Study guide

Organisation of the course material

The course (overall volume 1 ECTS, 26 hours of students work) is organized in 3 modules, which are in turn split into smaller subsections. The course consists of reading, video lectures, exercises, case studies (audit examples) and tests (in Moodle). Passing the tests is mandatory for passing the course!

In each module there are some short videos discussing the main topic(s) and outcomes of the section. The videos are followed by a textual part. The videos are meant to complement, not substitute the textual part. We highly recommend viewing the videos in full screen mode in order to follow both the text and captions.

Each module ends with an exercise, which enables to test the acquired knowledge and skills. The exercises are an intrinsic component of the course and it is strongly recommended to take all of them.

Exercises

Throughout the course there are self-test exercises for enabling the student to test his/her knowledge and skills in specific topics. Each exercise is graded as a percentage (100% corresponding to correctly answering all questions and correctly solving all problems). Explanatory feedback is displayed when wrong answer is selected.

Feedback is given as:

•  Correct answer, correctly recognised and marked by the student.
•  Incorrect answer, however, considered correct by the student.

All exercises can be taken as many times as needed and the success of taking these exercises will not influence the final grade. We recommend that you complete all the exercises and work with them until you achieve score 100% and only then move to next topic.

Terminology and definitions

Wherever possible, the used terminology adheres to INTOSAI WGEA practices.