Exams

LIVE Exams:

BIG Discovery and Introduction Level Quiz – FREE

This short quiz is open to everyone & will test your high-level understanding of Governance in general and BIG concepts (including those that improve its integration to day-to-day challenges and opportunities). Taking the quiz requires an email address that we will add to BIG membership roll.

Click HERE to take the Quiz.

Click HERE if you would like to donate a small amount to help us fund development of future exams.

Associate Level Exam – Free for Full Members, £36 otherwise

This exam is open to anyone and will test your knowledge & understanding of the BIG Body of Knowledge.

The exam is being broadened and toughened incrementally; when complete it will become the Foundation Exam – The later you take it the tougher it will be.!

The exam will enable the examinee to demonstrate they have a basic knowledge of BIG and BoK content, language and basic facts about BIG background, concepts, principles, components, roadmap and appendix, can identify key elements of what BIG is and what it is not, and how it fits into the organisational context.

Those who successfully pass will receive the Associate Certification, and be listed on the BIG CIC Exam passes page

HOW to take the Exam:

EITHER

  1. If you are not a Full Member click HERE to become a full member.
  2. OR take out an Associate Membership and just pay for the exam HERE.

THEN – click HERE to take the Associate Exam. (please note – if you take the exam before Registering as a Full Member or an Associate Member, we will invite you to register to receive your result or get listed.)

Professional Level Assessment – Fee £450

This exam is open to those who have registered as a FULL Member and have passed the Associate Exam..

This is for consultants or professionals implementing BIG.

The exam will require you to either

– demonstrate experience of an actual implementation of Business Integrated Governance that you have completed

or

– present a solid presentation demonstrating how you would credibly implement BIG into a scenario you know well

The Professional Exam requires that candidates persuade 2-3 examiners that they:

  • instilled confidence that they could can make the BIG Guidance Work
  • have participated in the implementation of integrated governance in a clear scenario
  • can clearly present the context, need, solution and outcome in their example
  • provided evidence that they adapted and implemented Integrated Governance
  • answer all the questions and left no issues open

Those who successfully pass will receive the Professional Certification.

The exam specification can be reviewed HERE

Read about and watch 2 professionals talk abut their experience with the Professional Exam here.

Please Contact us to find out more.

Future Exams:

Foundation Exam – Fee £TBC

This exam will be open to those who have registered as a Member with the BIG CIC and have paid the prevailing exam fee.

The Associate exam is based on 96 basic questions which Candidates can answer to show they know the basics of BIG.

However, a Foundation exam is a professionally developed exam which has a lot more, lot harder questions. It will be a worthy credential. Evolved from the Associate Exam, this Exam demonstrates that the examinee has a basic knowledge of BIG and BoK content and that they have grasped the basic concepts, structures, rationale and components of BIG, and can identify key elements of what BIG is and what it is not, and how it fits into the organisational context. It is a confirmation members have a read the BoK with sufficient understanding to be able to answer knowledge and recall questions and participate in governance review, implementation or audit activities.

Practitioner Exam – Fee £TBC

This exam is only open to those who have registered as a Member with the BIG CIC & have paid the prevailing exam fee.

The exam will test your knowledge & understanding of all the BIG BoK materials through analysis and synthesis of a variety of scenarios demonstrating your readiness to lead review, implementation or audit activities.

Those who successfully pass will receive the Practitioner Certification. A 2 question ‘taster’ is available Here

Please note: These exams are currently in preparation. Please use the contact form below to advise of your interest in sitting any of them.