The Argo project family: Argo CD for GitOps delivery, Argo Workflows for pipelines, Argo Rollouts for progressive delivery, and Argo Events for event-driven automation.
CNCF does not publish numeric exam codes — CAPA is the common abbreviation.
Certified Argo Project Associate is CNCF's associate-level devops & sre certification, referred to across the industry by the shorthand CAPA. The exam runs for 1 hour 30 minutes and presents up to 60 questions, with a pass mark of 75%. It costs US$250 at the standard rate.
CNCF publishes the syllabus as 4 weighted domains. Argo Workflows carries the most weight at 28%, and the three largest domains together account for roughly 78% of the scored content — worth knowing before you decide where study time goes.
Confirm these details on the official CNCF page before booking — vendors adjust format and pricing without notice.
Some forms include unscored trial questions
Standard rate, before local taxes
The published exam guide for CAPA, in the vendor's own order.
01Argo Workflows
28%02Argo CD
28%03Argo Rollouts
22%04Argo Events
22%Kubernetes fundamentals.
Associate level — Role-based credentials for practitioners with hands-on experience.
This is a complete CAPA exam guide, but a practice bank is not available yet. We keep the guide published because the format, weighted domains and official sources remain useful when planning your study.
The syllabus breakdown above is the most useful study plan available either way: work through the domains in weight order.
CNCF lists up to 60 questions, to be completed in 1 hour 30 minutes. Question counts can vary slightly between exam forms, and unscored trial questions are sometimes included.
75%. Confirm the current figure on the official exam page before booking, as vendors adjust cut scores when an exam form is refreshed.
The standard price is US$250. Local pricing, taxes and any retake policy vary by region, so check the official page for the figure that applies to you.
Kubernetes fundamentals.
The exam guide covers Argo Workflows, Argo CD, Argo Rollouts and Argo Events. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.