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57
Lessons
1,364
Practice questions
1,324
Flashcards
Full length
Timed mock exams
Blueprint
What the AIGP covers.
Professionals in AI governance, and anyone responsible for adopting or managing AI in an organization.
IAPP publishes the blueprint below. The ranges are IAPP’s own; the percentages are the midpoints of those ranges as shares of the 85 scored questions — not separate hurdles, since scoring is based on the total number of questions answered correctly. Every lesson sits under its area and reads in the app.
I. Understanding the foundations of AI governance
16–20 questions
AI and the need for governance
4–6 questions · 5 lessons · free to every account
6%of the exam
- What AI is: definitions and core concepts
- Types of AI: classic ML to generative and agentic
- AI risks and harms to individuals, groups and society
- Why AI needs governance: opacity, autonomy, scale
- The principles of responsible AI
Organizational expectations for AI governance
5–7 questions · 5 lessons
7%of the exam
- Roles and responsibilities of AI governance stakeholders
- Cross-functional collaboration
- AI training and awareness programs
- Tailoring governance to size, maturity and risk tolerance
- Developers, providers, deployers and users
Policies and procedures across the AI life cycle
6–8 questions · 3 lessons
8%of the exam
- Policies across the AI life cycle
- Updating existing policies for AI
- Third-party risk: procurement, contracts, acceptable use
II. Understanding how laws, standards and frameworks apply to AI
19–23 questions
Data privacy laws and AI
4–6 questions · 4 lessons
6%of the exam
- Privacy principles applied to AI: transparency, choice, lawful basis, purpose limitation
- Data minimization and privacy by design
- Controller obligations: DPIAs, processors, transfers, rights, ADM, breach
- Sensitive data and biometrics
Other existing laws and AI
4–6 questions · 4 lessons
6%of the exam
- Intellectual property and AI training data
- Nondiscrimination laws: employment, credit, housing, insurance
- Consumer protection and UDAP
- Product liability and AI
AI-specific laws
6–8 questions · 6 lessons
8%of the exam
- EU AI Act: scope and the risk classification framework
- EU AI Act: high-risk system requirements
- EU AI Act: human oversight, transparency, quality management
- General-purpose AI models
- Enforcement, penalties and operator roles
- AI laws beyond the EU: South Korea, US federal and state
Industry standards and tools
3–5 questions · 3 lessons
5%of the exam
- OECD AI Principles
- NIST AI RMF and Playbook
- ISO standards: 22989, 42001, 42005
III. Understanding how to govern AI development
21–25 questions
Designing and building the AI system
6–8 questions · 5 lessons
8%of the exam
- Business context and use-case definition
- Impact assessments during development
- Governing design and build: architecture, oversight, metrics
- Identifying and mitigating development risks
- Documenting design and build
Data for training and testing
6–8 questions · 4 lessons
8%of the exam
- Data governance for training and testing
- Data lineage and provenance
- Testing: unit, integration, bias, interpretability
- Managing and documenting training issues
Release, monitoring and maintenance
8–10 questions · 5 lessons
11%of the exam
- Release readiness: model cards and conformity
- Continuous monitoring, maintenance, retraining
- Audits, red teaming and threat modeling
- Incident management and root causes
- Public transparency disclosures
IV. Understanding how to govern AI deployment and use
21–25 questions
Deciding to deploy
6–8 questions · 3 lessons
8%of the exam
- The deployment decision: context and readiness
- Model types: classic vs generative, proprietary vs open source
- Deployment options: cloud to edge, fine-tuning, RAG, agentic
Assessing the AI system
5–7 questions · 3 lessons
7%of the exam
- Impact assessment on the selected system
- Vendor and licensing terms and risks
- Deploying a proprietary model: risks and obligations
Deployment and use
9–11 questions · 7 lessons
12%of the exam
- Deployment governance: data, risk, issues, user training
- Monitoring the deployed system
- Periodic assessment: audits, red teaming, security testing
- Incidents, issues and post-market monitoring plans
- Secondary uses and downstream harms
- External communication plans
- Deactivation and localization controls
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- 1,364 questions in the exam’s format, written to the blueprint across its 13 content areas
- 114 multi-select, labeled “Select 3 of the 5 options” and graded as the exact set
- A rationale for every answer
- A timed mock in the exam’s own format: 100 questions in 165 minutes, in two halves
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Lessons mapped to the blueprint.
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- Each lesson sits under one content area of the published blueprint
- Every lesson names its area’s weight in the blueprint
- Every lesson lists its key takeaways
Flashcards for the terms and figures.
Turn repetition into recall
- The terms and figures of each lesson, one card at a time
- In the app, spaced repetition brings a card back just before you would forget it
A plan, mock exams, and readiness you can read.
Paced to your exam date
- A plan from your exam date that re-ranks as you answer
- Timed mock exams with the exam’s own question count and time limit
- Readiness is each area’s weight times your accuracy in it, summed
Progress
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Readiness
By area
- AI and the need for governance82%
- Organizational expectations for AI governance74%
- Policies and procedures across the AI life cycle61%
- Data privacy laws and AI48%
- Other existing laws and AI69%
- AI-specific laws77%
+7 more
Weakest area
Data privacy laws and AI — 6% of the exam. Review its lessons, then a set of questions.
Mock exams
+13 since the last mock
Format
Format and logistics.
Taken from IAPP’s published documents, pinned by hash so a revised edition shows up as a change.
- Questions
- 100
- Scored questions
- 85
- Duration
- 165 minutes, in two halves with a break of up to 15 minutes between them
- Delivery
- Computer-based, at a Pearson VUE test center or online through OnVUE
- Passing score
- 300 on a scaled range of 100–500
- Open book
- No
- Retakes
- A retake is a new exam purchase, made once the result shows in MyIAPP, and no retake appointment can be sooner than seven days after the last attempt.
- Fees
- US$649 (IAPP member) · US$799 (non-member)
- Jurisdiction
- Worldwide
How the AIGP runs
- Halfway through, a 15-minute break divides the exam into two halves, each with half the questions and half the time. The first half is submitted before the second begins, break or no break, and cannot be reopened.
- Every question is multiple choice. One with more than one correct answer says so and asks for a set number of them, in the IAPP’s own example “Select 3 of the 5 options below”, and there is no partial credit.
- Results come on a scale from 100 to 500. A score of 300 or above passes, and the IAPP says that 300 does not represent 60%.
- The Body of Knowledge gives each domain and competency a range of the 85 scored questions rather than a percentage; the weights on this page are the midpoints of those ranges.
Questions
AIGP questions, answered.
Each answer names the document it comes from.
What is the AIGP, and who takes it?
The Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional is the IAPP’s certification in AI governance, developed, in the IAPP’s words, to certify professionals in the field of AI governance. Its Body of Knowledge says anyone responsible for adopting or managing AI in an organization will benefit, and the credential shows a fundamental understanding of AI governance and of best practices for managing AI systems responsibly in the US, the EU and other jurisdictions.
Source: IAPP AIGP Study Guide (effective February 2026), page 3; IAPP AIGP Body of Knowledge and Exam Blueprint v2.1, page 2
How is the AIGP exam structured?
100 multiple-choice questions, of which 85 are scored and 15 are unscored, in 2.75 hours with a 15-minute break. The break comes halfway and divides the exam into two halves, each with half the questions and half the time. Whether or not you take the break, you submit the first half before the second begins, and you cannot return to it.
Source: IAPP AIGP exam information page; IAPP Store: AIGP Exam; IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), page 9
What is a multi-select question?
IAPP exam questions have one or more correct answers. A question with several says so and asks for a set number of them, for example “Select 3 of the 5 options below”; a question with one correct answer lets you pick only one. No partial credit is given on a multi-select question: the set has to be exactly right. The practice questions and the mock here include multi-select questions in the same format.
Source: IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), page 9; IAPP Certification FAQs
Are there scenario questions?
Yes. The handbook says test takers may be asked to read a scenario and then answer questions relating to it, and the IAPP’s FAQs say some questions are scenario-based. The IAPP publishes no figure for how many.
Source: IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), page 9; IAPP Certification FAQs
How is the exam scored, and what is a pass?
Results are reported on a scale from 100 to 500, and 300 or above passes. The passing score is set by beta testing and psychometric review and then placed at 300 on the scale; answering every scored question correctly gives 500. The IAPP says 300 does not represent 60%, and asks candidates not to work out a passing score from the percentages on their score report. The result, pass or fail with the score, shows on screen as soon as the exam ends.
Source: IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), page 13; IAPP Certification FAQs
How are the questions spread across the domains?
The Body of Knowledge gives each domain a range of the 85 scored questions rather than a percentage: 16 to 20 on the foundations of AI governance, 19 to 23 on how laws, standards and frameworks apply to AI, 21 to 25 on governing AI development, and 21 to 25 on governing AI deployment and use. Each of the 13 competencies has its own range within its domain. After the exam, a section breakdown shows the percentage of your correct answers in each domain.
Source: IAPP AIGP Body of Knowledge and Exam Blueprint v2.1, pages 4 to 9; IAPP Certification FAQs
What if I fail? Can I retake the exam?
Yes, by buying a new exam once your result shows in your MyIAPP profile. A retake appointment cannot be sooner than seven days after the previous attempt. Missing an appointment counts as a no-show: the attempt is used up and cannot be rescheduled, except where Pearson VUE reopens it in a medical emergency or the like.
Source: IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), page 14
What does the exam cost, and how long do I have to take it?
US$649 for IAPP members and US$799 for non-members, bought from the IAPP store. The exam must be completed within one year of purchase. The store shows a retake price only once an option is chosen, so it is not recorded here.
Source: IAPP Store: AIGP Exam
Where can I take it?
At a Pearson VUE testing center, which the IAPP says it has at locations throughout the world, or from home or work through Pearson VUE’s OnVUE online proctoring, with hundreds of virtual appointments available daily. You schedule through the Pearson VUE website, reached from the My Purchases section of your MyIAPP account.
Source: IAPP Store: AIGP Exam
Which Body of Knowledge does the exam follow, and how often does it change?
Version 2.1, in force for anyone testing on or after February 2, 2026. Its changes from the previous version: Domain II.C was expanded to cover AI legislation passed besides the EU AI Act, the Domain II description was expanded to say so, the term “system” was added where models and systems are described, and examples were added to some performance indicators. The IAPP reviews the Body of Knowledge every year, changes about 10% to 15% of the exam content in each annual update, and announces changes at least 90 days before they reach the exam. This course follows v2.1 and is checked against the next version when it is announced.
Source: IAPP AIGP exam information page; IAPP AIGP Body of Knowledge and Exam Blueprint v2.1, pages 1 and 2; IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), page 14
How long should I study?
The IAPP recommends planning for a minimum of 30 hours of study before the exam date, and says you may need more or fewer depending on your background and experience. It names the Body of Knowledge as the main guide to what the exam covers, since questions may come from any topic listed under each competency.
Source: IAPP AIGP Study Guide (effective February 2026), page 4; IAPP Certification FAQs
How do I keep the certification once I pass?
The AIGP term is two years, starting the day after you pass. To keep it you provide evidence of 20 continuing education credits that correspond to the Body of Knowledge and pay a certification maintenance fee for the term, or hold IAPP membership, which includes the fee. A certification is awarded only once membership or a prepurchased maintenance fee is in place.
Source: IAPP Store: AIGP Exam; IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), page 13
Is the exam offered in other languages?
The IAPP store offers the AIGP exam in English. The IAPP’s translated exams, in French, German, Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese, are other designations, and its candidate handbook is available only in English. QualExam’s AIGP lessons, questions and mock exam are in English.
Source: IAPP Store: AIGP Exam; IAPP Certification FAQs
Is the exam open book?
No. The handbook lists bringing outside study materials into the exam environment and accessing electronic devices during the exam among the actions it treats as cheating, and before each exam candidates sign a confidentiality agreement not to disclose or reproduce the questions.
Source: IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), pages 16 and 19
What does QualExam offer for the AIGP, and what doesn’t it?
Lessons mapped to the Body of Knowledge’s 13 competencies, practice questions in the exam’s formats, including 3-of-5 multi-select questions, flashcards, and a timed mock exam that runs in two halves with the break between them. Every question here is original; none is AIGP exam content, which the IAPP keeps confidential. QualExam is an independent study resource, not an IAPP official training partner, and the IAPP says that exam preparation materials from anyone other than the IAPP and its official training partners are not endorsed by the IAPP.
Source: IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2 (effective June 1, 2026), pages 16 and 19
Articles
Articles.
- Oct 20, 2026
The AIGP exam: format, multi-select and the 300
100 questions, 85 scored, 2.75 hours in two halves, multi-select with no partial credit, and a scaled score where 300 passes, from the IAPP's documents.
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What the AIGP exam costs in 2026
US$649 or US$799 for the exam, US$295 membership or a US$250 maintenance fee, the practice exam, training and textbook, and what the IAPP does not publish.
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AIGP exam questions: what they look like
The AIGP's three question shapes, four original questions in its format, why dumps are a trap under the IAPP's own rules, and where real practice is.
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Sources
Where this comes from.
Every figure above is taken from the documents below, pinned by hash so a revised edition shows up as a change. Where IAPP’s own sources disagree with each other, the controlled document wins and the disagreement is recorded.
- IAPP AIGP Body of Knowledge and Exam Blueprint v2.1Version 2.1, adopted September 9, 2025, effective February 2, 2026
- IAPP Certification Candidate Handbook v5.3.2Version 5.3.2, effective June 1, 2026
- IAPP AIGP Study GuideEffective February 2026
The AIGP is a certification of the IAPP, which says that exam preparation materials from anyone other than the IAPP and its official training partners "are not endorsed by the IAPP." QualExam is an independent study resource and not an IAPP official training partner, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the IAPP. Every question here is original; none is AIGP exam content.
By QualExam editorial. Written against the certifying body’s published documents, pinned by hash so a revised edition shows up as a change.
Source: IAPP AIGP Body of Knowledge and Exam Blueprint v2.1
Last checked against the source: October 20, 2026
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