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    Taking The Certification Exam: David Tucker

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    The document provides guidance on preparing for and taking the AWS Certification exam. It discusses the exam focus areas of cloud concepts (26%), technology (33%), security and compliance (25%), and billing and pricing (16%). It recommends learning about AWS services, studying cloud concepts, security best practices, billing tools, and technology architectures. On exam day, it advises analyzing questions carefully, skipping ones that take too much time, using the review feature, guessing if stuck, and checking the clock every 10 questions. Passing the exam earns the test-taker AWS Certification.

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    The document provides guidance on preparing for and taking the AWS Certification exam. It discusses the exam focus areas of cloud concepts (26%), technology (33%), security and compliance (25%), and billing and pricing (16%). It recommends learning about AWS services, studying cloud concepts, security best practices, billing tools, and technology architectures. On exam day, it advises analyzing questions carefully, skipping ones that take too much time, using the review feature, guessing if stuck, and checking the clock every 10 questions. Passing the exam earns the test-taker AWS Certification.

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    The document provides guidance on preparing for and taking the AWS Certification exam. It discusses the exam focus areas of cloud concepts (26%), technology (33%), security and compliance (25%), and billing and pricing (16%). It recommends learning about AWS services, studying cloud concepts, security best practices, billing tools, and technology architectures. On exam day, it advises analyzing questions carefully, skipping ones that take too much time, using the review feature, guessing if stuck, and checking the clock every 10 questions. Passing the exam earns the test-taker AWS Certification.

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    Taking The Certification Exam: David Tucker

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    The document provides guidance on preparing for and taking the AWS Certification exam. It discusses the exam focus areas of cloud concepts (26%), technology (33%), security and compliance (25%), and billing and pricing (16%). It recommends learning about AWS services, studying cloud concepts, security best practices, billing tools, and technology architectures. On exam day, it advises analyzing questions carefully, skipping ones that take too much time, using the review feature, guessing if stuck, and checking the clock every 10 questions. Passing the exam earns the test-taker AWS Certification.

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    Taking the Certification Exam

    David Tucker
    TECHNICAL ARCHITECT & CTO CONSULTANT
    @_davidtucker_ davidtucker.net
    Certification Areas of Focus

    Cloud Concepts Technology Security / Billing / Pricing


    26% of exam 33% of exam Compliance 16% of exam
    25% of exam
    

    

    

    

    

    Registering for the Exam
    Preparing for the Exam
    Getting Your AWS Certification

    Learn Sign-up Study Test


    Studying for the Exam
    Reviewing Cloud Concepts

    Review how cloud platforms differ from


    traditional data centers
    Review how AWS organizes its
    infrastructure globally
    Understand how scalability differs in the
    cloud from traditional data centers
    Review CapEx and OpEx expenditures

    Reviewing Security

    Understand the Shared Responsibility


    Model from AWS
    Review highlighted best practices for
    securing your AWS account & resources
    Review options for securing traffic within
    a VPC
    Review IAM and identity types
    Understand Least Privilege Access

    Reviewing Billing & Pricing


    Review tools that help you understand
    AWS costs
    Understand the most cost-effective ways
    to leverage core services
    Review how costs differ from traditional
    data centers
    Review ways that organizations can
    manage and review costs
    Understand different support plan levels

    Reviewing Technology

    Review each of the AWS services that


    are included in the services lists
    Implement basic solutions using the
    services we covered
    Review architectural principles for fault
    tolerance & high availability
    Analyze scalability approaches

    Taking the Exam


    Take time to analyze each question for its
    intent
    Review what is required for the answer
    on each question

    Testing Best Skip a question if it takes too much time

    Practices Leverage the review capability


    Guess if you don’t know the answer after
    the review phase
    Examine the clock after each 10
    questions

    Important Next Steps

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