The architect exam: your one-page study map.
Claude Certified Architect – Foundations, exam code CCAR-F, follows the public v1.0 guide (effective July 2026). The guide lists 60 questions and a 120-minute limit, with four scenarios drawn from a set of six. Its passing score is 720 on a scale of 100 to 1,000, not a raw percentage. The guide lists a $125 fee and 12 months of credential validity. Check the current registration page before paying. If that page and the PDF disagree, trust the page in front of you.
Where the points sit
Think of the weights as slices of the exam pie. They say how much of the scored set sits in each topic. They do not say which topic is harder.
- Agentic architecture and orchestration, 27 percent. The loop continues when the model asks for a tool, and stops when the turn is done.
- Tool design and MCP, 18 percent. The description is how the model tells similar tools apart. MCP is the shared way a client asks a server for those tools.
- Claude Code, 20 percent. A rule saved only in your home folder is not a rule the team shares.
- Prompts and structured output, 20 percent. "Be careful" is not a rule someone else can apply.
- Context and reliability, 15 percent. Keep the dollar amount and the order id even when the summary gets shorter.
Fine-tuning, billing math, tokenizer trivia, embeddings, computer use, and vision are on the guide's out-of-scope list. Studying those prepares you for a different test.
Use this page to plan what to study. In Pro, practice the decisions with original questions, worked examples, and a timed mock. This sheet and the course are independent prep, not official exam questions. Open the course.
Exam guide PDF · Partner Academy page
One note: this map follows the public guide. It is independent prep, and a practice score here is not Anthropic's official result.