Certification · Channel readiness
FDE certification and channel admission
Exam specs, public outlines, published sample items and a study path for three AI-office platforms. Every figure carries its provenance: official · noted · gap — where nothing is published, the page says so.
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platforms (Tencent / Alibaba / ByteDance)
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certifications and exams (Tencent 3 · Alibaba Cloud 2)
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years · typical certificate validity
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sources, each graded
Landscape · three platforms
01To know whether a platform's FDE certification is usable as a hiring or bid credential, check whether it is a standalone exam or merely covered inside a general LLM certification. The three vendors differ sharply — ordered below by how much is publicly verifiable.
Tencent WorkBuddy official
Two standalone tracks: Efficiency Agent OPC Practitioner (online theory) and Efficiency Agent Practitioner (offline theory). Channel admission adds two more exams (sales essentials + OPC Practitioner, ≥ 3 passers each). Specs, prices and validity are all on published pages — the most complete of the three.
specs published · studyable
Alibaba Cloud · QwenWork official
QwenWork has no dedicated certification: FDE capability maps onto the general LLM certs — ACA and ACP (question types and domain weights published, pass mark not). The partner track adds the ASE-X / APE-X programme covering pre-sales architecture and delivery; certified headcount feeds partner-tier promotion and it is the closest thing Alibaba has to an FDE credential.
general certs · pass mark unpublished
ByteDance TRAE (enterprise) gap
A Volcengine-labelled skills certification platform exists (third-party operated), but its catalogue holds only two non-LLM subjects; no TRAE or LLM subject or spec sheet is indexed. The six partner tiers are public; the certification subject itself remains a gap — ask the channel manager for the internal admission document.
public-data gap
Exam specs
02Question types, duration, pass mark, price and validity for both Tencent tracks come from published pages (Practitioner → the spec document, OPC Practitioner → the cert detail page). Channel admission is examined separately — see the last tile of this section.
Tencent WorkBuddy Efficiency Agent Practitioner official
Question types40 single + 20 multi = 60
Duration120 min
Total / pass100 / 70
Multi-select scoringno credit for wrong or missed picks
Formatoffline, theory
Tencent WorkBuddy Efficiency Agent OPC Practitioner official
Formatonline, theory
Total / pass100 / 70
Duration90 min
Attempts3, then repurchase
Fee¥330 (list ¥600)
Eligibilityverified main account + face check (no sub-accounts)
Validity2 years, unique number verifiable online
Course size11 modules, 31 chapters · ~6 h
All rows come from Tencent Cloud's own cert detail and course pages; trust the purchase page at booking time.
Practitioner · six module weights official
Foundations12%
Effective dialogue20%
Workplace in practice20%
Advanced features18%
Security and compliance18%
Enterprise build-out12%
Channel admission (WorkBuddy) · two exams + deposit official
Exam 1Product Sales Essentials ≥ 3 passers
Exam 2Efficiency Agent OPC Practitioner ≥ 3 passers
Depositscloud agent ¥10k + WorkBuddy ¥50k = ¥60k
Extra documentsign a unilateral confidentiality undertaking
Both exams are headcount gates rather than technical credentials, and they are the most commonly underestimated precondition — budget the hiring lead time.
Alibaba Cloud · LLM certifications
03QwenWork has no dedicated certification, so the FDE credential lands on Alibaba Cloud's general LLM certifications. The two tiers split along use-it versus build-it.
LLM Engineer ACA (aca13) official
Fee¥600 incl. course + exam
Validity2 years
Attempts2 (24 h wait after a fail)
Positioning: use LLM capability to get work done — a sensible baseline for a whole FDE team.
Senior LLM Engineer ACP (acp26) official
Fee¥1200
Validity2 years
Question types50 single ×1 + 25 multi ×2 = 75
Total100 (per the official allocation)
Pass marknot published by the vendor gap
Attempts1 (order valid 1 year)
Outline revisionfrom 2025-10-17
The 100 is arithmetic from the published mark allocation. No official page carries a pass mark, and third-party numbers have no official basis — so the row stays empty.
ACP · six knowledge domains official
RAG20%
LLM application development17%
Fine-tuning16%
Multi-agent and multimodal16%
Production practice16%
Prompt engineering15%
QwenWork · public-sector training noted
A zero-prerequisite path for non-technical staff in state-owned enterprises, covering prompts, Skills, workflows and standing up an AI team. It is training, not an exam — completion is not a certificate and cannot serve as a bid qualification.
training ≠ certification
QwenWork · list prices official
Enterprise Standard¥198/seat/month
Standard credits2,000 credits/seat/month
Enterprise Flagship¥298/seat/month (from 100 seats)
Credit packsfrom ¥100 · from 2,000 credits · 12 months
Private deploymentquote only
Vendor list price, excluding channel discounts and co-sell incentives. Third-party material circulates a different edition naming and price (Team Flagship / Enterprise Exclusive at ¥316) that does not match the vendor's page; this page does not use those figures.
Alibaba Cloud partner certification (ASE-X / APE-X) official
A partner-only certification programme for solution architects and pre-sales, covering business operations, product and technology, solution architecture, and delivery/operations. Certified headcount feeds partner-tier promotion — the closest thing to an FDE credential on the Alibaba side. Note: the vendor's own pages spell the programme both ASE-X and APE-X; confirm with the partner manager before booking.
partner-only · counts toward tier
Exam outline
04Module names and weights are published figures. The concept list below is a curated index drawn from the public outline — it organises revision, it is not a line-by-line mapping of official chapter numbers.
Practitioner · concept index noted
- Where an agent differs from chat AI (it can touch local files and run multi-step work)
- Three-layer architecture: Agent / Runtime / Session
- Memory tiers and context management
- The four elements of a prompt
- Ask / Plan / Craft risk tiers
- Data flow and the local-versus-cloud boundary
- Enterprise governance: accounts, permissions, audit
- Security and compliance: redaction, logging, traceability
Three rules of thumb
Study boundaries, not feature lists. The points people lose are on can / cannot: what stays local, what goes to the cloud, what needs human confirmation.
Workplace practice is 20% and the questions are scenario-shaped. Memorise scenario → which capability, not parameter tables.
Re-check the official guide before sitting. Weights and outlines roll; this page is an index, not the source of truth.
ACP · suggested order noted
RAG (20%) plus application development (17%) is 37% of the paper; fine-tuning, multi-agent/multimodal and production practice split 16% each; prompt engineering is the smallest at 15% and the easiest to sweep. Suggested order: prompts → RAG and retrieval → application development → fine-tuning and multi-agent → production practice.
Papers and sample items
05The live papers are not published; vendors release sample items only. The first item below is an official sample. The rest are original practice questions written for this page and explicitly labelled as not real exam items. Use them to check understanding, not to memorise.
Official published sample official
Prompt: what is the core difference between WorkBuddy and chat-style AI?
Answer as published: WorkBuddy can act on local files and run multi-step tasks, whereas chat AI stays at conversation and suggestion.
from the official spec document
Answer as published: WorkBuddy can act on local files and run multi-step tasks, whereas chat AI stays at conversation and suggestion.
How to use this page
Walk the concept list in 04 first and explain each boundary out loud before practising. Answer first, then open the explanation. Getting these right does not mean you covered a 60-question paper — only that you avoided the usual traps.
Multi-select: which operations mark the line between an agent and chat AI? A. read and rewrite a local Excel file B. draft an email from a conclusion C. explain a concept in conversation D. execute a multi-step task chain original practice, not official items
Answer：A and D. The test is whether it can reach local resources and drive a multi-step task itself — not whether the output reads well. Chat AI can already do B and C, so they do not separate the two.
Multi-select: which statements about multi-select scoring are correct? A. missed picks earn partial credit B. wrong picks earn nothing C. missed picks earn nothing D. a multi-select is worth the same as a single-select original practice, not official items
Answer：B and C. The rules state no credit for wrong or missed picks — a multi-select scores only when complete. D is an unfounded inference: the vendor published question types, counts and the pass mark, but not per-question marks.
True or false: the security module requires that all data stay local. original practice, not official items
Answer：False. The outline tests boundary judgement — different processing paths carry different compliance preconditions — not a blanket rule. Flattening it to "always local" is the usual way people drop marks here.
Single-select: the enterprise module is 12%, tied for the smallest. With limited revision time, the sensible strategy is? A. skip it and rely on common sense B. memorise the conclusion-level items and spend the time on the two 20% modules C. go deepest on it because it is hardest D. split time proportionally to the weights original practice, not official items
Answer：B. A low weight does not license skipping: multi-selects are often set here and they only score when complete. But what it tests is conclusion-level (accounts, permissions, audit), so depth pays badly. A is risky because a multi-select sinks to zero.
Multi-select: which two ACP domains total 37%? A. prompt engineering B. RAG C. fine-tuning D. LLM application development original practice, not official items
Answer：B and D. RAG 20% + application development 17% = 37%. Prompt engineering is the smallest at 15% and the easiest to sweep — clear it first, then go after RAG.
Disclaimer noted
Apart from the first sample, every item here is original practice material written for this page. It is not a real exam question and not an official answer, and it promises nothing about the real paper. For official banks and samples, use each vendor's own exam guide.
Study guide · a four-week path
06A four-week plan laid out for the Tencent WorkBuddy Practitioner exam. For ACA or ACP, swap the week-two and week-three modules for the matching knowledge domains.
Week 1
Sign up and baseline
- Confirm the current official guide and weights
- Confirm format and booking: Practitioner is offline; OPC is online, verified main account, ¥330
- Read the 11-module / 31-chapter course, ~6 h
- Do the section-05 items, log why each miss happened
Week 2
Take the heavy modules
- Dialogue 20%: the four prompt elements
- Practice 20%: scenario → capability
- Run each one on a real work task
Week 3
Boundaries and governance
- Security 18%: Ask / Plan / Craft tiers
- Advanced 18%: memory and the three layers
- Enterprise 12% + foundations 12% to close
Week 4
Mock and book
- Mock under the 120-minute clock
- Review multi-selects on an all-or-nothing basis
- Channel side: line up ≥ 3 passers on each of the two exams
Channel admission · due diligence
07Channel policy rolls per platform and per quarter. The left tile lists the hard gates that public pages do carry (each re-checked 2026-09-30); the middle tile is the checklist that must come back in writing; the right tile is what this page could not confirm and therefore does not state.
Hard gates that are publicly checkable
- Tencent · agent partner: ≥ ¥1M registered capital, ≥ 1 year in business, ≥ 3 dedicated sales staff
- Tencent · WorkBuddy-specific: ≥ 3 passers on each of the two channel exams (sales essentials + OPC)
- Tencent · deposits: ¥10k cloud agent + ¥50k WorkBuddy = ¥60k, plus a confidentiality undertaking
- Tencent · OPC Practitioner: verified main account + face check, ¥330, 3 attempts, 2-year certificate
- Alibaba Cloud · agent partner: ≥ ¥1M registered capital, ≥ 1 year in business, ≥ 5 employees, ¥10k deposit (paid within 30 days of signing)
- Alibaba Cloud · ACA ¥600 (2 attempts) / ACP ¥1200 (1 attempt), both valid 2 years
- Alibaba Cloud · skill certificates must be bound before fiscal-year settlement (31 March each year) or they do not count toward partner-tier assessment; the holder must confirm in Alibaba Cloud University within 7 working days, and APS tier data refreshes the next day
- Volcengine · agent tiers: six (Certified → Elite), revenue ¥1M → ¥20M+, certified headcount 1/2/3/5/10; admission needs > ¥1M registered capital, > 1 year registered, no major violations
Dimensions to get back in writing before signing
- Channel vehicle and the name of the official admission document
- Registered capital and years-in-business thresholds
- Headcount requirements (dedicated staff, roles)
- Deposit / performance bond and its refund conditions
- Vendor-specific exam and the minimum number of passers
- FDE capability requirements (delivery, implementation, support)
- Partner accreditation brand and tier
- Tiered revenue thresholds (annual / quarterly)
- Incentives: rebates, market funds, training support
- Price anchors: enterprise and industry editions
- Market stage (pilot / expansion / saturated)
- Renewal and exit terms
Known data gaps gap
What this page could not confirm from public sources, and therefore does not state:
- ByteDance TRAE / Volcengine LLM track: subjects, question types and specs (the third-party platform under the brand lists only two non-LLM subjects)
- Volcengine's deposit / performance bond amount (not in the public tier table)
- Alibaba Cloud's official ACA / ACP pass mark (the allocation is public, the pass mark is not)
- Whether a QwenWork-specific FDE certification exists (only general certs, partner certs and training are visible)
- Rebate / market-fund percentages for all three (no official page; third-party channel figures only)
Sources and currency
08Policy and prices roll. Before signing or booking an exam, go to the vendor's current announcement: this page is an index and a revision aid, not an official document, and not commercial advice.
| Source | Tier | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Tencent Cloud Training · certification catalogue (OPC Practitioner / Practitioner, online and offline theory) | official | https://cloud.tencent.com/developer/training |
| Tencent Cloud doc 658/134240 · WorkBuddy Efficiency Agent Practitioner exam specification (question types, duration, pass mark, module weights) | official | https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/658/134240 |
| Tencent Cloud cert 1056 · WorkBuddy Efficiency Agent OPC Practitioner (100/70, 90 min, 3 attempts, ¥330, 2-year validity, verified main account + face check) | official | https://cloud.tencent.com/edu/cert/developer/1056 |
| Tencent Cloud course · OPC Practitioner course (11 modules / 31 chapters / ~6 h; certificate number verifiable online) | official | https://cloud.tencent.com/edu/training/workbuddy-opc-cert |
| Tencent Cloud doc 563/137252 · agent partner admission conditions (registered capital, team size, the two channel exams, deposits and the confidentiality undertaking) | official | https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/563/137252 |
| Alibaba Cloud certification · LLM Engineer ACA (aca13): fee, validity, exam attempts | official | https://edu.aliyun.com/certification/aca13 |
| Alibaba Cloud certification · Senior LLM Engineer ACP (acp26): fee, validity, exam attempts | official | https://edu.aliyun.com/certification/acp26 |
| Alibaba Cloud announcement · LLM ACP outline change: question types, per-question marks and the six domain weights (no pass mark) | official | https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/2986614.html |
| Alibaba Cloud partner programme · agent partner admission conditions (registered capital, deposit, headcount, years in business) | official | https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/677705.html |
| Alibaba Cloud partner certification · ASE-X / APE-X track (partner architects and pre-sales; feeds partner-tier promotion) | official | https://edu.aliyun.com/certification/partner |
| Volcengine partner programme · agent tiers and admission (six tiers, revenue and certified-headcount gates, registered capital and company age) | official | https://partner.volcengine.com/partner/agent |
| Volcengine enablement platform · no public TRAE / LLM certification catalogue is indexed | gap | https://edu.volcengine.com/ |
| A platform titled 'Volcengine skills certification exam' (third-party operated) · catalogue holds only two non-LLM subjects | gap | https://certexam.edu360.cn/ |
| Alibaba Cloud QwenWork · product page (Standard ¥198/seat/month, Flagship ¥298/seat/month from 100 seats, credit packs from ¥100) | official | https://www.aliyun.com/product/qwenwork |
| Alibaba Cloud doc · partner operations guide (skill certificates must be bound before fiscal year settlement, i.e. by 31 March each year) | official | https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/728665.html |
| Alibaba Cloud doc · binding and unbinding skill certificates (holder must confirm within 7 working days) | official | https://help.aliyun.com/zh/document_detail/273110.html |
| Third-party compiled material (unofficial) · QwenWork public-sector training and rebate figures, not re-verified line by line | noted | — |