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GitHub Foundations Certification

Licensing authority: GitHub

Initial by examination
GitHub Foundations Exam (GH-900)
Result
Successful completion of the certificate exam yields a badge and certificate.

GitHub Foundations Exam (GH-900)

Time limit
100 minutes
Passing score
700 or greater
Examination outline

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • Understand Git and GitHub basics — Official range: 25–30% (Practice allocation: 29.73%)
    • Version control fundamentals
    • Working with GitHub
  • Work with GitHub repositories — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.51%)
    • Repository management
  • Collaborate using GitHub — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.51%)
    • Collaboration tools
  • Apply modern development practices — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.51%)
    • Automation and AI tools
  • Manage projects with GitHub — Official range: 5–10% (Practice allocation: 8.11%)
    • Project Tracking and organization
  • Understand privacy, security, and administration — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.51%)
    • Security and access management
  • Explore the GitHub community — Official range: 5–10% (Practice allocation: 8.11%)
    • Open-source engagement
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