Out-of-Scope Topics

The following adjacent topics will NOT be on the exam:

• Fine-tuning Claude models or training custom models
• Claude API authentication, billing, or account management
• Detailed implementation in specific programming languages or frameworks (beyond what’s needed for tool/schema configuration)
• Deploying or hosting MCP servers (infrastructure, networking, container orchestration)
• Claude’s internal architecture, training process, or model weights
• Constitutional AI, RLHF, or safety training methodologies
• Embedding models or vector database implementation details
• Computer use (browser automation, desktop interaction)
• Image analysis capabilities (Vision)
• Streaming API or server-sent events
• Rate limiting, quotas, or detailed API cost calculations
• OAuth, API key rotation, or authentication protocol details
• Cloud-provider-specific configurations (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Performance benchmarks or model comparison metrics
• Prompt caching implementation details (beyond knowing it exists)
• Token counting algorithms or tokenization specifics

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