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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Associate-level certification for designing distributed systems on AWS.
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Questions65
Testing time130 minutes
Scoring720 required to pass
Exam fee$150 USD; local pricing and taxes may vary
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Amazon's cloud division, which runs its own certification exams, including Solutions Architect.
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Exam overview
What to know before choosing your prep
- Who runs it
- AWS
- Category
- Cloud Certifications
- Current version
- SAA-C03
- Where it applies
- Global
- Exam languages
- English, Latin American Spanish, European Spanish, European French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Score scale
- 100–1,000
- Testing provider
- Pearson VUE
- Format
- Computer-based testing at a Pearson VUE center or online
- Remote testing
- Available
Exam structure
50 scored and 15 unscored multiple-choice or multiple-response questions.
Eligibility
No formal prerequisite; AWS recommends hands-on experience designing cloud solutions
Retake policy
Wait 14 days after a failed attempt; there is no attempt limit and each attempt requires full payment.