Claude Certified Associate – Foundations
Professionals who use Claude as a productivity tool and build Claude Projects day to day, across functions such as operations, marketing, project management, education, communications and general knowledge work — both internal staff who maintain AI-enabled workflows and external consultants who support implementation. They generally have limited to moderate technical expertise, sitting between casual AI prompt users and technical AI practitioners; the credential is not intended for developers who build against APIs or design agentic systems.
No study material for this exam yet
Everything below is the official blueprint, so you can see exactly what is tested and in what proportion. We would rather publish nothing than publish practice questions we cannot source — the existing bank for Architect – Foundations cites a documentation line for every single answer, and this exam will get the same treatment or none.
In the meantime, the official guide contains 3 sample questions with answer keys and rationale — Anthropic's own, which we link rather than reproduce. Read the official guide →
Exam details
- Exam code
- CCAO-F
- Number of items
- 60
- Time limit
- 120 minutes
- Passing score
- 720 on a scale of 100–1,000
- Exam fee
- $99 USD
- Validity
- 12 months
- Item format
- Multiple-choice and multiple-response items; each item states how many responses to select
- Delivery
- Proctored: online proctored and/or test center, per program policy
- Result reporting
- Pass/fail with scaled score (100–1,000), plus percent-correct by domain on the score report
Fee is a list price; partner-tier discounts apply automatically at checkout. Registration requires a company email on a domain in the Claude Partner Network.
Blueprint — 7 domains
Weights are the approximate proportion of scored items drawn from each domain.
Prompting and Task Execution
14%- Create effective prompts for business and technical tasks
- Apply task decomposition techniques to structure complex requests
- Iterate prompts to improve output quality
- Adapt prompting strategies based on task type (analysis, research, drafting, brainstorming)
Output Evaluation and Validation
21%- Evaluate Claude-generated outputs for accuracy and completeness
- Identify hallucinations, inconsistencies, and biases in responses
- Apply fact-checking and validation techniques
- Determine when human review or additional verification is required
- Edit, adapt, refine, and compare outputs for the intended audience
- Organize and curate information and select appropriate output formats (artifacts, inline, structured data)
Product and Model Selection
12%- Select appropriate Claude product features (Projects, research mode, chat, artifacts)
- Differentiate between Claude model types (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus)
- Align model selection with task requirements (cost, speed, quality)
- Understand and manage context limitations and memory considerations (when to restart, summarize, or persist)
Workflow Integration and Solution Design
16%- Apply Claude to analyze requirements and use cases
- Leverage Claude for research, planning, and process optimization
- Use Claude to support solution design, development, and iteration
- Integrate Claude into existing workflows to augment or redesign them
- Communicate Claude's value and limitations to stakeholders
Configuration and Knowledge Management
12%- Configure Claude Projects with instructions and knowledge sources
- Manage uploaded knowledge and connectors (e.g., Google Drive, Gmail)
- Create effective system-level instructions
- Inform, maintain, and update Claude configurations, knowledge sources, and instructions
Governance, Risk, and Responsible Use
15%- Identify appropriate and inappropriate use cases
- Apply data sensitivity, regulatory, and privacy considerations
- Follow organizational AI policies and governance standards
- Understand the ethical implications of AI usage
Troubleshooting and Optimization
10%- Identify, diagnose, and resolve issues with underperforming prompts or poor outputs
- Adjust approach based on feedback and results
- Optimize workflows for efficiency and effectiveness
Official sample questions
The exam guide publishes 3 sample questions with answer keys and rationale. The guide states these are illustrative and not drawn from the live item bank. They are Anthropic's questions, so we link them rather than republish them: open the guide →
Source
Every figure above is from the official Claude Certified Associate – Foundations exam guide, v1.0, effective July 2026. Anthropic notes the guide is subject to change without notice; we check it for changes and republish when it moves.
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