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The AIGP Playbook

Audio prep for the IAPP AI Governance Professional exam, in short episodes you can finish on a commute. Two series so far: exam technique, which is about how to choose between four answers that all look right, and a last-minute revision run through all four domains. Free, no login, nothing to install.

Series 1 · 1 episode

Exam Technique

Knowing the material is half of it. This series is about the other half: reading the question properly, spotting what the examiner is actually testing, and deciding when two options both look defensible.

The Master Rulesand the Decision Framework for Exam Day

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Not facts this time, but how to choose between four answers that all look defensible. The SLIDE framework applied question by question, Spot the actor, Locate the lifecycle stage, Identify what is really being asked, Disqualify the impossible, Evaluate what remains. Then the ten traps the exam sets again and again, and the ten tiebreaker principles for the moment you are down to two options and the clock is running.

Series 2 · 4 episodes

Last-Minute Revision

The same 100 essential facts as the printable revision sheet, read aloud. One episode per AIGP domain, 25 facts each. Built for the night before, or the morning of, your exam.

Domain Ithe Foundations of AI Governance

What counts as an AI system, why learned behaviour produces opacity, harms at every level, the six responsible-AI principles, governance roles, and the seven pillars of a governance program. 16 to 20 questions.

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Domain IILaws, Standards and Frameworks

The heaviest domain. GDPR lawful bases and Article 22, disparate impact, NYC Local Law 144 and the Colorado AI Act, the EU AI Act risk pyramid, GPAI and the phasing timeline, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001.

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Domain IIIGoverning AI Development

Governing the build. Design-stage impact assessments against DPIA, FRIA and conformity assessment, the risk mitigation hierarchy, lineage versus provenance, testing, model cards, drift, red teaming, incident response.

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Domain IVGoverning Deployment and Use

From the deployer's seat. The four adaptation techniques and when fine-tuning turns you into a provider, RAG, agentic guardrails, vendor terms, post-market monitoring, serious incidents, deactivation. 21 to 25 questions.

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Before you begin: this is revision to reinforce material you have already studied, not a first pass at it. Complete the IAPP-prescribed reading first. These episodes condense what the exam tends to test; they do not guarantee exam success.