Pillar 6 · Exam Guide · Study Plans

Three paths. Pick by your baseline, not your hope.

The 4-week plan is the canonical path. The 2-week sprint and 12-week comprehensive are calibrated alternates for candidates with very different starting baselines. Take the diagnostic first, then pick the path that matches your score and weekly hours, not the one that sounds aspirational.

How to choose if you're between two

Three rules.

  1. Diagnostic score is the tiebreaker. Take the free 10-Q diagnostic. ≥75% → 2-week or 4-week. 50-75% → 4-week. <50% → 12-week.
  2. Hours available wins ties. If you can't commit 10 hrs/week, do not pick the 4-week plan. The 12-week plan covers the same material at a sustainable pace.
  3. Production experience is the third lever. If you have shipped agentic systems on Claude API or Claude Code, you can compress. If you haven't, you cannot, regardless of test score.

The 2-week and 12-week paths are written as alternates inside the 4-week plan page, not as separate full pages. Open the 4-week plan and scroll to the alternates section for compression / expansion guidance.