Introduction
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect–Professional (SAP-C01) exam is intended for individuals who perform a Solutions Architect–Professional role. This exam validates advanced technical skills and experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform.
It validates an examinee’s ability to:
Design and deploy dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable applications on AWS
Select appropriate AWS services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements
Migrate complex, multi-tier applications on AWS
Design and deploy enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS
Implement cost-control strategies
Recommended AWS and General IT Knowledge and Experience
Two or more years of hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS
Ability to evaluate cloud application requirements and make architectural recommendations for implementation, deployment, and provisioning applications on AWS
Ability to provide best practice guidance on the architectural design across multiple applications and projects of the enterprise
Familiarity with a scripting language
Familiarity with Windows and Linux environments
Familiarity with AWS CLI, AWS APIs, AWS CloudFormation templates, the AWS Billing Console, and the AWS Management Console
Explain and apply the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Map business objectives to application/architecture requirements
Design a hybrid architecture using key AWS technologies (e.g., VPN, AWS Direct Connect)
Architect a continuous integration and deployment process
Exam Preparation
These training courses and materials may be helpful for examination preparation:
AWS Training: (aws.amazon.com/training)
Advanced Architecting on AWS: 3-day instructor-led live or virtual course
AWS Certification Exam Readiness Workshops: AWS Certified Solutions Architect–Professional: 1-day live course
AWS Security Fundamentals: 1-day instructor-led live course
AWS Well-Architected Training: 2-hour online training course
EC2 Systems Manager: 2-hour online training course
Migrating to AWS: 2-day instructor-led live or virtual course
Preview Course: Deep Dive into Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS): 1-hour online training course
Preview Course: Deep Dive into Elastic File System (EFS): 65-minute online training course
Preview Course: Migrating and Tiering Storage to AWS: 1-hour online training course
Suggested AWS Whitepapers (aws.amazon.com/whitepapers) Kindle and .pdf, and Other Materials
AWS Security Best Practices whitepaper, August 2016
AWS Well-Architected Framework whitepaper, November 2017
Architecting for the Cloud AWS Best Practices whitepaper, February 2016
Practicing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery on AWS Accelerating Software Delivery with DevOps whitepaper, June 2017
Microservices on AWS whitepaper, September 2017
Amazon Web Services: Overview of Security Processes whitepaper, May 2017
Using Amazon Web Services for Disaster Recovery whitepaper, October 2014
AWS Documentation for services, including but not limited to compute, management tools, storage, networking and content delivery, analytics, database, security, identity and compliance, and application integration web-pages
AWS Architecture Center web-pages
Exam Content
Response Types
There are two types of questions on the examination:
Multiple-choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors).
Multiple-response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more options.
Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that an examinee with incomplete knowledge or skill would likely choose. However, they are generally plausible responses that fit in the content area defined by the test objective.
Unanswered questions will be scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing.
Unscored Content
Your examination may include unscored items that are placed on the test to gather statistical information. These questions are not identified on the form, and do not affect your score.
Exam Results
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect–Professional (SAP-C01) is a pass or fail exam. The examination is scored against a minimum standard established by AWS professionals who are guided by certification industry best practices and guidelines.
Your results for the examination are reported as a score from 100 through 1000, with a minimum passing score of 750. Your score shows how you performed on the examination as a whole and whether you passed. Scaled scoring models are used to equate scores across multiple exam forms that may have slightly different difficulty levels.
There are two types of questions on the examination:
Multiple-choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors).
Multiple-response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more options.
Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that an examinee with incomplete knowledge or skill would likely choose. However, they are generally plausible responses that fit in the content area defined by the test objective.
Unanswered questions will be scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing.
Unscored Content
Your examination may include unscored items that are placed on the test to gather statistical information. These questions are not identified on the form, and do not affect your score.
Exam Results
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect–Professional (SAP-C01) is a pass or fail exam. The examination is scored against a minimum standard established by AWS professionals who are guided by certification industry best practices and guidelines.
Your results for the examination are reported as a score from 100 through 1000, with a minimum passing score of 750. Your score shows how you performed on the examination as a whole and whether you passed. Scaled scoring models are used to equate scores across multiple exam forms that may have slightly different difficulty levels.
