Study guide

The format

65 questions, 130 minutes, scored on a scale to 1000 with a passing score of 720. Some questions ask for a single correct answer; others ask you to pick two or three. None of them have an "all of the above" — every distractor is meant to be individually wrong, which is also the standard CirrusPrep's own question bank is held to.

How the domains are weighted

The exam isn't evenly split across topics — some domains carry roughly a third of the exam, others closer to a fifth. CirrusPrep's mock exams are assembled with the same weighting, so a full mock reflects the actual exam's emphasis, not an arbitrary spread.

• Design Secure Architectures30%
• Design Resilient Architectures26%
• Design High-Performing Architectures24%
• Design Cost-Optimized Architectures20%

How to use this site to prepare

1. 1. Start with an untimed full mock. Get a baseline without the clock adding pressure on top of unfamiliar material.
2. 2. Drill your weak domains.Domain drills give you right/wrong feedback on every question as you go, so you're not waiting until the end to find out what you missed.
3. 3. Use flashcards for pure recall. No grading, no pressure — just stem, think, flip, and read the explanation.
4. 4. Take a timed mock close to test day. This is the only mode that withholds your score until the end and runs a real countdown, so it's the closest simulation of the actual exam room.