My AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Exam Experience

I recently took the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam, and passed on my first attempt.

The exam consists of 60 multiple choice questions. If you are familiar with the VMware VCP exam, it is similar to that, but not as long and not as complex.

How did I prepare?

First and foremost, you need hand's on experience. I used the AWS Free Tier to try out many of the features that are covered on the exam. To learn how to sign up for the free tier see my video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=694ItLQZnf4

There are a number of tasks that you need to be proficient at. The topics you need to know are all listed here in the exam guide:

http://bit.ly/29BEYXu

There are live classes that can help you focus in on many of the key areas, and that include plenty of hands on labs:

What is the exam like?

The questions on the exam are relatively short, and often focus around use cases, and the appropriate features to select. You need to get through each question in about 90 seconds to finish the test on time. You can mark questions for review, and go back to them at the end before you submit.

They give you a dry-erase board to write on. Use this to summarize longer scenarios. I also would write down A B C D etc... and as I eliminated incorrect answers I would cross off the corresponding letter. This was extremely helpful.

There is a FREE practice exam at the link below that is a great representation of what to expect on the exam.

http://www.trainertests.com/awstests

On the day of the exam

Be sure to print out the email that you got when you scheduled the exam, and bring it with you. You will need that, and 2 forms of ID.

Good luck!