CIPP/US Flashcards

692 free cards · No signup · Last reviewed: 2026-08-01 · By Victor Humenhuk (CIPP/US certified)

How to use these properly

Flashcards work when you retrieve rather than recognise. Before you flip a card, say the definition out loud or write it down. If you only think “yes, I know that one” and flip, you are testing familiarity, not memory - and familiarity is exactly what fails you under exam pressure.

• Say it before you flip. The effort is the learning.
• Be honest with the grading. “Still learning” costs you nothing and puts the card back in rotation; marking it known when it was a guess is how gaps survive to exam day.
• Drill one chapter at a time when you are learning, then shuffle everything when you are revising.
• Keyboard: space to flip, then 1 for still learning or 2 for knew it.

What is in the deck

Cards are grouped so you can drill the area you are actually working on:

• Chapter 1 - 54 cards
• Chapter 2 - 44 cards
• Chapter 3 - 111 cards
• Chapter 4 - 61 cards
• Chapter 5 - 58 cards
• Chapter 6 - 35 cards
• Chapter 7 - 34 cards
• Chapter 8 - 49 cards
• Chapter 9 - 36 cards
• Chapter 10 - 24 cards
• Chapter 11 - 48 cards
• Chapter 12 - 51 cards
• Chapter 13 - 53 cards
• Chapter 14 - 34 cards

Where flashcards stop being enough

Definitions are the floor, not the ceiling. The CIPP/US exam is scenario-based: it gives you a set of facts and asks which rule applies and what follows. Knowing that a legitimate interests assessment exists is not the same as spotting that one is required in a fact pattern.

So use the cards to get the vocabulary solid, then move to application: the free readiness check scores you by domain, the free practice questions are full scenarios, and the glossary explains each term in context with links to the study notes. When you want volume, the 722-question bank is a one-time unlock - see pricing.

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