CCAO-F
Claude Certified Associate – Foundations
Non-developers — executives, planners, educators (no coding required)
BF-VS 1.0 · VERIFICATION STANDARD
After learning comes verification.
byteforce verifies practical Claude skills against a published standard and issues records anyone can look up. This document defines what we verify, by which criteria, and through which procedure.
standardBF-VS 1.0
DOCUMENTBF-VS 1.0
TITLEbyteforce Verification Standard
EFFECTIVE2026.07.23
PART 1In-house verification — scope · method · procedure
PART 2Official certification — the path
PART 1 — byteforce VERIFICATION
Part 1 covers the scope, criteria, and procedure of verification built by byteforce.
§1 · SCOPE
What we verify
Verification checks what you can do, not just what you know. Skills split into four tracks by audience, and each track is scored across weighted domains.
| TRACK | Audience | Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Non-developer | Non-developers — executives, planners, educators (no coding required) | 7 |
| Developer | Developers — API & integration builders | 8 |
| Architect | Architects — agent, MCP & production architecture | 5 |
| Architect Advanced | Architects, advanced — the step after Foundations | 7 |
Representative scoring structure — Non-developer track
| D | DOMAIN | WEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | Prompting and Task Execution | 14% |
| D2 | Output Evaluation and Validation | 21% |
| D3 | Product and Model Selection | 12% |
| D4 | Workflow Integration and Solution Design | 16% |
| D5 | Configuration and Knowledge Management | 12% |
| D6 | Governance, Risk, and Responsible Use | 15% |
| D7 | Troubleshooting and Optimization | 10% |
Total 100%. The heaviest domain is D2 — evaluating and validating output.
byteforce did not define this domain structure; it follows the official exam blueprint of each track. Certification names and full specifications are in Part 2.
§2 · METHOD · CLEAN ROOM
How items are built and checked
Every item used in verification goes through a three-stage pipeline designed by engineers — authoring, item writing, and an adversarial review that attacks each item to expose flaws. After production, a reviewer who took no part in it re-solves every item against the answer key.
cleanroomW4–6
STAGESAUTHOR → ITEMIZE → ADVERSARIAL REVIEW
RUNS73/73 agent runs passedok
KEYanswer-key major defects 0ok
REVIEWstructure & voice findings 0ok
While building four verification assets we ran this review 73 times — all passed. Zero major answer-key defects, zero findings in the combined structure-and-voice review.
In plain termsThe people who wrote the questions and the people who checked the answers were kept separate — and major answer errors came to zero.
§3 · PROCEDURE
How a name gets on the registry
A registry entry is not automatic. Every application goes through review before listing, and every listed record can be checked at the verification desk.
- Apply — submit your completion record for registry listing.APPLY
- Review — byteforce cross-checks the completion record and the email to confirm identity and completion.REVIEW
- Listed — once confirmed, the name goes on the public registry with a CREDENTIAL ID and a CREDENTIAL URL.LISTED
- Verification desk — issued records can be checked at the desk at any time.
§4 · VERIFICATION
Where records are checked
Every certificate and verification record byteforce issues carries a lookup number and URL. Enter the number at the verification desk and the verdict shows the listing and its issued contents — separating what was checked from what was not.
- VERIFIEDVerified by byteforce — records byteforce has cross-checked and confirmed.
- Issued by Anthropic — issuer attribution only; outside the scope of byteforce verification.
- SELF-REPORTEDSelf-reported — written by the member. Not subject to verification.
PART 2 — OFFICIAL PATH · ANTHROPIC
The path to official certification
‘Claude Certified …’ is the name of Anthropic’s official certification. byteforce is not the issuer; we support this path with preparation courses and our own verification.
In plain termsFrom here on, this is about Anthropic’s official certification — separate from the byteforce verification in Part 1.
§5 · OFFICIAL CERTIFICATIONS
The four official Claude certifications
Anthropic administers four official Claude certifications. The verification assets in Part 1 follow the domain structure of these four exams.
CCDV-F
Claude Certified Developer – Foundations
Developers — API & integration builders
CCAR-F
Claude Certified Architect – Foundations
Architects — agent, MCP & production architecture
CCAR-P
Claude Certified Architect – Professional
Architects, advanced — the step after Foundations
§5.1 · DOMAIN WEIGHTS
Domain weight chart
Domain weights differ by exam. The chart below shows the developer track (CCDV-F) — one full circle is the whole score, one sector is one domain, one seed is one item.
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CCDV-F · DOMAINS 8 · ITEMS 53 · PEAK D2 33.1%
The largest sector is D2 — Applications and Integration, 33.1% of the score. The other three structures are in each certification’s official Exam Guide.
§6 · EXAM POLICY
Exam policy
The rules below are defined in the official Anthropic Exam Guides.
What is the passing score?
720 on a scaled range of 100 to 1000.
When can I retake after failing?
14 days after the first failure, 30 days after the second, then 90 days for each attempt after that.
How long is a certification valid?
12 months from issuance. Renewing within the window is free and unproctored; after it lapses, you retake the exam.
Can I reschedule or cancel?
Up to 24 hours before the exam. After that, the fee is not refunded.
Can I share exam items?
No. You agree to an NDA before sitting the exam — items, options, and scenarios are all confidential.
How do I appeal a result?
File through the Pearson VUE support channel within 14 days of notification (or the exam date).
What ID do I need?
A government-issued ID that exactly matches your registered name. Request name corrections through the support email before booking.
Official exam portal — anthropic-partners.skilljar.com · Korean exam guides
This document is the byteforce Verification Standard BF-VS 1.0, effective 2026.07.23. Part 1 covers byteforce’s in-house verification; Part 2 covers the path to official Anthropic certification. Official certifications are issued by Anthropic.