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Certified Information Privacy Professional/US
The Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) is the premier certification for professionals seeking to demonstrate expertise in the legal and regulatory environment of privacy in the United States
- 90 min
- 75% to pass
- 90 bank questions
- 5 domains
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Sample Certified Information Privacy Professional/US exam question
Answer this question the same way you would on exam day. No sign-up needed — one random question, three tries to swap it out.
A non-financial, non-health company asks whether the FTC is the only regulator it needs to consider. Which answer correctly describes the limits on private-sector collection and use?
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 75%
- Domains
- 5
- Questions in our bank
- 90
- Level
- PROFESSIONAL
- Measured complexity
- 2.1 / 10
- Question mix
- 31 single · 30 multi · 29 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Government and Court Access18 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Limits on Private-Sector Collection and Use18 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- State Privacy Laws22 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive
- U.S. Privacy Environment18 questions · complexity 2.4/10 · Gentle
39% multi-select · 6% scenario · 33% interactive
- Workplace Privacy14 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
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