Claude Certified Architect - Professional Practice Test

What this exam covers

The Claude Certified Architect – Professional (exam code CCAR-P) validates that a practitioner can design, build, and deliver production-grade AI solutions on Anthropic's Claude platform — from model selection and prompt engineering through enterprise integration, governance, and stakeholder communication. It is intended for mid- to senior-level professionals such as solution architects, AI/ML engineers, technical leads, and senior software engineers who translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and reliable Claude-powered systems.

The exam covers seven weighted content domains:

• Solution Design & Architecture (17%) — end-to-end system design, multi-agent orchestration, and architectural pattern selection
• Integration (19%) — RAG pipelines, MCP/API/agent-to-agent protocols, authentication, and observability strategies
• Evaluation, Testing & Optimization (16%) — metrics definition, A/B testing, hallucination diagnosis, and cost-latency trade-offs
• Solution Design & Architecture (17%) — end-to-end system design, multi-agent orchestration, and architectural pattern selection
• Governance, Safety & Risk Management (14%) — guardrails, human-in-the-loop validation, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP)
• Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering (13%) — model selection, prompt techniques, context-window optimization, and prompt caching
• Stakeholder Communication & Lifecycle Management (14%) — discovery, architectural documentation, and lifecycle handoff
• Developer Productivity & Operational Enablement (7%) — team tooling, AI-assisted workflows, and operational debugging

There are no mandatory prerequisites — the credential is awarded based on exam performance alone. Anthropic recommends at least 3+ years of systems architecture or platform engineering experience and 6+ months of hands-on Claude or comparable LLM experience in production. The exam consists of 63 multiple-choice and multiple-response items completed in 120 minutes, delivered via online proctoring or a Pearson VUE test center. The passing score is 720 on a scaled range of 100–1,000. The credential is valid for 12 months and can be renewed through a free, non-proctored assessment on the Anthropic Partner Academy before it lapses.