What this is#
This wraps up the Becoming a Claude Architect series with a self-check: 100 practice questions, 20 per domain, covering everything from Domain 1 — Agentic Architecture & Orchestration through Domain 5 — Context Management & Reliability. Click an answer and you’ll see immediately whether it’s right, with a short explanation either way.
This is an unofficial, AI-assisted study aid — not vetted against the real exam’s style or difficulty. I drafted these questions myself, grounded in the official exam guide’s task statements and the content of Posts 2 through 6 in this series, but Anthropic hasn’t reviewed or endorsed them. Treat this as a way to stress-test your own understanding, not a substitute for the official exam guide or Anthropic’s own prep material.
How to use it#
flowchart LR
A[Read the question] --> B[Pick an answer]
B --> C{Correct?}
C -->|Yes| D[Green check + explanation]
C -->|No| E[Red X on your pick,
green check on the right one,
+ explanation]
D --> F[Move to the next question]
E --> G[Re-read the relevant
domain post section]
G --> F
style D fill:#28c840,stroke:#1c9c30,color:#fff
style E fill:#e0524a,stroke:#b3261e,color:#fff
No scoring, no shuffling, no timer — just click through all 20 questions in a domain, in order, and see how you do. If a question trips you up, it names the concept clearly enough in the explanation to go back to that domain’s post for the fuller version.
Domain 1 — Agentic Architecture & Orchestration (27%)#
Domain 2 — Tool Design & MCP Integration (18%)#
Domain 3 — Claude Code Configuration & Workflows (20%)#
Domain 4 — Prompt Engineering & Structured Output (20%)#
Domain 5 — Context Management & Reliability (15%)#
Conclusion#
That’s the series: five domains, thirty-one key points, five diagrams, five charts, and now a hundred questions to check what stuck. The Claude Certified Architect – Foundations exam tests real architectural judgment — when to reach for a subagent versus doing the work inline, how to design a tool description that a model can actually parse correctly, when plan mode earns its overhead, how to guarantee structured output instead of hoping for it, and how to keep a long-running agent honest about what it does and doesn’t know. If this quiz surfaced a gap, the linked domain posts above are the fastest way to close it.
Sources#
- Claude Certified Architect – Foundations Exam Guide — task statements for all five domains
- Becoming a Claude Architect series — Parts 1 through 6, the primary source for every question above
These 100 questions are AI-drafted and AI-checked against the domain posts’ own content and the exam guide; I reviewed them for accuracy and fit, but they haven’t been validated against the real exam’s actual question style or difficulty.
Where this fits#
Part 7 — the finale — of Becoming a Claude Architect, following Domain 5 — Context Management & Reliability. That’s the full series: Part 1 — Overview through this practice quiz.
