Claude Certified Architect

CCA Foundations·Study Guide

Content based on Anthropic's official Claude Certified Architect — Foundations Exam Guide.

Exam Prep

Test Yourself

Official Practice Exam

Anthropic's official Skilljar practice exam — aim to consistently score above 900 here before you sit the real exam.

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Practice

Scenario Exam

15 questions per scenario, each mapped to the Skills-in bullet it tests with one-click links to study material.

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Reference

Cheat Sheet

Symptom → answer patterns, escalation rules, Batches API quick-ref, and per-domain bullets. Printable.

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Exam Day

Day-Of Checklist

5-stage runbook from night-before prep to post-submit. Checkboxes persist locally.

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The Five Domains

Start learning here — these five domains are the entire exam. Each card's % is its exam weight.

1 27% weight

Agentic Architecture & Orchestration

In scenarios: Customer Support Multi-Agent Research Developer Productivity

2 18% weight

Tool Design & MCP Integration

In scenarios: Customer Support Multi-Agent Research Developer Productivity

5 15% weight

Context Management & Reliability

In scenarios: Customer Support Code Generation Multi-Agent Research Structured Data Extraction

The Six Exam Scenarios

These are the exact six scenarios used on the exam — four appear per administration. Every question is framed inside one of them, so understanding each one pays off directly.

01

Customer Support Resolution Agent

You are building a customer support resolution agent using the Claude Agent SDK. The agent handles high-ambiguity requests like returns, billing disputes, and account issues. It has access to your backend systems through custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools (get_customer, lookup_order, process_refund, escalate_to_human). Your target is 80%+ first-contact resolution while knowing when to escalate.

Agentic Tool & MCP Context & Reliability
02

Code Generation with Claude Code

You are using Claude Code to accelerate software development. Your team uses it for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation. You need to integrate it into your development workflow with custom slash commands, CLAUDE.md configurations, and understand when to use plan mode vs direct execution.

Claude Code Context & Reliability
03

Multi-Agent Research System

You are building a multi-agent research system using the Claude Agent SDK. A coordinator agent delegates to specialized subagents: one searches the web, one analyzes documents, one synthesizes findings, and one generates reports. The system researches topics and produces comprehensive, cited reports.

Agentic Tool & MCP Context & Reliability
04

Developer Productivity with Claude

You are building developer productivity tools using the Claude Agent SDK. The agent helps engineers explore unfamiliar codebases, understand legacy systems, generate boilerplate code, and automate repetitive tasks. It uses the built-in tools (Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob) and integrates with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Tool & MCP Claude Code Agentic
05

Claude Code for Continuous Integration

You are integrating Claude Code into your Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline. The system runs automated code reviews, generates test cases, and provides feedback on pull requests. You need to design prompts that provide actionable feedback and minimize false positives.

Claude Code Prompt Engineering
06

Structured Data Extraction

You are building a structured data extraction system using Claude. The system extracts information from unstructured documents, validates the output using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) schemas, and maintains high accuracy. It must handle edge cases gracefully and integrate with downstream systems.

Prompt Engineering Context & Reliability

Exam Format

Passing Score
720 / 1000
scaled
Questions
60
multiple choice · 4 options · 1 correct
Time
120 min
~2 min per question
Scenarios
6 total · 4 per exam
randomly selected per sitting
Domains
5 weighted
27% · 18% · 20% · 20% · 15%