Responsible AI Auditor

No. The AUDAI covers auditing against ISO/IEC 42001 and ISO/IEC 27701, with control testing, nonconformities and reporting, but it is not a Lead Auditor certificate, it is not issued by ISO or an accredited body and it does not qualify anyone to issue ISO certificates to organisations. It proves you can audit AI and data processing with evidence and method.

Six audit domains: audit fundamentals applied to AI and data, such as independence, evidence and sampling; auditing against ISO/IEC 42001 and ISO/IEC 27701; auditing AI systems, with model documentation, data lineage, bias and performance evidence and monitoring logs; regulatory conformity, including EU AI Act conformity assessment and GDPR and LGPD compliance audits; third-party and supply chain assurance; and audit casework.

Holding the RAIP or the DPAI credential. To audit AI and data, you first need to know what is being audited. The prerequisite is checked when you buy the exam on its own and when you open it. In the Assurance Track bundle (DPAI + AUDAI), you sit the DPAI first and the AUDAI opens once you pass. No third-party audit credential is required.

There are 50 questions in 150 minutes, and you pass with 72%. Most describe an audit situation, and the audit casework domain, with 8 questions, presents evidence, such as policies, logs and test results, and asks for a judgement: is the control effective, is there a nonconformity, what evidence is missing. The exam is online, in English, Portuguese or Spanish, and costs USD 100.

For internal and external auditors, compliance consultants and second-line risk professionals who need to assess AI systems and data processing. It also suits people from IT or security audit who want to extend their scope to AI. If your job is to build the programme rather than audit it, the RAIL is usually the right choice.

Yes, it is an online multiple-choice exam, taken in your own browser, with no scheduling and no exam centre. Questions describe work situations and ask for a decision, rather than testing memorised definitions, and the RAIL and the AUDAI also have a case analysis domain. Every question has four options and exactly one correct answer. All exams have 50 questions; the duration and the passing score of each are on the certification page.

The passing score is 70% for the RAIF, RAIP, DPAI and RAI-X, and 72% for the RAIL and the AUDAI, which are higher-level. There is no curve and no comparison with other candidates, and every question has exactly one correct answer. On difficulty: we do not publish pass rates yet, because DPCert is new and we will only publish figures with a large enough sample. Questions ask for decisions in real situations, so studying from the syllabus makes a difference.

You can retake it, and for paid certifications there is no waiting period and no limit on attempts. Each new attempt requires a new voucher, because each voucher is worth one attempt. Questions are drawn afresh each time you open an exam, so a retake does not repeat the previous paper. If you do not pass, you receive a coupon to buy the new attempt at the same certification for half the price, valid for 90 days. For a RAIF taken at no cost under the Black Friday flash promotion, the rule is different: a free retake within 7 days of the result.

A voucher bought on the site does not expire. Vouchers issued to an organisation in bulk may carry a deadline set at issuance, and in that case the date is shown with the code. If you lost the email, the code is also in your account, under Certification exams, once your address is confirmed.

Yes, within 14 days of purchase, as long as the voucher has not been used. Write to [email protected] from the same email used in the purchase, saying you want a refund. We return the full amount through the same payment method and cancel the voucher at the same time. A voucher already used is not refundable, even within the 14 days, because the attempt is consumed when the exam is opened. For a bundle, the refund covers the whole bundle and only applies if none of its vouchers has been used. After 14 days, the voucher is still yours and never expires, but it is no longer refundable.

No and no. A DPCert credential does not expire: there is no expiry date, no periodic retesting, no continuing education quota (CPE/CPD), no renewal fee and no annual dues. You sit the exam once, and the credential stays valid unless revoked. Revocation is an administrative act with a recorded reason, not an automatic expiry. No renewal fees. No CPE quotas. Many certifications on the market charge periodic upkeep; this one does not.