Responsible AI Foundation

Six essentials domains: what AI, machine learning and generative AI are, and where they fail; risks and harms such as bias, hallucination, privacy, security, safety and misuse; principles and frameworks, with an overview of the OECD AI Principles, the NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act risk tiers; data protection basics for AI, with GDPR and LGPD concepts; responsible use at work; and roles and accountability, including when to escalate.

There are 50 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, and you pass with 70% correct answers. The exam is online, with no scheduling and no prerequisite, and you can take it in English, Portuguese or Spanish. To practise first, the free RAIF open assessment has 20 questions with answer key and explanations. The result comes on the spot, with your per-domain performance, and those who pass receive the credential, the Open Badge and the PDF certificate at the same moment.

For any professional who uses AI at work or is affected by it, in any field: customer service, HR, marketing, operations, legal, finance, management and students too. It is the starting point for anyone who has never studied AI governance or privacy, and a simple way for a whole team to demonstrate the same essential knowledge.

No. The RAIF involves no code, no maths and no engineering detail. Questions ask you to recognise a risk, choose the responsible course of action in a work situation or know whom to escalate a problem to. Anyone who uses AI tools day to day and studies the syllabus has what they need.

It depends on your work. If you apply AI in product, data, engineering or risk, the RAIP is the natural next step. If your focus is privacy and data protection, the DPAI. If you are an executive or board member, the RAI-X. The RAIF is not a formal prerequisite for any of them, and it does not replace the RAIP or the DPAI as the prerequisite for the RAIL and the AUDAI.

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.