Resources that would help you get the AWS Cloud Practitioner certificate.
Introduction:
If you have been wondering how to begin your cloud journey, getting a certification could be a really good start. Certifications give you the right mix of theory and practical exposure to get your hands dirty and come with a respectable market value. Out of all the major cloud providers, AWS has the largest market share, which means there are in general more companies using AWS than Azure or GCP, that gives us even more reason to get a good grip on AWS, doesn’t it? As promised in the title, let me give you the resources that helped me get the certification and later on in the blog I’ll give you some pointers regarding the exam as well.
Resources:
AWS runs a skill builder program which I used to gain introductory information about the system and the certification. The program is sponsored by AWS.
Link: https://skillbuilder.aws/
Once I went through the above-mentioned program, I tried to practice as many real exam questions, as the Internet provided me for free :P Linking them below
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvvD13aNO68&list=PL_0RK_1F4sTDNZOzu4aQ0h7RBA6tPwuUj
- https://www.w3schools.com/aws/aws_quiz.php
- https://www.examtopics.com/exams/amazon/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner/
AWS also has really good documentation of its own, for every incorrect answer on the test questions, I just went through their documentation to gain further insight into why my answer was incorrect.
Link: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/
Course on Udemy by Stephane Maarek.
I personally have taken other courses from this instructor and can vouch for his teaching ability and technical skills, you could take this course if you wanted a further deep dive.
Link: https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner-new/
About the exam:
The exam can be taken online through Pearson Vue or from offline centers near you, you’ll get the list of offline centers when you are booking the exam.
The exam duration is of 90 minutes and you’ll have to answer 65 multiple-choice questions(these include questions that can have single or multiple answers)
To pass the certificate you’d have to have at least 70% of your answers correct.
If you are taking an online proctored exam by Pearson Vue for the first time, I suggest you go through the below video before the exam.
Thanks for reading along, until next time!
