Could you pass the Claude Architect exam?
This is a free CCA-F practice exam - 4 sample questions (~3 minutes), drawn fresh from a bank of 400+ across the five Anthropic Claude Certified Architect (CCA-F, also written CCAF) domains: agentic architectures, tool design, agent operations, prompt engineering, and context + reliability. One easy starter, two applied scenarios, one edge case. Want a longer practice test? Take the free 10-question diagnostic or the full 30/60-question mock exam. You'll get a personalised 2-week study plan based on what you miss.
We post a fresh 4-question sample each week - the same set all week (it stays put on reload), with new questions next week so you can track your progress.
What the CCA-F actually tests
The exam is 60 questions in 120 minutes, 720 of 1000 to pass, with a 3-attempt lifetime cap. Five weighted domains. The quick check above samples from the four highest-weighted (skipping context + reliability for length).
Agentic architectures
Loop control, subagent isolation, the 18-tool degradation cliff, CLAUDE.md hierarchy.
Agent operations
tool_choice routing, stop_reason handshakes, human-in-the-loop escalation, hooks.
Prompt engineering
Structured output via tool-use, few-shot with XML, attention engineering, the 4D framework.
Tool design and integration
Tool composition, MCP as protocol boundary, tool description routing, anti-patterns.
Context and reliability
Context-window management, prompt caching, session state, evaluation.