Exam at a glance
- Exam name: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
- Questions: 65 total (multiple-choice and multiple-response)
- Time: 90 minutes
- Delivery: Pearson VUE testing center or online proctored exam
- Result: Pass/fail (scaled score 100–1000; minimum passing score 700)
- Cost: 100 USD
Tip: Budget ~1–1.5 minutes per question. Move fast, flag long scenarios, and use your review pass to confirm marked items.
Domain breakdown (weights)
- Domain 1: Cloud Concepts (24%)
- Domain 2: Security and Compliance (30%)
- Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services (34%)
- Domain 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support (12%)
What the exam emphasizes (high level)
Expect high-level, scenario-lean questions that test whether you can:
- Explain the value of cloud and basic cloud economics
- Apply the AWS shared responsibility model
- Recognize common security best practices (IAM, least privilege, encryption, logging)
- Identify core AWS services by use case (compute, storage, networking, databases)
- Understand billing, pricing models, and support plans well enough to choose best-fit options
Who should take CLF-C02
- Candidates new to cloud who want a foundational AWS credential
- Line-of-business roles (sales, marketing, product/project management, finance) who need cloud fluency
- Early-career technologists building a baseline before Associate/Professional certifications
Recommended background: up to ~6 months of exposure to AWS cloud concepts is helpful, but not required. You’ll benefit from basic familiarity with networking, security, and databases at a conceptual level.
Study plan (efficient)
- Read the Overview and internalize the domain weights.
- Work the Syllabus domain-by-domain; drill targeted questions after each domain.
- Use the Cheatsheet as a “what service is for what job” refresher.
- Finish with timed mixed mocks in Practice to build pacing and confidence.