final grade. It is meant to test your familiarity with CAATs and auditing skills. The exam consists of fill-in-the-blank, and short-answer questions covering three topics:
• Topic 1: Data Access & Integrity Verification
• Topic 2: Data Cleaning and Exploratory Analysis
• Topic 3: Audit Analysis
Introducing ICCP Competency Framework
The competency is the basic standard for all auditors when providing audit services by using CAATs. The practice of a good auditor begins primarily in the study of the computer auditing program and in the preparation of an auditor with high efficiency information technology skills in auditing.
The framework defines by KAS model (Knowledge, Attitude, Skills). It is the standard for the practice of data analysis and is for professionals who perform auditing tasks. Recognized globally as the standard of CAATs Practitioner, it guides auditing professionals within the three core knowledge areas, focused on various Standards, Specific Auditing Functions, and Key proficiencies, with three distinct competency levels that progress from general knowledge, and finally expert practitioner.
1.Dr. Shi-Ming (Jack) Huang CPA, CEAP, FBCS, received his PhD degree at the School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Sunderland, U.K. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Australia and received the professional fellowship from British Computer Association, UK. He is currently a Director for the Center of e-Manufacturing and e-Commerce at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. He has published six books, three business software, over 100 articles in refereed information system journals. He has received over 12 achievement awards in information system area, such as ACME best paper (USA), e-Asia Achievement Award (Taiwan), Chinese Engineer Association Industry Cooperation Award (Taiwan), Chinese Internal Auditor Association Best Thesis Award (Taiwan), Chinese Information System Association Conference Best Paper Award (USA), Dragon Thesis Award (Acer, Taiwan), Literal Club Year Best Paper (UK), Software Design Final Competition (BCS, UK), etc. He also serves as asscocait editor and editorial board in several international journals and has also acted as a consultant for a variety of Taiwan government departments, software companies and commercial companies.
Professor Huang is a famous scholar in Computer Auditing and AI for SDGs. He is the President for International Computer Auditing Education Association (based on Canada). He was the President for International Chinese Information Systems Association (ICISA, based on USA). He serves as a board member for several finical institution, such as PwC Education Foundation (Taiwan), Small and Medium Enterprise Credit Guarantee Fund of Taiwan, etc. Two of his books have sale more than 20,000 copies. His innovation, Overlap testing, Zipf Law text analytic and Meta-Modeling for process discovery have been widely used in industry.
2.Dr. Tawei (David) Wang CPA, CEAP, is currently an Associate Professor and Driehaus Fellow at DePaul University. He received his Ph.D. from Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, USA. He mainly teaches audit data analytics and data mining. He is currently listed on the Fulbright Specialist Roster for developing analytics curriculum for accounting programs. He has been invited by universities and conferences around the world to discuss curriculum design and analytics teaching strategies. His research interests are information security management and IT management.
His papers have appeared in several leading journals, including Accounting Horizons, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Information and Management, Information Systems Journal, Information Systems Research, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Information Systems, among others. He is one of the editors of the Journal of Information Systems. He has actively engaged with the professional community. He was a speaker for the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Management Accountants, ISACA, and a panelist for the Federal Reserve Bank Charlotte. In 2018, he was selected to be the KPMG James Marwick Professor in Residence.
