AWS Certification Exam Prep
Study guides, practice exams, and flashcards for all Amazon Web Services certifications. 13 certifications available.
About AWS Certifications
Amazon Web Services offers a tiered certification ladder: Foundational (Cloud Practitioner, AI Practitioner), Associate (Solutions Architect, Developer, CloudOps Engineer, Data Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer), Professional (Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer Pro), and Specialty (Advanced Networking, Security, Machine Learning). Each track maps to a real role on AWS engineering teams.
AWS exams are scored on a scaled 100–1000 system with a passing score around 700–750 depending on the exam. Most associate-level exams run 130 minutes with 65 questions; professional and specialty exams extend to 180 minutes with 75 questions. Performance-based labs do not appear — all questions are multiple choice or multiple response.
The Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) is the recommended entry point for non-technical staff or anyone new to AWS. Engineers with AWS experience often skip directly to Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03), which has the highest market demand and best signal-to-effort ratio for landing a cloud engineering role.
All AWS Certifications
Beginner
[AIF-C01] AWS Certified AI Practitioner
For professionals validating expertise in AI/ML and generative AI on AWS.
[CLF-C02] AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
For beginners seeking a foundational understanding of AWS Cloud concepts.
Intermediate
[DEA-C01] AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate
For professionals implementing data pipelines and optimizing data solutions on AWS.
[DVA-C02] AWS Certified Developer - Associate
For developers building, deploying, and debugging AWS Cloud-based applications.
[MLA-C01] AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate
For engineers building and maintaining machine learning solutions on AWS.
[SAA-C03] AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
For architects designing secure and robust applications on AWS.
[SOA-C03] AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate
For engineers deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS.
Advanced
[AIP-C01] AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional
For professionals validating expertise in generative AI solution development on AWS.
[ANS-C01] AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
For experts designing and implementing scalable AWS and hybrid network architectures.
[DOP-C02] AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
For engineers provisioning, operating, and managing distributed systems on AWS.
[MLS-C01] AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty
For practitioners building, training, and deploying ML models on AWS.
[SAP-C02] AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
For experienced architects designing complex, highly available AWS solutions.
[SCS-C03] AWS Certified Security - Specialty
For security professionals securing data and workloads in the AWS Cloud.
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