Claude Architect Foundations Mock Test 5 (30 Questions)
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Mock Test 5 for the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCAR-F) exam: 30 scenario-based questions, a 60-minute timer and a 72% pass mark. Scenarios in this test: Customer Support Resolution Agent, Developer Productivity with Claude, Claude Code for Continuous Integration. Submit to see your score, a per-domain breakdown and an explanation for every option.
What this mock test covers
- Agentic Architecture & Orchestration — 8 questions
- Tool Design & MCP Integration — 6 questions
- Claude Code Configuration & Workflows — 6 questions
- Prompt Engineering & Structured Output — 6 questions
- Context Management & Reliability — 4 questions
Review these lessons before or after the test:
- Claude Agentic Loop: stop_reason, Tool Results and Anti-Patterns
- Multi-Agent Orchestration with Claude: Coordinators and Subagents
- Claude Agent SDK Hooks, Prerequisite Gates and Human Handoffs
- Task Decomposition and Session Management in Claude Code
- Claude Tool Design: Descriptions, Tool Distribution and tool_choice
- MCP Tool Error Handling: isError, Error Categories and Retries
- MCP Integration in Claude Code: Scopes, Resources and Built-in Tools
- CLAUDE.md Configuration Guide: Hierarchy, @import and Path-Specific Rules
- Claude Code Slash Commands and Skills (SKILL.md Frontmatter)
- Claude Code Plan Mode vs Direct Execution and Iterative Refinement
- Claude Code in CI/CD: -p Flag, JSON Output and Automated PR Review
- Prompt Engineering for Claude: Explicit Criteria and Few-Shot Examples
- Claude Structured Output with tool_use and JSON Schema
- Claude Message Batches API and Multi-Pass Review Design
- Claude Context Management: Case Facts, Lost-in-the-Middle and /compact
- Escalation Rules and Error Propagation in Claude Agents
- Human Review, Confidence Calibration and Source Provenance
Sample questions with answers
These practice questions are not part of the timed test above.
Sample question 1
A research report on "renewable energy policy" covers only solar subsidies. Every subagent completed its assignment successfully. Coordinator logs show the subtasks "solar tax credits", "solar feed-in tariffs" and "rooftop solar rebates". What's the root cause?
- A. The analysis agent filters out wind sources
- B. The synthesis agent drops content
- C. The search agent's queries are too narrow
- D. The coordinator's decomposition was too narrow
Answer: D. The subagents did exactly what they were assigned; the assignments themselves missed wind, hydro, grid and so on. C, B and A blame agents that worked correctly within their scope.
Sample question 2
When is starting a fresh session with an injected summary better than resuming?
- A. Whenever the session is less than an hour old
- B. When the earlier tool results are largely stale (e.g. major code changes)
- C. Never
- D. Only in CI
Answer: B. Stale tool results mislead the model, so a clean summary is more reliable. C, A and D are arbitrary.
Sample question 3
Where should a shared team GitHub MCP server be configured, and how is its token handled?
- A. `.mcp.json` with the token inline, but git-ignored
- B. `~/.claude.json` with the token inline
- C. CLAUDE.md
- D. Project `.mcp.json` committed, using `${GITHUB_TOKEN}` env expansion
Answer: D. Project scope makes it shared, and env expansion keeps secrets out of git. B is personal scope and the token is inline. C isn't where servers are configured. A is no longer shared, and it's a fragile secret-handling pattern.
Sample question 4
What's the purpose of the Explore subagent?
- A. Managing MCP servers
- B. Executing deployments
- C. Isolating verbose discovery output and returning a summary, which preserves main context
- D. Running tests in CI
Answer: C. B, D and A aren't its role.
Sample question 5
Why use tool_use with a JSON schema for extraction?
- A. It reliably produces schema-compliant, syntactically valid structured output
- B. It removes the need for validation
- C. It's cheaper than text
- D. It makes outputs semantically correct
Answer: A. D and B are wrong: semantic errors are still possible, so you still validate. C isn't the reason.
Sample question 6
Why are sentiment scores and self-reported confidence poor escalation triggers?
- A. They're illegal
- B. They require fine-tuning
- C. They don't reliably reflect how complex a case actually is
- D. They're expensive
Answer: C. They're proxies that are poorly correlated with complexity, and LLM self-confidence is badly calibrated. D, A and B are irrelevant.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in this mock test?
30 questions in 60 minutes, the same pace as the real 60-item, 120-minute exam.
What score do I need?
72% passes this mock. Aim for 85% or more on at least three mocks before booking the real exam.
Can I retake the test?
Yes, as often as you like. Answer options are reshuffled each time. Try the other mocks too: Mock Test 1 · Mock Test 2 · Mock Test 3 · Mock Test 4.
Are these real exam questions?
No. They are original practice questions written against the official CCAR-F exam objectives.
Independent study material by SQA Tools. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Anthropic. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic. Mock questions are original practice items, not real exam content. Exam facts checked against Anthropic's official exam guides and certification FAQ on 11 November 2026.