{
  "id": 10234533,
  "title": "Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F): Exam Domains, Weights and Topics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/claude-certified-developer-foundations-ccdv-f-exam-domains-weights",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-27T15:18:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/poorna_reddy/claude-certified-developer-foundations-ccdv-f-exam-domains-weights-and-topics-26n"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F) exam, offered by Anthropic, validates an individual's ability to build, integrate, and ship production-grade applications, agents, and workflows using Anthropic's Claude platform at a foundational level. The exam is intended for technical professionals with software engineering experience, experience with Claude or comparable LLM-based systems, proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, and fluency with REST APIs and CLI tools. The exam consists of 53 multiple choice and multiple response questions, with a passing score of 720 on a scale of 100 to 1,000. The exam is divided into eight domains, each with a specific weight indicating its relative importance. The domains and their estimated number of questions are Applications and Integration (33.1%, 17-18 questions), Model Selection and Optimization (16.8%, 9 questions), Agents and Workflows (14.7%, 8 questions), Prompt and Context Engineering (11.0%, 6 questions), Tools and MCPs (10.6%, 5-6 questions), Security and Safety (8.1%, 4 questions), Claude Code (3.1%, 1-2 questions), and Eval, Testing, and Debugging (2.6%, 1-2 questions). The exam fee is US$125 and the certification is valid for 12 months from the award date.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}