GitHub Copilot Certification Exam Guide Flashcards¶
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Exam logistics¶
How long is the GitHub Copilot exam?
90 minutes
How many questions are on the GitHub Copilot exam?
~65 multiple choice and multiple response
What is the passing score for GitHub Copilot?
70%
What does the GitHub Copilot exam cost?
$99 USD
How long is GitHub Copilot valid for?
2 years
How is the GitHub Copilot exam delivered?
Online proctored (PSI)
Copilot fundamentals¶
OpenAI (copilot fundamentals)
GPT-4o, o-series, Codex-family for completions
Anthropic (copilot fundamentals)
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (selectable in chat where eligible)
Google (copilot fundamentals)
Gemini (selectable where available)
Visual Studio Code (copilot fundamentals)
First-class; most features land here first
Visual Studio 2022+ (copilot fundamentals)
Full chat and completions
JetBrains IDEs (copilot fundamentals)
IntelliJ, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm, Rider, RubyMine, and more
Neovim (copilot fundamentals)
Completions and chat plugin
Xcode (copilot fundamentals)
Completions and chat
Eclipse (copilot fundamentals)
Completions and chat
github.com (copilot fundamentals)
Chat (general and repo-aware), PR summaries, code review suggestions
GitHub Mobile (copilot fundamentals)
iOS and Android chat
Current file (copilot fundamentals)
Buffer around the cursor
Other open tabs (copilot fundamentals)
Recently viewed files in the editor
Imports and types (copilot fundamentals)
Help anchor suggestions to the right APIs
Cursor position (copilot fundamentals)
The completion target
Chat attachments (copilot fundamentals)
Explicit #file, #selection, #codebase references
Code completions and chat¶
Chat View (panel) (code completions and chat)
Persistent side panel with history
Inline Chat (code completions and chat)
At the cursor; press Ctrl+I
Quick Chat (code completions and chat)
Floating input for quick questions
Terminal Chat (code completions and chat)
Ctrl+I inside the integrated terminal
Copilot Chat button (code completions and chat)
Opens a chat panel
Repo-aware chat (code completions and chat)
When on a repo page, chat can reason about that repo
Issue and PR context (code completions and chat)
Chat can answer questions about the current issue or PR
Ide integration and workflows¶
Agents (ide integration and workflows)
@workspace, @vscode, @terminal, @github
Context variables (ide integration and workflows)
#file, #selection, #codebase, #web
Source Control (ide integration and workflows)
generate commit message icon
Security privacy and data handling¶
Individual (security privacy and data handling)
Personal Copilot settings
Business/Enterprise (security privacy and data handling)
Organization or enterprise policy
Network policy (security privacy and data handling)
Controls whether Copilot Chat can fetch external web content for a response
MCP policy (security privacy and data handling)
Controls whether local Model Context Protocol servers can be used
Enterprise administration¶
Block (enterprise administration)
Suggestions matching public code are blocked
Allow (enterprise administration)
Matches are permitted (not recommended for licensing)
PR summaries (enterprise administration)
Draft PR descriptions from the diff; admins enable per-org
Copilot code review (enterprise administration)
Request Copilot as a reviewer; receive inline comments and suggestions
Seats API (enterprise administration)
List, add, remove seats programmatically
Usage metrics API (enterprise administration)
Query Copilot usage by org
Audit log API (enterprise administration)
Pull Copilot events into SIEM