Could you pass the Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (CCA-A) exam?
This is a CCA-A practice exam - 4 sample questions (~3 minutes), drawn from the CCA-A question bank across its four highest-weighted domains: Output Evaluation & Validation, Workflow Integration & Solution Design, Governance, Risk & Responsible Use, and Prompting & Task Execution. Two foundational questions, one applied, and one edge case. Want a longer practice test? Take the 10-question diagnostic or the full 60-question mock exam. You'll get a personalised 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.
60 questions, 120 minutes, 720 of 1000 to pass.
7 weighted domains. The quick check above samples from the four highest-weighted.
What this CCA-A quick check tells you
Four questions can introduce the question style and reveal topics to revisit. They do not measure readiness across all 7 domains. Use the 10-question diagnostic for a broader starting assessment, then the full 60-question mock for timed practice.
Work through a CCA-A output-review question
Claude summarised a vendor contract for a client email. The summary says the notice period is 60 days. Check it against the source before it goes out.
This is an original teaching scenario written for this page. It is not an official exam question.
- Put source and summary side by side. Open the contract and the summary together. Do not review the summary alone.
- Check each factual claim. Find the sentence in the contract behind each number, name and date. Here the contract says 90 days, so the summary is wrong.
- Check completeness against the request. The request asked for notice period, fees and renewal terms. The summary covers only the first, so it is also incomplete.
- Decide what to do. Correct the figure, add the missing terms, and escalate to the contract owner if the source is ambiguous or the stakes are high.
Failure modes to watch for
- Trusting polished wording: a confident, well-formatted summary can still be wrong or incomplete.
- Asking Claude to confirm its own summary without pointing it at the source passage.
- Checking the facts but not the request, so an omitted section goes unnoticed.
Checked against: Claude docs, Reduce hallucinations (accessed 2026-10-16)
Build a review routine before timed practice
Output Evaluation & Validation is the heaviest CCA-A domain at 21%. A repeatable routine turns it from guesswork into four checks you can run in seconds.
| Check | Question to ask | Evidence to keep |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Does each fact, number and name match the source? | The source passage for each claim |
| Completeness | Does the output cover everything the request asked for? | The request as a checklist, ticked off |
| Audience | Is the tone, length and format right for the reader? | A note of who the reader is |
| Escalation | Is the stake high enough, or the source unclear enough, that a person must review it? | Who reviewed it and what they decided |
Run the four checks on every practice question you miss, and write down which one you skipped.
Study these concepts: Evaluating Claude Output for Accuracy & Completeness, Identifying Hallucinations, Inconsistencies & Bias in AI Output, Following Organizational AI Governance Policy
Questions about this quick check
Does this sample cover every CCA-A domain?
No. This quick check samples the four highest-weighted domains. The full blueprint has 7 domains.
How do I move from the sample to a full CCA-A mock?
Review the explanations, study the topics you missed, then choose a paid mock plan for CCA-A. Its full mock has 60 questions.
How do I check Claude's summary against its source for the CCA-A?
Put the source and the summary side by side, find the passage behind every number, name and date, then check the summary covers everything the request asked for. Wrong facts and missing sections are separate failures, and both need fixing or escalating.
What review routine should I use before timed CCA-A practice?
Run four checks: accuracy against the source, completeness against the request, fit for the audience, and escalation when the stakes or ambiguity are high. Keep the evidence for each, then note which check you skipped on every miss.