Validates knowledge of designing production Claude solutions, including agent orchestration, tool integration, Claude Code, prompting and context management.
CCAR-F is 60 multiple-choice and multiple-response questions in 120 minutes, closed book and proctored, drawn from four of six production scenarios. The questions are design judgements: which agent pattern, tool design or Claude Code setting is best. We compared the main options on question style, timed mocks, volume and price.
Anthropic has retired its practice exam, so start with the 12 sample questions in the exam guide, add a free bank for volume, then run a timed full mock before you book.
| Practice test | Best for | Questions | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
 CCAR-F Exam Guide sample questions | Official sample questions | 12 | Free |
 CCAR-F Practice Questions | Largest free bank | 480 | Free |
 Claude Certified Architect Foundations mock exam | Free timed mock | 60 | Free |
 Claude Architect Guide CCAR-F practice | Drills and flashcards | 200 | Free |
 Claude Certified Architect Foundations - 6 Practice Exams | Six full exams | 360 | $20 |
Twelve questions from Anthropic's own practice test, three each from four scenarios, with the correct answer and the reason every other option fails.
Great fit if you want to see the exam's exact question style and difficulty before spending anything.
Poor fit if you need more than a dozen questions; move to CertSafari or a full-length mock.
A 480-question bank with explanations, filterable by domain or subdomain, plus 30 short lessons that cite Anthropic's documentation. Questions were last updated on 15 October 2026.
Great fit if you want a large free bank to drill by domain and read the documentation behind each answer.
Poor fit if you want a scored, timed full exam; use the Szymon Paluch mock or Frank Kane's exams.
Sixty original questions in a study mode with explanations or a timed 120-minute exam mode, scored from 100 to 1,000 with a breakdown by domain. Every question has one correct answer.
Great fit if you want a free full-length timed run to practise pacing across the six scenarios.
Poor fit if you need multiple-response practice, which the real exam includes and this mock does not. The site also promotes the author's consulting program.
Two hundred original questions tagged to all 30 objectives, with a guided test that explains each answer, a timed mock, flashcards and a mistakes deck. Built by a Claude Certified Architect.
Great fit if you want objective-by-objective drills and flashcards at no cost.
Poor fit if you want a mock that matches the real length; its timed mock has 65 items, not 60.
Six 60-question exams, each drawing four of the six scenarios as the real exam does, with explanations of why each wrong option fails and links to Anthropic's documentation.
Great fit if you want several full-length, scenario-based exams to run under timed conditions.
Poor fit if you need multiple-response practice, as every question has a single correct answer, or you want free options first (see CertSafari).
Fourteen quizzes: a randomized test, timed and review sets, and five domain quizzes, each question with explanations, reference links and cheat sheets. A free 20-question sampler is available.
Great fit if you want timed sets and domain quizzes from an established exam-prep brand, with a free sampler to try first.
Anthropic certification FAQ ↗Anthropic CCAR-F exam guide v1.0 ↗Very Good Ventures: three practice runs ↗Szymon Paluch: 60 questions with explanations ↗CertSafari CCAR-F ↗
Not at the moment. Anthropic's FAQ says the practice exam on the previous platform was retired when certification moved to Pearson. The exam guide contains 12 sample questions with explanations.
Yes. CertSafari offers 480 questions, Szymon Paluch has a free 60-question timed mock, Claude Architect Guide has 200 questions and a timed mock, and Tutorials Dojo has a free 20-question sampler. All are unofficial.
Passers who used Anthropic's earlier practice exam said the real exam felt harder, and some found practice distractors too obvious, with the real options all plausible. Treat third-party scores as a coverage check, not a prediction.
Two or three timed 60-question runs on questions you have not seen, each followed by a full review, is a sensible target. Domain drills between runs are more useful than repeating one exam.