Measured data
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate
We scored 65 real AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.
- 65 questions scored
- 5 domains
- 2.1/10 overall complexity
Complexity by exam domain
Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.
- Data Preparation for Machine Learning12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Deployment and Orchestration18 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- ML Operations (MLOps)10 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- ML Security and Compliance8 questions · complexity 2.6/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 25% interactive
- Model Development17 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
Full per-domain breakdown
Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.
| Domain | Blueprint | Questions | Single | Multi | Interactive | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Preparation for Machine Learning | 18% | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Deployment and Orchestration | 28% | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| ML Operations (MLOps) | 16% | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.9/10Gentle |
| ML Security and Compliance | 12% | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.6/10Gentle |
| Model Development | 26% | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2.0/10Gentle |
How the score is calculated
The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.
Every question in the AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:
- Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
- Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
- Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
- Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.
The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.
Data set: Certilum AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate Foundation question bank, 65 questions, 5 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Amazon Web Services statistic.
- Questions analysed
- 65
- Exam domains
- 5
- Hardest domain
- ML Security and Compliance (2.6)
- Most approachable domain
- ML Operations (MLOps) (1.9)
- Question mix
- 23 single · 22 multi · 20 interactive
- Measured on
- Foundation
Frequently asked questions
What our AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.