Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F): Exam Domains, Weights and Topics

The Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F) exam evaluates an individual's ability to build, integrate, and deploy production-grade applications, agents, and workflows using Anthropic's Claude platform at a foundational level. This certification is intended for technical professionals such as AI engineers, technical leads, and senior software engineers who possess one to five years of software engineering experience, six months of hands-on Claude experience, proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, and fluency in REST APIs and CLI tools.

The exam consists of 53 multiple-choice and multiple-response questions to be completed in 120 minutes, delivered proctored online or at a testing center. A scaled score of 720 out of 1,000 is required to pass. The exam content is divided into eight domains, each assigned a weight indicating its relative importance in demonstrating competent performance. These domains are:

1. Applications and Integration (33.1%)

2. Model Selection and Optimization (16.8%)

3. Agents and Workflows (14.7%)

4. Prompt and Context Engineering (11.0%)

5. Tools and MCPs (10.6%)

6. Security and Safety (8.1%)

7. Claude Code (3.1%)

8. Eval, Testing, and Debugging (2.6%)

Within each domain, specific topics are listed, each with its own weight. For example, the Applications and Integration domain covers Claude Application Design (8.6%), Software Engineering Foundations (7.4%), Claude API Mechanics (6.8%), Configuration Management (4.1%), and Understanding Requirements (3.4%). The Model Selection and Optimization domain includes topics such as Technical Fundamentals (6.1%), LLM Fundamentals (5.2%), Cost and Token Management (2.8%), Model Selection and Tradeoffs (2.7%), and Agent Construction with Claude (5.3%).