Claude Certification Guide
Free Claude certification practice exams: four timed mocks, one per code
Every page that ranks for a Claude certification practice exam is a free, no-login mock runner, so this one is too. Four timed mocks written to the 2026 exam guides sit below, one per code, with a reason for every option. Under them: every other source of practice by type, how to tell fresh questions from recalled ones, and what the signed-in forms add.
Four mocks, one per code, no account needed
Pick your code. Each mock is written to that certification's published exam guide, allocated across its official domains by weight, and timed at that exam's official pace: its published minutes over its published item count, so a full-length paper gets the exam's own time limit. After you submit you get the raw count by domain and the reason every option holds or fails. Nothing is stored and nothing is sent anywhere.
Claude Certified Associate - Foundations
60 questions in 120 minutes, the exam's own length and time limit. Exam: 60 items, 120 minutes, 720 to pass.
Start the CCAO-F mock, no accountClaude Certified Developer - Foundations
53 questions in 120 minutes, the exam's own length and time limit. Exam: 53 items, 120 minutes, 720 to pass.
Start the CCDV-F mock, no accountClaude Certified Architect - Foundations
A 20-question quick mock, 40 minutes timed at two minutes an item, the official pace, written to the five-domain guide. Exam: 60 items, 120 minutes, 720 to pass.
Start the CCAR-F mock, no accountClaude Certified Architect - Professional
63 questions in 120 minutes, the exam's own length and time limit. Exam: 63 items, 120 minutes, 720 to pass.
Start the CCAR-P mock, no accountThe CCAR-F mock is a 20-question quick set, written to the five-domain guide alone (domains weighted 27, 18, 20, 20 and 15 percent) and to nothing that came before it. The live exam presents scenarios drawn from a bank; the quick mock is neither built as scenarios nor a replica of it.
Prefer to read before you sit? Each code has ten worked practice questions with the reasoning written out (CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F, CCAR-P), and a 40-card flashcard deck per code (CCAO-F, CCAR-P, CCDV-F, CCAR-F) covers its official domains as recall cards. The week-by-week study plan says where each of these fits.
Every source of Claude certification practice, by type
The search results for a Claude certification practice exam mix five kinds of thing that look alike on a results page and behave very differently once you open them. Official sources are linked; the rest are named by type, because naming a site is a recommendation and none of the last three earns one.
| Source type | What it is | Reasons per option | Cost | Risk to you |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official sample questions | A handful of illustrative items in each exam guide, the only official practice material since the platform practice exam was retired. | Yes, briefly | Free | None. Too few to measure anything across the domains. |
| Claude Academy course quizzes | Knowledge checks inside Anthropic’s own courses. They test the course, not the exam blueprint, and they are untimed. | Some | Free | None, but a quiz score is not a mock result. |
| No-account banks (this page) | Fresh items written to the published guide by domain and objective, sat against the official clock, scored as raw counts. | Yes, every option | Free | None, if the source and the check date are stated. One paper per code, so a repeat measures less. |
| Paid packs | Several hundred items behind a card, of uneven origin. The good ones behave like the row above; the rest recycle definitions or older blueprints. | Varies | Paid | Money spent on items written to no published blueprint at all, with no way to tell before paying. |
| Dump sites | Lists sold as recalled exam questions with a bare answer key, often with the typos memory leaves behind. | No | Paid | The credential. Using disclosed content breaks the agreement you sign and is grounds for revocation. |
Where a site is named, it is on the comparison of Claude certification prep platforms: every independent provider we could find, scored on the same ten criteria with a dated source for each figure, and re-rankable for the reader who wants the best free option or one platform for all four exams.
A legitimacy checklist for any practice test
Six checks, in the order that catches the most. Apply them to this page as well; every item here was built to pass all six, and the check date at the foot of the page is the sixth.
It says where the questions come from. A domain and an objective from the published exam guide, named on each item. Not “the real exam”, not “verified by candidates”.
Every option has a reason, including the wrong ones. A key with no explanation teaches you the letter, not the decision. If only the correct option is explained, you cannot learn from a right answer chosen for the wrong reason.
The stems are scenarios with a constraint. A role, a measured symptom, a limit on cost, latency or access, then the question, in about the length of the official sample questions. A definition with one term swapped is a flashcard wearing a mock's clothes.
It says what its score is and is not. Raw counts by domain beside the official weights come first. The exam's conversion to its 720-cut scale is not public, so any practice scaled score or pass grade is an estimate, and a legitimate test says how it works one out and that it is not calibrated against real results. The no-account mocks here report raw counts only. The signed-in forms add a practice score on a 100 to 1,000 index and a grade against 720, a straight line from raw correct, and say so beside the grade.
It carries a check date against the current guide. The current exam guides are version 1.0, dated July 2026, and their domain lists are the only public blueprint. Undated material was written to something, but you cannot tell what.
It never asks what you saw on your exam. A submission form for recalled items is a braindump with a friendlier name, and using its output is grounds for losing the credential.
There is no official practice exam any more
When Claude certification exams moved to Pearson VUE, the practice exam on the previous platform was retired and has not been replaced. What remains officially is the sample questions inside each exam guide: useful for calibrating question style, but too few to show stable practice performance across every domain. That gap is why third-party practice material exists at all, and why the four mocks on this page were written to the guides themselves rather than to any earlier practice set.
Avoid braindumps: the risk is your credential
Sites advertising “real exam questions” or “actual dumps” are selling material that candidates were bound not to disclose. Beyond the ethics, there are two practical consequences: certification bodies revoke credentials obtained this way, and dumped questions go stale the moment the exam is refreshed, so you memorise answers to questions you will never see. The longer argument, with the policy text, is in why Claude certification exam dumps are a bad bet.
Signals that material is illegitimate
- It claims to contain real, actual, or leaked exam questions
- It guarantees a pass
- It is questions and answer keys only, with no teaching or explanation
- Questions read oddly or contain consistent typos, a sign of transcription from memory
- It invites users to submit “what I saw on my exam”
No account versus signed in: what is open and what the account adds
Everything on Cred Farmer is free. Everything in the left column is open to anyone, with no account and nothing stored. The right column is what an account adds for CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P.
| Practice | Open, no account | Signed in, free in open beta |
|---|---|---|
| Timed mocks | One per code: 60 CCAO-F, 53 CCDV-F, 20 CCAR-F, 63 CCAR-P items, on this page and at /practice. | 5 CCAO-F forms of 60, 300 items; 5 CCDV-F forms of 53, 265 items; 5 CCAR-F forms of 60, 300 items; 5 CCAR-P forms of 63, 315 items, each aligned to the current blueprint, with history across sittings. |
| Sample questions | 6 per certification page, with the key and a reason for every option visible. | The same items, plus drills by objective that show the key and the reason as you go. |
| Practice-question posts | 10 per code in the blog, with a self-scored miss map, alongside the sample-questions hub. | Per-objective mastery, so a miss in a post becomes a drill on that objective rather than a note to self. |
| Score and review | Raw correct of total, per-domain counts beside the official weights, the weakest domain, the key and every option's reason. Gone when the tab closes. | An evidence-gated readiness score. Your first sitting of each aligned form, guided or timed, sets its band; study and streak days move it only within that band; drills, re-sits and self-ratings never count as evidence. |
Neither column predicts the official result. Practice evidence is not an official-exam pass probability or a booking instruction; mock results do not predict the official result or determine whether you should book. What both columns do is show where the misses cluster and why each option was tempting.
Start with the mock for your code
Four timed mocks, a reason for every option, nothing to sign up for. When the paper stops surprising you, the signed-in forms are the next fresh set.
Frequently asked
Quick answers to the follow-up questions.
Is there a free Claude certification mock test?
Yes. This page carries four, one per code: 60 items for CCAO-F, 53 for CCDV-F, 63 for CCAR-P and a 20-question quick mock for CCAR-F, each timed at its own exam's official pace, each with a reason for every option after you submit. No account, no email address, nothing stored. The CCAO-F mock runs on this page; the other three are one click away.
Are these real exam questions?
No. Every item was written fresh to the published exam guide for its code, mapped to a named domain and objective, and checked against the guide on the date shown. Nothing is recalled from a sitting and nothing is drawn from another provider. Exam content is confidential, candidates agree not to disclose it, and material sold as recalled questions can cost you the credential.
Is there an official Claude certification practice exam?
No. The practice exam that existed on Anthropic’s previous platform was retired when exam delivery moved to Pearson VUE. The only official practice material now is the small set of sample questions inside each exam guide, which shows the question style but is too few to measure anything across the domains.
How do I know if a Claude certification practice test is legitimate?
Six checks, in the order that catches the most: it names the published domain and objective behind each item; it explains every option, not only the key; its stems are scenarios with a stated constraint; it reports raw counts by domain, and any scaled score or pass grade it shows comes with how it was worked out and a plain statement that it is not calibrated against real results; it carries a check date against the current guide; and it never invites you to submit what you saw on your exam.
Does a good score on a mock mean I will pass?
No. The official exam reports a scaled score with a 720 cut, and its conversion from raw answers is not public, so no practice count is known to map to that scale. The signed-in forms here show a practice score and a grade against 720 from a straight-line conversion, and say beside the grade that it is not calibrated against the real exam. What a mock does tell you is where the misses cluster by domain and why each wrong option was tempting, which is what decides what you study next. Mock results are practice evidence and do not predict the official result or determine whether you should book.
What does an account add that the no-account mock does not have?
For every code: timed forms aligned to the current blueprint (CCAO-F 5 forms, 300 items; CCDV-F 5 forms, 265 items; CCAR-F 5 forms, 300 items; CCAR-P 5 forms, 315 items), each with a practice score on a 100 to 1,000 index and a grade against 720 that are not calibrated against the real exam, plus drills by objective, per-objective mastery, history across sittings and a readiness score capped by your first sitting of each aligned form. Individual preparation is free while in open beta. Practice evidence is not an official-exam pass probability or a booking instruction.
Can I sit the no-account mock more than once?
As often as you like, but the second sitting measures less. The inventory is one paper per code, so a repeat mixes learning with memory of the items. Use the first sitting as the measurement and later ones as untimed review with the reasons open; when the paper stops surprising you, the signed-in forms are the next fresh set.
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