PECB Certificate Holder in ISO/IEC 38500 Foundation — Requirements & Free Practice
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PECB Certificate Holder in ISO/IEC 38500 Foundation
A PECB Foundation certificate in governance of IT, awarded after the training, examination and certificate application requirements are met.
Licensing authority: PECB
Initial by examination
- Application
- After passing the exam, apply for the credential; issuance follows evaluation of all certificate requirements.
- Ethics
- Signing the PECB Code of Ethics is required.
- Experience
- No professional, MS audit/assessment or ITCGMS project experience is required.
- Requested Horizon
- 2026-11-25 through 2027-02-28 is an appointment-search horizon, not a guarantee of a seat on every date; available sessions are published bi-weekly.
- Scheduling
- After training, use myPECB to select English and an available online session, subject to published sessions, seat availability and completion of the training event. Partner-arranged paper delivery is the same exam, not a second examination dependency.
- Training
- Attendance in the Foundation training course is required for the Foundation Certificate Program; the course itself has no entry prerequisites.
- Validity
- No official start or retirement date for the current examination or certificate program is published in the reviewed applicable sources; date boundaries remain null.
PECB ISO/IEC 38500 Foundation
- Provider
- PECB
- Format
- English; multiple-choice; closed-book; online remotely invigilated; paper delivery is another delivery mode of the same examination.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 40.
- Time limit
- 1 hour
Examination outline
- Fundamental concepts and principles of governance of IT
- Model and framework for the governance of IT
Examination sources
- PECB ISO/IEC 38500 Foundation examination scope
Examination, opening scope declaration and Domains 1-2
- PECB ISO/IEC 38500 Foundation official brochure
p. 1, Examination, scope declaration and Domains 1-2
- List of PECB Exams
Page 11, ISO/IEC 38500 Foundation English mobile card, record 3726
- PECB Exam Rules and Policies
Online, 03 Receive your Exam Results, Multiple-choice exams
- PECB Exam Rules and Policies
Online, 01 Schedule the Exam, Foundation Certificate Program exception
- PECB online exam scheduling after training
Scheduling steps 2-4 and available sessions table
- PECB online exam scheduling after training
Troubleshooting, unavailable dates and fully booked sessions
- PECB online exam scheduling after training
Troubleshooting, training event not completed
- PECB Foundation training entry conditions
Prerequisites
- PECB online exam seat conditions
Troubleshooting, fully booked sessions