D6: Governance, Risk and Responsible Use, 15%
Governance, Risk and Responsible Use is the skill of using Claude within sensible limits. It is worth 15% of the exam and is the third heaviest domain.
What the official description includes:
- Knowing which uses of AI are appropriate and which are not.
- Applying data sensitivity, regulatory and privacy considerations before data goes into Claude.
- Following your organization's AI governance policy.
- Thinking through the ethical side of AI use.
Key concepts:
- Appropriate AI use cases.
- Organizational AI governance policy.
For client-facing roles, this domain asks the question that comes before every prompt: should this information go into Claude at all?
D7: Troubleshooting and Optimization, 10%
Troubleshooting and Optimization is the skill of finding out why Claude's output is weak and fixing it. It is the smallest domain by weight, at 10% of the exam.
What the official description includes:
- Identifying, diagnosing and resolving problems with prompts that underperform or output that is weak.
- Changing your approach based on feedback and results.
- Making workflows more efficient and effective.
The official description puts the aim this way: fix the workflow, not just the one output. If the same problem keeps coming back, the process needs a change.
Key concepts:
- Adjusting approach from feedback.
- Optimizing AI workflows for efficiency.
Why the small domain still matters
| Domain | Weight | Ask yourself |
|---|---|---|
| D6 Governance, Risk and Responsible Use | 15% | Is this use allowed, and is this data safe to share? |
| D7 Troubleshooting and Optimization | 10% | Why did this go wrong, and what change keeps it from happening again? |
At 10%, D7 is the lightest domain. It still sits next to D2 in practice: D2 finds the error in an output, and D7 finds the cause in the process.
Related pages
- Previous: Selection, workflows and configuration
- Back to the format and scoring: Exam guide
- Spread your hours across all seven: Plan my exam date
Practice these domains
Optional. This page and the planner are complete without it. Claude Architect Certification, run by the team behind this site, has a concept page for each topic above and warm-ups on each domain.
- D6 Governance, Risk and Responsible Use: Appropriate ai use cases , Organizational ai governance policy
- D7 Troubleshooting and Optimization: Adjusting approach from feedback , Optimizing ai workflows for efficiency
- CCAO-F warm-ups