Responsible AI for Executives

For executives, board members, founders and directors who approve the use of AI and are accountable for its risks, without running the programme day to day. It assesses whether you can ask the right questions, read governance reporting and decide in risk and crisis scenarios.

There are 50 scenario-based questions in 60 minutes, and you pass with 70%. The short format is designed for an executive schedule. There is no prerequisite, and the exam is online, with no scheduling, in English, Portuguese or Spanish, and costs USD 100.

Five domains: board and executive duties on AI, such as oversight, fiduciary duty and disclosure; strategic risk (reputational, legal, operational and ethical) and risk appetite decisions; reading the signals, meaning what good governance reporting looks like and which questions to ask; regulation at executive level, with the EU AI Act, sector rules and liability trends; and crisis decisions, with AI incident scenarios.

No. The RAI-X does not test technical detail about models or engineering. Scenarios call for leadership judgement: whether to approve a use of AI, which risk to accept, what to require from the team and how to act in an incident. Familiarity with the RAIF concepts helps, but it is not a prerequisite.

The RAI-X is for people who oversee and decide; the RAIL is for people who build and run the governance programme. The RAI-X has 50 scenario questions in 60 minutes and no prerequisite. The RAIL has 50 questions in 150 minutes, covers ISO/IEC 42001 and risk management in depth, and requires the RAIP or the DPAI first. Many organisations will want both, held by different people.

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 On difficulty: we do not publish pass rates yet, because DPCert is new and we will only publish figures with a large enough sample.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.