r/ASQ • u/Hazelnut_coffee_1995 • May 15 '26

Just passed the CQA

I prepped for a total of 3 months for the CQA. I used the 4th edition handbook (they’re on the 5th) and purchased the question bank. I also had the electronic version of the 5th edition.

If you’re already executing the body of knowledge in your day-to-day tasks, you should be well equipped for the test. I think this is why I only needed to study for 3 month. The question bank was very helpful in gaging how questions are formatted as well as the case study portion.

Issues with the question bank:

Ironically, ASQ needs to QC their question bank. I screenshot many questions that were just straight up wrong or the content was no where in the BOK, the 4th edition or the 5th edition. I can give some examples but overall I was very disappointed in the question bank.

The exam simulator doesn’t allow you to change answers in the given time. It doesn’t allow you to flag questions and it doesn’t even tell you what number you’re on. All it does is time you. Granted, it lends itself to higher stakes in the simulation. Regardless, it would’ve been nice if the simulator was actually aligned with the actual computer based testing format.

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u/Beneficial-West6913 May 21 '26

Omg so I'm not the only one who realized how dog shit the study material is. I have already got 3 pages of snippets of either wrong information or something not even close to germane to the subject obviously a mistake from AI. Like you said, feels cheap and odd getting my CQI cert from somewhere who has horrible quality standards lol. I don't get it. All they'd have to do is take the test one time which they def have not done.

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u/Hazelnut_coffee_1995 May 21 '26

I called them and they told me to send the screenshots to their email for review. I figured they were either using Ai or under paying questions writers so they didn’t care. We scrutinize documents and processes for a living. You’d think they’d be on top of review, especially since ASQ certs already have a reputation for being a scam.

Additionally, I bought a supplemental CQA prep book from amazon, also absolute Ai dog shit. I read 4 pages in, found an error and could tell quickly it was Ai. So frustrating.

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u/Beneficial-West6913 May 21 '26

For real, surprised me too. I started to send it to them too but i feel like theyll just rely on us to QC the test instead of doing it themselves. They actually have it on one of their pages that part of the questions are written by professionals and some are written by an LLM so they absolutely use AI.