AWS Associate Certification Exams – Preparation & Study Guide
📋 2026 Certification Update
AWS certifications have undergone significant changes since this post was originally written. Key updates include:
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) was retired on September 29, 2025 and replaced by the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate is now on exam version SAA-C03 (updated August 2022)
- AWS now offers 12+ active certifications including new AI/ML certifications
- AWS Skill Builder is now the primary official training platform with 900+ free courses
This guide has been updated to reflect current exam versions, resources, and preparation strategies.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) learning path
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) learning path
- AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03) learning path
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) learning path
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) learning path
AWS Certification Landscape (2026)
AWS currently offers certifications across four levels:
Foundational (No prerequisite experience)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) – Cloud concepts, billing, security – $100, 90 mins, 65 questions
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) – AI/ML/GenAI concepts and use cases – $100, 90 mins, 65 questions
Associate (1+ year hands-on experience recommended)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) – Architecture design – $150, 130 mins, 65 questions
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) – Application development – $150, 130 mins, 65 questions
- AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03) – Cloud operations (formerly SysOps Administrator) – $150, 130 mins, 65 questions
- AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (DEA-C01) – Data pipelines and analytics – $150, 130 mins, 65 questions
- AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (MLA-C01) – ML solutions and pipelines – $150, 130 mins, 65 questions
Professional (2+ years experience recommended)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) – $300, 180 mins, 75 questions
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) – $300, 180 mins, 75 questions
- AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional – Foundation models, RAG, responsible AI – $300
Specialty
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) – $300, 170 mins, 65 questions
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C01) – $300, 170 mins, 65 questions
Note: AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty was retired March 31, 2026, replaced by the ML Engineer Associate certification.
AWS Associate Certification Exam Preparation (2026 Guide)
AWS Associate certifications remain the most popular entry point for cloud professionals. Here is a comprehensive preparation strategy based on the current exam formats:
Recommended Preparation Resources
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- Official AWS Resources:
- AWS Certification Preparation page – Start here for official exam guides, sample questions, and prep plans
- AWS Skill Builder – 900+ free self-paced courses, plus paid subscription for enhanced exam prep, labs, and practice exams
- AWS Certification Exam Guides – Official exam domains, objectives, and recommended knowledge
- AWS Free Tier account – Hands-on practice remains essential; the Free Tier provides 12 months of limited free usage for key services
- Top Online Courses (2026):
- Stéphane Maarek – Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) on Udemy – 4.7★, 290,000+ ratings, comprehensive and regularly updated
- Adrian Cantrill – Deep-dive courses with extensive hands-on labs, known for going beyond exam topics into real-world architecture
- Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) – Highly regarded practice exams with detailed explanations, available on Udemy and their own portal
- Practice Exams:
- AWS Official Practice Exams – Available free on AWS Skill Builder (Practice Question Sets) and paid full-length practice exams
- Tutorials Dojo – Industry-leading practice tests with comprehensive explanations
- Whizlabs AWS Solutions Architect Associate – Practice exams with hands-on labs
- Important Whitepapers & FAQs:
- AWS Well-Architected Framework – Essential for SAA-C03
- Security Best Practices
- Service FAQs for key services (EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, etc.)
- Note: Qwiklabs (previously an AWS training resource) was acquired by Google in 2016 and rebranded as Google Cloud Skills Boost (now Google Skills). It no longer provides AWS labs. Use AWS Skill Builder for official hands-on labs.
- Official AWS Resources:
Exam Preparation Tips
- AWS Associate certifications cover a broad range of services but focus heavily on architectural decision-making rather than memorization
- The SAA-C03 exam emphasizes the Well-Architected Framework pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability
- Hands-on experience is highly recommended – use the AWS Free Tier to practice with core services
- AWS services are updated continuously; the exam tests current best practices and service capabilities
- Focus on understanding when to use which service rather than deep implementation details for Associate-level exams
- All Associate exams are 65 questions in 130 minutes (approximately 2 minutes per question)
- A scaled score of 720 out of 1000 is required to pass
- Exam Time Tip: Only mark questions you genuinely doubt as “Mark for Review.” Marking too many wastes valuable review time
- After passing, you receive a 50% discount voucher for your next AWS certification exam and a free official practice exam
AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) – Exam Domains
The SAA-C03 exam (current version since August 2022) covers four domains:
- Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures (30%)
- Secure access to AWS resources
- Secure workloads and applications
- Determine appropriate data security controls
- Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures (26%)
- Scalable and loosely coupled architectures
- Highly available and fault-tolerant architectures
- Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures (24%)
- Storage, compute, database, and networking solutions for performance
- Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (20%)
- Cost-effective storage, compute, and database solutions
- Cost-effective network architectures
AWS CloudOps Engineer Associate (SOA-C03) – Formerly SysOps Administrator
⚠️ Important: The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) was retired on September 29, 2025. It has been replaced by the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03). The new exam reflects modern cloud operations practices including automation, observability, and infrastructure as code.
The CloudOps Engineer exam focuses on:
- Monitoring, logging, and observability
- Automation and infrastructure as code
- Security and compliance operations
- Reliability and business continuity
- Cost and performance optimization
- Networking and content delivery operations
AWS Associate Certification – Important Topics
- Both Solutions Architect & CloudOps Engineer cover a variety of AWS services
- Important topics with 70-80% coverage:
- IAM
- IAM Roles
- IAM Best Practices
- IAM Identity Center (formerly AWS SSO)
- VPC
- VPC
- NAT Gateway (NAT Instances are legacy)
- Bastion Hosts / Session Manager
- VPC Peering & Transit Gateway
- EC2
- S3
- S3 General
- S3 Storage classes (including S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, S3 Intelligent-Tiering)
- Permissions, Object lifecycle & Versioning
- Serverless & Containers
- AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB
- ECS, EKS, Fargate
- Step Functions, EventBridge
- Whitepapers
- Security
- Storage Options
- Well-Architected Framework (essential for SAA-C03)
- CloudWatch Monitoring, CloudTrail, AWS Config – Primarily for CloudOps Engineer
- IAM
- Other topics with 20-30% coverage:
- RDS (Multi-AZ, Read Replicas, Aurora)
- Elastic Load Balancer (ALB, NLB, GWLB)
- Auto Scaling
- Route 53 & Routing Policies
- SQS, SNS, EventBridge
- CloudFront, Global Accelerator
- KMS, Secrets Manager, ACM
- Additional exam topics: Trusted Advisor, Storage Gateway, Direct Connect, Organizations & Billing, Systems Manager, AWS Backup, FSx
💡 Note: AWS SWF (Simple Workflow Service) is a legacy service rarely tested in current exams. AWS Step Functions is the modern replacement and is heavily tested in SAA-C03 and DVA-C02.
Preparation Strategy – Week-by-Week Plan
For candidates with some AWS hands-on experience, a 4-8 week study plan works well:
- Weeks 1-2: Complete a video course (Stéphane Maarek or Adrian Cantrill) covering all domains
- Weeks 3-4: Read AWS documentation for key services, practice with the Free Tier, review FAQs
- Weeks 5-6: Take practice exams (Tutorials Dojo, Whizlabs, or AWS official), review incorrect answers thoroughly
- Weeks 7-8: Focus on weak areas, retake practice exams targeting 80%+, review whitepapers
Target Score: Aim for consistently scoring 80%+ on practice exams before scheduling your real exam.
Related Posts
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Learning Path
- AWS Developer Associate (DVA-C02) Learning Path
- AWS CloudOps Engineer Associate Learning Path
Man i need to ask you some important question, i i did go once to the exam and i failed , and as you said the internet is full of misleading dumps and question/answers.
i have been answering all your questions and answers lately, all the blog question seriously ! do you think this covers all ? or not ? also it will be great help if i can have your contact email.
Hi Melik, I just subscribed to the acloud guru course which i think was enough to get started but not to clear the exams for sure.
I did go through a lot of dumps which are shared for free partially and then ask to to buy full ones, the answers were actually wrong.
Am not sure for the full dumps sold as I never felt the need to buy those.
I have tried to consolidate all the questions I could get hold of around the internet and answered them to best of my knowledge with relevant documentation.
From my experience, you might need go through the acloud guru course (or any other equivalent ones), my blog, a bit of hands on and faqs and couple of whitepaper, which should be good enough.
So a few months ago I also passed AWS-SA-A (87%). I would highly suggest exactly what Mr. Patil has suggested i.e. 1) A Cloud Guru 2) Jayendra Patil Blog 3) AWS FAQ’s and Whitepapers 4) A lil bit of hands on, especially VPC. That’s it and you are gold. I would suggest reading his blog based on topics. It helped me a lot to answer questions that I had not encountered before (approximately 15-18 questions). What helps is the explanation given in red by Mr. Patil after some of the questions. Understanding those concepts will help you to reason the right answer for those unknown questions. I say this because in my exam I was also keeping score between questions I was sure that I had the right answers and questions which I had to reason before answering. I was surprised to see I got 87% as I was expecting around 70%.
Jayendra Sir, how can I upload a few questions for SA Pro? I have just started studying for SA-Pro and have a few questions that I would like to review/answer.
As usual, thanks for maintaining this site. It has truly helped many of us understand these concepts as well as clear the certs.
hello MrPatil,
I am preparing for AWS associate exam, i want to know that after getting certified how much it help in getting the job in India.
regards
Harpal singh
Surely it has a weightage in India, as we too are working heavily on AWS and see openings in other companies as well.
But Only certification adds value, but hand ons experience is a must.
How many of the sample questions would you say that you saw on the real exam?
Almost 80%
Great article! This is a great way to get an idea of the type of questions that you may face during the examinations. Students should go through theses questions and answers to make sure that they are fully prepared for the AWS Certification Examination.
Very good blog. i have tried different website links. but not satisfied. finally followed this block which helped me to clear the associate level exam with out any tension.
Thanks Jayendra.
Hey Congrats Ramesh and thanks for the feedback 🙂
Mr.Jayendra – this is very useful. Have a question! I am scheduled to write ins Dec 30. But i need little bit more prep. If i postpone to Jan 1st week, will the format change because it is new clandar year is my worry? Do you have any thoughts??
Also where have you given the sample questions? Can u give me the link? My id is vsriks@yahoo.com
I doubt it would change with the year change. Amazon updates questions on frequent basis, but some of the questions are still old and does not keep up the pace with the changes happening in AWS services everyday. So i still think you should be good to go. Sample questions are linked to each of the topics at the end.
Hi Jayendra,
Thank you very much! No Doubt its really a very good blog.Its helps a lot! But i wanted to know if you have this kind of blog for AWS-Certified-Solutions-Architect-Professional exam.If so can you please provide me the details.Thanks in advacne!
The topics and some of questions are pretty much from the Professional course as well. I don’t have a brief overview for Professional certification as I am also preparing on it.
Jayendra Sir! Is it possible for me to send you some AWS-SA Professional questions and concepts? I am having a tough time identifying the correct methodology and responses. If so please contact me and let me know how I can send these to you. Thanks.
Sure Ravi, please give me your email id and will mail you directly.
Hi Jayendra:
Excellent blog, I cleared my SA-Associate and your blog was helpful…. Next I am targeting sysops and SA-P, can you share the details for SA-P pls ?
my email id is abhisax1@gmail.com
Thanks
Abhi
Congrats Abhi, Sys Ops – Associate is pretty much covered in the blog.
Am working on the SA-P and will let you know soon.
Could you please share with me as well, Thank you os much in advance!
These are what I was looking for. Could you please send me these?
Hi Everyone!
Guyz who have taken the exam can answer this question.
Can we keep track of our score while the exam is still going on and what is the passing percentage for associate architect.
Thanks
Nope, the score is disclosed at the very end only after you submit the exam. Also the passing % is variable and not known.
Dear Jayendra,
Variable means it can increase will I am giving the test, any idea if you can give about the minimum % what should I aim for .So that I can have some goal in front of me.
Thanks
Read on forums thats its a variable percentile calculations, so on one day a person scoring 65% might pass will on an other day person scoring 70% might fail. I would recommend scoring above 70-75% for making it through.
Thanks a lot !
Thanks Sir. My email is ihmbatchof88reunion@yahoo.com
Hi Jayendra,
Thank you for writing very crisp blog. This blog clearly guides us on what steps we need to follow for excelling on AWS solution architecture — associate certification exam.
Can you please share your list of AWS-SA Professional questions and concepts. It would be of great help. My email id is on.mony@gmail.com
Regards
Ashwin
Hi Jayendra, would it be possible to share questions to midiman2010@gmail.com, Please. Thank you
hello Jay,
Can you please share Developer associate exam question with me
sanjeewan99@gmail.com
Hi Sanjeev, i do any have any specific developer associate exam set, but the blog should cover most of the questions and almost all the topics.
Hi Jayendra, would it be possible to share questions for associate exams to slipanchor@gmail.com, Please. Thanks a lot.
I have tried to put questions as per the topics on the blog itself. So you should find most of them for associate exam on the site.
Great Blogs…..Thanks a lot for this, very helpful and much appreciated.
Thanks Kieran a lot, let me know if any feedback
Jayendra,
Love your blog! Could you send me the questions for the solution architect associate exam? I am unsure of which ones are sysops only.
dspkozmo@gmail.com
Thanks Jim, they are all included with individual topics …. SysOps mainly concentrate on Monitoring, Troubleshooting, CloudWatch, CloudFormation etc.
Hi Jayendra,
Your blog rocks!
Today I’ve passed AWS SA-Assocaite exam, your blogs acted as a study guide for me, the questions at the end of each topic is very helpful for exam point of view, much appreciated.Thank you very much.
Prasenjit
Congrats Prasenjit and thanks 🙂
Jayendra thanks so much for this blog and your excellent summaries of the white paper as well as the sample questions. I was feeling a bit lost with the sheer scale of the AWS services and your posts helped me focus. With your help I’ve just passed SysOps with 90%!
For other readers who are preparing, I also did the cloudguru course, and searched through their forums for questions discussed on there as well as from people who passed and their hints. I read a lot of AWS documentation on specifics I saw in the forums/course/this blog if I didn’t fully understand. I’ve also spent the last 6 months very hands-on with AWS, repeatedly building VPCs, EC2, ELB, ASGs etc which is invaluable. Good luck!
Great .. Thanks and Congrats Tarni 🙂
Hi Jayendra,
After reading your blog I gain some confidence to take exam.
Could you please share me some sample questions for CSA – associate.
Hi Sanjay … Concentrate on the ones with lesser prose for Associate exams …
Did you see any questions on the white paper “Well Architected Framework”
nope .. nothing related to it
Hi Jayendra,
I am preparing for associate exam. Is it possible to share the associate exam questions to samygk@hotmail.com
Thanks and appreciate your help.
Hi Samy, its covered in the blog. Check for the shorter ones, they are more relevant for the associate exam.
Hi Jayendra,
Questions presented listed in blog are awesome, from where you collected these questions and how much this help for exam?
Anni
Just aggregated them … they are available across the forums and sites on Internet ….
Hi Jayendra,
Can you share the questions and details with me at saurabh24jain@rediffmail.com for Solution architect associate exams
Hi Saurabh, I don’t have a separate set, you can check the blog questions based on the topics targeted for Associate exams. The questions with less prose are the associate ones.
Jayendra sir,
Thank you so-much!. I really grateful to you. I followed your guidance by completing 1)acloud.guru few times 2)Your blogs and sample questions 3)FAQs as you advised. I cleared the AWS-SA exam last week.
I am starting for AWS sysops administrator associate exam. I bought acloud.guru videos only. Do you any recommendations for complete conceptual understanding and sample questions.
Again, thank you very much for your contributions to AWS learners community!!
Congrats Raman, thats great ….
acloud guru, blog and FAQs would be good enough to clear SysOps Associate.
Thanks for your recommendations. I will focus on all the three areas.
Hi Jayendra
Thanks for sharing such valuable information .
I am also preparing for SA exam and came across this blog. After going through few sample Qns , I felt that Acloud guru alone will not be enough to clear the exam . But for preparing for SA exam ( not Sys Ops admin currently ) , is it good to study the topics , Qns and links mentioned from this page or is there anything more precise for SA.
i saw the SA prep guide , but that was more related individual topics
https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-solution-architect-professional-certification-exam-preparation-guide/
and of course a concise cheap sheet also https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-certification-exam-cheat-sheet/ .
Please clear this doubt also to go ahead with focus.
The SA and SysOps is not much different except for the SysOps concentrates more on troubleshooting, Monitoring, Deployments so topics like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk and Opsworks are more SysOps related. So you can skip these the rest remain the same.
Also, i have tried to mark some topics as Professional specific, but if not marked concentrate on questions that do not have long prose. Longer prose with multiple services are surely professional.
Thanks for the info
Hi Jay,
Your blog is very good. I passed the CSA exam last week and your blog helped me a lot. I heard Developer Associate exam is almost similar to CSA and only a few topics we need to have in-depth knowledge like DynamoDB. Could you please tell me which topics should i focus more to pass the Developer Associate exam?
And one more suggestion is, please try adding tags to specify which topics are for which exams. Because some topics have in-depth details which may not require for Associate exams.
Thanks and Congrats. For Developer, topics mostly remain the same and the focus is more on development. Services like IAM, S3, VPC, DynamoDB, SQS, RDS, Route 53, Beanstalk are covered.
I am trying to separate the topics and the questions as well based on the Associate and Professional level, but it would take time.
Thank you, Jay. Truly appreciate all your hardwork, especially your down-to-earth attitude 🙂
Thanks Anand … Happy to help 🙂
My other question is, Should we know any programming language to learn or pass the Developer Associate exam?
And in general, what scripting/programming language should I learn to become more knowledgeable in AWS? And are there any sites from which we can learn those scripting languages easily? Thanks in advance.
Focus is not on programming language but on APIs or function provided by AWS. So you don’t ideally need to learn Java/Python for it.
Hi Jay,
Your blog is very great. I am preparing for the CSA exam and your blog is helping me a lot, please let me know when you will be able to separate the topics and the questions based on the Associate and Professional level? I know it would take time and effort but I am looking for an estimate.
According to your knowledge, how often Amazon change the questions based on feedback you got from people.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks JoS, working on it post by post …. might be able to close it my this month.
The exam hasn’t changed for quite some time and no new service appears in the exam as far as the feedback i have seen from the people taking exam recently.
Thanks for the reply and efforts. I am looking forward to see the changes in your blog.
sure .. will keep you updated ..
Hi Jay,
first of all Kudos to you Sir!!! This blog is definitely the best blog i have seen so far around AWS technologies, specially for Certification Preparations.
I finished CSAA last week with a score of 92% and planning to Take the CDA next week, could you email me the material or sample questions that you may have?
Congrats Aseem and thanks
I don’t have any separate material for CDA. All the topics and questions are consolidated on the blog.
Concentrate more on DynamoDB additional in addition to the VPC, S3, EC2, IAM and other topics.
Hi Jayendra,
Very happy to land in your page ! Thank you so much for such great materials !
In the begining, you have mentioned that you cleared Solution Architect and SysOps Associate certifications in a time frame of 2 months and you had 6 months prior AWS experience.
Did you take up SysOps exam right after Solution Architect or there were other certifications before you hit SysOps ?
I have hands-on experience in AWS as DevOps engineer and have been using the services like EC2,VPC,IAM,S3, Route53, CloudWatch, SNS, SES etc. I hope, a cloudguru training, your blogs, AWS white-papers, sample questions will be suffice to clear Solution Architect first. Final target is SysOps though :-).
Regards,
Rajb.
Hi Rajib,
I took SA and SysOps within a span of 2 months. Nothing in between.
SysOps and SA (same with Developer) share about 70% of the topics required for the exam.
You can take them in any order.
However for professional, you surely need preparation time. Atleast dedicated 3 months from my estimates so better clear Associates before you move to Professional.
For Associate, acloud guru, my blog, whitepapers should suffice.
All the best 🙂
Hi Jayendra,
Thank you for your response and suggestions. I will take up Associates first before I take up the final target DevOps – Professional (sorry, there was a typo in my previous post: “Final target is SysOps though” should have been “Final target is DevOps though”).
Regards,
Rajb.
Great and All the best … 🙂
Hi Jayendra,
Not sure if you remember me but i have been here in your blog for ages, today i have a question not about AWS!
First let me tell you that i cleared both Solution Architecture and SysOps only because of your blog.
Now my question, why do you blog ? seriously ? is it documenting what you study ? is it long term goal to change it to paid service ? maybe add some ads later ? what is the real reason deep inside for blogging 🙂
I started a blog and then i stopped after 48 hours asking myself that question.
Thanks,
Sherief
Sure I remember you Sherief 😉 and congrats 🙂
I actually started documenting my study notes on blogspot initially and then started using it as a reference as well.
Main reason being there are lot things and I was not able to find anything specific for certification.
However, slowly I moved to my own domain, learned quite a lot of other stuff as well WordPress, SEO, Ads, Affiliate marketing and AWS itself 🙂
Just continuing with what I have now, but surely have new topics on my mind to add.
I want to suggest one thing to add to your blog, which will be helpful for me ! 🙂
to add section for real life scenarios, common daily AWS tasks something that can make people who are getting the certificate to have the feeling of hands one experience.
Thanks Sherief, am looking into those topics already.
Hi Jayendra,
I have been studying for CSAA for like a couple of months. And I’m planning to take an exam in a week. I have been studying your blog, flashcards, did some practice tests in whizlabs and in acloudguru. The thing is I’ve been through many tests and I,ve been scoring like 77% to 81%. I’m not pretty confident to attempt. Would that cover like 75% in the real test?
Hi Meena, go through my CSSA blog topics and practice exam questions if you think you have manage to understand the concept and answer them all, I think you are good to go. All the Best …
Dear Mr Patil,
Its really nice to see such a blog been maintained and indeed helping many like me who are actually looking for an optimal direction to prepare for these tests. I am preparing for AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam, could you pleas share sample questions to my email address? In fact i am browsing through for some sample question but your experience would really help to have a best set of questions.
Please mail me to hussainks@gmail.com
Thanks in Advance
Regards
Hussain
Hi Hussain, replied separately.
Hello,
I am preparing for AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam, could you please share some sample questions to anup.zodape@gmail.com?
Many thanks for help!
I don’t have any separate question set.
Refer to my Blog Post @ https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-solution-architect-associate-exam-learning-path/ which has the topics and questions at the end.
The longer prose ones are the professional ones usually so you can ignore.
I am yet to mark the questions which are specific to Associate and Professional.
For Associate Practice Exams, also check https://www.braincert.com/course/10370-AWS-Certified-Solutions-Architect-–-Associate-Practice-Exams, which are excellent preparation before exams.
Dear Mr Patil,
Thanks a lot for this lovery block which is helping many like me who are actually looking for an direction to prepare for these tests. I am preparing for AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam, could you please share sample questions to my email address?
In fact i am browsing through for some sample question but your experience would really help to have a best set of questions.
Please mail me to hiteshjaggi1984@gmail.com
Thanks alot in Advance
Regards
Hitesh
Thanks Hitesh, I have listed lot of questions with each blog post. Haven’t got anything separate.
For Associate Please refer to blog post @ https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-solution-architect-associate-exam-learning-path/
If you want to check on Practice exams I would recommend Braincert Exams @ https://www.braincert.com/course/10370-AWS-Certified-Solutions-Architect-%E2%80%93-Associate-Practice-Exams. Good for preparation before exams and the content is of good quality, coverage and explanation.
Hello Jay,
It is a great Blog, and i hope that i have seen it before i went to my Associate Exam first try. I depended on acloudguru, and unfortunately as you said, it was not quite enough to pass the exam, although i was confident from the course.
I’m planning to try again in a week time, but i need to be more prepared for the exam, the problem is that the Faqs does cover many details that is not really required for the associate exam. I’m not sure if you have a consolidated set of practice exam questions in a document by now so i can save the time and effort other than depending on the braincert you mentioned. Your experience is valuable.
My Email is sismair@yahoo.com
Hi Jayendra:
Excellent blog,
I am preparing for AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam, could you please share some sample questions to shailesh_ud@hotmail.com?
Many thanks for help!
AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam!!!
Please for any useful material!! email: j.sudoers@gmail.com
Thank You In Advanced!
sent across ….
Hi Jayendrapatil,
Excellent references and explanation.
Thanks very much.
Thanks James, happy to help …
Hi Jayendra,
Awesome blog!
I am planning to start my preparation for solution architecture exams and collecting all possible papers and related study materials. If possible can you forward me the same.
In case you have any tips if you want to pass before starting my preparation, I would love to know.
Thanks in advance!
Email ID: a.varshney261992@gmail.com
AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam, Please share all sample questions-answers you have.
email: jeet.singh86@gmail.com
Thank You In Advance!
Good day could you please share all
Sample questions you have
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AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam, Please share questions wcwellborn@yahoo.com
Hello Jayendra,
Really nice blog with detailed information. I am preparing for AWS Solution Certified Architect Associate Exam, could you please share any useful material, sample questions/answres to my email address?
Please mail me to aratippatel50@gmail.com
Thanks in Advance,
Best Regards,
Arati
Hello Jeyendra,
This is one of the excellent blog which i have visited so far. I am in the final leg of prepration. Could you please share sample questions with me?
my email address is : kitranet@gmail.com
Thanks & Regards
Vijay Krishnan MR
Hi Jay
Thanks very much for your blog. It’s really excellent and powerful to help me clear my SA-professional exam with score 86. I appreciate it a lot.
Thats great Leo … Congrats ….
BTW, there’s a new certification named as Big Data – Specialist. Have you cleared it or do you have any learning materials to help?
Hi Leo, yup haven’t looked into it yet but this is certainly on my list ….
Hello Jayendra,
Really nice blog with detailed information. I am preparing for AWS Solution Developer Certification Exam, could you please share any useful material, sample questions/answers to my email address?
Please mail me to sahupapa@yahoo.com
Thanks in Advance,
Radhika Kamalesh
Hi Radhika, sent an email ….
Based on your recommendation, i have gone thru the course and white papers along with the hands-on. but, i heard that they have added ECS to the SA Associate exam. i am preparing that too now. Could you please help with the sample questions for SA Associate exam.
Thanks
Raji
The sample questions are at the end of each topic. You can check the one with lesser prose which usually are professional.
You can also check for braincert exams which are ideal for preparation.
Awsome Blog with detailed information. I have cleared both Associate and professional exam and got lot of exam preparation tips from your blog
Currently am preparing for AWS bigdata Certification Exam, failed in my first attempt with 53 % could you please share any useful material, sample questions/answers to my email address?
Please mail me to selvakumar.palani@outlook.com
I have gone thru cloudguru ,linuxacademy and whitepapers,reinvent videos as well
Thanks for your support
Congrats Selva, sorry i do not have anything on Big data for now. Working on it.
Hello Jay,
I just cleared CSA-A exam lately, I wish I had seen your blog a little earlier as I had to go through a boatload of material – Acloudguru, Linuxacademy, Sybex book, some collection of Q&A from different sources.
However, glad that I was able to pass it!
Kindly forward me the collection of Q&A you have for your CSA-A exam and I can comment on what I saw in my exam specifically.
For now, I’ve started prep for SysOps, if you have any set of questions on that, please forward it to me muzammil75@gmail.com
I saw a lot of questions that are clearly marked for CSA-A exam, CDA & Prof exams but for some reason not SysOps. Hope I am not missing anything here.
Regards & keep up the good work!
Muzammil
Congrats Muzammil, i had started marking the questions categorized by exams but never completed it, so you won’t find many of them marked.
I do not have separate questions but you can try the ones with shorter prose, these are usually associate levels. You can also check for braincert practice tests, would help.
I’ve grabbed quite a few Q&A from your website, let me put that up in a testing engine topic wise and see how it may look like.
Hi Jayendra,
Hope all is well-
I am preparing for AWS Solution Architect Associate certification. You blog is really helpful.
If you have any additional reference Q&A, please do share it @ raja.it4@gmail.com
Appreciate your help.Thanks!
Regards
Raja B
just sent …
I am preparing for AWS Sysops Associate certification can you please send me questions
Jayandra excellent Kudos to you on this Blog ,
I am currently on Cloud Foundry project (pivotal)
Deploying Cloud Foundry on AWS .
Appreciate if you could send additional resources on CSA certificate exams or any other resources to my email cheenusjava@gmail.com thanks for your time again
Hi Jayendra,
Trust you are doing good!
I am preparing for AWS Solution Architect Associate certification and ur blog is helpful.
If you have any additional reference Q&A, please do share it prashantpathki at gmail.com
Appreciate your help.
Regards
Prashant
Hi Prashant, sent over via email
Hi Jayendra,
I am also preparing for the AWS SA Associate exam. Please fwd the reference Q&A as well to raman.mms at gmail.com
Thanks & Regards
Raman
I am also preparing for AWS SA associate exam. please forward Q&A to me so well.
admajia at gmail.com
warm regards,
Majia
Hi Jayendra,
Hope all is well, haopy to see your blog, this is amazing.
I am preparing for the AWS SA Associate exam. Please fwd the reference Q&A as well to sivasamym@gmail.com.
Thanks in advance.
Shiva
Hi Jeyendra,
This is one of most helpful knowledge resource for AWS. I was able to clear teh solution architect associate certification with 81%. I prepared with some AWS knowledge repository (its too vast, so not able to cover substantial) and 2-3 months of hands on labs, but was not quite confident about the exam. Your collection of knowledge resources helped me to prepare better and gain confidence.
Thank you very much!
Regards,
Prasanna
Congrats Prasanna, Happy to Help 🙂
Hi Jayendra,
Good Day.
I hope you are doing well.
Your blog is really great help for us.
I have read the topics and see it full of knowledge.
Can i have a favor, kindly send me Q&A to my email.
My email is naveenkumar@gmail.com
Thanks and Regards
I do not have any separate Q&A, all the questions are on the blog site. Would suggest go through the blog, whitepapers, FAQs and Braincert practice tests.
Hi Jayendra,
I forgot to mention i’m about to take AWS Solution Architect Associate.
Kindly send me Q & A to my email address.
Thanks and Regards.
Hi Jayendra,
I am planning to take up the AWS Certified Big Data – Speciality certification.
Anys suggestions on its resources; as the acloudguru course would not be sufficient to clear the exam.
Your resources for Solution architect associate was very helpful to clear the exam.
Please let me know your suggestions on this.
Hello Jayendra,
Really nice blog with very detailed information. and the cheat sheets are at the best of what you can get.
I am preparing for AWS Solution Architect Certification Exam, could you please share any useful material, sample questions/answers to my email address?
Please mail me to nageela85@gmail.com
Thanks for writing this awesome article. This information would benefit anyone preparing for the exams.
Hi, I am also preparing for AWS Solution Architect – Associate Certification Exam, could you please share some Q&A that will help me to clear the exam.
brijeshkumar_77@hotmail.com
thanks
I do not have separate Q&A, everything is on the blog. I passed you few links that can help you in preparation and hands-on
I am also preparing for the AWS Devops Associate exam. Please fwd the reference Q&A.my mail id is sampathcito@gmail.com as soon as possible.
I do not have separate Q&A, everything is on the blog. I passed you few links that can help you in preparation and hands-on
Hi Jayendra,
I am taking up my AWS Certified Systems Architect -Associate test next week. I have had some hands on experience and had also taken ACloud Guru training for CSA. Also have bought AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam Mastery2018. Would appreciate if you could provide any last minute tips for clearing the certifications.
You can send it to
subbu007@gmail.com
Thanks,
Subbu
I purchased dumps from cert4pass and appeared for the exam and got 45% failed.
Mostof the dumps are with wrong answers. Please help me to get the correct answers.
My email id : satsarode@gmail.com
As i have mentioned in the post, Dumps across have wrong answers so do not trust.
HI Jayendrapatil,
I am preparing for AWS Solution Architect Associate certification and following your your blog as a guideline.
CAn you please share additional reference Q&A, any think which you think is helpfull for the test please send at tachibana_159atyahoo.com
you can follow the resources, usually a online course, blog contents, FAQs, practice tests are a very good preparation for the exams.
Hi Jayendra, Thanks for your Blogs and references. I cleared AWS SA Associate exam with help of your blogs and Brain Cert Practice exam question sets. I also referred AcloudGuru course.
I am now thinking of going for AWS developers exam. Can you please let me know what extra preparation I need to do and where can I find correct references?
Do you think of any other certification that we should do after this first certification?
Thanks
Amol
Thats great Amol, congrats. You can refer to the blog for developer https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-certified-developer-associate-exam-learning-path/
70% of the topics are same, whereas developer just have few more topics and development tools coverage compared to SA.
Hi Jayendra,
When wanting to work as SA, which of the below certification should be done first so as to help in Day to Day work?
AWS Developers associate?
AWS Devops Associate? Any link for preparation of this course?
Thanks
Amol
If going for SA, SysOps is more helpful then Developer. Developer is more developers.
For SysOps – https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-sysops-administrator-associate-exam-learning-path/
Hi Jay,
Could you please send me the practice questions for DevOps Engineer Professional at ezyskies@yahoo.com
Thanks
replied.
Hi Jayendra,
I am preparing for associate exam and your blog is one of my key reference.
Really appreciate and thank you for your excellent work.
I am looking for practice questions near to actual exam, would it be possible for you to please
share or even if reference would be great help for me.
Thanks in advance.
Leena
You can check on the Braincert exams, they have a good feedback and can help a lot for the exams.
Hello Jayendra,
Really nice blog with detailed information. I am preparing for AWS Developer Associate Certification Exam on the topics given in your blog. It is very much helpful, if you could share any material, sample questions/answers to my email address..
Please mail me to veena_roja04@yahoomail.com.
Thank you,
Veena.
Sorry your email bounced …
For CDA you can refer to https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-certified-developer-associate-exam-learning-path/
you can also check AWS Developer Associate Practice Exams @ https://www.braincert.com/course/10538-AWS-Certified-Developer-%E2%80%93-Associate-Practice-Exams, would help you to prepare for the exams.
Hello Jayendra,
the blog is really helpful, i’m preparing for AWS Solution Architect Associate exam, i have been using AWS from 5 months. ive even subscribed udemy course. i’m looking for sample questions before going for the exam. it would be helpful if you send me some.
email: kaushikkv9@gmail.com.
Thank you.
I do not have a seperate question set, pretty much is on the blog. sent a short summary that might help.
Hi Jayendra
I am planning to give CSA exam by next month.Could you please share any dumps/ any reference questions or material that I can go through.I will also post my results after my exam.Looking forward to your mail.
dont have any seperate dumps. All the questions are on the blog and I keep updating them.
Sent an email for brief preparation summary, should be good enough to get you through.
Hi, I am planning to give sysops exam this month but I do not have questions to practice. Can you help mw with that?
I have questions on the blog for each topic, you can basically check on them relevant to the SysOps exam.
Hi Jayendra,
I have AWS solution architect associate exam on Mar 14, can you give me any tips or any reference material plz. Thanks!!
replied a preparation summary from the blog, make sure to cover as much as you can.
Hello Jayendra,
The blog is really helpful, i’m preparing for AWS Solution Architect Associate exam, i have been studying & using AWS since last 6 months. i’ve even subscribed udemy course. i’m looking for sample questions before going for the exam. it would be helpful if you send me some.
email: dhanapm@rediffmail.com.
Thank you.
Hi jayendra,
I am preparing for AWS CSA exam.Can you send me the Q&A set or links for them ?
It will be helpful for practice.
sammouse36@gmail.com
Don’t have seperate set of Q&A. Most of it is covered on the blog. Sent a brief summary for preparation.
Would you please corward this summary to me too
Hi Jayendra,
I’m planning to give CSA exam. Can you forward the brief summary for preparation to saitej1212@gmail.com?
hello Jay,
Can you please associate solution architect exam question with me?
shanthijayasekar@gmail.com
Thanks
Shanthi
Hello Jay,
I’m planning to give Solution Architect Associate exam. Can you please forward the brief summary for preparation to saisathishaws@gmail.com
hi Jeyandra,
This is Shiva again, I followed your advise and got certified SA in November. Now I am planning todo aws bigdata certification. Please could you advise me on this.
Congrats Shiva, i am preparing one for big data soon.
Hi Jayendra,
Hope you are doing good. happy to see your blog, this is very helpful.
I am preparing for the AWS SA Associate exam. Could Please fwd the reference and Q&A to Aadhyareddy20@gmail.com.
Appreciate your help!
Thanks in advance
Hi Jayendra,
I am preparing for AWS Solution Architect – Associates exam.
Request you to please share the QA guide to anoopsoniaws@gmail.com
Hello Jayendra,
I have scheduled AWS solutions architect associate exam this weekend. Any helpful tips, questions, topics to get me through the exam helps. I did prepare for the exam.
Your guidance is for cross checking my knowledge.
Email: junkmarketing86@gmail.com
Hello Jayendra
I am preparing for the AWS SA Associate exam. Could Please fwd the reference and Q&A rsathishkumarnd@gmail.com. I am planning to give next week.
Hi, Jayendra,
I just passed the AWS SA Associate exam and scored 81%. Thank you very much for your great material to help me pass this exam. There are several questions regarding the API gateway, which is not encountered during preparation. it would be better than you can add more details to it.
Great Congrats Larry, sure i will check on API gateway.
Hello patil,
I have attempted AWS CSA -Assocaite exam but could not get succeed , could you please help me to share the set of sample questions on azhanj1234@gmail.com, planning to re-appear again in first week of October.you help would be very much appreciated.
Hi , could you please share the latest questions and material if any for SA @ jitenderkumar0791@gmail.com
There are resources in the SAA-C01 learning path, you can refer and choose what you are looking for.
Hi, Jayendra,
Planning to take a SAA-C01 certification(Solution Archetict Associate). Please share the QA guide that can help me pass the exam.
Hi Dan Dilag, https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-solutions-architect-associate-feb-2018-exam-learning-path/ should be useful as it covers the resources.
Nice Information on AWS
Hi Jayendra, would it be possible to share questions for associate exams to basireddy8133@gmail.com@gmail.com
Please. Thanks a lot.
Hi Jayendra, would it be possible to share questions for associate exams to for recent 3 yeras dumps basireddy8133@gmail.com, Please. Thanks a lot.
Sorry Basi, i do not have dumps or questions. I usually check on the internet for these.
Hi Jayendra,
Am planning to appear for the “new version” of the exam SAA-C02 (Solution Architect – Associate) next month. All the additional resources / documents / sample questions specific to SAA-C02 would be of great help. Thanks in advance.
Hi Sankara, updated @ https://jayendrapatil.com/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c02-exam-learning-path/
Excellent post !!!,
Thanks for such a great post and the review, I am totally impressed! Keep stuff like this coming.