Introduction of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam!

The SOA-C03 exam is the current exam for the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate certification from Amazon AWS. It validates the knowledge and hands-on skills described in the official AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate syllabus, and it is the version of the exam that succeeds SOA-C02. Employers use AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate as a hiring signal for associate-level-level roles, because it shows a candidate can do the work the certification describes, not just describe the theory.

What is the Duration of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

You get 130 minutes for the SOA-C03 exam. The clock does not include check-in and the pre-exam survey screens, so arrive at the test center early or check in online ahead of your slot.

What are the Number of Questions Asked in Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

The SOA-C03 exam presents a maximum of 65 questions. No two candidates see exactly the same set, and a small number of unscored pilot questions can be mixed into the delivery.

What is the Passing Score for Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

The passing score for the SOA-C03 exam is 720 on AWS's scaled score of 100 to 1,000. It is a scaled score, not a percentage of questions answered correctly, and there is no per-domain cutoff — a single overall score decides the result. Your score report still breaks performance down by domain so you can see where to restudy if you need a retake.

What is the Competency Level required for Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

SOA-C03 is a associate-level-level exam. It assumes you are ready to apply the skills of CloudOps Engineer - Associate in real working situations — the questions describe scenarios you would meet on the job and ask what you would do, rather than asking for definitions alone.

What is the Question Format of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

The SOA-C03 exam uses multiple choice and multiple response questions; this exam has no hands-on lab section.

How Can You Take Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

You book and sit the exam through Pearson VUE — at a test center or as an online proctored exam. Either way you schedule at a time that suits you, pay with a voucher or card, and receive your score report as soon as you finish.

What Language Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam is Offered?

English is the primary language of the SOA-C03 exam. Amazon AWS publishes the current language list on the exam's booking page — availability varies by region and can change as the exam rolls out worldwide.

What is the Cost of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

The SOA-C03 exam fee is 150 USD for a single attempt, paid when you book. That is the vendor's list price in the US; regional pricing and taxes can differ, so confirm the exact figure on the booking page before you pay.

What is the Target Audience of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

SOA-C03 is written for people whose work covers AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate: practitioners formalizing experience they already have, and candidates moving into associate-level-level roles who need a recognized credential behind their skills.

Who are the Testing Providers of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

Amazon AWS sets the exam content and sells the voucher; delivery is handled by Pearson VUE, which runs the booking, identity checks and the testing environment on the day.

What is the Recommended Experience for Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

AWS recommends about one year of experience deploying, managing and operating workloads on AWS, including at least a year in an operations role

What are the Prerequisites of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

AWS enforces no formal prerequisites — anyone can book the exam; AWS publishes recommended experience instead.

What is the Expected Retirement Date of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

No retirement date has been announced for the SOA-C03 exam — it is the current version, and its predecessor SOA-C02 is the version that has been retired. AWS certifications are valid for three years.

What is the Difficulty Level of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

Most candidates rate SOA-C03 as moderately difficult for its level. The questions reward solid fundamentals plus practical judgment: well-practised candidates usually find the exam fair, while candidates who only memorize terms usually do not. Time management matters — practise under timed conditions before the day.

What is the Roadmap / Track of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

SOA-C03 sits inside the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate track in Amazon AWS's certification program. It is the current credential at its level in that family, and holders typically build on it with the higher-tier certifications in the same family or with complementary certifications in adjacent technology areas.

What are the Topics Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam Covers?

The SOA-C03 syllabus is organized into 5 domains, weighted as follows: Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization (22%); Reliability and Business Continuity (22%); Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation (22%); Security and Compliance (16%); Networking and Content Delivery (18%). Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization carries the most marks at 22%, so study time should follow that order.

What are the Sample Questions of Amazon AWS SOA-C03 Exam?

The fastest way to sample SOA-C03 questions is the free practice test on this page — real exam-style questions with full explanations, no signup needed. The set on this page currently holds 50 questions; the first 10 are free in the web test engine. Amazon AWS also publishes the official exam objectives, which are worth reading alongside any question set because they list every topic the exam can draw from.

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Free SOA-C03 – AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate Practice Test Question

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Question 1 (Mix Questions)

A Sysops administrator creates an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) cluster that uses AWS Fargate. The cluster is deployed successfully. The Sysops administrator needs to manage the cluster by using the kubect1 command line tool.

Which of the following must be configured on the Sysops administrator's machine so that kubect1 can communicate with the cluster API server?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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The kubeconfig file
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The kube-proxy Amazon EKS add-on
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The Fargate profile
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The eks-connector.yaml file

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Question 2 (Mix Questions)

A Sysops administrator needs to configure automatic rotation for Amazon RDS database credentials. The credentials must rotate every 30 days. The solution must integrate with Amazon RDS.

Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Store the credentials in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store as a secure string. Configure automatic rotation with a rotation interval of 30 days.
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Store the credentials in AWS Secrets Manager. Configure automatic rotation with a rotation interval of 30 days.
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Store the credentials in a file in an Amazon S3 bucket. Deploy an AWS Lambda function to automatically rotate the credentials every 30 days.
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Store the credentials in AWS Secrets Manager. Deploy an AWS Lambda function to automatically rotate the credentials every 30 days.

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Question 3 (Mix Questions)

A company has an application that runs only on Amazon EC2 Spot Instances. The instances run in an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group with scheduled scaling actions.

However, the capacity does not always increase at the scheduled times, and instances terminate many times a day. A Sysops administrator must ensure that the instances launch on time and have fewer interruptions.

Which action will meet these requirements?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Specify the capacity-optimized allocation strategy for Spot Instances. Add more instance types to the Auto Scaling group.
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Specify the capacity-optimized allocation strategy for Spot Instances. Increase the size of the instances in the Auto Scaling group.
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Specify the lowest-price allocation strategy for Spot Instances. Add more instance types to the Auto Scaling group.
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Specify the lowest-price allocation strategy for Spot Instances. Increase the size of the instances in the Auto Scaling group.

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Question 4 (Mix Questions)

A company stores its data in an Amazon S3 bucket. The company is required to classify the data and find any sensitive personal information in its S3 files.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Create an AWS Config rule to discover sensitive personal information in the S3 files and mark them as noncompliant.
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Create an S3 event-driven artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) pipeline to classify sensitive personal information by using Amazon Recognition.
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Enable Amazon GuardDuty. Configure S3 protection to monitor all data inside Amazon S3.
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Enable Amazon Macie. Create a discovery job that uses the managed data identifier.

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Question 5 (Mix Questions)

A company has an application that customers use to search for records on a website. The application's data is stored in an Amazon Aurora DB cluster. The application's usage varies by season and by day of the week.

The website's popularity is increasing, and the website is experiencing slower performance because of increased load on the DB cluster during periods of peak activity. The application logs show that the performance issues occur when users are searching for information. The same search is rarely performed multiple times.

A SysOps administrator must improve the performance of the platform by using a solution that maximizes resource efficiency.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Deploy an Amazon ElastiCache for Redis cluster in front of the DB cluster. Modify the application to check the cache before the application issues new queries to the database. Add the results of any queries to the cache.
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Deploy an Aurora Replica for the DB cluster. Modify the application to use the reader endpoint for search operations. Use Aurora Auto Scaling to scale the number of replicas based on load. Most Voted
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Use Provisioned IOPS on the storage volumes that support the DB cluster to improve performance sufficiently to support the peak load on the application.
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Increase the instance size in the DB cluster to a size that is sufficient to support the peak load on the application. Use Aurora Auto Scaling to scale the instance size based on load.

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Question 6 (Mix Questions)

The security team is concerned because the number of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies being used in the environment is increasing. The team tasked a SysOps administrator to report on the current number of IAM policies in use and the total available IAM policies.

Which AWS service should the administrator use to check how current IAM policy usage compares to current service limits?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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AWS Trusted Advisor
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Amazon Inspector
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AWS Config
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AWS Organizations

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Question 7 (Mix Questions)

A company has a stateless application that is hosted on a fleet of 10 Amazon EC2 On-Demand Instances in an Auto Scaling group. A minimum of 6 instances are needed to meet service requirements.

Which action will maintain uptime for the application MOST cost-effectively?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Use a Spot Fleet with an On-Demand capacity of 6 instances.
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Update the Auto Scaling group with a minimum of 6 On-Demand Instances and a maximum of 10 On-Demand Instances.
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Update the Auto Scaling group with a minimum of 1 On-Demand Instance and a maximum of 6 On-Demand Instances.
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Use a Spot Fleet with a target capacity of 6 instances.

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Question 8 (Mix Questions)

A SysOps administrator has launched a large general purpose Amazon EC2 instance to regularly process large data files. The instance has an attached 1 TB General Purpose SSD (gp2) Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume. The instance also is EBS-optimized. To save costs, the SysOps administrator stops the instance each evening and restarts the instance each morning.

When data processing is active, Amazon CloudWatch metrics on the instance show a consistent 3.000 VolumeReadOps. The SysOps administrator must improve the I/O performance while ensuring data integrity.

Which action will meet these requirements?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Change the instance type to a large, burstable, general purpose instance.
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Change the instance type to an extra large general purpose instance.
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Increase the EBS volume to a 2 TB General Purpose SSD (gp2) volume.
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Move the data that resides on the EBS volume to the instance store.

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Question 9 (Mix Questions)

With the threat of ransomware viruses encrypting and holding company data hostage, which action should be taken to protect an Amazon S3 bucket?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Deny Post. Put. and Delete on the bucket.
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Enable server-side encryption on the bucket.
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Enable Amazon S3 versioning on the bucket.
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Enable snapshots on the bucket.

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Question 10 (Mix Questions)

A SysOps administrator is evaluating Amazon Route 53 DNS options to address concerns about high availability for an on-premises website. The website consists of two servers: a primary active server and a secondary passive server. Route 53 should route traffic to the primary server if the associated health check returns 2xx or 3xx HTTP codes. All other traffic should be directed to the secondary passive server. The failover record type, set ID. and routing policy have been set appropriately for both primary and secondary servers.

Which next step should be taken to configure Route 53?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Create an A record for each server. Associate the records with the Route 53 HTTP health check.
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Create an A record for each server. Associate the records with the Route 53 TCP health check.
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Create an alias record for each server with evaluate target health set to yes. Associate the records with the Route 53 HTTP health check.
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Create an alias record for each server with evaluate target health set to yes. Associate the records with the Route 53 TCP health check.

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About the SOA-C03 Free Practice Test

This page gives you a working sample of the Study4Pass practice set for AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate (SOA-C03). Ten questions are free below, each with the correct answer marked and a full explanation. The complete set currently holds 50 questions: 46 single choices, 4 multiple choices.

The set is a starter bank for SOA-C03: its questions are carried over from the SOA-C02 practice set, the exam SOA-C03 succeeds, mapped to the same subject areas — so you can start drilling now while the full SOA-C03 bank is built out.

How to use this SOA-C03 free practice test

Answer each question before you look anything up — guessing honestly is what makes the result useful. Then open the answer: the correct option is marked and a full explanation walks through the reasoning. If a concept still does not click, use the Ask AI panel on the question — Study4Pass is the 1st AI-Enabled exam practice website, and AI here is for understanding the concept, not a replacement for core preparation.

Work in the mode that fits your stage: Easy Practice and Hard Practice for learning, Topic Training to drill one area, Flagged Practice to revisit questions you marked, and Exam Simulation when you want the real timing pressure.

What to study for each SOA-C03 domain

Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization (22%) — drill this area in Topic Training and review every explanation; weight your study time by the published percentage.
Reliability and Business Continuity (22%) — drill this area in Topic Training and review every explanation; weight your study time by the published percentage.
Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation (22%) — drill this area in Topic Training and review every explanation; weight your study time by the published percentage.
Security and Compliance (16%) — drill this area in Topic Training and review every explanation; weight your study time by the published percentage.
Networking and Content Delivery (18%) — drill this area in Topic Training and review every explanation; weight your study time by the published percentage.

SOA-C03 practice test — quick questions

Is this SOA-C03 practice test really free?

Yes. The 10 questions on this page cost nothing, need no account, and include the answer and explanation for every question.

How many questions are in the complete SOA-C03 set?

The set currently holds 50 questions. It is a starter bank carried over from the SOA-C02 set while the full SOA-C03 bank is built out.

Are these the real SOA-C03 exam questions?

No — they are practice questions in the style and scope of the real exam, drawn from the SOA-C02 practice set for the exam SOA-C03 succeeds. Use them to measure readiness, not as a substitute for the official syllabus.