Exams / SAA-C03
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
Original practice questions for the SAA-C03 exam, with an explanation for every option, right or wrong.
- Real exam
- 65 questions
- Time
- 130 minutes
- Domains
- 4
- Free set
- 65 questions
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65 questions in 130 minutes. Answers are shown at the end.
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Practice set 2
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Practice set 3
65 questions · included
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A fresh mix every time, drawn from every practice set you own: 65 questions in 130 minutes, like the real exam.
By domain
Untimed practice on one domain, with the explanation after each question.
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- Design High-Performing Architectures24% exam guide weighting · 16 free questionsIn my sets: Design High-Performing Architectures
- Design Cost-Optimized Architectures20% exam guide weighting · 13 free questionsIn my sets: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
By topic
Narrow it down to one topic. Counts are for the free set; the practice sets have more questions on every topic.
Design Secure Architectures
- IAM roles and policies3 free IAM roles and policies questions to read
- S3 encryption1 free S3 encryption questions to read
- Security groups and network ACLs3 free Security groups and network ACLs questions to read
- Secrets management2 free Secrets management questions to read
- Multi-account governance and auditing2 free Multi-account governance and auditing questions to read
- S3 access control2 free S3 access control questions to read
- Edge protection with AWS WAF and Shield1 free Edge protection with AWS WAF and Shield questions to read
- Threat detection and data discovery2 free Threat detection and data discovery questions to read
- Application user sign-in1 free Application user sign-in questions to read
- Encryption at rest and in transit2 free Encryption at rest and in transit questions to read
Design Resilient Architectures
- RDS Multi-AZ1 free RDS Multi-AZ questions to read
- Decoupling with queues6 free Decoupling with queues questions to read
- Disaster recovery strategies2 free Disaster recovery strategies questions to read
- EC2 Auto Scaling3 free EC2 Auto Scaling questions to read
- DNS failover with Route 531 free DNS failover with Route 53 questions to read
- Multi-Region data replication2 free Multi-Region data replication questions to read
- Centralised backup1 free Centralised backup questions to read
- Highly available networking1 free Highly available networking questions to read
Design High-Performing Architectures
- Caching and content delivery3 free Caching and content delivery questions to read
- Database read scaling2 free Database read scaling questions to read
- Choosing shared storage3 free Choosing shared storage questions to read
- S3 upload and transfer performance2 free S3 upload and transfer performance questions to read
- Choosing compute3 free Choosing compute questions to read
- Streaming and analytics2 free Streaming and analytics questions to read
- Global networking1 free Global networking questions to read
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
- S3 storage classes and lifecycle3 free S3 storage classes and lifecycle questions to read
- EC2 purchasing options3 free EC2 purchasing options questions to read
- Network and data transfer costs1 free Network and data transfer costs questions to read
- Cost visibility and rightsizing2 free Cost visibility and rightsizing questions to read
- Serverless pricing1 free Serverless pricing questions to read
- Database cost optimisation2 free Database cost optimisation questions to read
- Block storage cost1 free Block storage cost questions to read
Additional resources
The official exam guide, free courses and the AWS reading the questions draw on.
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