City's final pre season game ended with a 1 - 0 defeat at Dean Court on Saturday afternoon.
Jodon Ibe's individual goal after City lost possession won the game for the Premier League side.
There was a first run out for Sean Morrison after recoving from an ankle injury and Paul trollope used a number of substitutions as the game progressed to give most of the first team squad a run out.
Next up it's the real thing when City face Birmingham at St Andrews next Saturday, ko 3:00pm.
AFC Bournemouth: Federici, A.Smith (Lee 46), Jordan, Cook, B.Smith (Harfield 87), Ibe (Green 75), Surman, Arter (Whitfield 36), Fraser (Buckley 80), Grabban (Matthews 75), Afobe (Mousset 67).
Substitutes not used: Stanton, McCarthy.
Cardiff City: Marshall, Fabio, Peltier, Morrison (Manga 46), Connolly, Richards (John 60), Ralls (O'Keefe 79), Whittingham (Noone 79), Pilkington (Ayayi 79), Immers (Gunnarsson 79), Gounongbe (Zohore 60).
Substitutes not used: Wilson.
Attendance: 4,036 (259 away fans)
Referee: Andy Davies