AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam is designed for individuals who perform a solutions architect role and have one or more years of experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS.
Earning this AWS Certification shows:
- You know how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies.
- You can define a solution using architectural design principles based on customer requirements.
- You understand how to provide implementation guidance based on best practices to an organization throughout the lifecycle of a project.
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Exam content outline
Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures (30%)
Domain 2: Design High-Performing Architectures (28%)
Domain 3: Design Secure Applications and Architectures (24%)
Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (18%)
Response types
Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors)
Multiple response: Has two correct responses out of five response options
Exam Details
Format
65 questions; multiple choice, multiple answer
Type
Associate
Delivery Method
Testing center or online proctored exam
Time
130 minutes to complete the exam
Cost
150 USD (Practice Exam: 20 USD) funding options
Language
Available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese
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