Exam Domains
The Claude Certified Architect (Professional) exam covers 7 domains with 38 objectives. Weight your study time to the blueprint.
The real exam is 63 questions in 120 minutes and costs $175; you can sit it through Pearson VUE. The pass mark is 720 on a 1000-point scale (Exam Guide v1.0).
17%
of exam
Solution Design & Architecture
Translate business problems into Claude solutions, design end-to-end architectures, choose patterns, and align to value pillars.
13%
of exam
Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering
Select models, design prompts and guardrails, engineer context, and reuse prompts efficiently.
19%
of exam
Integration
Configure tools and agents, close auth gaps, balance latency, observe systems, and design RAG and connection strategies.
16%
of exam
Evaluation, Testing & Optimization
Define metrics, build evals, run A/B tests, diagnose failures, and optimize cost and performance.
14%
of exam
Governance, Safety & Risk Management
Implement guardrails, surface risks, apply HITL, meet compliance, and address ethical AI concerns.
14%
of exam
Stakeholder Communication & Lifecycle Management
Run discovery, communicate trade-offs, manage feedback and SLAs, document designs, and support the full lifecycle.
7%
of exam
Developer Productivity & Operational Enablement
Configure Claude for teams, improve AI-assisted workflows, and support debugging and ops.