SAA-C02: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate: Hands-On Labs

About AWS – Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam

 

Exam Questions	Case study, short answer, repeated answer, MCQs
Number of Questions	100-120
Time to Complete	130 minutes
Exam Fee	150 USD

 

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) examination is intended for individuals who perform in a solutions architect role. This exam validates an examinee’s ability to effectively demonstrate knowledge of how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies.

 It validates an examinee’s ability to:

1. Define a solution using architectural design principles based on customer requirements
2. Provide implementation guidance based on best practices to an organization throughout the lifecycle of a project

 

Recommended AWS Knowledge

• 1 year of hands-on experience designing available, cost-effective, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS
• Hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services
• Hands-on experience with AWS deployment and management services
• Ability to identify and define technical requirements for an AWS-based application
• Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement
• Knowledge of recommended best practices for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS platform
• An understanding of the basic architectural principles of building in the AWS Cloud
• An understanding of the AWS global infrastructure
• An understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS
• An understanding of security features and tools that AWS provides and how they relate to traditional services

All the required information is included in this study guide.

	Domain	Percentage
Domain 1	Design Resilient Architectures	30%
Domain 2	Define High Performing Architectures	28%
Domain 3	Specify Secure Applications and Architectures	24%
Domain 4	Design Cost-Optimized Architectures	18%
Total		100%