M_o_R^® Risk Management Certifications

Purpose of the Foundation Certification

The purpose of the Foundation certification is to confirm that you have sufficient knowledge and understanding to contribute to the identification, assessment and control of risks across any organizational perspective. Your understanding will include the four elements of the M_o_R framework and how these support corporate governance.

The Foundation certification is also a pre-requisite for the Practitioner certification.

Target Audience

M_o_R Foundation is suitable for any organization or individual seeing the need for guidance on a controlled approach to identification, assessment and control risk at strategic, programme, project and operational perspectives. The Foundation certification is aimed at:

• Business Change Managers
• Programme and Project Managers
• Risk Managers
• Business and Programme and Project Support staff and managers
• Operational staff and managers
• Staff and managers from other disciplines, particularly those responsible for establishing standards and/or integrating them with MoP^® portfolio management, MSP^® programme management and PRINCE2^® project management.

Examination Format

• Multiple choice examination questions
• 75 questions per paper
• Five questions are ‘trial questions’ and not counted in scores
• 35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) - 50%
• 60 minutes’ duration
• Closed book.

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Purpose of the Practitioner Certification

The purpose of the Practitioner certification is to confirm whether you have sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor M_o_R in a scenario situation. You should, with suitable direction, be able to start applying an M_o_R approach to any organizational perspective but may not be sufficiently skilled to do this appropriately for all situations. Your individual risk management expertise, complexity of the organizational context and the support provided for the use of M_o_R in your work environment will all be factors that impact what you can achieve.

Target Audience

This certification is aimed at anyone working within a corporate governance environment that has responsibilities for identifying, assessing, planning, or managing risks, or reporting on risk management activities across the organization.

Prerequisites

• To take the M_o_R Practitioner, you must hold a current M_o_R Foundation certificate.

Booking an Exam where prerequisites apply

Please ensure that before you book an exam where a prerequisite is required, that you hold verified proof of completion of that prerequisite (i.e. certificate, or letter from AXELOS or former Examination Institute confirming you hold a current certification). Your examination results will be withheld until the correct prerequisite is provided to PeopleCert. If you are unable to provide the required prerequisite, then you will need to successfully complete the prerequisite before the higher-level exam result is released.

Examination Format

• Objective testing
• Four questions per paper, 20 marks available per question
• 40 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) - 50%
• Three hours’ duration
• Open book exam. Candidates may use the official printed hard copy of the Management of Risk: Guidance for Practitioners guide together with the ABC Guide Part A Example Techniques guidance document is allowed. The manual may be annotated and tabulated but no sticky notes and loose leaf papers containing additional notes will be allowed.
  Due to the impact of the coronavirus, from 13 April to 30 September 2020 individuals are now permitted to print PDFs for exams and use PDFs or official e-books on a second e-device (portable digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops) during open book exams.

Certification Expiry Date

The M_o_R Practitioner certification will expire after 5 years. In order to maintain your qualification and ensure there are no gaps in your Practitioner status, you should to retake the M_o_R Practitioner Exam before the expiry date.

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If you are an M_o_R Practitioner, you are required to sit an additional re-registration examination within three to five years of your original certification in order to retain the accreditation. Taking the re-registration examination also enables you to demonstrate their commitment to Continuing Professional Development and that your knowledge of M_o_R remains current.

If you have only passed the Foundation examination, you are not required to re-register.

Examination Format

• Objective-testing format
• 90 minutes duration
• Open book exam. Only the official printed hard copy of the Management of Risk: Guidance for Practitioners together with the AXELOS guidance document ABC Consulting Ltd. Sample Risk Documents and Worked Examples of some of the Common Techniques. No other material other than the Question Booklet, the Scenario Booklet and the Answer Booklet can be used.
  A printed PDF of the official manual or a digital PDF of the official manual on a personal device, is not allowed in an exam environment.
  The official manual may be annotated and tabulated but no sticky notes and loose leaf papers containing additional notes will be allowed.
• Contains 2 questions (each worth 20 marks)
• A total score of 20 out of 40 (50%) is required to pass.

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