Well, today I took and failed my Cloud Practitioner exam. Scored a 660. Honestly feeling down after this, as I prepared for over a month and from what I’ve read, this is supposed to be the easy exam that people pass with 10-14 days of studying. But with that said, I definitely plan to retake it in 14 days. Attached to this post is the breakdown of my score performance. Any advice (I.e resources, specific practice exams, videos etc) you guys would recommend?

Just wanted to see if anyone else has used whizlabs for CCP in the past. Feel like I understand a good chunk of the content but I’m not scoring as high as I was expecting on the practice exams. Scores are as follows:

Exam 1: 72% Exam 2: 72% Exam 3: 77% Exam 4 65%

Has anyone else used wizlabs for CCP in the past? Is it an accurate representation of the actual exam? Why or why not?

FYI: Just purchased tutorials dojo for a bit more practice, heard good things

You can check out the quizz here. There's also SAA and AIF versions as well

As someone who has gone through the challenge of obtaining this certification, I know how important it is to have access to quality study materials. That's why I decided to create this side project to help those pursuing this achievement but may not have the means to acquire paid resources.

Throughout the practice exam, you'll find hundreds of questions covering the main topics of the actual exam. My goal is to provide a study experience that closely mirrors the real exam, so you can get used to the question format, the main knowledge domains, and enhance your overall knowledge. But don't underestimate hands-on practice! I strongly suggest using AWS Skillbuilder for some real hands on practice!

There are two types of practice exams: a "basic" one (35 questions, 40 minutes long) and a "full" one (65 questions, 90 minutes long). Both feature random questions for better studying!

Key features:

• Real-time score tracking: No need to wait until the end to see how you're doing! The practice exam displays your percentage score as you progress through the questions.

• Review your answers: At the end of the practice exam, you can review which questions you answered correctly and incorrectly. This is one of the best methods for reinforcing your knowledge and learning from your mistakes.

• Completely free: No hidden costs or subscriptions. I believe everyone should have access to quality study materials, regardless of their financial situation. But if you'd like to support this project and help keep the resources flowing, you can easily buy me a coffee through the app - it's completely optional but greatly appreciated!

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I'm new to AWS and I'm not sure about the best place to start.

First Reddit post here - I recently passed the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam having no prior experience with cloud computing or AWS. I decided to create a quick guide with key resources, tips to set up for success on exam day, and exam day tips, as there were numerous people who helped me on this journey.

https://medium.com/@andreaannb/become-aws-cloud-practitioner-certified-in-2-weeks-66a2870447f4?source=friends_link&sk=207c3dbe9132579bd8acd957628f2b1b

I hope this brief guide provides some structure for how you can prepare for the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam to ensure that you will pass on your first attempt with flying colors!

Hey y'all, just passed the exam and I'm dropping what I did below since other posts like this helped me.

1. Take a course (I took Stephane Maarek's on Udemy) (Name: [NEW] Ultimate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 2025) (~14 hrs, speedran most of it on 1.5x)

2. Took notes (not very extensive notes) https://magazinerollsplus.notion.site/AWS-Cloud-Practitioner-135e305c5f0680508b62c2e37e94f984?pvs=4

3. Took a bunch of easy practice exams from Github which helped me solidify concepts but they were easy compared to the harder practice exams and the actual exam (https://github.com/kananinirav/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner-Notes/blob/master/practice-exam/practice-exam-1.md) (~12 easy exams until I was consistently getting 80%)

4. Used ChatGpt to figure out why I got questions wrong and made my own questions to remember concepts and not just memorize questions https://quizlet.com/969557122/aws-ccp-things-i-didnt-know-flash-cards/?i=zskml&x=1jqt (this took longer than the actual practice exams but this is where I really solidified concepts ~5 hours)

5. Scheduled the exam WAYY before I was ready (getting barely 70% on easy exams and took a hard practice and got a 50%) (Name: [2024] AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner [CLF-C02] 6 Practice Tests + Exam Simulator + Explanations + AWS Cheat Sheets) (~5 hard exams, 2 of which I took the day of)

6. Rescheduled the exam twice (still could've studied more). At this point I took 5 out of 6 practice exams which took me around 15-20 minutes to complete, I did not double check and I got 81-87% on my first try for all of those. (~35 minutes including setup and I did not double check my answers because I have really bad submission anxiety)

Things I would change:
- I was always really stressed out when taking the practice exams and speedran them so I would practice taking my time to double-check
- The 2 Udemy courses I used were both paid for so I'm not sure if I would use them both again, the course was pretty extensive and detailed and I liked the similarity of the "hard" practice exams to the actual exam

Things I would do again:
- Taking the easy exams to solidify concepts let me not waste attempts for the "harder" practice exams
- Asked a friend to validate the similarity of the Github exams to the actual exam (they were easier and I would've only done those if I didn't ask her)
- Quizlet to study and remember concepts I keep missing
- I was really bad at studying for this exam so it took me 1.5 months to actually get everything done but I think it made my review more spaced repetition-esque

My background:
- I know nothing about AWS
- I just started a SWE job and have no idea what I'm doing and also barely use AWS
- I'm relatively good at standardized testing
- Used a friend's Windows laptop since my Mac was tweaking every time I ran the PearsonVUE software

Thank you for this community for the continuous encouragement and support. Seeing those who recently passed the exam really helped me fight the laziness to study and to keep focused. Sharing my exam experience and several aws cloud practitioner exam questions I encountered:

Important topics encountered:

• AWS Shared Responsibility Model - Lots of questions asking who's responsible to what (AWS vs Customer)

• AWS Well-Architected (WA) Framework - Questions on which particular WA Pillar is being described

• AWS Support Plans

• AWS Pricing

• Advantages of Cloud Computing

• AWS Services ( a lot of them)

The exam is mostly composed of one-liner questions with some odd ones with 3-4 sentences. Stumbled upon some hard questions on EC2 Reserved Pricing (e.g which one is cheaper: Standard vs Convertible on a given 3-year team) and knowing who is responsible for IT Controls/Zone Security (AWS vs Customer) plus Dedicated Instance vs Dedicated Hosts.

All topics were covered by the TD practice exams and course. I also used the cheat sheets to quickly review the summarized bullet points of each AWS topic. There are no new AWS services too that were released in the past 6 months like Amazon Bedrock, VPC Lattice etc..

My Exam Prep stuff:

• Tutorials Dojo course, labs & practice exams: https://portal.tutorialsdojo.com/courses/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner-clf-c01-video-course/

• CLF-C01 Exam Guide https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-cloud-practitioner/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner_Exam-Guide.pdf (check the Appendix section to view the complete AWS services included)

• FreeCodeCamp Cloud Practitioner YouTube course by Andrew Brown

SAA-C03 exam next!

Hi. I have prepared a list of free materials preparing for AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. This list contains online courses, example question for which you do not have to pay.

Free courses:

https://aws.amazon.com/training/digital/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials/

https://pages.awscloud.com/GLOBAL-other-T2-Traincert-Twitch-AWS-Power-Hour-CP-2022.html

https://www.udemy.com/course/amazon-web-services-aws-v/

Exam Readiness:

https://pages.awscloud.com/TC\_Get-AWS-Certified.html#ERW

Free questions:

https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-cloud-practitioner/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner\_Sample-Questions.pdf

https://www.whizlabs.com/blog/aws-cloud-practitioner-certification-questions/

Cheat sheets:

https://rishabkumar7.github.io/CloudNotes/CPP.html

https://github.com/kennethleungty/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner-Notes

50% discount on exam:

https://pages.awscloud.com/GLOBAL-ln-GC-TrainCert-Cloud-Practitioner-Challenge-2022-reg.html

You can find more details about these materials on my blog: https://www.czerniga.it/2022/09/12/free-aws-cloud-practitioner-materials/

Hi Guys,

I am currently preparing my exams for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner cert. I have also bought the skillscertpro practice questions on impulse.

Should i also buy the Udemy Stephane Maarek course and TD's practice exams?

Please advise. Thank you

I am planning on studying for the AWS cloud practitioner exam starting today. I saw that AWS has two main resources to help prepare, a 7hr self paced module and a 12hr video game. Should I do both, one or the other, or is there another resource you guys recommend? I am currently studying IT in college and have an okay understanding. Thank you for the advice in advance!

Should I also do the Maarek Course or just doing the coursera courses (one, two) is enough? There is also free material on amazon skill builder here

Someone else somewhere said I should do the tutorial-dojo course.

Am I over-thinking study material for the supposedly simple course? Should I just pick one and do it?

How do you know it is enough?

The 20 question test on skillbuilder was easy and I got 18 out of 20 correct.

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UPDATE:

This link shared by @CleverBunnyThief and created by @madrasi2021 is highly useful. Please read through it.

I passed the exam. Practice exam is really helpful - I did the one by Stephen on udemy.

No previous cloud experience but I've been working as a data analyst for the past 3 years. My manager said the the exam will have an impact on the upcoming yearly review. I spent two days (~10 to 15 hrs in total tbh) and just passed it. Here are the resources I used.

1. First watched this 4 hr at 1.5x: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLmDS179YE

2. The I completed the first 4 practice exams here:
   https://kananinirav.com/practice-exam/exams.html
   I know the questions are not equally weighted but I needed something to track my progress so my scores were 54%; 58%; 64% and 72% respectively.

3. I scored 44% on these 30 questions:
   https://www.whizlabs.com/blog/aws-cloud-practitioner-certification-questions/

4. Skimmed thru these 10 questions
   https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-cloud-practitioner/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner_Sample-Questions.pdf

5. Solved all the questions here and got 74% overall. At this point, questions looked mostly similar.
   https://awslagi.com/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner/

6. As a last step, I solved all the questions here. I did not track my score on this one.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXz2nFPCgX8

As a final note, I learned from questions and answers the most. I used chatgpt on the side to make sense of things from time to time. I copied the question with the choices and the chatgpt gave me the detailed answer that helped me understand better. Sometimes, practice exams have wrong answer keys. If you doubt the supposed answer, google the question or ask it to the chatgpt.

I am a student currently and would like to have a CLF - C02 certification and prepare for this exam without paying.

Are there any free resources that you guys would recommend to prepare for this? I don't have much money to spare for paid courses/tests.

I am willing to put in 5+ hours every day for the next 3 weeks.

Hi, I’m planning on taking aws cloud practitioner certificate in my aws journey. Looking for some good resources from where I can prepare. Thanks

I'm excited to share a comprehensive AWS certification practice pack with you! As someone who has navigated the AWS certification journey, I understand the importance of having access to quality study materials. That's why I've created this free resource pack featuring three complete practice exams:

You can access all three practice exams here

• AWS Cloud Practitioner

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate

• AWS AI Practitioner

Each practice exam features hundreds of carefully selected questions covering all essential exam topics and domains. You can choose between two formats:

• Basic mode: 35 questions, 40-minute duration

• Full mode: 65 questions, 90-minute duration

Key Features:

• Real-time score tracking during the exam

• Detailed answer review to learn from your mistakes

• Randomized questions for more effective studying

• Comprehensive coverage of all exam domains

• Matches the real exam format and difficulty

While these practice exams are valuable study tools, remember that hands-on experience is crucial! I highly recommend complementing your studies with AWS Skillbuilder for practical experience.

I developed these practice exams with dedication and care to support our community. While you'll find information about contributing to the project within the links, rest assured they will always remain completely free, regardless of contributions. I believe quality AWS certification preparation should be accessible to everyone!

Want to stay updated on future resources? Connect with me on LinkedIn!