Claude Certified Associate – Foundations

Exam code CCAO-F. Everything below comes from the official exam guide v1.0, effective July 2026.

Exam format

Questions
60
Time limit
120 minutes
Scoring
100–1000, scaled
Pass mark
720
Exam fee
$99
Valid for
12 months
Attempts
4 per rolling year
Retake waits
14, 30, 90 days

Scoring is criterion-referenced and scaled. Anthropic publishes no raw-percentage conversion, so no percentage pass mark exists.

Domain weighting

7 domains. The proportions below are what the exam actually tests, so practice should mirror them.

Who it's for

Professionals who use Claude as a productivity tool, rather than building with it.

  • Operations
  • Marketing
  • Project management
  • Education
  • Communications

Not for: Software developers building against APIs or designing agentic systems, and specialists in machine learning or advanced AI system design. That scope belongs to the Developer and Architect credentials.

Practise the real thing

A full question bank for CCAO-F, weighted to the blueprint above, so the proportion you practise matches the proportion the exam tests. Timed 60-question simulation with scaled scoring, plus a written explanation on every option, right and wrong.

One-time payment. Sitting CCAO-F itself costs $99, and a failed attempt means waiting 14 days before you can retake it.

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