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Claude Certified Associate – Foundations

Anthropic's individual Associate Foundations certification validates practical use of Claude for business and productivity tasks; it is awarded through exam performance and lasts 12 months from award.

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Claude Certified Associate – Foundations
Exam Day Identification
Valid, unexpired government-issued photo ID with name matching registration.
Prerequisites
No mandatory course, prior software-development experience, or API experience; recommended experience is not mandatory.
Registration Eligibility
Candidate belongs to a Claude Partner Network organization and registers with a partner email address on a recognized company domain; candidate is at least 18 years old.

Claude Certified Associate – Foundations

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
Multiple-choice and multiple-response, proctored online or at a test center
Exam questions
Total questions: 60.
Time limit
120 minutes
Passing score
720 on a scaled 100–1,000 range
Exam fee
$99 USD
Examination outline
  • 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
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