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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Study Guide & Exam Overview

The AWS Cloud Practitioner is the ideal starting point for anyone entering cloud computing — developers, project managers, finance, and sales professionals alike. It validates that you can speak confidently about AWS services, pricing, and architecture without needing deep technical expertise.

Duration

90 min

Passing Score

700 / 1000 points

Level

Foundational

Provider

AWS

What This Certification Covers

  • Core AWS services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and CloudFront
  • AWS Shared Responsibility Model and security fundamentals
  • Cloud economics: pricing models, billing, and cost optimization
  • AWS global infrastructure: regions, availability zones, and edge locations
  • Support plans, compliance programs, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework

Exam Domain Breakdown

  • Cloud Concepts (24%)
  • Security & Compliance (30%)
  • Cloud Technology (34%)
  • Billing & Pricing (12%)

Exam Format

65 multiple-choice and multiple-response questions, 90 minutes, no hands-on component required

Study Tips to Pass Cloud Practitioner

  1. 1Understand the Shared Responsibility Model in depth — it appears in multiple domains
  2. 2Memorize the six pricing models: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans, Dedicated Hosts, and Free Tier
  3. 3Study the six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability
  4. 4Know the four AWS Support plan tiers and what each includes (response times, channels, TAM access)
  5. 5Use AWS Skill Builder and the official CLF-C02 exam guide as your study roadmap

Ready to test your knowledge? Take a free timed mock exam below.

Official Cloud Practitioner exam page