Exam technique
How to answer Claude Certified Architect questionsA method for Claude Certified Architect (CCAR-F) scenario questions: read the ask first, cross out the wrong-answer shapes in a fixed order, then break the tie.
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The Spaced blog
Notes for the CCAR‑F exam
What the exam asks, how to answer it, and the wrong answers that look right. Taken from the Spaced course.
Exam technique
How to read a question and cross out the wrong answers.
Exam technique
Claude Certified Architect wrong‑answer patternsWrong options on the Claude Certified Architect (CCAR-F) exam recur in six shapes. Name the shape and you can cross an option out without weighing it.
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Exam technique
Never the answer on the Claude Architect examSome Claude Certified Architect (CCAR-F) options are wrong in every scenario. This lists the recurring ones and the truth that replaces each.
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Practice
A good Claude Certified Architect practice examWhat a Claude Certified Architect (CCAR-F) practice exam must get right to measure what the exam measures: the format, the stem, the wrong options and the deal.
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Domains
One post per exam domain, in exam order.
- Agentic architecture and orchestration
Domain 127% of the exam
Agents that stop early, subagents missing context, rules that hold most of the time. What Claude Certified Architect Domain 1 (27% of the exam) tests, and why.
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- Tool design and MCP integration
Domain 218% of the exam
Why a model picks the wrong tool, what a failing tool should send back, and where MCP fits. An overview of Claude Certified Architect Domain 2, 18% of the exam.
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- Claude Code configuration and workflows
Domain 320% of the exam
If you use Claude Code every day, Claude Architect Domain 3 (20% of the exam) is where your habits can cost you. What it covers, and where it catches people.
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- Prompt engineering and structured output
Domain 420% of the exam
A valid output can still be wrong. Claude Certified Architect Domain 4 is 20% of the exam: shaping the instruction, guaranteeing the output, then checking it.
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- Context management and reliability
Domain 515% of the exam
A bigger context window does not fix lost detail. What Claude Architect Domain 5 (15% of the exam) tests, from caching to recovering a long run.
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Reference
The glossary, a study plan, and the certifications: what each is, what it costs, how to book.
Glossary
Claude Certified Architect (CCAR‑F) exam glossaryThe terms the Claude Certified Architect exam leans on, defined in a line each: stop_reason and tool_choice, PreToolUse hooks, prompt caching, the Batch API.
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Study plan
Claude Certified Architect study plan for eveningsA Claude Certified Architect (CCAR-F) study plan for a busy schedule: why short evenings beat a weekend of cramming, and how to keep it running on autopilot.
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Certifications
Claude certification: the Anthropic exams explainedThe four Claude certifications Anthropic runs, side by side: who each one is for, what it costs, who is allowed to take it, and which to prepare for first.
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Before you book
Claude Certified Architect: cost and registrationWhat the Claude Certified Architect — Foundations (CCAR-F) exam costs, what a retake costs, who gets a discount, and how registration works, step by step.
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