AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate

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AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate

SOA-C03

The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate exam validates the ability to operate, manage, and automate AWS workloads

130 min
72% to pass
65 bank questions
6 domains
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Sample AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate exam question

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FoundationDeployment, Provisioning, and Automation

Identify the resource type from the template excerpt.

yaml
Resources:
  MyEC2Instance:
    Type: 'AWS::EC2::Instance'
    Properties:
      ImageId: ami-0abcdef123
      InstanceType: t3.micro

Exam facts at a glance

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Time limit
130 minutes
Passing score
72%
Domains
6
Questions in our bank
65
Level
ASSOCIATE
Measured complexity
2.0 / 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.

Exam complexity score2.0/10Gentle · measured across 65 bank questions
  • Cost and Performance Optimization8 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    38% multi-select · 0% scenario · 25% interactive

  • Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation13 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle

    31% multi-select · 0% scenario · 31% interactive

  • Networking and Content Delivery12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Reliability and Business Continuity10 questions · complexity 2.1/10 · Gentle

    30% multi-select · 10% scenario · 30% interactive

  • Security and Compliance10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle

    30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive

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