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CCAR-F study plan: a day-by-day path to exam day
A day-by-day CCAR-F study plan: more days for heavier domains, then timed mock exams, a review of every miss and work on your weakest domains.
The CCAR-F exam gives you 60 questions in 120 minutes, and its domains range from 15% to 27% of the exam. MockCert's study plan fits your preparation into 28 days.
01 How should you study for CCAR-F, week by week?
You open the exam guide, see a long list of objectives, and wonder where to start. Book your exam date first, so the plan has a fixed end. Then study the domains in order through week two and into week three, before Mock exam 1 on day 18.
The CCAR-F study plan as a timeline
- 1 Agentic Architecture & Orchestration4 days
- 2 Tool Design & MCP Integration3 days
- 3 Claude Code Configuration & Workflows4 days
- 4 Prompt Engineering & Structured Output3 days
- 5 Context Management & Reliability3 days
- Mock exams and review11 days
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Each objective ends with its Check, and each domain ends with a mixed quiz and the flashcards you marked Not yet.
Book the date, then finish every domain before your first mock exam.
02 How do the exam weights shape your study days?
Agentic Architecture & Orchestration is 27% of the exam, the largest share.
How the CCAR-F exam splits its weight across domains
The whole exam: 60 questions
- 1Agentic Architecture & Orchestration27%about 16 questions
- 2Tool Design & MCP Integration18%about 11 questions
- 3Claude Code Configuration & Workflows20%about 12 questions
- 4Prompt Engineering & Structured Output20%about 12 questions
- 5Context Management & Reliability15%about 9 questions
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The plan opens with it: Domain 1 gets days 1 to 4. Along the way, 10-minute flashcard reviews keep earlier domains fresh.
Domain 1 is 27% of the exam, so it gets the opening four days.
03 What do you do after the last domain?
Now you switch from learning to testing. Quizzes are untimed and explain each answer, while a mock exam shows results only at the end.
From a mock exam to targeted review
- Take a mock examOne sitting, timed, no notes
- Review every missRe-read its notes section
- Fix the weakest domainRetake its quiz
- Take the next mock examThen review it the same way
Take Mock exam 1 in one sitting, 120 minutes, with no notes. The next day, go through every question you missed, then find your weakest domain on the Progress page.
Follow each mock exam with a review of every question you missed.
Summary
- Book your exam date on day 1 so the plan has a fixed end.
- Give Domain 1, at 27%, the opening four days.
- Take each mock exam in one sitting, 120 minutes, with no notes.
- Review every miss, then retake your weakest domain's quiz.
Sources and editorial status
Research checked Nov 3, 2026.