RVFA Exam Information and Outline
RISC-V Foundational Associate
Syllabus Update Checked on: October 30, 2026
RVFA Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
Before you start practicing with our exam simulator, it is essential to understand the
official RVFA exam objectives. This course outline serves as your roadmap.
The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
Linux-Foundation.
Below are complete topics detail with latest syllabus and course outline, that will help you good knowledge about exam objectives and topics that you have to prepare. These contents are covered in questions and answers pool of exam.
- Exam Format
- Online proctored multiple-choice exam; 90 minutes
- RISC-V Ecosystem and ISA Overview
- RISC-V Instruction Set
- Base ISA and extensions
- Assembly Language Programming
- Privileged Architecture
- Modes, CSRs, interrupts
- Development Tools
- GNU toolchain, simulators (Spike, QEMU)
- RISC-V Software Ecosystem
- Linux, firmware (OpenSBI)