Yes — the CCA Foundations exam is entirely multiple choice. Every question presents a realistic scenario and asks you to select the single best answer from four options: one correct response and three distractors (plausible-but-wrong choices). There are no "select all that apply" questions. Unanswered questions are scored as incorrect, and there's no penalty for guessing, so it's always worth answering every question.
That distinction matters for how you prepare. A pure recall question rewards memorising definitions; a scenario-based multiple-choice question rewards judgment — recognising why three of the four options are subtly wrong, not just knowing the textbook definition of the right one. Our exam anti-patterns guide covers the traps these questions set most often, domain by domain.
The exam is also closed-book and proctored, with a 120-minute time limit for all 60 questions — no notes, no documentation, no second screen. That's one more reason scenario practice under exam-like conditions matters more than re-reading material. According to Anthropic's published exam overview, the specific scenarios you see can also vary between candidates; we'd recommend confirming the exact details of question selection on Anthropic's registration page, since we're working from their public materials rather than a first-hand exam log.
Our free 10-question diagnostic and 400-question practice bank use the same scenario-based approach across all five domains — so you can build that judgment before it counts.