AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Contact:
- Lindsay Hopkins, Program Manager
- Phone:
- 310.614.3251
- Email:
- lhop@amazon.com
- Website:
- https://aws.amazon.com
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- CertMetrics
- Contact:
- Alpine Testing Solutions, Inc.
- Phone:
- 844625.7463
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- School: Online
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 65
- Time Allowed (minutes):
90
- Passing Score (percent):
70%
- Cost Per Test:
$100
- Test Specifics:
There are two types of questions on the exam:
- Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors)
- Multiple response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more response options. Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question.
Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that a candidate with incomplete knowledge or skill might choose. Distractors are generally plausible responses that match the content area. Unanswered questions are scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing.
The exam includes 50 questions that affect your score. The exam includes 15 unscored questions that do not affect your score. AWS collects information about performance on these unscored questions to evaluate these questions for future use as scored questions. These unscored questions are not identified on the exam.
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam has a pass or fail designation. The exam is scored against a minimum standard established by AWS professionals who follow certification industry best practices and guidelines. Your results for the exam are reported as a scaled score of 100–1,000. The minimum passing score is 700. Your score shows how you performed on the exam as a whole and whether you passed. Scaled scoring models help equate scores across multiple exam forms that might have slightly different difficulty levels.
Your score report could contain a table of classifications of your performance at each section level. The exam uses a compensatory scoring model, which means that you do not need to achieve a passing score in each section. You need to pass only the overall exam. Each section of the exam has a specific weighting, so some sections have more questions than other sections have. The table of classifications contains general information that highlights your strengths and weaknesses. Use caution when you interpret section-level feedback.
- Additional information:
- AWS certification exams are delivered through Pearson VUE. Exam takers can request reasonable accommodations per testing provider policies (http://www.pearsonvue.com/accommodations/pv_review.asp?clientName=AWS).
- Additional detail about the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam and certification can be found at https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/.
Possible Preparatory Courses
- Computer Network Software Operations
- Computer Network Software Operations, Advanced
- Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies
- Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies, Advanced
- Database Design and Management (Oracle)
- Database Design and Management with PL/SQL (Oracle)
- Cybersecurity Fundamentals
- Cybersecurity Operations
- Cybersecurity Operations, Advanced
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- 50%, 100% , 30 minutes (For approved accommodations. Non-native language exams receive an additional 30 minutes.)
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- No
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- No
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- Yes
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Brailler
- No
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- No
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- Read back student response
- Yes
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- No
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- A 30-minute exam extension is available upon request to non-native English speakers when taking an exam in English.
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
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