CCAR-F tier credit scenario-based
Architect – Foundations
- Items
- 60
- Time
- 120 min
- Fee
- $125
- Cut score
- 720 / 1,000
- Valid
- 12 months
- Domains
- 5 · 30 statements
Item bank live
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4 credentials, 1 of which we prepare for today. Every figure below is read from the transcribed exam blueprints, not from memory. Practice runs report percent-correct per domain and per task statement — no tool here converts a practice percentage into a scaled score.
3 of the 4 credentials earn Claude Partner Network tier credit. CCAR-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-P count toward the Services Track count of active certified individuals. CCAO-F (Associate – Foundations) earns no tier credit — real enablement for sellers and delivery leads, never a route to the headcount number.
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CCDV-F tier credit
Developer – Foundations
- Items
- 53
- Time
- 120 min
- Fee
- $125
- Cut score
- 720 / 1,000
- Valid
- 12 months
- Domains
- 8
Reserved — no item bank yet
CCAR-P tier credit
Architect – Professional
- Items
- 63
- Time
- 120 min
- Fee
- $175
- Cut score
- 720 / 1,000
- Valid
- 12 months
- Domains
- 7
Reserved — no item bank yet
Guide versions: CCAR-F v1.0 (2026-07) · CCDV-F v1.0 (2026-07) · CCAR-P v1.0 (2026-07) · CCAO-F v1.0 (2026-07). Subject to change without notice — re-verify each exam cycle.
What counts toward partner tier
| Credential | Code | Items | Fee | Tier credit | Prepared here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architect – Foundations | CCAR-F | 60 | $125 | yes | Item bank live |
| Developer – Foundations | CCDV-F | 53 | $125 | yes | Reserved — no item bank yet |
| Architect – Professional | CCAR-P | 63 | $175 | yes | Reserved — no item bank yet |
| Associate – Foundations | CCAO-F | 60 | $99 | no | Not offered here |
Tier credit needs a current credential and Claude usage in the past 90 days, so renewal is part of the count — see exam logistics.
CCAR-F readiness
Claude Certified Architect – Foundations — 60 items in 120 minutes, cut score 720 on a 100–1,000 scale. 4 scenarios drawn from a published bank of 6 — 15 possible draws.
Item bank
120 of 90 floor
Authored volume only — 100% of 90 items (3 × 30 statements). This is a sum, so it can read high while individual statements sit below the floor; the per-statement figure beside it is the one that means anything. Every item cites the published statement it was written against.
Task statements
30 of 30 at floor
30 of 30 statements have at least one item; 0 still have none. The floor is 3 items per statement.
Scenarios
6 of 6 in the bank
A scenario counts as ready once it can fill a 15-item block, the real exam's density.
| Domain | Weight | Expected items | Statements | Authored items | Statements at floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 Agentic Architecture & Orchestration | 27% | 16.2 | 7 | 26 | 7 / 7 |
| D2 Tool Design & MCP Integration | 18% | 10.8 | 5 | 17 | 5 / 5 |
| D3 Claude Code Configuration & Workflows | 20% | 12 | 6 | 26 | 6 / 6 |
| D4 Prompt Engineering & Structured Output | 20% | 12 | 6 | 24 | 6 / 6 |
| D5 Context Management & Reliability | 15% | 9 | 6 | 27 | 6 / 6 |
| Scenario | Primary domains | Weight spanned | Authored items |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 Customer Support Resolution Agent | D1D2D5 | 60% | 20 |
| S2 Code Generation with Claude Code | D3D5 | 35% | 20 |
| S3 Multi-Agent Research System | D1D2D5 | 60% | 20 |
| S4 Developer Productivity with Claude | D1D2D3 | 65% | 20 |
| S5 Claude Code for Continuous Integration | D3D4 | 40% | 20 |
| S6 Structured Data Extraction | D4D5 | 35% | 20 |
Thinnest coverage relative to blueprint weight: D2 Tool Design & MCP Integration — 17 authored against 10.8 expected on a real exam.
Before anyone registers, the company email domain has to be linked to the partner record — linking takes 7–10 days and certifications earned on an unlinked domain do not credit toward the Services Track count. Exam logistics has the sequence, the retake waits, and why 720 is not 72%.