MCP & Deployment — CCAR-F Practice Question
A representative Claude Certified Architect - Foundations (CCAR-F) exam question on MCP & Deployment. Work through it below, then read why each option is right or wrong.
This question is part of the free Claude Certified Architect - Foundations practice test.
Short answer
The correct answer is A. Use a local process transport for the workstation tool and an authenticated remote transport for the shared service.
Transport and authentication should match the deployment boundary. Local process communication and shared remote service access have different threat and operational models.
The Question
A local developer tool needs low-latency access to a process running on the same workstation, while a shared enterprise connector serves many remote clients. What deployment split is reasonable?
Why A is correct
Transport and authentication should match the deployment boundary. Local process communication and shared remote service access have different threat and operational models.
Why the other options are wrong
Option B does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (A) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.
Option C does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (A) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.
Option D does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (A) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.
Key idea: MCP & Deployment
Transport and authentication should match the deployment boundary. Local process communication and shared remote service access have different threat and operational models. On the CCAR-F exam, questions in the "Tool Design and MCP Integration" domain test whether you can map a scenario's constraints to the right choice. Read the requirement carefully, eliminate options that violate any single constraint, and pick the one that satisfies all of them with the least operational overhead.
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