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Claude Certified Associate – Foundations

An end-user credential for consultants and project staff who use Claude in everyday work.

What it signals

Practical assessment: Scenario-based multiple choice (2 of 4) Practical assessment
Scenario-based multiple choice. Proctored multiple choice
Identity assurance: Proctored with identity verification (4 of 4) Identity assurance
Proctored with identity verification. Proctored via Pearson VUE (Pearson Professional Assessments): OnVUE online proctoring confirmed on Pearson page; test-centre delivery reported by third parties. Identity validated before exam. Closed book.
Depth: Foundational (1 of 4) Depth
Foundational. Foundational level.
Experience expected: None (0 of 4) Experience expected
None. None required
Portability: Mostly vendor-specific (1 of 4) Portability
Mostly vendor-specific. Claude product knowledge
Verifiability: Public badge or registry (4 of 4) Verifiability
Public badge or registry. Credly public badge

For hiring managers

  • An end-user credential, not a developer credential - do not read it as evidence of engineering ability.

Verifying it

Digital badge issued through Credly by Pearson (publicly checkable badge URL).

What it covers

Published exam outline

  • Prompting and Task Execution 14%
  • Output Evaluation and Validation 21%
  • Product and Model Selection 12%
  • Workflow Integration and Solution Design 16%
  • Configuration and Knowledge Management 12%
  • Governance, Risk and Responsible Use 15%
  • Troubleshooting and Optimisation 10%

By topic

GenAI apps: Substantial (20 to 35%) (3 of 4) GenAI apps
Substantial (20 to 35%). Prompting, output evaluation and model selection at user level, not application building
Agents: Not covered (0 of 4) Agents
Not covered. Not covered
Classical ML: Not covered (0 of 4) Classical ML
Not covered. Not covered
Operations: Not covered (0 of 4) Operations
Not covered. Not covered
Data: Not covered (0 of 4) Data
Not covered. Not covered
Responsible AI: Some (10 to 20%) (2 of 4) Responsible AI
Some (10 to 20%). Governance, Risk and Responsible Use is 15%

Exam details

Who the provider says it is for. Consultants, project leads and business/technical staff doing everyday Claude work (Anthropic)

Format
Multiple-choice and multiple-response (third-party reports of official exam guide)
Delivery
Proctored via Pearson VUE (Pearson Professional Assessments): OnVUE online proctoring confirmed on Pearson page; test-centre delivery reported by third parties. Identity validated before exam. Closed book.
Code or hands-on work
No code.
Prerequisites
Registration is restricted to members of the Claude Partner Network (partner-organisation email); registration starts in Anthropic Partner Academy. Network membership is free for organisations.
Recommended experience
No programming experience required (third-party quoting exam guide)

Preparing

Not confirmed

These details were not available from an official source at the time of research.

  • Official exam guides sit behind Partner Academy login; domain weights, question counts, duration, pass score and 12-month validity are taken from third-party sites that state they quote the official guides
  • Renewal method
  • Test-centre availability (only OnVUE confirmed on Pearson page)
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