# AWS Services Practice Exam An 80-item independent practice exam across eight AWS service domains, shared by all five certification tracks, with full explanations and a timed interactive mode. import PracticeExam from '../../../components/PracticeExam.astro'; An **80-item independent practice exam** across the AWS service surface that the five certification tracks share. It is built at **associate depth** — scenario stems, plausible distractors, and explanations that say why the other three options fail. It is **not an official AWS practice exam**, contains no official exam questions, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by AWS. One bank serves all five tracks because the underlying service knowledge is the same; only the emphasis differs. Use the domain table below to read your result against the exam you are actually sitting. ## Instructions - **Time:** 160 minutes if you run it timed — two minutes per item, matching the associate pacing of 65 items in 130 minutes. Take it untimed the first time. - **Items:** 80, all multiple choice with a single correct answer out of four. - **No guessing penalty:** an unanswered item is scored incorrect, so answer everything and flag what you want to revisit. - **Target:** at least **75% raw** before you book an associate exam, and **65%** before a foundational one — this bank is pitched harder than CLF-C02 or AIF-C01. ## Domain distribution | # | Domain | Items | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Compute and Containers | 6 | | 2 | Storage and Data Management | 11 | | 3 | Networking and Content Delivery | 15 | | 4 | Databases | 11 | | 5 | Serverless and Application Integration | 10 | | 6 | Security, Identity and Compliance | 9 | | 7 | Monitoring, Operations and Deployment | 13 | | 8 | Cost Management and Multi-Account Governance | 5 | |   | **Total** | **80** | These are service domains, not any exam's official blueprint. To map a weak result onto your own exam: | Your exam | Read these domains hardest | | --- | --- | | [Cloud Practitioner](/aws/cloud-practitioner/) | 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 — and treat depth beyond the explanation as optional | | [Solutions Architect – Associate](/aws/solutions-architect/) | All eight; 3, 4 and 6 carry the most weight | | [CloudOps Engineer – Associate](/aws/sysops-associate/) | 7 first, then 3, 6 and 8 | | [Developer – Associate](/aws/developer-associate/) | 5 and 6 first, then 7 | | [AI Practitioner](/aws/ai-practitioner/) | 6 and 8 for the governance items; the rest is background | ## Score interpretation Associate exams are scored on a scaled 100–1,000 range with a **720** pass mark; the two foundational exams pass at **700**. AWS does not publish how a raw percentage maps to a scaled score, so the figure below is **indicative only**. Your raw percentage is the real signal. | Raw score | Reading | | --- | --- | | under 55% | Not ready. Go back to the note pages for your two weakest domains before re-sitting. | | 55–69% | Foundational-ready, associate-risky. Fine for CLF-C02 or AIF-C01; keep studying for an associate exam. | | 70–79% | Approaching the associate line. Close the two weakest domains and re-sit timed. | | 80% and above | Strong. Book with confidence, and use the explanations for the handful you missed. | ## Before you start Sit this **early**, not last. Its job is diagnostic: two weak domains after 80 items tell you where the next ten hours of study go, which is worth far more than a flattering score at the end of your preparation. Then work every explanation — including the ones you got right, because a right answer for a wrong reason fails on the next variant.