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Exam Details

• Exam Name: Agentic AI Certified Associate (AICA)
• Exam Format: Multiple choice, online with remote supervision (proctoring)
• Exam Delivery: Safe Exam Browser
• Number of Questions: 60 questions: 60% conceptual / 40% short cases
• Exam Duration: 75 minutes
• Passing Score: 70% (42 out of 60 correct answers)
• Available Languages: Spanish / English
• Attempts: Maximum 2 attempts (minimum 7 days between attempts)
• Validity: 3 years · 10 CPD credits per year

Main Subjects

• Fundamentals of agentic AI (15%): Levels of autonomy; Use cases; Industry terminology.
• Agent architecture and frameworks (20%): The LLM as a reasoning engine; LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI and Semantic Kernel; MCP protocol.
• Planning, reasoning and tool use (20%): ReAct and Chain-of-Thought; Tool use; RAG; Failure modes.
• Memory, orchestration and multi-agent systems (15%): Agent memory; Multi-agent patterns; Coordination challenges.
• Security, governance and risk management (20%): Agent risks; Guardrails; Human oversight; ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act.
• Evaluation, monitoring and responsible deployment (10%): Agent metrics; Sandboxing and staged rollout; Production monitoring.

Who is this certification for?

• Software developers: Who implement AI agents.
• AI governance and compliance professionals: Who oversee agentic systems.
• Product managers and solution architects: Who design products with agents.

Prerequisites

No mandatory prerequisites: no prior experience, training or certification is required. Registration is direct with CertJoin or through an authorized partner. Recommended (not mandatory): familiarity with AI and LLM concepts. Next level: Agentic AI Certified Expert (AICE).