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Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Entry-level certification covering fundamental AWS cloud concepts, services, and pricing.

Avg Salary

$102k/yr

Difficulty

Beginner

Prep Time

~50h

Exam Cost

$100

Skills Covered

AWS Core ServicesCloud EconomicsSecurity BasicsArchitecture Overview

Exam Outline

CLF-C02 · Updated 2023-09

Questions

65

Duration

90 min

Pass Score

70%

Format

Multiple choice

24%

Cloud Concepts

4 objectives

  • Define the benefits of the AWS Cloud (scalability, elasticity, agility, global reach, economies of scale).

  • Identify design principles of the AWS Cloud (Well-Architected Framework pillars).

  • Understand the benefits and strategies of migrating to the AWS Cloud (Cloud Adoption Framework).

  • Understand concepts of cloud economics (fixed vs variable costs, total cost of ownership).

30%

Security and Compliance

4 objectives

  • Understand the AWS shared responsibility model.

  • Understand AWS Cloud security, governance, and compliance concepts (AWS Artifact, compliance programs).

  • Identify AWS access management capabilities (IAM users, groups, roles, policies, MFA, root account).

  • Identify components and resources for security support (AWS Trusted Advisor, Security Hub, Shield).

34%

Cloud Technology and Services

7 objectives

  • Define methods of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud (Management Console, CLI, SDKs, APIs).

  • Define the AWS global infrastructure (Regions, AZs, Edge Locations, Local Zones).

  • Identify AWS compute services (EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail).

  • Identify AWS database services (RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, Aurora).

  • Identify AWS network services (VPC, CloudFront, Route 53, API Gateway, Direct Connect).

  • Identify AWS storage services (S3, EBS, EFS, S3 Glacier, Storage Gateway).

  • Identify AWS AI and ML services (Rekognition, Comprehend, SageMaker, Lex, Polly, Translate).

12%

Billing, Pricing, and Support

3 objectives

  • Compare AWS pricing models (On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans, Dedicated Hosts).

  • Understand resources available for billing support (Cost Explorer, Budgets, Cost and Usage Report).

  • Identify AWS technical support and documentation resources (Support Plans, documentation, whitepapers).

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