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The exam validates a candidate’s ability to use AWS technologies to design solutions based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework.  \nThe exam also validates a candidate’s ability to complete the following tasks:  \n• Design solutions that incorporate AWS services to meet current business requirements and future projected needs  \n• Design architectures that are secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized  \n• Review existing solutions and determine improvements  \nTarget candidate description  \nThe target candidate should have at least 1 year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions that use AWS services.  \nFor a detailed list of specific tools and technologies that might be covered on the exam, as well as lists of in-scope and out-of-scope AWS services, refer to the Appendix.  \nExam content  \nResponse types  \nThere are two types of questions on the exam:  \n• Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors)  \n• Multiple response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more response options  \nSelect one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that a candidate with incomplete knowledge or skill might choose. Distractors are generally plausible responses that match the content area.  \nUnanswered questions are scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing. The exam includes  \n50 questions that will affect your score.  \nUnscored content  \nThe exam includes 15 unscored questions that do not affect your score. AWS collects information about candidate performance on these unscored questions to evaluate these questions for future use as scored questions. These unscored questions are not identified on the exam.  \nExam results  \nThe AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate exam is a pass or fail exam. The exam is scored against a minimum standard established by AWS professionals who follow certification industry best practices and guidelines.  \nYour results for the exam are reported as a scaled score of 100–1,000. The minimum passing score is 720. Your score shows how you performed on the exam as a whole and whether or not you passed. Scaled scoring models help equate scores across multiple exam forms that might have slightly different difficulty levels.  \nYour score report could contain a table of classifications of your performance at each section level. This information provides general feedback about your exam performance. The exam uses a compensatory scoring model, which means that you do not need to achieve a passing score in each section. You need to pass only the overall exam.  \nEach section of the exam has a specific weighting, so some sections have more questions than other sections have. The table contains general information that highlights your strengths and weaknesses. Use caution when interpreting section-level feedback. Candidates who pass the exam will not receive this additional information.  \nContent outline  \nThis exam guide includes weightings, test domains, and task statements for the exam. It is not a comprehensive listing of the content on the exam. However, additional context for each of the task statements is available to help guide your preparation for the exam. The following table lists the main content domains and their weightings. The table precedes the complete exam content outline, which includes the additional context. The percentage in each domain represents only scored content.  \n\n| Domain | % of Exam |\n| --- | --- |\n| Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures | 30% |\n| Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures | 26% |\n| Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures | 24% |\n| Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures | 20% |\n| TOTAL | 100% |\n\nDomain 1: Design Secure Architectures  \nTask Statement ","cbCaibiyycodlWq2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibiyycodlWq2","pdf",171606,17,"English","# Introduction\n## Target candidate description\n## Exam content\n### Response types\n### Unscored content\n### Exam results\n## Content outline\n### Domain weightings\n## Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures\n### Task Statement 1: Design secure access to AWS resources\n### Task Statement 2: Design secure workloads and applications","[{\"question\":\"What does the AWS SAA-C03 exam validate?\",\"answer\":\"It validates the ability to design solutions using AWS technologies based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework and to create secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized architectures, plus to review existing solutions for improvements.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of questions appear on the exam?\",\"answer\":\"The exam includes multiple choice questions and multiple response questions. 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