AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Published on Thursday, 6 April 2023

Today I passed the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam 🎉!

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Badge

The pass mark is 700 / 1000 and I achieved: 780.

The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner offers a foundational understanding of AWS Cloud concepts, services, and terminology. This is a good starting point for individuals in non-technical roles with no prior IT or cloud experience or for those with on-premises IT experience looking for basic AWS Cloud fluency. This certification can give candidates the confidence to tackle role-based AWS Certifications.

I took this in a Pearson VUE testing center instead of an online proctored exam. Don't need to worry about the internet dropping out etc.

Training Material

Saw a post on LinkedIn for an all day training event.

AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 09:00 (GMT)

Event - AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

This was an excellent all day training session from Stefania Gelpi - AWS Partner Trainer.

Resources

Links

Cloud Quest

Exam overview

Level: Foundational
Length: 90 minutes to complete the exam
Cost: 100 USD (+VAT)

Format: 65 questions; either multiple choice or multiple response
Delivery method: Pearson VUE testing center or online proctored exam.

Options

There are other certifications available, I'll prob start on the Associate Developer one next.

AWS certification

FOUNDATIONAL

  • Cloud Practitioner

Knowledge-based certification for foundational understanding of AWS Cloud.
No prior experience needed.

ASSOCIATE

  • Solutions Architect
  • Developer
  • SysOps Administrator

Role-based certifications that showcase your knowledge and skills on AWS and build your credibility as an AWS Cloud professional.
Prior cloud and/or strong on-premises IT experience recommended.

PROFESSIONAL

  • Solutions Architect
  • DevOps Engineer

Role-based certifications that validate advanced skills and knowledge required to design secure, optimized, and modernized applications and to automate processes on AWS.
2 years of prior AWS Cloud experience recommended.

SPECIALTY

  • Advanced Networking
  • Data Analytics
  • Database
  • Machine Learning
  • Security
  • SAP on AWS

Dive deeper and position yourself as a trusted advisor to your stakeholders and/or customers in these strategic areas.
Refer to the exam guides on the exam pages for recommended experience.