AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate 2020

Content Outline

Domain	percentage of Examination
Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures	30%
Domain 2: Design High-Performing Architectures	28%
Domain 3: Design Secure Applications and Architectures	24%
Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures	18%
TOTAL	100%

Overview

• 130 Minutes in Length
• 60 Questions
• Multiple Choice
• Passing score of 720 (100 - 1000)
• Aim for 70%
• Qualification is valid for 2 years
• Scenario based questions

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Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures

• 1.1 Design a multi-tier architecture solution
• 1.2 Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures
• 1.3 Design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services
• 1.4 Choose appropriate resilient storage

Domain 2: Design High-Performing Architectures

• 2.1 Identify elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload
• 2.2 Select high-performing and scalable storage solutions for a workload
• 2.3 Select high-performing networking solutions for a workload
• 2.4 Choose high-performing database solutions for a workload

Domain 3: Design Secure Applications and Architectures

• 3.1 Design secure access to AWS resources
• 3.2 Design secure application tiers
• 3.3 Select appropriate data security options

Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

• 4.1 Identify cost-effective storage solutions
• 4.2 Identify cost-effective compute and database services
• 4.3 Design cost-optimized network architectures

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AWS - High Level Services

Global Infrastructure

• One availability zone could be two or three data centers that are all within a couple of miles.

• Region is just a simply a geographic area that consists of two or more availability zones.

• Edge Locations are endpoints for AWS which are used for caching content. Typically this consists of CloudFront, Amazon’s Content Delivery Network(CDN).

Services related to the Exam - Core Part

• Compute
• Storage
• Database
• Network & Content Delivery
• Security, Identity & Compliance

Services related to the Exam - Other Part

• Migration & Transfer
• Machine Learning
• Management & Governance
• Analytics
• Desktop & App Streaming

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Some Useful Website

• Jayendra’s Cloud Certification Blog - AWS Certification Catalog, a Hands On Technical & Solution Architect based out of India.
• Braincert AWS Solutions Architect – Associate SAA-C02 Practice Exams, which are updated for SAA-C02
• Stephane Maarek – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams
• Whizlabs - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Practice test
• LLEI 的个人博客 - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Practice Tests SAA-C01 Exam
• MyTodo.vip - AWS Certification Practice Questions
• Jeff Zhang at Quizlet - AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Practice Questions
• Examtopics - Amazon AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Actual Questions