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How to Prepare for AWS Cloud Practitioner?
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- KAUSTUBH SHARMA
Did I require any prior information about for AWS Cloud Practitioner?
- No, there are no prerequisites to prepare and take this certification exam.
- No Degree or Experience is required.
Did it is going to help in my career?
- Serves as an entry point to a cloud career for candidates from non-IT backgrounds switching to cloud.
- Job listings requiring AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner have increased 84% (Oct 2021 - Sept 2022) per Lightcast™ October 2022.
- Once you earn one AWS Certification, you get 50% discount on other AWS Certification exams.
Exam Overview
| Category | Foundational |
|---|---|
| Exam duration | 90 minutes |
| Exam format | 65 questions; either multiple choice or multiple response |
| Cost | 100 USD. Visit Exam pricing for additional cost information, including foreign exchange rates |
| Test | in-person or online Pearson VUE testing center or online proctored exam |
| Languages offered | English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Bahasa (Indonesian), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), French (France), German, Italian, and Portuguese (Brazil) |
| Valid For | 3 Years |
How to prepare for AWS Cloud Practitioner?
Mandatory, but more than enough to Pass Successfully (Free):
- Read AWS Whitepaper. [IMPORTANT]
- Read AWS Glossary.
- Read about Shared Responsibility Model
- Do Official AWS Cloud Practioner Official Practice Set.
- AWS Cloud Essentials Course
- Practice Questions on ExamTopics. [IMPORTANT]
- Practice Questions (Old Set, but don't dare to ignore) on ExamTopics.
Optional(Some suggestions may be Paid):
- Read about Exam Prep Official Pretest: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02 – English)
- Read about Official Practice Test: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02 – English)
- Follow Course of Stephane Mareek
- Follow Course of Neal Davis
How to Validate AWS Cloud Practitioner for more than or after 3 Years?
Before your certification expires, you have to recertify through one of the options below:
- Complete the new AWS Cloud Quest: Recertify Cloud Practitioner game-based learning. This guided, self-paced option is free during the beta period November 21, 2023 – May 31, 2024. No exam prep or exam is needed for this game-based recertification option.
- Pass the latest version of the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
- Pass an Associate-level or Professional-level exam
What to do next after AWS Cloud Practitioner
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, if you want to become Solutions Architect.
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate, if you want to become Cloud Engineer or Developer, and
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate, if you want to become systems administrator.
Other Important Links
Personal Experience and Some Hard Takes
- Personally, I feel this certification is ideal for line-of-business employees (sales, product management, project management, etc.) who want to gain cloud literacy and communicate more effectively with technical teams and customers.
- If you are from Technical background, I suggest you to go directly with AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam, as AWS Cloud Practitioner is not going to help you in real world.