Updated on 29 October 2026. What’s new: exam fee for DevOps Foundation (DOFD) corrected to $239 in the cost section and the exam facts table
A common assumption is that anyone who works with pipelines every day can walk through DevOps Foundation without study. The paper tests something else: whether you can explain the Three Ways, CALMS, CI/CD, metrics and culture in DevOps Institute's own terms. It is 40 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, open book, with 65% needed to pass and a fee of USD $239, so knowing where each idea sits matters more than memorising it.
