SAP-C02 Practice Tests

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Advance your AWS expertise with our comprehensive Solutions Architect Professional practice tests. Get exam-ready with 75 realistic questions, detailed explanations, and AI-powered feedback grounded in the official exam blueprint.

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Duration

180 minutes

Questions

65 scored + 10 unscored

Cost

$300 USD
Where to register
Amazon Web Services

Issued by Amazon Web Services. Delivered via Pearson VUE or PSI. 300 USD. Schedule online or at a test center. Allow four to six weeks of preparation.

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01·Overview

Certification overview

The format, prerequisites, and what to expect on exam day.

Exam details

  • Exam Code

    SAP-C02

  • Duration

    180 minutes

  • Questions

    65 scored + 10 unscored

  • Format

    Multiple choice and multiple response

  • Passing Score

    750/1000

  • Cost

    $300 USD

  • Validity

    3 years

Prerequisites
  • 2+ years of hands-on AWS experience
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification recommended
  • Deep understanding of AWS services and architecture patterns
  • Experience designing resilient, scalable solutions
  • Knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
02·Domains

Exam domains

Topics on the official blueprint, with their relative weight.

01
Domain 1: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
26% of exam
  • Network connectivity strategies and AWS Global Infrastructure
  • Security controls, IAM, encryption, and compliance
  • Reliable and resilient architectures with disaster recovery
02
Domain 2: Design for New Solutions
29% of exam
  • Deployment strategies, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
  • Business continuity, disaster recovery, and replication
  • Security, reliability, performance, and cost optimization
03
Domain 3: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions
25% of exam
  • Operational excellence, monitoring, and automation
  • Security improvements and patch management strategies
  • Performance optimization and reliability enhancements
04
Domain 4: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
20% of exam
  • Migration assessment and the 7Rs migration strategies
  • Data, application, and database migration tools
  • Modernization opportunities and serverless adoption
03·Key topics

What you actually study

Service families and concept clusters that show up across questions.

Network & Connectivity

  • Multi-VPC architectures and hybrid connectivity
  • AWS Direct Connect and VPN design
  • Route 53 routing policies and DNS strategies
  • Network segmentation and traffic monitoring

Security & Compliance

  • Multi-account environments and cross-account access
  • Encryption strategies for data at rest and in transit
  • IAM Identity Center and third-party identity integration
  • Security event monitoring and centralized auditing

Disaster Recovery & HA

  • RTO/RPO requirements and disaster recovery strategies
  • Multi-AZ and multi-Region architectures
  • Data replication and automated backup solutions
  • Failover mechanisms and self-healing systems

Migration & Modernization

  • Application migration assessment and the 7Rs framework
  • AWS DataSync, Transfer Family, and Snow Family
  • Database migration with AWS DMS and SCT
  • Containerization and serverless transformation

Cost & Performance

  • Reserved Instances and Savings Plans strategy
  • Auto scaling, rightsizing, and instance families
  • Data transfer costs and storage tiering
  • CloudWatch monitoring and performance optimization

Compute & Storage

  • EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, and Fargate selection
  • S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, and Storage Gateway design
  • Purpose-built databases and DynamoDB optimization
  • RDS, Aurora, and ElastiCache strategies
04·Study tips

How to actually pass it

Practical strategies for the weeks before, and the morning of.

Preparation strategy
  • Pass the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam first to build foundational knowledge.
  • Deep-dive into the Well-Architected Framework across all five pillars.
  • Design real-world multi-account AWS environments from scratch.
  • Study disaster recovery strategies and practice RTO/RPO calculations.
  • Get hands-on with migration tools like AWS DMS and Application Migration Service.
  • Review the four official domains and allocate study time by percentage weighting.
Exam day
  • Focus on multi-account design and organizational complexity scenarios.
  • Read each question carefully; multi-response questions require all correct answers.
  • Manage time across 180 minutes: approximately 2.7 minutes per scored question.
  • Remember the compensatory scoring model: no single domain must be passed separately.
  • Watch for questions on emerging topics like responsible AI controls.
  • Leverage your AWS Solutions Architect Associate knowledge as a foundation.

Think multi-account. Design for complexity.

Practice scenarios grounded in the official blueprint, weighted by domain. Start free, no card required.

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