Claude Certified Architect Practice Exam (CCA-F)

The Claude Certified Architect Practice Exam (CCA-F) is a free advanced-level, 25-minute skill test from Science of Apps. Practice for Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect (CCA-F) — Claude API design and model selection, prompt and context engineering, tool use and the Model Context Protocol, agent architectures with the Claude Agent SDK and Claude Code, and evaluation, safety, cost and production operations — written to Anthropic's developer documentation and engineering guidance for 2026. Independent practice; not an official Anthropic exam. Score 70% or more on its 25 questions to earn a verifiable Claude Architect Exam Readiness certificate (SOA-CCAF). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Messages API reference (Anthropic), Building effective agents (Anthropic), Effective context engineering for AI agents (Anthropic) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Yes. Science of Apps has a free Claude Certified Architect Practice Exam built on the current Anthropic exam outline for 2026 and 2027. It covers Claude API design, prompt and context engineering, and tool use and MCP, scores you instantly and issues a verifiable certificate.

Read the five skill areas on this page, then take the 25-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Claude Architect Exam Readiness certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Messages API reference (Anthropic); Building effective agents (Anthropic); Effective context engineering for AI agents (Anthropic); Writing effective tools for agents (Anthropic); MCP security best practices (Model Context Protocol); Define success criteria and build evaluations (Anthropic). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Five skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Claude API Design and Model Selection (Messages API, Model choice and Throughput and cost); Prompt and Context Engineering (Prompt structure, Context management and Retrieval); Tool Use and the Model Context Protocol (Tool definitions, Tool loop and MCP); Agent Architectures (Workflows vs agents, Agent SDK and Claude Code and Multi-agent systems); Evaluation, Safety, Cost and Production (Evals, Safety and guardrails and Operations). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

AI engineer, Solutions architect, Backend developer building LLM features, ML engineer and Technical product manager for AI. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Claude Certified Architect knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

Designing production systems on Claude: choosing models, structuring prompts and context, building tools and MCP integrations, orchestrating agents, and evaluating quality, safety, latency and cost.

No. This is an independent practice test aligned to Anthropic's public documentation and engineering blog. Take the official certification through Anthropic's own learning platform.

No. It is an independent practice test written to the publicly available Claude Certified Architect content outline for 2026 and 2027, for checking your readiness before you book the real exam. Passing earns a Science of Apps certificate rather than the official credential.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — with a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 25 scenario questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — and a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.