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Claude Certification Architect – Foundations: Exam Prep

Course Summary

This course prepares participants to pass the Claude Certified Architect - Foundations exam. Built around the exam's scenario-based format and five weighted domains, it covers exam strategy, targeted domain review, practice questions, and a study plan for the days before your attempt. 

Prerequisites

Participants should have:

  • Hands-on experience building production apps with Claude, including multi-agent orchestration, tool integration, and the Agent SDK
  • Prompt engineering experience with JSON schemas, few-shot examples, and long-document/multi-agent context management
  • Familiarity with MCP servers, CI/CD pipelines, and error handling patterns
Purpose
Learn the exam strategies, domain patterns, and scenario-recognition skills needed to prepare for the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations exam
Audience
Candidates preparing to sit for the Claude Certified Architect Foundations exam
Role
Claude Architects | Solutions Architects | AI Engineers
Skill level
Intermediate
Style
Lectures | Hands-on Activities
Duration
1 day
Related technologies
Claude API | Anthropic SDK | MCP | Claude Code | Multi-Agent Systems | Prompt Engineering

 

Objectives
  • Describe the exam format, scoring model, and time-management strategies for scenario-based multiple-choice questions
  • Review all five exam domains
  • Recognize the architectural patterns tested in each exam scenario

What you'll learn:

In this course, you'll learn:

Getting Started

  • Exam format and structure

  • Determining what is being asked in scenario-based questions

Domain 1: Agentic Architecture and Orchestration 

  • Pattern recognition: agentic loop correctness, coordinator-subagent delegation, hook-based enforcement

  • Scenario practice: Customer Support Resolution Agent

  • Scenario practice: Multi-Agent Research System

Domain 2: Tool Design and MCP Integration

  • Pattern recognition: tool interface design, structured error responses, tool distribution, tool choice

  • Scenario practice: Developer Productivity with Claude

Domain 3: Claude Code Configuration and Workflows 

  • Pattern recognition: CLAUDE.md hierarchy, commands and skills, path rules, plan mode, CI/CD integration

  • Scenario practice: Code Generation with Claude Code

  • Scenario practice: Claude Code for CI/CD

Domain 4: Prompt Engineering and Structured Output 

  • Pattern recognition: explicit criteria, few-shot design, schema design for edge cases, validation loops

  • Scenario practice: Structured Data Extraction

Domain 5: Context Management and Reliability

  • The five production failure patterns and how they appear in exam scenarios

  • Integrated review across all six certification scenarios 

Passing the Exam

  • Building a personal study plan

  • Practice resources

  • Scheduling the exam

Claude Certification Architect – Foundations: Exam Prep

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Real-World Content

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