@Deployment(name = "dep_fail", managed = false)
public static Archive<?> deploy_fail() {
   // return some deployment which can't be deployed = error produced
}

@ArquillianResource private Deployer deployer;

@Test
@RunAsClient
public void testDeploy() throws Exception {
   boolean fail = false;

   try {
      deployer.deploy("dep_fail"); // Exception raised HERE
   } catch (Exception e) {
      fail = true;
   }
   if (!fail) {
      // Some tests
      try {
         deployer.undeploy("dep_false");
      } catch (Exception e) {
      }
   }
}