Claude Certified Developer (CCDV-F) Practice Tests
Find your weakest domain in 25 questions. Then train on 10 full-length, 120-minute exams built line by line from Anthropic's official exam guide.
- Questions
- 53
- Time
- 120 min
- Pass mark
- 720/ 1,000
- Exam fee
- $125
By PrepClubs Editorial Team, updated September 25, 2026. Exam facts from Anthropic's official exam guide, v1.0.
A team adds this PreToolUse command hook, matched on Bash, to stop database drops:
1#!/bin/bash2cmd=$(jq -r '.tool_input.command')3if [[ "$cmd" == *"DROP DATABASE"* ]]; then4 echo "Blocked: DROP DATABASE is not allowed" >&25 exit 16fi7exit 0In testing, the drop command still runs. Why?
- Agents and Workflows8
- Applications and Integration17
- Claude Code2
- Eval, Testing, and Debugging1
- Model Selection and Optimization9
- Prompt and Context Engineering6
- Security and Safety4
- Tools and MCPs6
CCDV-F at a glance
Exam facts here come from Anthropic's own exam guide, version 1.0, effective July 2026, and its Partner Academy certification FAQ. The exam is for engineers who bridge Claude's capabilities and production applications: the API and SDKs, agents, Claude Code, prompts and context, evals, security, model choice, tools and MCP.
- Credential
- Claude Certified Developer - Foundations
- Exam code
- CCDV-F
- Questions
- 53 items
- Question types
- Multiple choice and multiple response. Each multiple-response item tells you how many options to select.
- Time limit
- 120 minutes, about 2 minutes 15 seconds per item
- Passing score
- Scaled 720 on a 100 to 1,000 scale
- Delivery
- Proctored by Pearson VUE, online or at a test center
- Exam fee
- $125 USD per attempt. The checkout fee reflects any partner-tier discount.
- Validity
- 12 months. On-time renewal is a free, non-proctored assessment on the Anthropic Partner Academy.
- Score report
- Pass or fail, the scaled score, and percent correct by domain
- Prerequisites
- None required. Anthropic recommends 1 to 5 years of software engineering and 6+ months hands-on with Claude or a comparable LLM system.
- Eligibility
- Currently open only to organizations in the Claude Partner Network (free to join). You register with a company email address and must be 18 or older.
- Register
- Pay on the Anthropic Partner Academy, then schedule with Pearson VUE
Eight domains, turned into the questions you will actually face
Anthropic publishes a weight for each domain. On a 53-item exam that means roughly 17 or 18 questions on Applications and Integration and a single question on Eval, Testing, and Debugging. Every PrepClubs exam is built to these counts, give or take one.
53 squares, one per question. Tap a domain to light up its share.
Three CCDV-F style practice questions
One single-answer scenario, one multiple-response item and one code-reading item, the three shapes the exam uses. Answer, then check: each explanation names the Anthropic docs page it relies on.
A retail support agent can call issue_refund. Company policy says refunds above $200 need a supervisor's approval. The system prompt tells Claude to request approval first, but logs show Claude occasionally calls the tool directly after persuasive customer messages. What is the most reliable fix?
A B2B platform serves 40 tenants from one Claude organization. It must charge each tenant for its own token usage and report spend per product feature. Which two approaches support this?
This classification code worked on an older model:
1response = client.messages.create(2 model=NEW_MODEL,3 max_tokens=512,4 messages=[5 {"role": "user", "content": f"Classify this ticket: {ticket}"},6 {"role": "assistant", "content": "{\"category\": \""},7 ],8)After switching NEW_MODEL to a Claude 4.6 generation or later model, every request fails with a 400 error. What is the recommended fix?
What you get
53 questions and a 120-minute timer each, the real exam's length and pace.
530 across the paid exams plus the 25-question free diagnostic. No dumps, no recycled items.
Every exam lands within one question of the official weight for each domain.
Percent correct by domain, the same breakdown Anthropic's score report gives you.
- Multiple-response items that state how many to select, as the real exam does
- Code-reading items: Messages API payloads, tool definitions, settings.json, hooks, MCP config
- An explanation for every answer that says why each wrong option is wrong
- Every explanation ends with the Anthropic docs page it rests on
- One-time payment, 30-day access, Money-back Guarantee*
10 exams, 530 questions, 30 days of access. No subscription, no auto-renew. Backed by our Money-back Guarantee*.
Built to fix what practice banks usually get wrong
Before writing a single question we measured the practice banks candidates already use against Anthropic's blueprint. These are the problems we designed out.
Distractors you have to think about
Every wrong option is a real Claude feature applied to the wrong problem, a true statement that does not answer this scenario, or an approach that would be right if one detail changed. No throwaway options you can dismiss without knowing the material.
No answer-shape tells
Options are written to a similar length and form, and answer positions are balanced across every exam, so the longest or most detailed option is not a shortcut to the key.
Multi-select, like the real thing
About one item in five asks you to select two or three, and says so, exactly as the exam does. Many banks skip this format entirely.
Weighted to the blueprint
Applications and Integration gets a third of every exam; Eval, Testing, and Debugging gets its 2.6 percent. Your practice time goes where the points are.
Checked against current docs
Claude changes fast. Every key was verified against Anthropic's documentation in September 2026, then re-answered blind by a second reviewer before it shipped.
Code you have to read
About a quarter of items put a request body, tool schema, settings file or hook config in front of you and ask what it does or what breaks.
How CCDV-F scoring works
The exam is criterion referenced: you are measured against a fixed standard, not against other candidates. Anthropic set the cut score of 720 on a 100 to 1,000 scale through a formal standard-setting study, so a scaled 720 is not the same thing as 72 percent correct, and Anthropic does not publish a raw-score conversion.
Your score report shows pass or fail, the scaled score, and your percent correct in each of the eight domains. Those domain percentages are there to guide your study; the pass decision rests only on the total scaled score. That is also why the weighting matters: Applications and Integration alone is a third of the exam.
Multiple-response items tell you how many options to pick. Anthropic does not say whether they give partial credit, so our practice exams score them all or nothing, the stricter assumption. If you clear our exams comfortably under that rule, partial credit can only help you.
Every exam ends with a domain breakdown
- +Agents and Workflows82%
- -Applications and Integration64%
- +Claude Code100%
- -Eval, Testing, and Debugging0%
- +Model Selection and Optimization78%
- +Prompt and Context Engineering83%
- -Security and Safety50%
- -Tools and MCPs67%
Percent correct per domain, like Anthropic's own score report, plus the explanation and docs reference for each miss.
CCDV-F vs the other Claude certifications
Anthropic runs four role-based credentials. Figures are from each exam's official guide and the Partner Academy certification FAQ.
| Associate | Developer | Architect | Architect Professional | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam code | CCAO-F | CCDV-F | CCAR-F | CCAR-P |
| Built for | Client-facing and delivery staff using Claude day to day | Engineers shipping apps and agents on the API, Claude Code and MCP | Solution architects designing production Claude systems | Experienced architects leading enterprise deployments |
| Questions | 60 | 53 | 60 | 63 |
| Time | 120 min | 120 min | 120 min | 120 min |
| Pass mark | 720 / 1,000 | 720 / 1,000 | 720 / 1,000 | 720 / 1,000 |
| Fee | $99 | $125 | $125 | $175 |
All four are proctored by Pearson VUE and valid for 12 months. Pick Developer if you write the code; Architect if you design the system and own the tradeoffs across teams.
How to prepare for the Claude Certified Developer exam
4-week plan
About 6 hours a week, for engineers who use Claude but have not built across every domain.
- Week 1
Take the free diagnostic. Then work the Claude API docs end to end: Messages, streaming, tool use, vision, extended thinking, prompt caching and the Message Batches API. Build a small app that calls a tool and streams its answer.
- Week 2
Model selection, tokens and cost, then prompt and context engineering. Sit exams 1 to 3 under the timer and log every miss by domain.
- Week 3
Agents and workflows, tools and MCP, security. Build one MCP server and one agent with a PreToolUse hook that blocks a destructive command. Sit exams 4 to 6.
- Week 4
Claude Code (CLAUDE.md hierarchy, settings.json, Skills, headless mode) and debugging. Sit exams 7 to 10, re-read the explanations for every miss, and book your slot once two exams in a row clear 80 percent.
2-week sprint
About 12 hours a week, for engineers who already ship Claude in production.
- Days 1 to 3
Free diagnostic, then attack your two weakest domains in the docs. If Applications and Integration is one of them, start there: it is a third of the exam.
- Days 4 to 8
One timed exam a day (exams 1 to 5). Review every miss the same evening and note the doc section it points to.
- Days 9 to 12
Exams 6 to 9, then a focused pass on multiple-response items, where one wrong pick costs the whole item.
- Days 13 to 14
Exam 10 as a dress rehearsal at your real exam time of day. Check ID, room and system requirements for online proctoring.
Pearson VUE exam-day checklist
The rules below are from sections 10 to 13 of Anthropic's exam guide. Read them before you book: a wrong ID or a phone on the desk costs you the $125 fee.
What ID do I need?
A valid, unexpired, government-issued photo ID. The name must match your registration exactly; to correct it, contact [email protected] before you schedule.
What can be on my desk?
Nothing. No notes, books, phones, smart watches, headphones, second monitors or recording devices. If testing online you must stay in view of the webcam for the whole session. Any permitted scratch paper is specified by Pearson VUE.
Can I reschedule?
Yes, up to 24 hours before your appointment. Changes inside 24 hours forfeit the fee, and a no-show or late arrival past the permitted window also forfeits it.
What if I do not pass?
You can retake after a waiting period: 14 days after the first attempt, 30 after the second, 90 after the third. You can sit the exam up to four times in a rolling 12 months, and each attempt costs the full fee.
What do I agree to before starting?
A confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement: all exam content is Anthropic's confidential property. Disclosing it can void your result, revoke the credential and ban you from future exams. This is also why no honest prep provider sells real exam questions.
Can I get accommodations?
Yes, for documented needs. Request them through Pearson VUE and wait for approval before you schedule.
Claude Certified Developer FAQs
Can I take the Claude Certified Developer exam as an individual?
Not on your own at the moment. Anthropic's certification FAQ says certification is currently available only to organizations in the Claude Partner Network, and registration needs a company email address. Joining the Partner Network is free, so the usual route is through your employer.
What is the Claude Certified Developer certification?
Claude Certified Developer - Foundations (exam code CCDV-F) is Anthropic's proctored credential for engineers who build, integrate and ship applications, agents and workflows on the Claude platform. It covers the Claude API and SDKs, agents and the Agent SDK, Claude Code, prompt and context engineering, evals, security, model selection, tools and MCP servers.
How many questions are on the CCDV-F exam, and how long is it?
53 questions in 120 minutes, a mix of multiple choice and multiple response. Each multiple-response item states how many options to select.
What is the passing score for CCDV-F?
A scaled score of 720 on a 100 to 1,000 scale. The scale is set by a standard-setting study, so 720 is not the same as 72 percent correct.
How much does the Claude Certified Developer exam cost?
The exam fee is $125 USD per attempt, paid through the Anthropic Partner Academy. The fee shown at checkout reflects any discount your partner tier qualifies for.
Is the Claude certification free?
The list fee is $125 per attempt, but partner tier changes it: Anthropic's FAQ lists 50 percent off for Select, Preferred and Global Premier partners, and 100 percent off for Global Premier partners until December 31, 2026. Renewing on time is free, through a non-proctored assessment. Our 25-question diagnostic is free.
How difficult is the Claude Certified Developer Foundations exam?
It is aimed at engineers with 1 to 5 years of experience and at least 6 months of hands-on Claude work, and it tests applied judgment: which approach fits a scenario and why. Candidates without production experience of tool use, MCP, caching and Claude Code usually find the scenario questions harder than the docs make them look.
How long should I study for CCDV-F?
Most working Claude developers need 2 to 4 weeks. Take the free diagnostic first: if you score well across domains, the 2-week sprint above is enough; if two or more domains are weak, use the 4-week plan.
How long is the certification valid?
12 months from the date it is awarded. On-time renewal is a free, non-proctored assessment; if it lapses you retake the full exam at the full fee.
Are there prerequisites?
No. Anthropic recommends experience (1 to 5 years of software engineering, 6+ months with Claude or a comparable LLM system, Python or TypeScript, REST and CLI fluency) but the credential is awarded on exam performance alone.
Are these real CCDV-F exam questions?
No. Every candidate signs a non-disclosure agreement and real items are Anthropic's confidential property. Our questions are original, written from Anthropic's published blueprint and documentation, and we never use dumps or recalled items.
What do I get if I buy the full bank?
Ten full-length timed exams of 53 questions (530 questions), each weighted to the official blueprint, with an explanation and a docs reference for every answer and a domain scorecard after every exam. It is $69 one time, not a subscription, with 30 days of access and our Money-back Guarantee*.
Is PrepClubs affiliated with Anthropic?
No. PrepClubs is an independent practice-test provider. Claude and Anthropic are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC, used here only to describe the exam.
* See the Money-back Guarantee terms. PrepClubs is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. Claude and Anthropic are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC.
Find your weakest domain before the exam does
25 questions across all eight domains, timed at the real exam's pace, scored by domain.