BCS-AIF Exam Information and Outline
Aritificial Intellegence Foundation
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
BCS-AIF Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Exam Format
- 40 multiple-choice questions; 60 minutes; pass mark 65% (26/40); closed book, online invigilated
- 1. Introduction to AI and Historical Development (15%)
- Human intelligence, AI, machine learning and the scientific method
- Milestones: Dartmouth conference, AI winters, big data, IoT and LLMs
- Narrow vs. general AI; sustainability and green IT
- 2. Ethical and Legal Considerations (15%)
- Bias, privacy, employment impact and autonomous systems
- UK AI principles and ethical frameworks
- UK GDPR, DPA 2018, ISO/NIST standards and the EU AI Act
- Risk management techniques: SWOT, PESTLE, Cynefin
- 3. Enablers of AI (15%)
- Robotics and robotic process automation
- Machine learning, neural networks, deep learning and LLMs
- Supervised, unsupervised and semi-supervised learning
- Prediction, classification, clustering and recommendation
- 4. Finding and Using Data in AI (20%)
- Structured, semi-structured and unstructured data; big data and visualisation
- Data quality dimensions and data risks
- Generative AI and the stages of the ML process
- 5. Using AI in Your Organisation (20%)
- Automation opportunities and business case structure
- Stakeholder analysis; Agile, Waterfall and hybrid approaches
- Risks, costs, benefits and ongoing governance
- 6. Future Planning and Impact: Human Plus Machine (15%)
- AI career roles and sector applications
- Societal, economic and environmental impact; consciousness debates