AWS Certified AI Business Strategist (AIB-C01) Practice Exam
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Exam domains
The AIB-C01 questions are grouped into 4 domains divided into 13 tasks.
AIB-C01 example questions
One example question per domain from the AIB-C01 question bank, with the correct answer and its explanation. Sign in to the simulator to answer them with all answer options.
A pharmaceutical company is reviewing an AI prototype that investigates discrepancies in clinical trial records. Given a discrepancy, the prototype uses one foundation model to choose among approved read-only tools for searching study records and checking laboratory results. It examines each tool's results and decides whether to investigate further or submit an evidence summary to a reviewer. The sequence of checks is not predefined. The prototype cannot modify records, and a person makes the final determination. Which assessment should the company's AI business strategist make?
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CORRECT ANSWERThe prototype is an AI agent with bounded autonomy because it selects and revises investigative actions while operating within read-only permissions and human decision authority.
The prototype pursues a goal through an action-and-observation cycle: it selects tools, evaluates their results, and decides whether to continue or stop. An agent can use a single model, have read-only permissions, and leave consequential decisions to a person.
A logistics company funded an AI pilot to reduce the time employees spend assigning shipments to carriers. Before the next funding review, the company adopts a transportation management system that automates these assignments. Representative testing confirms that the AI pilot provides no additional time savings, service improvements, or other measurable benefits over the new system. The pilot meets its technical, security, and sustainability requirements, but production integration would require significant additional funding. No alternative business use has been identified. The project sponsor argues that the company should proceed because most pilot development costs have already been incurred. What should the investment review board do?
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CORRECT ANSWERTerminate the initiative, document the decision against the updated business baseline, and release uncommitted funding.
The funding review should assess whether current evidence justifies the next commitment. The new system has removed the business opportunity, and further integration costs would produce no demonstrated incremental benefit. Past pilot spending is a sunk cost, not a reason to continue.
A retail chain is considering purchasing an AI system that assigns employees' weekly shifts. The vendor provides security certifications and test results showing similar average scheduled hours across demographic groups. Store managers expect to accept most schedules without changes. Employee representatives warn that unpredictable schedules could affect childcare arrangements, transportation, and eligibility for benefits. Before committing to the contract and implementation budget, what should the business sponsor require to determine whether adoption is acceptable?
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CORRECT ANSWEREvaluate the proposed scheduling process with employees and relevant specialists, compare AI and non-AI alternatives, and document potential harms, required controls, acceptance criteria, and accountable risk owners before approving the investment.
This applies an Algorithmic Impact Assessment during business planning. It examines consequences in the actual deployment context, considers whether AI is appropriate, and translates findings into requirements and investment conditions before contractual and architectural commitments are made.
A professional services firm wants to improve consultant productivity and can fund one AI development initiative this quarter. Its teams can configure managed AI applications but have limited experience evaluating model outputs and operating custom models. Leadership approves three investment criteria: strategic contribution (45%), current organizational readiness (35%), and implementation difficulty (20%). Reviewers score each proposal from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate stronger strategic contribution, greater readiness, and greater implementation difficulty, respectively. The transformation team multiplies each score by its criterion weight and adds the results. A complex custom-model initiative ranks first, narrowly ahead of a managed AI assistant. All proposals meet mandatory legal and security requirements. Before approving funding, leadership asks for a defensible recommendation that preserves its agreed priorities and establishes a development pathway appropriate to current capabilities. What should the transformation lead do?
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CORRECT ANSWERReplace implementation difficulty with a feasibility score in which higher means easier to deliver, recalculate using the approved weights, and use the readiness gaps to identify development steps for subsequent investments.
The current calculation rewards greater implementation difficulty. Reversing that criterion's direction makes higher scores consistently represent more desirable outcomes while preserving leadership's priorities. Recalculating provides a defensible comparison, and the readiness gaps inform capability-building steps for later investments.
Exam mode and practice mode
| Exam mode | Practice mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Questions count | 65 | 1 - 75 |
| Time limit | 130 minutes | Optional, 10 - 200 minutes |
| Exam scope | 4 domains with the official questions ratio | Selected domains with the official questions ratio |
| Correct answers | After exam submission | After exam submission or after each answer |
| Question types | Mix of single and multiple correct answers | Single, multiple or both |
| Question hints | Never | Optional |
| Question domain | Revealed after exam submission | Revealed after submission or during the exam |
| Scoring | 15 of 65 questions do not count towards the result | Official AWS method or mathematical mean |
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