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Get AWS Certified.  \nPrepare to Pass Your AWS Certification Exam  \nGet ready to build credibility and confidence by validating your cloud experience with an industry-recognized credential. AWS Certification will help you highlight your in-demand skills for any organization looking to build effective, innovative teams for cloud initiatives using AWS.  \nBefore taking an AWS Certification exam, we recommend you have hands-on experience with relevant AWS products and services. We offer resources, including optional training, to supplement your experience and help you prepare for AWS Certification.  \nThis overview of the certification exam and recommended training courses will help you prepare to validate your knowledge and experience with an AWS Certification.  \nGo beyond cloud trained. Get AWS Certified.  \nAWS Certified AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate (SAA-C02)  \nOverview  \nOn Track for Success  \nIn advance of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam, we recommend you have one or more years of hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS. You can supplement your hands-on experience with related AWS training.  \nThis learning path is designed for solutions architects, solution design engineers, and anyone who wants to learn how to design applications and systems on AWS. It’s designed to help you build technical skills with a recommended progression of courses as you move toward AWS Certification:  \n2  \nAWS Certified AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate (SAA-C02) Overview  \nKnow Your Material  \nThe exam includes the following topics, so make sure you have them covered:  \nDesign Resilient Architectures  \n• Design a multi-tier architecture solution  \n• Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures  \n• Design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services  \n• Choose appropriate resilient storage  \nDesign High-Performing Architectures  \n• Identify elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload  \n• Select high-performing and scalable storage solutions for a workload  \n• Select high-performing networking solutions for a workload  \n• Choose high-performing database solutions for a workload  \nDesign Secure Applications and Architectures  \n• Design secure access to AWS resources  \n• Design secure application tiers  \n• Select appropriate data security options  \nDesign Cost-Optimized Architectures  \n• Identify cost-effective storage solutions  \n• Identify cost-effective compute and database services  \n• Design cost-optimized network architectures  \nIf you need to revisit the fundamentals of any of the above topics, AWS offers a wide variety of resources designed to further your learning. Access whitepapers, FAQs, technical documentation, and more.  \nCertification Prep page »  \nLooking for more in-depth resources to build your skills as an AWS solutions architect?  \nAWS Ramp-Up Guide: Architect »  \nAWS provides sample questions to help you prepare and a practice exam to give you an idea of what to expect.  \nTake the practice exam »  \n3  \nAWS Certified AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate (SAA-C02) Overview  \nKnow What To Expect  \nHere’s what to expect from the actual exam, which costs $150 USD and allows for 130 minutes to complete:  \nResponse Types  \nThere are two types of questions on the examination:  \n• Multiple-choice: One correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors) .  \n• Multiple-response: Two or more correct responses out of five or more options.  \nSelect one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. 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