Exam Review & Tips

Posted by Hardwork đẹp trai on February 06, 2024 · 3 mins read

Exam Review & Tips

State of learning checkpoint

  • Let look how far we’ve gone on our learning journey

    Practice makes perfect

  • If you’re new to AWS, take a bit of AWS practice thanks to this course before rushing to the exam
  • The exam recommends you to have one or more years of hands-on experiencee on AWS
  • Practice makes perfect!
  • If you feel overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge you just learned, just go through it one more time

    Proceed by elimination

  • Most question are going to be scenario based
  • For all the questions, rule out answers that you know for sure are wrong
  • For the remaining answers, understand which one makes the most sense
  • There are very few trick question
  • Don’t over-think it
  • If a solution seems feasible but highly complicated, it’s probably wrong

    Skim the AWS Whitepapers

  • You can read about some AWS White Pappers here:
    • Architecting for the Cloud: AWS Best Practicces
    • AWS Well-architected Framework
    • AWS Disaster Recovery https://aws.amazon.com/disaster-recovery/
  • Overall we’ve explored all the most important concepts in the course
  • It’s never bad to have a look at the whitepappers you think are interesting!

    Read each service’s FAQ

    FAQ = Frequently asked questions Example: https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/faqs/ FAQ cover a lot of the questions asked at the exam They help confirm your understannding of a service

    Get into the AWS Community

  • Help out ad discuss with other people in the course Q&A
  • Review questions asked by other people in the Q&A• Review questions asked by other people in the Q&A
  • Do the practice test in this section
  • Read forums online
  • Read online blogs
  • Attend local meetups and discuss with other AWS engineers
  • Watch re-invent videos on Youtube (AWS Conference)

    How will the exam work?

  • You’ll have to register online at https://www.aws.training/
  • fee for the exam is 150 USD
  • Provide two identity documents (ID, Credit Card, details are in emails sent to you)
  • No notes are allowed, no pen is allowed, no speaking
  • 65 question will be asked in 130 minutes
  • At the end you can optionally review all the question / answers
  • You will know right away if you passed / failed the exams
  • You will not know which answers were right / wrong
  • You will know the overall score a few days later (email nottification)
  • To pass you need score of a least 720 out of 1000
  • If you fail, you can rettakke the exam again 14 days later
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