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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:
- Define a solution using architectural design principles based on customer requirements
- 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% |