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Study guides for the Claude certifications
One lesson per task statement of the official exam guides, written in plain English for people who do not build with Claude every day: one running example, diagrams, the traps the exam sets, a hands-on exercise and five practice questions with every answer explained.
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- CCAR-F · FoundationsClaude Certified Architect - Foundations5 domains · 30 lessons · 360 practice questionsOpen the study guide →
- CCAR-P · ProfessionalClaude Certified Architect - ProfessionalLessons in preparation. The exam guide, domain weights and 189 practice questions are ready now.Open the exam guide →
- CCAO-F · FoundationsClaude Certified Associate - FoundationsLessons in preparation. The exam guide, domain weights and 360 practice questions are ready now.Open the exam guide →
- CCDV-F · FoundationsClaude Certified Developer - FoundationsLessons in preparation. The exam guide, domain weights and 159 practice questions are ready now.Open the exam guide →
How the guides are built
Each official exam guide lists its domains, the weight of every domain, and a set of task statements: the things a candidate is expected to know and be able to do. The study guides here follow that structure exactly. A course page shows the domains and their weights. A domain page lists the task statements and the lessons that cover them. A lesson teaches one task statement from the problem up, names the traps the exam sets around it, and ends with an exercise and practice questions.
Not sure which exam fits? Compare all four first. Already decided? Open the exam guide page for your track (CCAR-F, CCAR-P, CCAO-F, CCDV-F) for the facts, rules and registration steps, then start the lessons.
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- Claude certifications compared: all four exams side by side, and which one to take first.
- Articles: study plans, scoring explained, who can register, and exam-day advice.
- Question banks: 1,068 practice questions with every answer option explained.