Certification guide
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) is Amazon Web Services’ foundational certification, the credential that validates you can explain what the AWS Cloud is, how its core services fit together, how security responsibility is shared between AWS and its customers, and how the billing, pricing, and support models actually work. It assumes no hands-on engineering background, which makes it the standard entry point for sales, finance, project, legal, and leadership roles working alongside cloud teams, as well as the first rung for people heading toward the associate-level technical certifications.
The exam presents 65 questions (50 scored, 15 unscored pretest items you can’t identify) in 90 minutes, as multiple-choice and multiple-response items. Scoring is scaled from 100 to 1,000 with a passing mark of 700. There are no prerequisites, the exam fee is $100 USD, and the certification remains valid for three years before recertification.
Cloud Concepts
Domain 1 · 24%The value proposition of the AWS Cloud: elasticity, agility, economies of scale, and trading capital expense for variable cost. This domain also covers the design principles behind the Well-Architected Framework, cloud economics and total cost of ownership thinking, and migration strategies, the 7 Rs, the Cloud Adoption Framework, and the global infrastructure of Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations that everything else stands on.
Security and Compliance
Domain 2 · 30%The shared responsibility model and where the line falls for each service type, identity and access management with IAM, MFA, and least privilege, and the governance layer of Organizations and service control policies. It also spans the security service catalog (GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, Security Hub, WAF, Shield, KMS) plus compliance programs, AWS Artifact, and how customers demonstrate their own compliance on top of AWS’s.
Cloud Technology and Services
Domain 3 · 34%The heaviest domain: recognizing which AWS service fits which job. Compute across EC2, Lambda, and containers; storage across S3 classes, EBS, and EFS; databases from RDS and Aurora to DynamoDB and the purpose-built engines; networking with VPC, Route 53, and CloudFront; plus the analytics, machine learning, IoT, developer, and migration service families. Breadth matters more than depth. The exam tests whether you can match a scenario to the right service.
Billing, Pricing, and Support
Domain 4 · 12%Pricing models from On-Demand through Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot; the cost management toolkit of Cost Explorer, Budgets, the Cost and Usage Report, and cost allocation tags; consolidated billing under Organizations; and the four support plans with what each actually includes, response times, Trusted Advisor coverage, and when a TAM enters the picture.
Each practice exam below mirrors the real blueprint: 65 questions per attempt weighted 24/30/34/12 across the four domains, 90 minutes on the clock, with every question explained. The pass mark is set at 70%, the honest raw-score equivalent of AWS’s 700-out-of-1,000 scaled threshold. Because the domain weighting is enforced on every attempt, a passing score here reflects genuine coverage across all four domains, not luck in the heavy ones.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Practice Exam
Full-length CLF-C02 practice exam — 65 scenario-based questions weighted to the official AWS blueprint.
Subscribe to startFrequently asked questions about CLF-C02
What is the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam?
CLF-C02 is Amazon Web Services’ foundational certification, the credential that validates you can explain what the AWS Cloud is, how its core services fit together, how security responsibility is shared between AWS and its customers, and how the billing, pricing, and support models actually work.
How many questions are on the CLF-C02 exam?
The exam presents 65 questions: 50 scored and 15 unscored pretest items you can’t identify. Questions are multiple-choice and multiple-response.
What is the passing score for CLF-C02?
Scoring is scaled from 100 to 1,000 with a passing mark of 700. The scaled score is not a raw percentage, so Certifym sets the practice pass mark at 70% as the honest raw-score equivalent of AWS’s 700-out-of-1,000 threshold.
How long is the CLF-C02 exam and how much does it cost?
The exam runs 90 minutes and the exam fee is $100 USD.
Are there prerequisites for CLF-C02?
No. There are no prerequisites, and the exam assumes no hands-on engineering background.
How hard is CLF-C02, and who is it for?
It is the foundational tier, so it does not assume a hands-on engineering background. That makes it the standard entry point for sales, finance, project, legal, and leadership roles working alongside cloud teams, as well as the first rung for people heading toward the associate-level technical certifications. Breadth matters more than depth. The exam tests whether you can match a scenario to the right service rather than how deeply you can configure it.
What domains does CLF-C02 cover?
Four domains: Cloud Concepts (24%), Security and Compliance (30%), Cloud Technology and Services (34%), and Billing, Pricing, and Support (12%). Cloud Technology and Services is the heaviest domain, with Security and Compliance close behind, so those two deserve the most study time.
How long is the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification valid?
The certification remains valid for three years before recertification.
How do I prepare for the CLF-C02 exam?
Study the four domains in proportion to their weightings and drill service-to-scenario matching rather than deep configuration detail. Certifym’s practice exams mirror the real blueprint: 65 questions per attempt weighted 24/30/34/12 across the four domains, 90 minutes on the clock, with every question explained. Because the domain weighting is enforced on every attempt, a passing score reflects genuine coverage across all four domains, not luck in the heavy ones.
How does CLF-C02 relate to the AWS associate-level certifications?
CLF-C02 is the foundational tier and the first rung for people heading toward the associate-level technical certifications. It validates that you can explain the AWS Cloud, its core services, the shared responsibility model, and the billing and support models; the associate credentials, such as AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, are where the hands-on engineering depth begins.
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