The interactive online learning environment that accompanies the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate SAA‐C02 Exam, Third Edition provides a test bank with study tools to help you prepare for the certification exam—and increase your chances of passing it the first time! The test bank includes the following:
Sample Tests All the questions in this book are provided, including the assessment test at the end of this Introduction and the chapter tests that include the review questions at the end of each chapter. In addition, there are two practice exams with 50 questions each. Use these questions to test your knowledge of the study guide material. The online test bank runs on multiple devices.
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Resources You'll find some AWS CLI and other code examples from the book for you to cut and paste for use in your own environment. A glossary of key terms from this book is also available as a fully searchable PDF.
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Exam Objectives
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam is intended for people who have experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. In general, you should have the following before taking the exam:
A minimum of one year of hands‐on experience designing systems on AWS
Hands‐on experience using the AWS services that provide compute, networking, storage, and databases
Ability to define a solution using architectural design principles based on customer requirements
Ability to provide implementation guidance
Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement
An understanding of the five pillars of the Well‐Architected Framework
An understanding of the AWS global infrastructure, including the network technologies used to connect them
An understanding of AWS security services and how they integrate with traditional on‐premises security infrastructure
The exam covers five different domains, with each domain broken down into objectives.
Objective Map
The following table lists each domain and its weighting in the exam, along with the chapters in the book where that domain's objectives are covered.
| Domain | Percentage of Exam | Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures | 30% | |
| 1.1 Design a multi‐tier architecture solution | 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 | |
| 1.2 Design highly available and/or fault‐tolerant architectures | 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 | |
| 1.3 Design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services | 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14 | |
| 1.4 Choose appropriate resilient storage | 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11 | |
| Domain 2: Design High‐Performing Architectures | 28% | |
| 2.1 Identify elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload | 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 | |
| 2.2 Select high‐performing and scalable storage solutions for a workload | 2, 3, 9, 11 | |
| 2.3 Select high‐performing networking solutions for a workload | 5, 8, 9, 11 | |
| 2.4 Choose high‐performing database solutions for a workload | 5, 11 | |
| Domain 3: Design Secure Applications and Architectures | 24% | |
| 3.1 Design secure access to AWS resources | 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12 | |
| 3.2 Design secure application tiers | 3, 6, 12 | |
| 3.3 Select appropriate data security options | 3, 4, 6, 7, 12 | |
| Domain 4: Design Cost‐Optimized Architectures | 18% | |
| 4.1 Identify cost‐effective storage solutions | 2, 3, 13 | |
| 4.2 Identify cost‐effective compute and database services | 2, 13 | |
| 4.3 Design cost‐optimized network architectures | 8, 13 |
Assessment Test
1 True/false: The Developer Support plan provides access to a support application programming interface (API).TrueFalse
2 True/false: AWS is responsible for managing the network configuration of your EC2 instances.TrueFalse
3 Which of the following services is most useful for decoupling the components of a monolithic application?SNSKMSSQSGlacier
4 An application you want to run on EC2 requires you to license it based on the number of physical CPU sockets and cores on the hardware you plan to run the application on. Which of the following tenancy models should you specify?Dedicated hostDedicated instanceShared tenancyBring your own license
5 True/false:
