Claude Certified Architect – Foundations: Practice Exam

Built by Olivier Legris, Claude Ambassador and co-founder of Alter — a macOS native, model-agnostic Claude Cowork for advanced users.

This was built using publicly available information and is not part of the Claude Ambassador program. Anthropic is not involved in any form with this project.

A community-built practice exam for the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations certification by Anthropic.

77 scenario-based questions across 5 domains, reverse-engineered from the official exam guide. Includes an interactive Claude Code skill to run the exam in your terminal.

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Exam Structure

• Format: Multiple choice, 4 options (1 correct, 3 distractors)
• Scoring: Scaled 100–1,000. Pass at 720 (~69% correct)
• Questions: 77 total, all with explanations

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Files

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Run the Exam Interactively in Claude Code

The cert-exam-skill.md file is a Claude Code skill. To use it:

1. Copy the skill to your Claude Code skills directory:

mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp cert-exam-skill.md .claude/skills/cert-exam.md

2. Run it from Claude Code:

/cert-exam          # 20 questions (default)
/cert-exam 10       # quick 10-question session
/cert-exam 40       # deeper practice
/cert-exam 77       # full exam simulation

3. Copy the exam file so the skill can find it:

mkdir -p "Claude Certification"
cp "Claude Certification Exam.md" "Claude Certification/Claude Certification Exam.md"

The skill will:

• Ask your preferred question count and domain focus
• Present each question using Claude’s interactive UI (options A/B/C/D)
• Give immediate feedback or a summary at the end (your choice)
• Calculate a scaled score and pass/fail result
• Show a domain-by-domain breakdown

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What the Exam Covers

Questions are drawn from 6 realistic production scenarios:

1. Customer Support Resolution Agent — agentic loops, tool design, escalation
2. Code Generation with Claude Code — CLAUDE.md, plan mode, slash commands
3. Multi-Agent Research System — coordinator patterns, error propagation, context
4. Developer Productivity with Claude — built-in tools, MCP integration
5. Claude Code for CI/CD — non-interactive mode, structured output, batch processing
6. Structured Data Extraction — JSON schemas, validation loops, human review

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Source

Based on the official Claude Certified Architect – Foundations Certification Exam Guide (Anthropic, Feb 2025). The guide provides domain descriptions, task statements, sample questions, and preparation exercises. This repo extends it with 65 additional questions covering all 30 task statements.

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Disclaimer

This is an unofficial community resource. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. The certification exam itself is administered separately by Anthropic.