CCAR-F

Claude Certified Architect — Foundations

The deeper foundation exam — architecture, design decisions and the trade-offs behind them. Covers Claude Code and developer tooling, prompt and context engineering, agentic patterns, integration, and governance foundations.

Exam facts

Approximate · verify with vendor

Format

~60 items · ~120 min

Delivery

Pearson VUE (proctored)

Price

$125 USD

Pass threshold

720 / 1000 (72%)

Validity

~12 months

Credential

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Mode

Number of questions

Domains (optional — all by default)

Agentic Workflows & Task Design86Claude Code Configuration & Tooling92Context & Session Management52MCP & API Integration35Multi-Agent Orchestration & Subagents64Review, Extraction & Evaluation33Structured Output & Tool Use94