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The exam validates a candidate’s ability 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 costoptimized  \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.  \nRefer to the Appendix for a list of technologies and concepts that might appear on the exam, a list of in-scope AWS services and features, and a list of out-of-scope AWS services and features.  \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  \nquestion. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that a candidate with  \nincomplete 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 50 questions that affect your score.  \nUnscored content  \nThe exam includes 15 unscored questions that do not affect your score. AWS collects information about 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 (SAA-C03) exam has a pass or fail designation. 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 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. 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 of classifications contains general information that highlights your strengths and weaknesses. Use caution when you interpret section-level feedback.  \nContent outline  \nThis exam guide includes weightings, content domains, and task statements for the exam. This guide does not provide a comprehensive list of the content on the exam. However, additional context for each task statement is available to help you prepare for the exam.  \nThe exam has the following content domains and weightings:  \n• Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures (30% of scored content)  \n• Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures (26% of scored content)  \n• Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures (24% of scored content)  \n• Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (20% of scored content)  \nDomain 1: Design Secure Architectures  \nTask Statement 1.1 : Design secure access to AWS resources.  \nKnowledge of:  \n• Access controls and management across multiple accounts  \n• AWS federated access and identity services (for example, AWS Identity and Access Management [IAM]","cbCaiscAunmTNcCn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiscAunmTNcCn","pdf",176417,23,"English","# Introduction\n# Target candidate description\n# Exam content\n## Response types\n## Unscored content\n## Exam results\n# Content outline\n## Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures","[{\"question\":\"Who is the intended candidate for the SAA-C03 exam?\",\"answer\":\"The target candidate should have at least 1 year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions using AWS services.\"},{\"question\":\"How are questions structured and scored in the exam?\",\"answer\":\"The exam uses multiple choice and multiple response questions, and unanswered questions are scored as incorrect with no penalty for guessing.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the exam domains and their weightings?\",\"answer\":\"The exam includes four domains: Design Secure Architectures (30%), Design Resilient Architectures (26%), Design High-Performing Architectures (24%), and Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (20%).\"}]","AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate (SAA-C03) Exam Guide - Introduction - Exam Content | PDF",1789936798,58]