DEA-C01AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate practice exams
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- Exam code
- DEA-C01
- Cost
- $150USD
- Questions
- 65(50 scored, 15 unscored)
- Duration
- 130minutes
- Passing score
- 720(scale 100-1000)
- Level
- Mid level
- Study guide
- How to prepare
- Sources
- 23official pages
- Format
- Multiple choice and multiple response
Data Engineer Associate practice exams
2 full-length forms, 65 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings.
A team's query hops out of one WLM queue into another. Which monitoring rules apply to it from then on?
The answer
The new queue's rules
Checked against
docs.aws.amazon.com, checked August 2026If the action is hop and the query is routed to another queue, the rules for the new queue apply.
What the exam tests
Exam domains and official weightings
The percentage is the exam weighting; the bar is how many verified questions we hold there, so a short bar is where our bank is thin.
- Data Ingestion and Transformation34%48 verified
- Data Store Management26%36 verified
- Data Operations and Support22%30 verified
- Data Security and Governance18%24 verified
What the exam actually asks you to do
Multiple choice and multiple response only. No simulations, no labs, and nothing to configure.
Item formats
- Multiple choice
- Multiple response
Nothing here needs a lab. Reading carefully and eliminating options is the whole skill. AWS, Data Engineer Associate exam guide ↗
Between sittings
The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.
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Frequently asked questions
What does DEA-C01 actually test?
Moving data through AWS: ingesting it with Kinesis or DMS, transforming it in Glue or EMR, storing it in S3, Redshift or DynamoDB, and keeping the pipelines observable and governed. Ingestion and transformation alone is 34% of the exam.
Do I need to know SQL and Python for it?
You read both. Questions show a Glue script, an Athena query or a partitioning scheme and ask why it is slow, wrong or expensive. Writing code is not tested; recognizing what a snippet does is.
How does it relate to the retired Data Analytics Specialty?
DEA-C01 replaced that exam's territory at associate level with more pipeline building and less analytics theory. If you found study material for DAS-C01, the service coverage overlaps but the exam is its own blueprint.