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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) examination validates a candidate's ability to effectively demonstrate an overall understanding of the AWS Cloud, independent of specific technical roles
- 90 min
- 70% to pass
- 65 bank questions
- 4 domains
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Sample AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam question
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A manufacturing company runs its ERP system on a single powerful server. They plan to move the system to AWS and want to optimize costs. Considering the stateful nature of the application, which two tactics should they employ to achieve lower TCO?
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 70%
- Domains
- 4
- Questions in our bank
- 65
- Level
- FOUNDATION
- Measured complexity
- 2.1 / 10
- Question mix
- 24 single · 21 multi · 20 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Billing, Pricing, and Support8 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
38% multi-select · 0% scenario · 25% interactive
- Cloud Concepts16 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
31% multi-select · 6% scenario · 31% interactive
- Cloud Technology and Services22 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive
- Security and Compliance19 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive
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