CQA · $149
Follow an audit from program and plan to report and closure, with the auditor skills and quality tools the exam tests.
One-time payment · USD · one learner per account. Review final checkout and access and refund terms.
Included in your course
- 27 full written lectures with examples and built-in questions
- 645 practice items, including worked examples where present
- 5 quizzes and 3 practice exams
- Optional study planning, notes, bookmarks and missed-question review
- Course-completion certificate after the published requirements
Read and practice in your browser at your own pace. No scheduled classes. Read, practice and return whenever you need.
Is this the right starting point?
For auditors and quality professionals preparing for the CQA. ASQ determines certification eligibility, including work experience, decision-making experience and permitted education waivers. The lectures follow the 2026 CQA Body of Knowledge, which ASQ began testing in April 2026.
Check the certification body’s current requirements and exam details
The purchase includes QMET’s course content. Official exams, applications and third-party manuals or standards are purchased separately where required.
What you will study
Auditing Fundamentals
- Types of Quality Audits
- Audit Relationships and Purposes
- Common Elements, Purpose, Scope, and Benefits
- Criteria to Audit Against
- Roles and Responsibilities of Audit Participants
- Professional Conduct, Consequences, and Credibility
Audit Process
- Preparing and Planning the Audit
- Sampling, Working Papers, Strategies, and the Audit Plan
- Opening the Audit and Managing It On Site
- Collecting, Establishing, and Organizing Evidence
- Closing Meetings and Audit Reports
- Corrective and Preventive Action
- Ineffective Corrective Action and Audit Closure
Auditor Competencies
- Auditor Characteristics and On-Site Resource Management
- Resolving Conflict on an Audit
- Communication and Presentation Techniques
- Interviewing Techniques
- Team Dynamics
Audit Program Management and Business Applications
- Management Support, Staffing, and Auditor Development
- Program Evaluation, Internal and Supplier Programs, and Best Practices
- Organizational Risk, Management Review Input, and Electronic Records
- Business and Financial Impact of Auditing
Quality Tools and Techniques
- Basic Quality and Problem-Solving Tools
- Process Improvement: Six Sigma and Lean
- Basic Statistics and Process Variation
- Sampling Methods
- Change Control, Verification and Validation, and Risk Tools
Practice, then decide what to revisit
QMET includes three 165-question mocks, the length of the ASQ exam. Optional timed mode runs for 318 minutes, the exam time ASQ publishes. Every keyed QMET question contributes to its practice score; this differs from ASQ’s scored/unscored item mix and scaled scoring.
Read a section, answer a checkpoint and review the explanation. Use quizzes to identify gaps, return to the related lecture, then attempt a mock when you are ready. Retakes are available; no score predicts a certification outcome.
Try it before you buy
The free sample shows the written teaching style and immediate question feedback. It opens without an account or payment card.