Frequently asked questions for CSI IMT Exam 1: exam structure, topic weighting, study priorities, and current course-status notes.
Confirm current CSI and CIRO proficiency rules directly with the official sources before enrolling or relying on older portfolio-path notes.
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According to CSI’s current IMT Exam & Credits page, IMT Exam 1 is a proctored multiple-choice exam with 110 questions, a 3-hour time limit, a 60% passing grade, and up to 3 attempts.
Yes. Exact IMT Exam 1 web practice is live at MasteryExamPrep. It works best after you can already frame IPS, allocation, equity, fixed-income, and managed-product questions correctly before timing becomes the main pressure.
CSI’s current weighting table for IMT Exam 1 is:
That weighting makes equity, debt, managed products, and client policy framing the first-pass priorities.
IMT has two exams. Exam 1 is a traditional multiple-choice exam. Exam 2 uses multiple cases with multiple-choice questions and rewards integrated application rather than stand-alone recall. If you are preparing for the second half, use IMT Exam 2.
CSI lists 80 to 100 hours of study for IMT overall. Use Study Plan to translate that into a realistic calendar based on your weekly study hours and current portfolio-management background.
Most candidates improve fastest by focusing on asset allocation and rebalancing math, equity and fixed-income drivers, managed-product structure and fee impact, and portfolio monitoring and performance measures.
Use the topic weighting to drive your reading order. Build a compact formula and framework sheet from the Cheat Sheet, drill topic sets until your reasoning is stable, then switch to mixed sets that force you to compare products, allocation decisions, and monitoring outcomes.
According to CSI’s current IMT page, effective January 1, 2026, IMT is no longer acceptable for the purposes of CIRO approval with an Investment Dealer. Candidates should confirm the current rule before using IMT for a registration-path decision.
CSI’s current IMT page also says there may be circumstances where IMT is accepted for purposes of the CIM designation. That is exactly the kind of status detail you should confirm directly with CSI before you rely on older notes or third-party summaries.
Use Official Resources. That page points to the current CSI course, curriculum, and exam-credits pages, which are the right source for official structure, weighting, and course-status notes.