CCAR-P Practice Question: Stakeholder Communication and Lifecycle Management
A project stakeholder is concerned about the latency of Claude 3.5 Sonnet responses in a high-throughput production application. How should the architect manage this communication?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often choose answers that suggest changing the model provider entirely or blaming the network, missing that proactive technical solutions like streaming and quantifiable metrics must be combined with expectation management.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Provide latency metrics and propose streaming to improve perceived performance.
Addressing performance concerns requires a blend of technical transparency and expectation management. By quantifying latency through benchmarking and offering specific optimization strategies like streaming or prompt engineering, the architect establishes trust. This process is crucial because stakeholders often perceive latency as a failure of the model rather than a facet of network or inference configuration, and proactive communication prevents unnecessary escalations while keeping project timelines intact.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Dismiss the concern as latency is inherent to LLMs.
Why it's wrong here
Dismissing concerns without investigation undermines professional credibility and fails to address the underlying business requirement. Even if latency is inherent, stakeholders require quantitative data to make informed decisions about feature trade-offs. A collaborative approach ensures that the project team remains aligned with the business goals and technical constraints.
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Immediately switch to Claude 3 Haiku for all requests.
Why it's wrong here
Switching models without evaluating the impact on response quality or downstream tasks is premature. Architecting a solution requires a balanced approach where the performance benefits of a smaller model are weighed against the potential loss of reasoning capabilities. This change should only occur after testing validates the business requirements.
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Provide latency metrics and propose streaming to improve perceived performance.
Why this is correct
Sharing empirical latency data builds transparency, while suggesting streaming allows the application to render content progressively. This improves the user experience and perceived responsiveness without requiring a change in the model architecture. Engaging stakeholders with actionable technical solutions effectively manages expectations while providing a clear path forward for production optimization.
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Request the stakeholder to increase their budget for higher rate limits.
Why it's wrong here
Increasing rate limits does not address latency issues inherent to inference processing or network transmission. Financial requests are secondary to technical problem-solving and should only be addressed after root cause analysis confirms that existing infrastructure is insufficient. This approach is often seen as deflective and harms the architect-stakeholder relationship.
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Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official Anthropic exam blueprint
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