Scenario Integrity Audit
This page verifies that the platform's scenario bank meets the uniqueness and integrity requirements of the DBIST Core Regulatory Skills Framework. All 20 skills have unique scenario contexts, assessment activities, reflective activities and evidence requirements at each development level.
Some integrity checks require attention
Review the checks below to resolve any integrity issues.
20
Core skills
5
Development levels
100
Total activities
100
Total assessments
100
Total reflections
100
Evidence items
20
Unique scenarios
400
Total items
Integrity Check Results
Unique scenario contextsPASS
One unique scenario context per skill (20 skills × 1 context = 20)
20 / 20
Unique assessment activitiesPASS
No duplicate assessment activities detected.
100 / 100
Unique reflective activitiesFAIL
1 potential duplicate(s) found.
99 / 100
Unique evidence requirementsPASS
No duplicate evidence requirements detected.
100 / 100
Unique task activitiesPASS
No duplicate task activities detected.
100 / 100
Expert levels differentiatedPASS
Expert – Advanced Practitioner and Expert – Leader are separately defined for all 20 skills.
20 / 20
Level progression demonstratedPASS
All 20 skills show distinct tasks, decisions and outputs across all 5 development levels.
20 / 20
Scenario Bank Inventory
All 20 skills with scenario context and activity count by level.
| Skill | Theme | Scenario focus | Awareness | Working | Practitioner | Expert | Expert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regulatory principles | Regulation theory | A fast-growing sector has lobbied heavily for lighter-touch regulation. The rele… | |||||
| Regulatory professionalism and ethics | Regulation theory | A senior inspector has been offered a position by a company they currently regul… | |||||
| Costs and benefits of regulation, including growth, resilience and societal benefit | Regulation theory | A proposed new safety regulation would require all manufacturers in a sector to … | |||||
| Regulatory models and approaches | Regulation theory | Your organisation currently operates a prescriptive, rules-based model for a reg… | |||||
| Understanding legislative processes | Regulatory system design and casework | A new statutory instrument is being introduced that significantly expands your o… | |||||
| Casework systems | Regulatory system design and casework | An internal audit has found that two casework teams in your organisation have be… | |||||
| Designing regulatory frameworks | Regulatory system design and casework | A new economic sector has emerged from the convergence of two previously separat… | |||||
| Regulating emerging technologies | Data, evidence and technology | A company is deploying a fully autonomous inspection drone system to carry out s… | |||||
| Using data, evidence and intelligence | Data, evidence and technology | Your organisation is preparing a decision on whether to require the recall of a … | |||||
| Using artificial intelligence | Data, evidence and technology | Your organisation is piloting an AI-assisted case triage system that analyses re… | |||||
| Setting and promoting standards | Regulatory tools and interventions | A series of serious incidents in a regulated sector has revealed that existing v… | |||||
| Authorising | Regulatory tools and interventions | An applicant has applied for authorisation to operate a new type of facility tha… | |||||
| Monitoring and assessing compliance | Regulatory tools and interventions | Your organisation's compliance monitoring programme has been resource-constraine… | |||||
| Enforcement | Regulatory tools and interventions | An operator has repeatedly failed to comply with requirements despite two formal… | |||||
| Evaluation | Regulatory tools and interventions | Your organisation introduced a new compliance improvement scheme three years ago… | |||||
| Communication | Regulatory communication, collaboration and engagement | Your organisation has issued a safety warning about a product following reports … | |||||
| Working with regulated entities | Regulatory communication, collaboration and engagement | A major regulated entity has formally challenged your organisation's inspection … | |||||
| Working with regulators | Regulatory communication, collaboration and engagement | A novel product sits at the boundary between two different regulatory regimes. B… | |||||
| Working with government | Regulatory communication, collaboration and engagement | A minister has written to the organisation requesting a significant change to it… | |||||
| Public engagement | Regulatory communication, collaboration and engagement | Your organisation is launching a public consultation on proposed changes to a sa… |
Quality Assurance Statement
- All 20 DBIST core skills have unique scenario contexts derived from realistic regulatory situations.
- Each development level (Awareness, Working, Practitioner, Expert – Advanced Practitioner, Expert – Leader) has a distinct task, decision requirement and output for every skill.
- Assessment activities are specific to the skill and level, not generic questions about experience or role.
- Reflective activities demonstrate progression: from awareness through to strategic leadership.
- Evidence requirements are differentiated: from process application at Working level to strategic direction-setting at Expert – Leader level.
- Expert – Advanced Practitioner and Expert – Leader are clearly differentiated in task, decision scope and expected output for all 20 skills.
- The platform is aligned directly to the DBIST Core Regulatory Skills Framework published on GOV.UK.