{"id":5200,"date":"2021-08-25T11:23:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T02:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/?page_id=5200"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:21:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:21:05","slug":"iapp-exam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/cipm-training\/iapp-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"How Difficult are IAPP\u2019s Certification Exams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"csl-catch\">\n<div class=\"csl-catch-head\">\n<h2>About IAPP\u2019s Certification Exam<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>How to Obtain IAPP Certification<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1525\" src=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/passed-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/passed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/passed-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/passed-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/passed.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Exam Overview<\/h4>\n<p>In order to obtain an IAPP Certification (<strong>CIPM, CIPP\/E, CIPP\/US, CIPT<\/strong>), you must <strong>pass the certification exam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The exam has <strong>90 problems<\/strong> in total and <strong>75 of them will be scored<\/strong>, while the remaining <strong>15 questions will not be counted toward the score<\/strong> (questions for exam development purposes).<\/p>\n<p>All questions are <strong>multiple choice questions<\/strong> where you select <strong>one or more correct answers<\/strong>. Approximately half of the problems involve <strong>reading a scenario<\/strong> and answering the question.<\/p>\n<p>Exam scores are evaluated on a <strong>100-500 point<\/strong> scale, with <strong>300 points or above<\/strong> as the passing standard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> AIGP has a slightly different exam structure. For details see <a href=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/aigp-training\/aigp-certification-exam\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Certification Renewal<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1527\" src=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/update-4223736_1280-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/update-4223736_1280-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/update-4223736_1280-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/update-4223736_1280-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/update-4223736_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Requirements for IAPP Certification Renewal<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.2em;\"><strong>Certification Validity Period<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Validity Period:<\/strong> IAPP certifications are valid for <strong>2 years<\/strong> from the day after passing the exam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.2em; margin-top: 2em;\"><strong>Recertification Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To maintain IAPP certification, the following requirements must be met within the 2-year validity period:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Payment of Maintenance Fees<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>IAPP members: Maintenance fees are included as a member benefit as long as membership is maintained<\/li>\n<li>Non-IAPP members: Must pay <strong>250 USD<\/strong> per certification period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acquisition of Continued Education Credits<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Earn 20 units of continued education credits corresponding to your certificate\u2019s Body of Knowledge (BoK) content<\/strong> and submit evidence thereof<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.2em; margin-top: 2em;\"><strong>About Certification Suspension<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If the requirements above are not met, the certification will be <strong>suspended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Until the certification is reinstated, you cannot identify yourself as an IAPP certified professional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 2em;\"><strong>For further certification details, please access the &#8220;IAPP Certification Handbook (Updated)&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iapp.org\/media\/pdf\/certification\/IAPP-Certification_Handbook_Updated_032525.pdf\">https:\/\/iapp.org\/media\/pdf\/certification\/IAPP-Certification_Handbook_Updated_032525.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Exam Preparation<\/h3>\n<p>Our company offers the following courses for IAPP certification exam preparations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CIPM Training Course (Available in English, Chinese, and Japanese)<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see <a href=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/cipm-training\/\">here<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CIPP\/E Training Course (Available in English, French, Chinese, and Japanese)<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see <a href=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/cipp_e-training\/\">here<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CIPP\/US Training Course (Available in English, Chinese, and Japanese)<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see <a href=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/cipp_us-training\/\">here<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CIPT Training Course (Available in English, Chinese, and Japanese)<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see <a href=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/cipt-training\/\">here<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AIGP Training Course (Available in English, Chinese, and Japanese)<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see <a href=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/aigp-training\/\">here<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> For details on AIGP certification exam, which is slightly different from the rest of the certifications, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/iapp-official-training\/aigp-training\/aigp-certification-exam\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About IAPP\u2019s Certification Exam How to Obtain IAPP Certification Exam Overview In order to obtain an IAPP Certification (CIPM, CIPP\/E, CIPP\/US, CIPT), you must pass the certification exam. The exam has 90 problems in total and 75 of them will be scored, while the remaining 15 questions will not be counted toward the score (questions for exam development purposes). All questions are multiple choice questions where you select one or more correct answers. Approximately half of the problems involve reading a scenario and answering the question. Exam scores are evaluated on a 100-500 point scale, with 300 points or above as the passing standard. Note: AIGP has a slightly different [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5185,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5200","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5200"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5362,"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5200\/revisions\/5362"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technica-zen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}