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For developers building on Claude. Covers the Messages API, the Claude Agent SDK, tool use and MCP, prompt engineering for code, streaming, and evaluation and testing. A good place to start if you're new to building on the platform.
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About the CCDV-F exam
For developers building on Claude. Covers the Messages API, the Claude Agent SDK, tool use and MCP, prompt engineering for code, streaming, and evaluation and testing. A good place to start if you're new to building on the platform.
Claude Certified Developer — 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
- CCDV-F
- Level
- Foundation
- Format
- 53 questions · 120 min
- Passing score
- 720 / 1000 (72%)
- Exam fee
- $125 USD
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE (proctored)
- Validity
- ~12 months
- Practice questions
- 731 free
CCDV-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.
- Applications and Integration33.1% of the exam · 67 practice questions
- Model Selection and Optimization16.8% of the exam · 57 practice questions
- Agents and Workflows14.7% of the exam · 173 practice questions
- Prompt and Context Engineering11% of the exam · 107 practice questions
- Tools and MCPs10.6% of the exam · 40 practice questions
- Security and Safety8.1% of the exam · 63 practice questions
- Claude Code3.1% of the exam · 92 practice questions
- Eval, Testing, and Debugging2.6% of the exam · 132 practice questions
What is in this CCDV-F practice bank
731 original practice questions across 8 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.