AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Exam cost

$100 USD (historical estimate)

Questions · time · passing score

65 questions (50 scored, 15 unscored); multiple choice and multiple response; 90 minutes time limit; passing score 700 (on a scale of 100-1000)

Prerequisites

| Up to 6 months of exposure to AWS Cloud design, implementation, and/or operations. Ideal for individuals from non-IT backgrounds or those early in an AWS Cloud career. | | Renewal Period | Every 3 years | | Renewal Fee | Cost of exam (100 USD) or completion of AWS Cloud Quest: Recertify Cloud Practitioner | | CPE Requirements | Recertification by passing the current exam or completing AWS Cloud Quest: Recertify Cloud Practitioner. No specific CPE/CEU hours required. | | Study Hours | 15-40 hours | |

Estimated salary premium

27–27% (historical estimate)

Renewal requirements

3-year cycle · CPE/CEU requirement not verified

Difficulty

Not rated

Domains covered

• ** Understanding AWS Cloud and its value proposition
• Identifying AWS Cloud economics
• AWS Cloud security and compliance concepts
• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
• Core AWS services (EC2
• S3
• VPC
• RDS
• Lambda
• etc.)
• AWS Cloud billing and pricing models

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