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AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate

AWS · intermediate · 130 minutes

Update in progressAWS now publishes this exam as SOA-C03, AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate, five domains; our bank was written for SOA-C02 with six domains, weighted 20 / 15 / 15 / 15 / 15 / 20, checked on 21 September 2026. The questions still teach the subject, but the split per domain has moved.

Formerly SysOps Administrator. Validates the ability to deploy, manage and operate workloads on AWS: monitoring and remediation, performance optimization, reliability, automation, security and networking.

What you get

681practice questions
10full papers of 65
13course chapters · 1.9 hours
100%answers explained

Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.

What the exam covers

From AWS’s published outline, read on 21 September 2026 (the vendor dates it 30 September 2025). Vendor page

Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization22%
Reliability and Business Continuity22%
Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation22%
Security and Compliance16%
Networking and Content Delivery18%

Two sample questions

Two of the 681, with the answer and the explanation.

1. Which S3 storage class is the MOST cost-effective for data that is rarely accessed and can tolerate retrieval times of 12 hours?

  1. A. S3 Standard
  2. B. S3 Standard-IA
  3. C. S3 Glacier Deep Archive
  4. D. S3 One Zone-IA

Why: S3 Glacier Deep Archive is the lowest-cost storage class for long-term data archival. Standard retrieval takes 12 hours. It is ideal for data that is rarely accessed and does not need immediate retrieval.

2. An RDS database must be restorable to any second within the last 7 days. What provides this?

  1. Manual snapshots only
  2. Read replicas
  3. Multi-AZ standby
  4. Automated backups — correct

Why: RDS automated backups with transaction logs allow point-in-time restore within the retention period.

The real SOA-C03 exam

Length130 minutes
Questions65 questions (multiple choice or multiple response)
Pass mark720 out of 1000
Price$150 USD
Recommended before you sit it1+ year AWS experience recommended
Valid for3 years

Exam facts as published by AWS; always check the vendor’s page before you book.

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