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2026 Statistics

Key Facts: CBCI Exam

90

Official Exam Questions

BCI CBCI page

63/90

Passing Score

BCI CBCI page

77/90

Merit Threshold

BCI CBCI page

90 min

Time Limit

BCI CBCI page

6

Equally Marked Units

BCI qualification specification

£1,280-£1,970

Current Official Routes

BCI shop pages reviewed March 12, 2026

As of March 12, 2026, the official CBCI exam remains a 90-question, 90-minute online multiple-choice assessment aligned to GPG 7.0. BCI states that 63 correct answers are required to pass and 77 correct answers earn a Merit, with all six units equally marked. Current official purchase routes reviewed for this update are the £1,280 self-study bundle and the £1,970 online-course bundle.

About the CBCI Exam

CBCI is BCI's Level 4 qualification in business continuity management. The exam is aligned to Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) 7.0 and tests candidates across six equally weighted professional practices: establishing the BCMS, embracing business continuity, analysis, solution design, enabling solutions, and validation.

Assessment

Single online exam with 90 multiple-choice questions; all six professional-practice units are equally marked.

Time Limit

90 minutes

Passing Score

63/90 correct answers (70%)

Exam Fee

£1,280 self-study bundle or £1,970 online course bundle (The Business Continuity Institute (BCI))

CBCI Exam Content Outline

≈16.7%

Establishing the BCMS

BCMS scope, policy, governance, leadership commitment, programme ownership, and alignment to standards and regulatory drivers.

≈16.7%

Embracing Business Continuity

Stakeholder engagement, culture, awareness, communications, competence, and embedding business continuity into daily operations.

≈16.7%

Analysis

Context review, business impact analysis, recovery requirements, dependencies, and risk assessment.

≈16.7%

Solution Design

Continuity strategies for people, workplaces, technology, data, suppliers, and command-and-control arrangements.

≈16.7%

Enabling Solutions

Plan structure, invocation, incident response, crisis communications, implementation readiness, and documented procedures.

≈16.7%

Validation

Exercises, tests, reviews, audits, metrics, assurance, lessons learned, and continual improvement.

How to Pass the CBCI Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 63/90 correct answers (70%)
  • Assessment: Single online exam with 90 multiple-choice questions; all six professional-practice units are equally marked.
  • Time limit: 90 minutes
  • Exam fee: £1,280 self-study bundle or £1,970 online course bundle

Keys to Passing

  • Complete 500+ practice questions
  • Score 80%+ consistently before scheduling
  • Focus on highest-weighted sections
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

CBCI Study Tips from Top Performers

1Study the six professional practices as one end-to-end management system rather than six isolated chapters.
2Be fluent in BIA outputs such as prioritized activities, recovery time requirements, dependencies, and resource assumptions because those decisions drive later strategy and planning questions.
3When a scenario asks for the best action, choose the answer that is proportionate, evidence-based, and aligned to governance rather than the most dramatic response.
4Differentiate policy, strategy, plan, procedure, and exercise result. CBCI frequently tests whether you know which document or activity belongs at each level.
5Practice timed sets. Ninety questions in ninety minutes leaves little room for overthinking long scenario items.
6Use missed questions to trace the lifecycle: establish, embed, analyze, design, enable, validate, then improve.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many questions are on the CBCI exam and how long do you get?

BCI states that the CBCI exam has 90 multiple-choice questions and a 90-minute time limit. The exam is delivered online and all six units are equally marked, so pacing matters just as much as content coverage.

What score do you need to pass CBCI?

BCI's current CBCI page states that you need 63 correct answers out of 90 to pass. The same page also states that 77 or more correct answers earns a Merit.

What are the official CBCI domains and weightings?

The qualification specification lists six professional-practice units: Establishing the BCMS, Embracing Business Continuity, Analysis, Solution Design, Enabling Solutions, and Validation. BCI states that all six units are equally marked, so each carries about one-sixth of the exam.

Are there formal prerequisites for the CBCI exam?

BCI's qualification specification says there are no formal entry requirements. In practice, most candidates study the Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) 7.0 carefully first, because the exam is built around that framework and expects applied business-continuity judgment.

How much does CBCI cost in 2026?

On the official BCI shop pages reviewed on March 12, 2026, the self-study bundle including the CBCI exam is listed at £1,280 and the online course plus exam bundle is listed at £1,970. BCI's current purchase flow packages the exam with training rather than showing a separate public standalone exam fee on the pages reviewed.

Did the CBCI exam change in 2026?

I did not find an official BCI announcement showing a 2026 CBCI blueprint or pass-mark change. The main current changes relevant to candidates are external resilience and regulatory developments that can influence examples and terminology, such as the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act already being in force from January 17, 2025, the NIS2 Directive transposition deadline of October 17, 2024, and the UK financial-services operational-resilience deadline that passed on March 31, 2025.