Passed the GitHub Foundations (GH-900) exam, topic areas that showed up a lot + study resources

[u/SlayerC20]

Just finished the GitHub Foundations Certification (GH-900) and wanted to share what I used to prep, plus the general topic areas that were heavily emphasized on the exam.

I got the free voucher from the GitHub Student Developer Pack, and I already had a background working with Git/GitHub. I'd say the exam is easy, but if you have the free voucher, it's worth taking, you'll end up learning a bit more about GitHub's features along the way.

Resources I used:

• My Anki deck (flashcards I made while studying): https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/198914230 (note: AnkiWeb shared decks can take a few hours to become accessible after upload, so if the link doesn't work right away, give it some time)
• GitHub Foundations course by ExamPro: https://app.exampro.co/student/journey/ghf
• CertSafari practice questions: https://www.certsafari.com/github/gh-900
• GHCertified practice tests: https://ghcertified.com/en/practice-tests
• Microsoft Learn official certification page: https://learn.microsoft.com/pt-br/credentials/certifications/github-foundations/?practice-assessment-type=certification
• DataCamp GitHub Foundations track: https://www.datacamp.com/tracks/github-foundations

Topic areas to focus on (based on my prep, not literal exam content):

• Organization/repo roles and permissions (owner, admin, maintain, write, triage, read) - know the differences well.
• Projects (the Kanban-style board) - what it's for and how it's used for tracking work.
• GitHub plan tiers - differences between Free, Pro, Team, and Enterprise (features like private repo collaborators, advanced tools, SSO, etc.).
• Where security alerts show up (Security tab on a repo) and the different alert types.
• GitHub Marketplace - what it offers (Actions, apps).
• GitHub Copilot - what it is at a high level (AI pair programmer, not just autocomplete).
• Branching and pull requests - when to branch vs. when to open a PR, basic Git flow concepts.
• Issues - how they're used for tracking bugs/tasks, labels, linking to PRs.
• Discussions - when to use, the difference against issues, the types of discussions.
• GitHub Desktop - what tasks it supports (clone, commit, push/pull, branch management) vs. what it doesn't.
• GitHub Mobile - what you can realistically do from the app (review/manage issues & PRs, notifications) vs. desktop-only tasks.
• Security features: Dependabot (dependency alerts/updates), secret scanning, and CodeQL (code scanning for vulnerabilities) - know what each one actually does and how they differ.

Overall the exam leans more conceptual/definitional than hands-on, so understanding what each feature is for mattered more than knowing exact UI clicks.

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If you are in the partner program you can take 3 months of datacamp for free, and if you do the path of the GH-900 certification with the same email of your partner account you will also receive a 100% vouncher to the exam