01 — Pre-exam checklist
5 things to confirm before you start.
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Run this list 24 hours out, then again the morning of.
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02 — Time management
5 tactics for 53 questions.
53 questions in 120 minutes gives about 2.3 minutes per question. Bank time on the easy ones and spend it on the hard ones.
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~2.3 minutes per question is the average
53 questions in 120 minutes. Treat it as a soft budget, not a per-question cap.
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Bank time on the easy ones
If a question reads as obvious, answer quickly and move on. The buffer is what lets you spend extra time on the genuinely hard ones.
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Read the instruction line on every item
The exam mixes multiple-choice and multiple-response items, and each one states how many responses to select. Don't assume single-answer by habit.
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Answer every question - there's no guessing penalty noted in the guide
A blank answer gains nothing over a wrong guess, so always commit to your best answer before moving on.
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Don't change answers without a specific reason
First-instinct answers are typically right. Only change on review if you can articulate the specific evidence that contradicts your first pick.
03 — Distractor patterns
Two patterns catch most candidates.
Model vs Design
Distractors suggest a bigger model, more tokens, or higher temperature. The correct answer almost always fixes system design instead: tool descriptions, few-shot examples, task decomposition, prompt structure.
Prompt vs Hook (or Programmatic Control)
For financial, security, or compliance stakes, deterministic programmatic controls beat prompt-level instructions. If the question describes a stake where being wrong has real cost, the right answer involves an enforceable, structural control, not a system-prompt instruction.
04 — After submit
What happens after you click submit.
1Immediate scaled scoreYou see pass/fail and your scaled score (out of 1000) at submit. The cut is 720. You'll also see percent-correct broken down by domain, though that breakdown itself doesn't determine pass/fail.
2Certificate deliveryAnthropic's guide gives a delivery window for the certificate and badge; treat the exact number as provisional and check your Anthropic Partner Academy account for the authoritative status.
3ValidityYour certificate is valid for 12 months from the date it's awarded. Renewal before that window closes is a free, non-proctored assessment on the Anthropic Partner Academy.
4LinkedIn addAdd the credential as a Licenses & Certifications entry, not a Skill, using the verifiable badge link from your Anthropic Partner Academy account.
5If you didn't passRetakes follow the ladder: 14 days after the first fail, 30 after the second, 90 after the third, up to 4 attempts in a rolling 12-month period, with the exam fee due each time. Use your domain breakdown to target the weakest 1-2 domains before re-sitting.
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