Exam prep for
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Exam set and awarded by Amazon Web Services On demand DVA-C03
For developers with hands-on AWS experience: prepare for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate credential by developing, securing, deploying and troubleshooting cloud applications at the associate level.
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The exam in numbers
Assesses the ability to develop, test, deploy and debug AWS Cloud applications, including using AI-assisted development tools. Your mock exams use this learning plan's question count, time limit and pass mark.
- Questions
- 65
- Time limit
- 130min
- Mock pass mark
- 72%
- 47 correct
- Exam fee (paid to Amazon Web Services)
- US$150
- When you book the exam
- Sitting
- On demand
- Single select (Radio): 4 options
- Multiple select (Checkbox): 5 options
Upcoming sittings
Pick a sitting when you start. Your workspace counts down to it and paces your prep from there.
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What AWS Certified Developer – Associate covers
4 modules · 12 units · ~12h of structured prep. Each exam domain with the weight the exam gives it, and the modules that prepare you for it.
- 01Development with AWS Services 30%
- Develop code for applications that are hosted on AWS
- Develop code for AWS Lambda
- Use data stores during application development
- 02Security 26%
- Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms for applications and AWS services
- Implement encryption and manage sensitive data by using AWS services
- Identify and mitigate security risks associated with using and integrating AI services into application development
- 03Testing and Deployment 22%
- Prepare application artifacts to be deployed to AWS
- Implement and automate application testing in AWS environments
- Deploy code by using AWS continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) services
- 04Troubleshooting and Optimization 22%
- Assist in a root cause analysis
- Apply logging, monitoring, and observability best practices
- Optimize applications by using AWS services and features
Your exam workspace counts down and keeps score
Set your exam day once. The workspace paces your prep in four phases, weighs your coverage by what each topic is worth, and shows where the marks are still open after every mock.
- Overview
- All attempts
- Review
- Preview questions
- Questions
- 65
- Time limit
- 130 minutes
- Pass score
- 72% · 47 correct
days until your exam
6 weeks
Thursday, 24 December 2026
- Learn 8+ weeks out
- Mock and repair 8 to 2 weeks out
- Simulate Last 2 weeks
- Consolidate Last 3 days
Now: Mock and repair. Sit a full mock every week or two, then practise the topics you missed.
How ready you are
- Exam-weighted coverage
- 80% of the plan, counted by what each topic is worth
- Full mocks taken
- 2 Prep guides suggest three to five before the exam
- Latest mock
- 68% 4 points below the 72% pass mark
Where the marks are still open
- Troubleshooting and Optimization 22% of the exam 54%
- Testing and Deployment 22% of the exam 71%
- Development with AWS Services 30% of the exam 88%
- Security 26% of the exam 100%
How the content is written
Technically precise AWS exam preparation for experienced developers, using substantial teaching articles, realistic application scenarios and evidence-based explanations.
- Worked examples
- Heavy
- Technical jargon
- Heavy
- Maths & formulas
- Light
- Code
- Light
- Diagrams
- Light
Try a sample question
Elandi wrote these in this learning plan's style. Pick an answer to see whether it's right and why. They are not taken from the exam.
A team has published Lambda versions 8 and 9. Production invokes an alias pointing to version 8. Test callers need a stable named qualifier that points to version 9 without changing production routing. What should the developer configure? One answer
An order API must accept requests quickly while a separate worker processes each order. Work may arrive in bursts, and the API must not wait for the worker to finish. Which integration best decouples these components? One answer
A team needs to test a Lambda handler with representative requests and simulated responses from an external HTTP API, without calling the real API. Which TWO actions support this test? Select all that apply
An application sends customer text to Amazon Bedrock and records diagnostic events in CloudWatch Logs. The team must reduce exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) in model interactions and logs. Which TWO actions directly address these risks? Select all that apply
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