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Claude Certified Associate Practice Test 2026 (CCAO-F): 50 Questions With Answers

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Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (CCAO-F) practice test: 50 original questions with answers and explanations, grouped by Anthropic's 7 official domains and weighted like the blueprint: Prompting and Task Execution (7 questions: context, task decomposition, few-shot examples, XML tags, roles, iteration), Output Evaluation and Validation (11: hallucinations, verifying with quotes, best-of-N checks, bias, human review, completeness, audience, tables vs artifacts vs inline), Product and Model Selection (6: Research, Projects, Haiku vs Sonnet vs Opus, context rot, new chats), Workflow Integration and Solution Design (8: process mapping, use cases, human checkpoints, stakeholders, baselines, escalation, pilots, connectors), Configuration and Knowledge Management (6: Project instructions, knowledge files, Google Workspace connectors, Skills), Governance, Risk and Responsible Use (7: confidential data, high-risk decisions, chatbot disclosure, fake reviews, attribution, data minimization, health claims) and Troubleshooting and Optimization (5). As of October 2026, per Anthropic's official exam guide and certification FAQ: 60 multiple-choice and multiple-response items in 120 minutes (plan about 135 minutes of seat time), closed book, proctored by Pearson VUE online or at a test center, in English or Japanese; passing score is a scaled 720 on a 100 to 1,000 scale (no published pass rate or raw-score cutoff); fee $99 USD per attempt with partner-tier discounts; open to Claude Partner Network staff; domain weights 14/21/12/16/12/15/10%; retake waits 14, 30 then 90 days, up to 4 attempts per rolling 12 months; valid 12 months with free on-time renewal; updated exam content from December 7, 2026. Every question here has one answer; the real exam also has multiple-response items. Our 40-of-50 target is a planning estimate, not an official score. Questions are original, not real exam questions. Not affiliated with Anthropic or Pearson VUE.

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Chapters
0:00 Claude Certified Associate practice test
2:36 Section 1: Prompting and Task Execution: Questions 1 to 7
8:17 Section 2: Output Evaluation and Validation: Questions 8 to 18
16:38 Section 3: Product and Model Selection: Questions 19 to 24
21:07 Section 4: Workflow Integration and Solution Design: Questions 25 to 32
27:19 Section 5: Configuration and Knowledge Management: Questions 33 to 38
31:56 Section 6: Governance, Risk, and Responsible Use: Questions 39 to 45
37:40 Section 7: Troubleshooting and Optimization: Questions 46 to 50
41:20 Score yourself

Exam facts are from the official Anthropic pages as of 2026-10-23. Fees and rules can change, so confirm on the official site before you enroll. Open Exam Hub is an independent study resource, not affiliated with Anthropic. Practice questions are not from a real exam. Narration is an AI-generated voice.

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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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