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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

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Exam day

Know what AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) asks on the day.

65 questions
90 minutes
70% to pass
4 options per MCQ

Question formats to expect:

  • Single select (Radio)

    Select one option from a collection of options

  • Multiple select (Checkbox)

    Select all options that apply from a collection of options

Exam domains

What AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) covers.

Every exam domain — so practice maps to what the exam actually weights.

  1. 01

    Cloud Concepts

    24% of the exam

    Covers the benefits of the AWS Cloud, design principles, migration benefits and strategies, and cloud economics concepts.

  2. 02

    Security and Compliance

    30% of the exam

    Covers the AWS shared responsibility model, AWS Cloud security, governance, and compliance concepts, access management capabilities, and components and resources for security.

  3. 03

    Cloud Technology and Services

    34% of the exam

    Covers methods of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud, AWS global infrastructure, and compute, database, network, storage, AI/ML and analytics services, plus other in-scope AWS service categories.

  4. 04

    Billing, Pricing, and Support

    12% of the exam

    Covers AWS pricing models, resources for billing, budget, and cost management, and AWS technical resources and Support options.

Curriculum

Inside the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) plan.

8 modules · 36 units · ~36h of structured prep.

  1. 01

    Cloud Concepts

    5 units · ~5h

    Core cloud computing concepts, AWS Cloud value proposition, design principles, migration strategies, and cloud economics as tested in the Cloud Concepts domain.

    1. 1. Cloud Computing Fundamentals and Deployment Models
    2. 2. AWS Cloud Value Proposition and Benefits
    3. 3. AWS Well-Architected Framework
    4. 4. Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Migration Strategies
    5. 5. Cloud Economics and Cost Concepts
  2. 02

    Security and Compliance

    5 units · ~5h

    The AWS Shared Responsibility Model, identity and access management, governance, compliance programs, and core security services—the highest-weighted exam domain alongside Services.

    1. 1. AWS Shared Responsibility Model
    2. 2. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
    3. 3. Governance, Organizations, and Compliance Programs
    4. 4. Core Security Services: GuardDuty, Inspector, WAF, Shield
    5. 5. Encryption, KMS, and Data Protection
  3. 03

    Cloud Technology and Services: Compute and Networking

    5 units · ~5h

    AWS compute services and the Amazon VPC networking model, the largest topic cluster within the highest-weighted domain.

    1. 1. Amazon EC2 and Instance Purchasing Options
    2. 2. Serverless and Container Compute: Lambda, ECS, Elastic Beanstalk
    3. 3. Amazon VPC Fundamentals
    4. 4. VPC Connectivity: Peering, VPN, and Direct Connect
    5. 5. DNS, CDN, and Global Networking Services
  4. 04

    Cloud Technology and Services: Storage and Databases

    5 units · ~5h

    AWS storage classes and database services, including object, block, file storage, and relational/NoSQL database options.

    1. 1. Amazon S3: Object Storage Fundamentals
    2. 2. Block and File Storage: EBS, EFS, FSx
    3. 3. Hybrid Storage and Data Transfer: Storage Gateway, DataSync, Snowball
    4. 4. Amazon RDS and Aurora
    5. 5. NoSQL, Caching, and Analytics Databases
  5. 05

    Cloud Technology and Services: Management, Monitoring, and AI/Analytics Overview

    4 units · ~4h

    Management tools, monitoring/observability services, messaging, and a light-touch overview of AI/ML and analytics service categories referenced on the exam.

    1. 1. Monitoring and Auditing: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config
    2. 2. Infrastructure as Code and Deployment Automation
    3. 3. Messaging and Notifications: SNS and SQS
    4. 4. AI/ML and Analytics Service Recognition
  6. 06

    Billing, Pricing, and Support

    4 units · ~4h

    AWS pricing models, cost management tools, and the range of AWS Support plans and partner/marketplace resources tested in this domain.

    1. 1. AWS Pricing Fundamentals and Free Tier
    2. 2. Cost Management Tools: Calculator, Cost Explorer, Budgets
    3. 3. AWS Support Plans and Trusted Advisor
    4. 4. AWS Marketplace, Partner Network, and Professional Services

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