Audit AD7. Full competition package.
Exact EPSO/AD/428/26 profile. 21 source-backed modules. 420 deterministic audit questions. Correct reasoning and field clocks. EUFTE at 40 minutes.
Run each component on its official clock
All tests are sat. EPSO then processes scripts in reasoning → field ranking → EUFTE order.
Verbal 10/20. Numerical + abstract 10/20 combined. Field 15/30. EUFTE 5/10.
Field pass is necessary, not sufficient. Highest field scores determine whose EUFTE and eligibility are processed.
7,112 candidates. One test day. Indicative testing at end September 2026. Documents due 30 September.
Competition and EU audit foundations
Competition Guide and Exact Test Profile
Exact test matrix, scoring sequence, eligibility, current dates, relevant-experience categories and accommodations.
Study moduleEU Public Audit Architecture and Legal Framework
Treaty accountability, ECA and internal-audit roles, Financial Regulation, management modes and EU audit trails.
Study moduleAudit principles, planning and core engagements
Professional Standards, Ethics, Independence and Quality
ISSAI, ISA and IIA families, ethics, independence threats, materiality, assurance and engagement quality.
Study moduleRisk-Based Planning, Governance and Internal Control
Strategic and annual planning, audit universe, risk statements, governance and internal-control testing.
Create accountFinancial and Compliance Audit
Assertions, transaction cycles, estimates, compliance criteria, procurement, grants, error evaluation and opinions.
Create accountPerformance Audit and Value for Money
Economy, efficiency, effectiveness, intervention logic, indicators, causal designs and value-for-money recommendations.
Create accountEvidence, technology and protection of EU finances
Evidence, Sampling, Analytics and Documentation
Evidence quality, sampling, full-population analytics, reproducibility, data protection and working papers.
Create accountIT Systems Audit
IT general and application controls, access, change, resilience, cloud, data, AI and system-generated evidence.
Create accountFraud, Irregularity and Protection of EU Finances
Error, irregularity and fraud distinctions, red flags, OLAF, EPPO, conflicts, preservation and recovery.
Create accountReporting, leadership and final preparation
Findings, Reporting, Follow-up and Stakeholder Communication
Evidence-to-finding chain, recommendations, opinions, presentations, action validation and closure.
Create accountLeadership, Supervision, Methodology and Peer Review
Delegation, supervision, time budgets, consultation, methodology, knowledge management, QA and peer review.
Create accountEUFTE Method and Complete Revision Map
Exact 40-minute EUFTE method, anchor-based practice, full Annex II coverage matrix and mock sequence.
Create accountEU funds, procurement and the audit file
EU Financial Regulation in Audit Practice
Budget principles, the commitment chain, financial actors, implementation modes, pillar assessment, recovery, EDES and the reporting package.
Create accountPublic Procurement Audit
Procedure choice, the exclusion-selection-award gates, abnormally low tenders, frameworks, splitting, substantial modification and a stage-by-stage audit programme.
Create accountEU Grants, Eligibility and Funding Instruments
Grant principles, forms of grant, the eligibility test, personnel-cost and no-profit computations, shared-management error rates, recovery and correction.
Create accountAudit Documentation and the Audit File
The experienced-auditor test, permanent and current files, cross-referencing, significant judgements, assembly, archiving, integrity and analytics documentation.
Create accountAdvanced method, technology and exam technique
Governance, Risk Management and Internal Audit
Three lines, internal-audit charter and independence, the 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards, QAIP, ERM definitions, COSO components and assurance mapping.
Create accountAudit Sampling and Statistical Methods
Attribute and monetary-unit sampling with worked arithmetic, reliability factors, tainting, projection, precision, stratified evaluation and anomalous error.
Create accountForming the Audit Opinion and Reporting the Conclusion
Subject matter versus separate objectives, the materiality-pervasiveness matrix, evidence limitation versus misstatement, the Statement of Assurance and worked decisions.
Create accountAuditing Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision Systems
AI Act risk tiers, data provenance, metrics and the base-rate problem, subgroup testing, real versus nominal human oversight, drift, replay testing and vendor claims.
Create accountQuantitative Audit Case Method
Sixteen quantitative case archetypes with worked examples and named distractor mistakes, plus the 80-second decision routine for the field MCQ.
Create accountTwelve weeks, 21 modules, one ranking score
The field MCQ is the only test that ranks you. Work the subject modules first, then spend the last third of your preparation on quantitative case discipline, which produces more marks per hour than any single subject.
Frame and standards
Competition mechanics, EU audit architecture, Financial Regulation, professional standards, governance and internal audit.
Modules 1, 2, 13, 3, 17Execution and evidence
Planning, financial and compliance audit, procurement, grants, performance audit, evidence and sampling arithmetic.
Modules 4, 5, 14, 15, 6, 7, 18Technology and conclusions
IT systems audit, AI and automated decisions, fraud and irregularity, reporting and opinion formation.
Modules 8, 20, 9, 10, 19Applied method
Leadership, documentation, the sixteen quantitative case archetypes, then full mock days at the official clocks.
Modules 11, 16, 21, 12Source boundary
The notice publishes duties, not a detailed MCQ syllabus. This database maps 100% of Annex II duties and the professional knowledge needed to perform them. Official sources and candidate messages prevail.
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