Claude Certified Architect – Professional
Exam code CCAR-P. Everything below comes from the official exam guide v1.0, effective July 2026.
Exam format
- Questions
- 63
- Time limit
- 120 minutes
- Scoring
- 100–1000, scaled
- Pass mark
- 720
- Exam fee
- $175
- Valid for
- 12 months
- Attempts
- 4 per rolling year
- Retake waits
- 14, 30, 90 days
Scoring is criterion-referenced and scaled. Anthropic publishes no raw-percentage conversion, so no percentage pass mark exists.
Domain weighting
7 domains. The proportions below are what the exam actually tests, so practice should mirror them.
- Integration19%
Who it's for
Mid- to senior-level professionals who design, build and deliver production AI systems on Claude.
- Solution architects
- AI/ML engineers
- Technical leads
- Senior software engineers
Not for: Entry-level developers, casual users of Claude-based applications, and anyone without experience designing end-to-end AI systems.
Practise the real thing
A full question bank for CCAR-P, weighted to the blueprint above, so the proportion you practise matches the proportion the exam tests. Timed 63-question simulation with scaled scoring, plus a written explanation on every option, right and wrong.
One-time payment. Sitting CCAR-P itself costs $175, and a failed attempt means waiting 14 days before you can retake it.
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