← All examsClaude Certified Associate — Foundations
The entry-level certification for everyday Claude users. Covers configuring Projects, prompting fundamentals, managing context and memory, using Claude's interfaces, and responsible-use principles.
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About the CCAO-F exam
The entry-level certification for everyday Claude users. Covers configuring Projects, prompting fundamentals, managing context and memory, using Claude's interfaces, and responsible-use principles.
Claude Certified Associate — Foundations is one of Anthropic’s four role-based Claude certifications. It is sat proctored through Pearson VUE and earns a Credly digital badge on passing. Registration goes through Anthropic Partner Academy.
- Exam code
- CCAO-F
- Level
- Foundation
- Format
- 60 questions · 120 min
- Passing score
- 720 / 1000 (72%)
- Exam fee
- $99 USD
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE (proctored)
- Validity
- ~12 months
- Practice questions
- 376 free
CCAO-F exam domains and weights
The official blueprint. Full mock exams on this page are sampled to these weights, so a practice paper carries the same mix of topics as the real one.
- Output Evaluation and Validation21% of the exam · 73 practice questions
- Workflow Integration and Solution Design16% of the exam · 50 practice questions
- Governance, Risk, and Responsible Use15% of the exam · 71 practice questions
- Prompting and Task Execution14% of the exam · 64 practice questions
- Product and Model Selection12% of the exam · 31 practice questions
- Configuration and Knowledge Management12% of the exam · 53 practice questions
- Troubleshooting and Optimization10% of the exam · 34 practice questions
What is in this CCAO-F practice bank
376 original practice questions across 7 exam domains, each with a written explanation of why the correct answer is right and why every distractor is wrong. Answer positions are randomised on each run, questions that give each other away are kept out of the same paper, and full sittings report on the 720 / 1000 scale with a per-domain breakdown. Free, no account, and your progress stays in your own browser.
These are community-written study items aligned to the published exam objectives — not real exam questions. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic.