CCAO-F: the Claude Certified Associate Foundations exam
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CCAO-F is the Claude Certified Associate Foundations exam from Anthropic. Do you need to code for it? The guide does not require coding; it describes the audience as having limited to moderate technical expertise. The Partner Academy page names consultants, sellers and delivery leads, and the guide adds ops, marketing, project and education roles. The exam covers seven areas of everyday Claude use, and it takes 60 questions in 120 minutes to earn it.
Exam at a glance
- Code
- CCAO-F
- Questions
- 60
- Minutes
- 120
- Pass score
- 720 of 1000
- Fee
- $99 USD before partner discounts
- Valid for
- 12 months
- Exam guide
- v1.0, effective July 2026
- Checked
- Oct 17, 2026
Eligibility: Open only to people at Claude Partner Network organisations. Official registration: register in the Anthropic Partner Academy .
Exam details are per the official exam guide PDF (linked from the Partner Academy certifications page) and the Pearson VUE Anthropic page . Check them again before you pay.
Do I need to code for this?
The guide does not require coding; it describes the audience as having limited to moderate technical expertise. The exam is written for knowledge workers who work with clients and teams. It asks how you write requests to Claude, check what comes back, pick the right tool, set it up for a team, use it safely and fix it when it falls short.
If you build Claude apps for a living, a different exam fits better. See CCAO-F versus CCDV-F.
What the exam covers
Seven domains, weighted by share of the exam. Output Evaluation and Validation is the largest at 21%. Troubleshooting and Optimization is the smallest at 10%.
Read the full breakdown on the exam guide.