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Free AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C03) practice exam
SAP-C03 is available from November 17, 2026. These questions follow the new SAP-C03 exam guide, so you can prepare for it now. What changes in SAP-C03
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- Architecture Design and Implementation Built for the Cloud25% exam guide weighting · 19 free questionsIn my sets: Architecture Design and Implementation Built for the Cloud
- Security, Compliance, and Governance25% exam guide weighting · 19 free questionsIn my sets: Security, Compliance, and Governance
- Cost-Optimized Architecture Design15% exam guide weighting · 11 free questionsIn my sets: Cost-Optimized Architecture Design
- Resilience, Migration, and Business Continuity15% exam guide weighting · 11 free questionsIn my sets: Resilience, Migration, and Business Continuity
- Operational Excellence and Automation20% exam guide weighting · 15 free questionsIn my sets: Operational Excellence and Automation
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Architecture Design and Implementation Built for the Cloud
- Event-driven messaging and cross-account event routing1 free Event-driven messaging and cross-account event routing questions to read
- Serverless data pipelines and durable workflows (Step Functions)1 free Serverless data pipelines and durable workflows (Step Functions) questions to read
- Containers, service mesh, images and scaling (ECS, EKS, VPC Lattice, ECR)1 free Containers, service mesh, images and scaling (ECS, EKS, VPC Lattice, ECR) questions to read
- Ingress, edge functions and real-time APIs (ALB, NLB, API Gateway, CloudFront)1 free Ingress, edge functions and real-time APIs (ALB, NLB, API Gateway, CloudFront) questions to read
- Stateless and multi-tenant SaaS architectures1 free Stateless and multi-tenant SaaS architectures questions to read
- Generative AI and ML inference (Bedrock, SageMaker AI endpoints)1 free Generative AI and ML inference (Bedrock, SageMaker AI endpoints) questions to read
- AI agents and RAG (AgentCore, Knowledge Bases)2 free AI agents and RAG (AgentCore, Knowledge Bases) questions to read
- Hybrid connectivity and DNS (Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53 Resolver)1 free Hybrid connectivity and DNS (Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53 Resolver) questions to read
- Hybrid data sync and legacy integration (DataSync, Storage Gateway, Amazon MQ)1 free Hybrid data sync and legacy integration (DataSync, Storage Gateway, Amazon MQ) questions to read
- Hybrid and edge compute (Outposts, Local Zones, EKS and ECS Anywhere)1 free Hybrid and edge compute (Outposts, Local Zones, EKS and ECS Anywhere) questions to read
- Multi-VPC and multi-account connectivity (Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Cloud WAN)1 free Multi-VPC and multi-account connectivity (Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Cloud WAN) questions to read
- VPC design, IPAM and IPv6 dual-stack1 free VPC design, IPAM and IPv6 dual-stack questions to read
- Network inspection and filtering (Network Firewall, WAF, GWLB)1 free Network inspection and filtering (Network Firewall, WAF, GWLB) questions to read
- Global traffic routing (Route 53 policies, Global Accelerator)1 free Global traffic routing (Route 53 policies, Global Accelerator) questions to read
- Data lakes, lakehouses and data sharing (Lake Formation, Iceberg, Clean Rooms)1 free Data lakes, lakehouses and data sharing (Lake Formation, Iceberg, Clean Rooms) questions to read
- Real-time and batch analytics (Kinesis, MSK, EMR, Redshift)1 free Real-time and batch analytics (Kinesis, MSK, EMR, Redshift) questions to read
- Choosing and scaling databases (Aurora, DynamoDB, global databases)1 free Choosing and scaling databases (Aurora, DynamoDB, global databases) questions to read
- Storage performance and caching (EBS, EFS, FSx, ElastiCache, DAX)1 free Storage performance and caching (EBS, EFS, FSx, ElastiCache, DAX) questions to read
Security, Compliance, and Governance
- Workforce federation (IAM Identity Center, SAML, SCIM)1 free Workforce federation (IAM Identity Center, SAML, SCIM) questions to read
- Application authentication and authorization (Cognito, Verified Permissions, EKS Pod Identity)1 free Application authentication and authorization (Cognito, Verified Permissions, EKS Pod Identity) questions to read
- Least privilege, cross-account roles, ABAC and IAM Roles Anywhere2 free Least privilege, cross-account roles, ABAC and IAM Roles Anywhere questions to read
- Data perimeters and external access (Access Analyzer, endpoint policies, Verified Access)2 free Data perimeters and external access (Access Analyzer, endpoint policies, Verified Access) questions to read
- Encryption at rest, key policies and post-quantum cryptography (AWS KMS)2 free Encryption at rest, key policies and post-quantum cryptography (AWS KMS) questions to read
- Certificates, private CA and CloudHSM1 free Certificates, private CA and CloudHSM questions to read
- Landing zones, OUs, SCPs and RCPs2 free Landing zones, OUs, SCPs and RCPs questions to read
- Centralized security logging (organization trails, Security Lake, GuardDuty)2 free Centralized security logging (organization trails, Security Lake, GuardDuty) questions to read
- Cross-account resource sharing (AWS RAM)1 free Cross-account resource sharing (AWS RAM) questions to read
- Compliance monitoring, vulnerability scanning and patching1 free Compliance monitoring, vulnerability scanning and patching questions to read
- Data protection, sovereignty and residency controls1 free Data protection, sovereignty and residency controls questions to read
- Audit trails, compliance evidence and threat modeling (AWS Artifact)1 free Audit trails, compliance evidence and threat modeling (AWS Artifact) questions to read
- Responsible AI controls (Bedrock Guardrails, AgentCore Identity, human approval)2 free Responsible AI controls (Bedrock Guardrails, AgentCore Identity, human approval) questions to read
Cost-Optimized Architecture Design
- Purchase options (Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Spot)1 free Purchase options (Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Spot) questions to read
- Cost-optimized compute and rightsizing (Graviton, Compute Optimizer)1 free Cost-optimized compute and rightsizing (Graviton, Compute Optimizer) questions to read
- AI workload costs (Bedrock tiers, batch inference, caching, cross-Region inference)2 free AI workload costs (Bedrock tiers, batch inference, caching, cross-Region inference) questions to read
- Data transfer and network costs (NAT, endpoints, Transit Gateway, AZ-aware design)1 free Data transfer and network costs (NAT, endpoints, Transit Gateway, AZ-aware design) questions to read
- Content delivery and replication costs (CloudFront, Origin Shield, CRR)1 free Content delivery and replication costs (CloudFront, Origin Shield, CRR) questions to read
- Tagging, cost categories and chargeback1 free Tagging, cost categories and chargeback questions to read
- Cost reporting, budgets and anomaly detection1 free Cost reporting, budgets and anomaly detection questions to read
- Storage tiering and volume costs (S3 classes, lifecycle, gp3)1 free Storage tiering and volume costs (S3 classes, lifecycle, gp3) questions to read
- Database capacity modes and reserved capacity1 free Database capacity modes and reserved capacity questions to read
- Backup retention and observability costs1 free Backup retention and observability costs questions to read
Resilience, Migration, and Business Continuity
- Discovery, portfolio assessment and migration waves1 free Discovery, portfolio assessment and migration waves questions to read
- Rehosting and data migration (AWS Transform MGN, DMS, DataSync)1 free Rehosting and data migration (AWS Transform MGN, DMS, DataSync) questions to read
- Replatforming, refactoring and modernization (strangler fig)1 free Replatforming, refactoring and modernization (strangler fig) questions to read
- DR strategies, RTO/RPO and Elastic Disaster Recovery2 free DR strategies, RTO/RPO and Elastic Disaster Recovery questions to read
- Multi-Region failover (ARC, Route 53, Global Accelerator, multi-cluster containers)2 free Multi-Region failover (ARC, Route 53, Global Accelerator, multi-cluster containers) questions to read
- Resilience assessment and testing (Resilience Hub, Fault Injection Service)2 free Resilience assessment and testing (Resilience Hub, Fault Injection Service) questions to read
- Backup governance and ransomware protection (AWS Backup, Object Lock)1 free Backup governance and ransomware protection (AWS Backup, Object Lock) questions to read
- Fault-tolerant and self-healing architectures1 free Fault-tolerant and self-healing architectures questions to read
Operational Excellence and Automation
- Infrastructure as code and multi-account deployment (CloudFormation, CDK, StackSets)1 free Infrastructure as code and multi-account deployment (CloudFormation, CDK, StackSets) questions to read
- Policy as code and secrets in IaC (Hooks, CDK aspects, Secrets Manager)2 free Policy as code and secrets in IaC (Hooks, CDK aspects, Secrets Manager) questions to read
- CI/CD and multi-account pipelines1 free CI/CD and multi-account pipelines questions to read
- Pipeline security scanning, signing and AI evaluation2 free Pipeline security scanning, signing and AI evaluation questions to read
- Deployment strategies with rollback (blue/green, canary, rolling)1 free Deployment strategies with rollback (blue/green, canary, rolling) questions to read
- Metrics, logs, tracing and SLOs (CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Application Signals)2 free Metrics, logs, tracing and SLOs (CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Application Signals) questions to read
- Multi-account log aggregation and alerting1 free Multi-account log aggregation and alerting questions to read
- Monitoring AI workloads and user experience (Synthetics, RUM)2 free Monitoring AI workloads and user experience (Synthetics, RUM) questions to read
- Operational automation and runbooks (EventBridge, Systems Manager, Service Quotas)1 free Operational automation and runbooks (EventBridge, Systems Manager, Service Quotas) questions to read
- Safe remediation, auto scaling and automatic recovery2 free Safe remediation, auto scaling and automatic recovery questions to read
Frequently asked questions
Is the SAP-C03 practice exam really free?
- Yes. The free full-length 75-question SAP-C03 practice exam needs no sign-up and no email, and you can take it as often as you like, timed or at your own pace.
How many questions and how much time does the real SAP-C03 exam have?
- The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam has 75 questions and a time limit of 180 minutes, across 5 exam domains. The timed practice mode follows that pace.
Are these real exam questions?
- No. Every question is original practice material written for ExamPark, and each explains why every option is right or wrong, with links to the AWS documentation. We don't use recalled or leaked exam content. How we write questions is explained on the "How we write questions" page.
Do I need an account?
- Not for the free practice exam: it works without one, and your progress is saved on your device. You sign in with your email, with no password, to buy practice sets and keep your progress on every device.
What do the paid SAP-C03 practice sets add?
- 5 more full-length practice sets, 375 questions that are not in the free exam, plus randomized tests drawn from every set, topic practice across all of them, and answers saved so your weak areas are tracked over time. It is one payment with no subscription.
How long do I keep access to the practice sets?
- Access lasts at least 12 months from purchase, and it is a one-off payment, so there is nothing to cancel.
How do I know if I'm ready for SAP-C03?
- Take the timed practice exam and look at your score by domain: the weakest domains show where to study next. ExamPark's readiness estimate uses your recent timed exams. It is our own estimate, not an official AWS score, and no practice exam can promise a pass.
Additional resources
The official exam guide, free courses and the AWS reading the questions draw on.
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