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AWS · DVA-C02 · Intermediate

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Validates proficiency in developing, testing, deploying, and debugging AWS Cloud-based applications. 65+ AI-generated practice questions with explanations. Free trial, pass guarantee.

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65 Questions
130min Time Limit
720/ 1000 Pass Score
$150 Exam Fee

Overview

About the exam

The AWS Certified Developer – Associate validates the ability to develop, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications using AWS services. It covers core development workflows including writing code that interacts with AWS APIs and SDKs, implementing CI/CD pipelines, managing application security, and optimizing application performance.

This certification is designed for software developers and DevOps practitioners with at least one year of hands-on AWS development experience. It demonstrates proficiency with services like Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and CodePipeline, and the ability to troubleshoot and optimize cloud-native applications.

Exam Domains

What's on the exam

The exam consists of 65 questions (50 scored, 15 unscored), featuring multiple-choice and multiple-response question types over 130 minutes. Questions focus on practical development scenarios involving Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, SQS, and deployment services. Expect code-level questions about SDK usage, error handling, and CI/CD pipeline configuration. Budget roughly 2 minutes per question.

Development with AWS Services 32%
Security 26%
Deployment 24%
Troubleshooting and Optimization 18%

Format

What to expect

multiple choice
70%
multiple response
30%

Watch out

Where candidates struggle

This exam tests hands-on development skills. Candidates who understand architecture but lack experience writing code against AWS SDKs and configuring deployment pipelines often miss critical implementation-detail questions.

  1. 01
    DynamoDB Keys — Misunderstanding partition keys, sort keys, and GSI/LSI design leads to wrong answers on data modeling and query optimization questions.
  2. 02
    Lambda Limits — Not knowing cold start behavior, memory/timeout configuration, and concurrency limits causes errors on serverless architecture questions.
  3. 03
    IAM for Apps — Confusing IAM roles, resource policies, and Cognito user/identity pools when securing application access to AWS resources.
  4. 04
    CI/CD Services — Mixing up CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline responsibilities leads to wrong answers on deployment workflow questions.
  5. 05
    Error Handling — Not understanding SQS dead-letter queues, Lambda retry behavior, and Step Functions error handling patterns.

Details

Exam logistics

Delivered via Pearson VUE online or at testing centers. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish. The certification is valid for 3 years with renewal through recertification exams.

Delivery Pearson VUE testing center or online proctored exam
Retake policy 14-day waiting period between exam attempts, no limit on total number of attempts
Validity 3 years
Career outcomes Cloud developer, backend engineer, DevOps engineer, software development engineer, and full-stack developer roles building applications on AWS infrastructure
Renewal Pass a recertification exam before the 3-year expiration date, or earn a higher-level AWS certification to automatically renew
Study time ~45 hours
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