AIGP exam preparation — original, in depth
Understand AI governance.
Be ready on exam day.
Thorough, original lessons and scenario-based questions for the AIGP exam. You learn the reasoning, not only the facts. The feedback explains every answer.
- 4 domains
- 50 lessons
- 494 practice questions
- aligned to blueprint v2.1
- free sample lesson
Try one question · I.A
A hiring model never receives applicants' gender, yet systematically ranks women lower because it penalises career gaps and certain extracurriculars. Which bias mechanism is at work?
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A machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs — predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions — that can influence physical or virtual environments.
What you get
Everything below exists in the product today. Where something is still in development, it is marked as such — never listed here as if it were ready.
50 in-depth lessons
Short, stepped lessons: the mechanism, the why, a worked governance scenario and the exam traps for each concept.
494 scenario questions
Graded on the server, with feedback that explains why the right answer is right and why each wrong one is wrong.
4 domains, fully mapped
Structured domain → competency → lesson against the official blueprint v2.1 and its question weighting.
Exam essentials per domain
Every key takeaway and exam trap from a domain, compiled on one page for fast revision in the final weeks.
Mastery map and readiness
An honest readiness measure built from your question performance, not from how much you have read.
Diagnostic and study plan
A short diagnostic and your exam date set a plan that spreads the four domains across the weeks you have.
Glossary of key terms
Plain-English definitions, linked from the lessons where each term first appears.
Resume where you stopped
Your progress is saved, so you can study in short sessions and pick up exactly where you left off.
One free sample lesson
Read a full lesson and answer a real question before you create an account.
How you study here
Three things, working together: learn the concept, practise it on real scenarios, and get an honest measure of how ready you are.
Learn
Short, stepped lessons: the mechanism, the why, a worked governance scenario and the exam traps — with a quick check at each concept.
Practise
Scenario-based questions, graded on the server, with feedback that explains why the right answer is right and why each wrong one is wrong.
Track honestly
A short diagnostic, a mastery map, and a readiness measure based on your question performance, not on how much you have read.
The method is deliberate: retrieval practice (recalling works better than re-reading) and interleaving (mixing topics to build the distinctions the exam tests). Timed mock exams and spaced review are planned. We will not claim they exist before they do.
Who writes this
Michel
Founder & author
AI Governance Academy is written by one practitioner, not generated in bulk. The lessons come from working across AI and information governance, audit, and risk. They turn frameworks such as the EU AI Act, the OECD AI principles and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework into the decisions real teams have to make.
- AI & data governance
- Audit & assurance
- Risk management
How the content is made and checked
Written by a person, grounded in the source material
- Original wording throughout — nothing copied or paraphrased from a textbook.
- Grounded in primary sources: the EU AI Act, OECD principles, NIST AI RMF and the official exam blueprint.
- Written to one register: plain, literal English at exam level, one idea per step.
- Every lesson passes a quality checklist before it is published — coverage, a worked example, and feedback that teaches.
The full body of knowledge
Four domains, mapped to the official blueprint and its question weighting. This grows as content is published.
Why you can trust the content
Understanding, not memorising
Lessons explain the mechanism and the why, so you can reason about a scenario you have never seen.
Feedback that teaches
Every question shows why the right answer is right and why each wrong option is wrong — not just a score.
Structure you can navigate
Domain → competency → lesson, mapped to the blueprint, so you always know where you are.
Honest readiness
Your readiness reflects question performance, not how much you have read. It never shows ready before you are.
One platform, more modules coming
The AIGP module is available now. More modules on the standards and frameworks AI governance teams use are in development. They are shown here so you know what is coming. Nothing is hidden, and nothing is promised before it exists.
NIST AI RMF
A practical walk through the NIST AI RMF — Govern, Map, Measure, Manage — for teams putting AI risk management into practice.
Knowledge moduleISO 42001
How to build and run an AI management system to the ISO/IEC 42001 standard, from policy to continual improvement.
Knowledge moduleBuilt for working professionals
Study in short sessions and resume exactly where you stopped.
Clear, plain English written at exam level, not academic prose.
A reference mode that turns any lesson into one scannable page for the final weeks.
An honest readiness measure, so there are no surprises on exam day.
Frequently asked questions
The questions people ask before they start. For more on the certification itself, see the AIGP exam guide.
What is the AIGP certification?
The AIGP — Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional — is a certification from the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals). It tests whether you understand how to govern AI systems responsibly: the laws that reach them, the risks they create, and the controls a team puts around building, deploying and monitoring them.
Who should take the exam?
It is built for people who are accountable for AI in an organisation — governance, privacy, risk, audit, compliance and legal professionals, and the product or engineering leads who work with them. You do not need to write code. You need to understand the decisions and controls that keep an AI system trustworthy.
Do I need a technical or legal background?
No. The exam is about governance, not engineering or case law. The lessons explain each technical idea and each legal instrument in plain English before they ask you to reason about it, so you can start from either a technical, legal or governance background.
What does the exam cover?
Four domains: the foundations of AI governance; how laws, standards and frameworks apply to AI; how to govern AI development; and how to govern AI deployment and use. The official blueprint weights them roughly 21 / 25 / 27 / 27 out of 100 questions, so the later two domains carry the most marks.
How is the exam structured?
The AIGP is 100 multiple-choice questions in 180 minutes. 85 questions are scored and 15 are unscored pilot questions that look identical, so you should answer every question as if it counts. Results are reported on a scaled score from 100 to 500, and the passing score is 300.
How long should I study?
That depends on your starting point and how much time you give it each week. The platform asks for your exam date, runs a short diagnostic, and builds a study plan that spreads the four domains across the weeks you have. Your readiness measure is based on how you answer questions, so you can see when you are actually ready rather than guessing.
How is this different from reading the textbook?
A textbook explains the material once and then leaves you to test yourself. Here you learn each concept in a short stepped lesson, practise it on scenario questions, and get feedback that explains why the right answer is right and why each wrong answer is wrong. Recalling and applying a concept builds exam-ready understanding faster than re-reading it.
Is the content kept current with the EU AI Act and other laws?
The lessons are written from primary sources — the EU AI Act, the OECD AI Principles, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC standards and GDPR — and are revised as those instruments and the exam blueprint change. AI governance law moves quickly, so always check critical facts against the primary source before you rely on them.
Can I try it before I sign up?
Yes. You can read one full lesson and answer a real sample question without an account. That is the actual product, not a mock-up, so you can judge the teaching and the question feedback before you commit.
Is this affiliated with the IAPP?
No. AI Governance Academy is an independent study aid. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the IAPP. “AIGP” and “IAPP” are trademarks of their owner, used here only to describe the exam this product helps you prepare for.
New to the certification? Read the full AIGP exam guide.
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No exam outcome is ever guaranteed — this is serious preparation, honestly measured. AI Governance Academy is an independent study aid, not affiliated with the IAPP.