--- title: "Claude Certification Prep: Free Mocks and Guides | Cred Farmer" url: https://credfarmer.com/ description: "Free mock exams, study guides and readiness tracking for all 4 Claude Certified exams: CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P. No sign-up needed to start practising." last_updated: 2026-10-22 publisher: "Cred Farmer, an independent study platform, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic or Pearson VUE" --- Cultivating AI Expertise # Grow your Claude Certified credentials. Plant a Claude Certified Associate, Developer, or Architect exam, tend it daily with study guides and mock tests, and harvest the pass. Cred Farmer turns Claude certification prep into something you can watch grow. [Get started](https://credfarmer.com/login) · [Browse certifications](https://credfarmer.com/#certifications) A free timed mock exam and a study guide for each of the four certifications, no account needed. A free account adds the full mock set and readiness tracking, also free. [Try the CCAO-F mock](https://credfarmer.com/practice/ccao-f) or [open the study guides](https://credfarmer.com/certifications). Trusted by AI practitioners at ## AI practitioners at 100+ companies practise here. From six-person studios to the Big Four. Every name is a practitioner who sat a practice test, not a sign-up. **See all 104 companies** - \[x\]cube LABS - Above IT - Accelerize 360 - Accenture - Actio - Agile Heroes - Aiden AI - Allgen - Altimetrik - American Express - Amini - Annona - Applaudo - AscentCore - Atix Labs - Aubergine - Avanade - Bain & Company - Bright - Brival - Capgemini - Caylent - Cefalo - CHG Healthcare - CI&T - Classmethod - Cloud Office - Cognizant - Coinis - Databeat - Deloitte - Dira - Dumfounded Tech - DXC Technology - EC Infosolutions - Entelect - EPAM - Erbis - Fast Slow Motion - Focusteck - Folio3 - Fruition Services - Fusion5 - Futurice - Glitch Media Group - GoodLabs Studio - Grid Dynamics - Hellon - Human Behaviour Group - IBM - ICBS - Ignite Studios - IncubXperts - Inisoft - InteractOne - Kammelna - Land IT - Lean TECHniques - LECG - Liventus - London Consulting Group - Lovelytics - MediaMint - Microsoft - ML6 - NBH - NEORIS - Netcentric - NextView Consulting - NxtCloud - Obsidian Security - Omnys - OpenSpace Services - Periti Digital - Pikessoft - Poverty Stoplight - Praecipio - PwC - QBurst - Quantiphi - Salesforce - ScaleData - Smysl - Software Mansion - stable|kernel - Stefanini - Stuur - Symphony - Systango - Taivara - Tallysis - Tata Consultancy Services - TeamSparq - The AR Lab - The Black Puma - The Hindu - TRY - Uptima - V2 - Voxogenic - WhtNxt - Wide Reach Consulting - WillowTree - World Wide Technology A company is listed only when at least one practitioner there signed in with a verified work address, or a public developer profile naming the employer, and submitted a practice test. Names only, no logos, and no endorsement is implied. At a glance ## Cred Farmer in brief What it is An independent study site for Anthropic's four Claude Certified exams, with a study guide, timed mock exams, flashcards and a readiness score for each. Exams covered CCAO-F (Claude Certified Associate - Foundations), CCDV-F (Claude Certified Developer - Foundations), CCAR-F (Claude Certified Architect - Foundations), CCAR-P (Claude Certified Architect - Professional). Price Everything on Cred Farmer is free. There is no paid tier. No account needed One free timed mock exam per certification, a study guide on each certification page, flashcards, the blog and the platform comparison. With a free account A free account, with Google or GitHub sign-in, adds the full study guides, the full set of timed mock exams, drills and readiness tracking. Readiness score Readiness is a practice-based study signal built from timed practice answers. It is not a validated prediction of passing the exam. Independence Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Anthropic or Pearson VUE. Cred Farmer does not issue the credentials and does not reproduce live exam questions. More in the [FAQ](https://credfarmer.com/faq), on [how we check what we publish](https://credfarmer.com/about) and on [the four certifications compared](https://credfarmer.com/certifications). The Methodology ## Plant. Grow. Harvest. A systematic framework to conquer technical exams without the burnout. ### Plant Select a certification from our curated catalog. Review the syllabus, lock in your goal, and plant it on your personal dashboard. ### Grow Cultivate your knowledge. As you conquer study guides and master mock exams, watch your readiness climb into the green zone. ### Harvest Walk into the exam room fully prepared. Pass the test, log your victory, and proudly display your brand new credential. The Toolkit ## Everything you need to pass. No more juggling PDFs, bookmarks, and forum posts. Cred Farmer brings the entire study stack into one focused environment. ### Full-Length Mock Exams Stop guessing. 1,180 questions written to the published exam blueprints, five timed forms per exam at the real exam's length and time limit, and a reason for every option, right or wrong, so you learn from each mistake. ### Focused Study Guides Structured chapters mapped directly to the exam objectives. No fluff, just the exact concepts you need to memorize. ### Algorithm Scoring Our readiness engine calculates a precise, real-time score based on your study history and mock test performance. Readiness trendExample ### Spaced-Repetition Drills Flashcard drills resurface each concept right before you'd forget it. SM-2 scheduling turns every deck into durable, long-term recall. ### Personalized Path Your weakest domains, ranked from real mock performance, each linked to the exact chapter that will move your score the most. ### Exam-Prep Playbooks & Badges Anatomy of a question, guided worked solutions, a test-taking playbook, and an exam-day war room, plus milestone badges as your readiness grows. The Catalog ## All four Claude certifications. Fully unlocked. Every track ships a complete study guide, timed practice forms, flashcard drills, and exam-prep playbooks. Start with the Foundations, elevate to Architect. AvailableStart here ### CCAO-F Claude Certified Associate - Foundations The best place to start: use Claude effectively across everyday professional work. 60 items·7 domains·120 min·$99 USD exam fee [CCAO-F exam guide](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-associate-foundations) Available ### CCDV-F Claude Certified Developer - Foundations Build on Claude: the API, prompting, agents, tools, Claude Code, and MCP. 53 items·8 domains·120 min·$125 USD exam fee [CCDV-F exam guide](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-developer-foundations) Available ### CCAR-F Claude Certified Architect - Foundations Agent architecture and orchestration, tool design and MCP, Claude Code, structured output, and context management. 60 items·5 domains·120 min·$125 USD exam fee [CCAR-F exam guide](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-architect-foundations) Available ### CCAR-P Claude Certified Architect - Professional Design and defend production Claude architectures end to end. 63 items·7 domains·120 min·$175 USD exam fee [CCAR-P exam guide](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-architect-professional) [Browse the full catalog →](https://credfarmer.com/login) The Blog ## 104 articles on the four exams. Four groups: whether the credential is worth it, how to study for it, what the questions actually test, and how to get a team through. Every post is free, and nothing sits behind a login. ### Deciding whether to certify 14 posts - [Is a Claude certification worth it?](https://credfarmer.com/blog/is-claude-certification-worth-it) - [CCDV-F vs CCAR-F: which Claude exam should you sit, and which first?](https://credfarmer.com/blog/ccdv-f-vs-ccar-f) - [CCAO-F vs CCDV-F: should you take the Associate or the Developer exam first?](https://credfarmer.com/blog/ccao-f-vs-ccdv-f) ### Studying and sitting the exam 59 posts - [A Claude certification study guide you can follow in 30 days](https://credfarmer.com/blog/how-to-study-for-the-claude-certification) - [Claude certification sample questions, explained](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-certification-sample-questions) - [Claude certification exam policies: the rules on fees, dates, conduct and appeals](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-certification-exam-policies) ### The skills the exam tests 28 posts - [Output evaluation and validation on CCAO-F: the heaviest domain, and the one rule under it](https://credfarmer.com/blog/output-evaluation-and-validation-on-ccao-f) - [Product and model selection on CCAO-F: the lightest configuration that clears the bar](https://credfarmer.com/blog/product-and-model-selection-on-ccao-f) - [Troubleshooting and Optimization on CCAO-F: six items, three objectives, one method](https://credfarmer.com/blog/troubleshooting-and-optimization-on-ccao-f) ### Teams and access 3 posts - [Do the Claude exams test team skills? One objective in 121 says so](https://credfarmer.com/blog/do-the-claude-exams-test-team-skills) - [How to certify your team on Claude without stalling the cohort](https://credfarmer.com/blog/certifying-your-team-business-case) - [Preparing for a Claude certification without partner network access](https://credfarmer.com/blog/study-without-partner-network-access) [Browse the blog →](https://credfarmer.com/blog) The ledger ## What is actually on this farm - 1,180 · Practice questions - 119 · Study sections - 20 · Timed mock exams - 4 · Certifications covered - 1,000+ · Learners who completed a section - 130,000+ · Practice questions answered - 1,000+ · Timed exams sat - 1,000+ · Hours under exam conditions Learner totals as of 16 October 2026, rounded down. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Anthropic or Pearson VUE. The practice data ## Our data allows 28 comparisons between exam domains. 16 of them hold up. The ledger above counts what we have built. This is what happened when people sat down and used it. 223 learners, 386 timed papers and 16,028 answers from our practice bank (what survives the filters we publish rather than everything we hold), with the sample size and both intervals attached to every figure. Almost every gap you can see in it is smaller than the uncertainty around it, and we would rather draw the uncertainty than sort the table until one gap looks convincing. CCDV-F accuracy by exam domain **CCDV-F accuracy by exam domain** | Row | Accuracy | Per-item interval | Learner-clustered interval | Correct of answered | Learners | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Security and Safety | 53.3% | 50.45% to 56.15% | 49.14% to 57.49% | 628 of 1,178 | 196 | | Claude Code | 62.8% | 58.79% to 66.65% | 58.29% to 67.32% | 363 of 578 | 185 | | Tools and MCPs | 62.9% | 60.54% to 65.14% | 59.3% to 66.44% | 1,065 of 1,694 | 199 | | Prompt and Context Engineering | 63.9% | 61.63% to 66.17% | 60.22% to 67.64% | 1,099 of 1,719 | 209 | | Eval, Testing, and Debugging | 68.3% | 63.63% to 72.61% | 62.87% to 73.72% | 280 of 410 | 187 | | Applications and Integration | 71.3% | 70.04% to 72.49% | 68.97% to 73.59% | 3,743 of 5,251 | 215 | | Agents and Workflows | 72.7% | 70.8% to 74.44% | 69.88% to 75.43% | 1,682 of 2,315 | 200 | | Model Selection and Optimization | 73.0% | 71.39% to 74.64% | 70.51% to 75.59% | 2,106 of 2,883 | 223 | Each band is a 95% interval, drawn on a truncated axis. Where two of them overlap, this data cannot tell those domains apart. Every pairwise contrast Every pairwise contrast. 28 contrasts between the 8 published rows. 16 of them separates after correction; the other 12 sit inside the noise, which means the measurement cannot tell those rows apart. - Claude Code with Security and Safety: this contrast separates after correction. - Tools and MCPs with Security and Safety: this contrast separates after correction. - Prompt and Context Engineering with Security and Safety: this contrast separates after correction. - Eval, Testing, and Debugging with Security and Safety: this contrast separates after correction. - Applications and Integration with Security and Safety: this contrast separates after correction. - Applications and Integration with Claude Code: this contrast separates after correction. - Applications and Integration with Tools and MCPs: this contrast separates after correction. - Applications and Integration with Prompt and Context Engineering: this contrast separates after correction. - Agents and Workflows with Security and Safety: this contrast separates after correction. - Agents and Workflows with Claude Code: this contrast separates after correction. - Agents and Workflows with Tools and MCPs: this contrast separates after correction. - Agents and Workflows with Prompt and Context Engineering: this contrast separates after correction. - Model Selection and Optimization with Security and Safety: this contrast separates after correction. - Model Selection and Optimization with Claude Code: this contrast separates after correction. - Model Selection and Optimization with Tools and MCPs: this contrast separates after correction. - Model Selection and Optimization with Prompt and Context Engineering: this contrast separates after correction. One cell per pair, keyed to the domain numbers beside the bands. Filled survives correction for testing them all; open is inside the noise. The filled cells pair Applications and Integration with Security and Safety; Model Selection and Optimization with Security and Safety; Agents and Workflows with Security and Safety; Agents and Workflows with Tools and MCPs; Model Selection and Optimization with Tools and MCPs; Agents and Workflows with Prompt and Context Engineering; Applications and Integration with Tools and MCPs; Model Selection and Optimization with Prompt and Context Engineering; Prompt and Context Engineering with Security and Safety; Tools and MCPs with Security and Safety; Applications and Integration with Prompt and Context Engineering; Eval, Testing, and Debugging with Security and Safety; Model Selection and Optimization with Claude Code; Agents and Workflows with Claude Code; Applications and Integration with Claude Code; Claude Code with Security and Safety. Our own practice questions, marked against our own answer key, answered by people who chose a preparation site. Nothing here is a pass rate and nothing here measures the certification exams themselves. How we decide what may be published at all is on our [methodology page](https://credfarmer.com/compare/methodology). The page also reports what people do under the clock, on samples several times larger than these tables: 31.3% of 1,561 timed papers are abandoned, the median one 16.6 minutes in with 4 of 60 answered. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Anthropic or Pearson VUE. [What learners get right and wrong](https://credfarmer.com/stats) The competition ## We compared ourselves to everyone else, and published where we lose. There are 32 places to prepare for a Claude certification, and we scored all of them, including ourselves, against 10 criteria fixed before anything was rated. Every figure links to the provider's own page with the date we checked it. Cred Farmer comes top of 6 of the 7 reader profiles. For the other 1 the table sends you to theCRUX instead. **Top 5 Claude certification prep platforms on a balanced weighting** | Platform | Exams | Questions | Timed mocks | Price | Score | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 Cred Farmerus | All four | 1,180, every option explained. | 20 full-length timed forms: | $0 while in open beta. | 90 | | 2 ClaudeArchitectCertification.com | All four | 532 questions in the CCA-F (C… | A mock of 30 or 60 questions… | $0. | 76 | | 3 CCAFPreparation | CCAR-F | 408 in the full bank. | One full-length timed mock, o… | Nothing is sold and no price… | 70 | | 4 ClaudeArchitectGuide.com | CCAR-F, CCAR-P, CCDV-F | 200 original CCAR-F questions… | A 65-item timed mock on a 120… | $0. | 69 | | 5 ClaudeTestPrep | All four | 1,439 questions. | One full-length timed mock pe… | $0, pay what you want. | 67 | Balanced weighting, 32 platforms, Cred Farmer ranked 1 with 90/100. The full table is re-rankable: tell it what you actually need and the order changes. [See all 32 compared](https://credfarmer.com/compare) · [How we scored them](https://credfarmer.com/compare/methodology) For teams ## Pay for the exams your people will pass. Certification budgets get spent on whoever asks first. Cred Farmer shows you who is actually ready, so you can fund the people who will clear the exam and give everyone else the time to get there. ### Readiness, not activity A score from 0 to 100 per person per certification. Their first sitting of each full mock form sets the band it can reach. Study and streaks move it only within that band, so activity alone never makes anyone look ready. You also see the gate state, how many mocks they have taken, and the pass or fail of any real exam they record. ### Each person opts in Nobody appears on your dashboard until they have read exactly what is shared and agreed to it. You never see their answers, their confidence ratings, their drill results or their scaled score. They can leave whenever they like, and your view of them ends on the spot. ### Sponsor at your own bar Set the readiness score you are willing to fund at, see who has crossed it, and record an offer against a certification. The candidate accepts or declines it in their own account, and you both get a record of what was agreed. ### The organisation layer is in pilot. We are onboarding a small number of partners by hand so we can fix what breaks before it is anybody's problem. Tell us about your team and we will set you up. One thing to be plain about: Cred Farmer does not take payment for exams or issue invoices. Sponsorship here is a recorded offer and a candidate's answer. You and they settle the money directly. 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