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AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Topics
Exam Basics
- Format is 50 scored and 15 unscored questions
- Question types are multiple choice and multiple response
- Exam time is about 90 minutes
- Passing score is 700 out of 1000
- Intended for beginners with up to 6 months AWS experience
Domain 1: Cloud Concepts (24%)
- Benefits include global reach, high availability, elasticity, and agility
- Understand the AWS Well-Architected Framework and its six pillars
- Know migration strategies and the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
- Understand cloud economics, cost savings, rightsizing, and automation
Domain 2: Security and Compliance (30%)
- Know the AWS shared responsibility model
- Understand encryption, governance, and compliance requirements
- Apply access management with IAM, MFA, and IAM Identity Center
- Use AWS security tools such as GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, WAF, and Shield
- Leverage auditing and governance services like CloudTrail and Config
Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services (34%)
- Know how to deploy and manage with Console, CLI, SDKs, and IaC
- Understand Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations
- Identify compute options like EC2, ECS, EKS, Fargate, and Lambda
- Know databases such as RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache
- Understand VPC, Route 53, Direct Connect, and VPN connectivity
- Use storage options like S3, Glacier, EBS, EFS, FSx, and Backup
- Recognize AI and analytics services such as SageMaker, Lex, Athena, and QuickSight
- Be familiar with additional services including SNS, SQS, EventBridge, and developer tools
Domain 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support (12%)
- Understand On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans, and Dedicated options
- Know cost management tools such as Budgets, Cost Explorer, and Pricing Calculator
- Recognize AWS Organizations consolidated billing and allocation
- Identify AWS Support plan levels and resources like Trusted Advisor and Health Dashboard
Out of Scope
- The exam does not cover coding
- Architecture design is out of scope
- Troubleshooting tasks are not included
- Implementation and load testing are not part of the exam
- The focus is on understanding concepts and services rather than building solutions
How to Prepare
- Start by studying the official exam objectives carefully
- Use practice exams to get familiar with question styles and topics
- Use ChatGPT as a trainer to request tutorials on tasks and concepts
- Review mock exams again before sitting for the real exam