I sat the AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate exam. It was challenging as it covers a broad set of AWS services. I sat the February 2018 version which is the new one.
At the end of the exam, I got a Congratulations have successfully completed the AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate exam.
I decided that I would complete the AWS Certified Developer - Associate next.
I sat the AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate exam. It was challenging as it covers a broad set of AWS services. I sat the February 2018 version which is the new one.
At the end of the exam, I got a Congratulations have successfully completed the AWS Certified Solution...
AWS offers practices emails through PSI exams. Cost $20 and gives you 20 questions for practice. I did the practice exam today. Here is the results email.
| Thank you for taking the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - Practice (Released February 2018) exam. Please examine the following information to determine which topics may require additional preparation. |
| Overall Score: 80% |
| Topic Level Scoring: 1.0 Design Resilient Architectures: 100% 2.0 Define Performant Architectures: 71% 3.0 Specify Secure Applications and Architectures: 66% 4.0 Design Cost-Optimized Architectures: 50% 5.0 Define Operationally-Excellent Architectures: 100% |
I was a little concerned after the practice exam. I spent the rest of the evening studying. There various blogs which talk about the exam, but it seems depending on the day, exam, the location you could need anywhere from a 65% to a 72% to pass the exam. Based on the practice I didn’t have a lot of room for error.
AWS offers practices emails through PSI exams. Cost $20 and gives you 20 questions for practice. I did the practice exam today. Here is the results email.
Thank you for taking the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - Practice (Released February 2018) exam. Please examine the...
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