Claude Certified Developer – Foundations
Exam code CCDV-F. Everything below comes from the official exam guide v1.0, effective July 2026.
Exam format
- Questions
- 53
- Time limit
- 120 minutes
- Scoring
- 100–1000, scaled
- Pass mark
- 720
- Exam fee
- $125
- 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
8 domains. The proportions below are what the exam actually tests, so practice should mirror them.
- Agents and Workflows14.7%
- Tools and MCPs10.6%
- Claude Code3.1%
This blueprint is two-tier: each domain is split further into named sub-skills with their own weights, and the bank is allocated against those as well as the domain totals above.
Who it's for
Technical professionals who build, integrate and ship production-grade AI solutions on Claude.
- AI and machine learning engineers
- Technical leads
- Senior software engineers
Not for: Non-technical or casual users of Claude-based applications, anyone without hands-on software development experience, and roles limited to prompt writing without broader application development responsibility.
Practise the real thing
A full question bank for CCDV-F, weighted to the blueprint above, so the proportion you practise matches the proportion the exam tests. Timed 53-question simulation with scaled scoring, plus a written explanation on every option, right and wrong.
One-time payment. Sitting CCDV-F itself costs $125, and a failed attempt means waiting 14 days before you can retake it.
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