SAA-C03AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate practice exams
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- Exam code
- SAA-C03
- 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
- 113official pages
- Format
- Multiple choice and multiple response
Solutions Architect Associate practice exams
2 full-length forms, 65 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings.
A team must share encrypted EBS snapshots with a second AWS account. Which key type rules that out?
The answer
AWS managed key
Checked against
docs.aws.amazon.com, checked August 2026You cannot share resources encrypted under an AWS managed key with other accounts…
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.
- Design Secure Architectures30%42 verified
- Design Resilient Architectures26%37 verified
- Design High-Performing Architectures24%38 verified
- Design Cost-Optimized Architectures20%31 verified
Every Solutions Architect Associate objective, with practice questions mapped to each one
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, Solutions Architect Associate exam guide ↗
Between sittings
The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.
Quick Practice
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All 148 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.
Domain Drill
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Every domain on its own, for the area a score report says is weakest.
Review Missed
Fills as you go
Re-asks the questions you got wrong. Nothing to review until you miss something.
Where Solutions Architect Associate fits
AWS track
Foundational, then associate, then a specialty or a professional. No exam is a formal prerequisite for the next; passing one earns a discount toward the next.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s free resources
Study from the source. Everything below is published by the vendor, free to read, and is what our own questions are written from:
Official Solutions Architect Associate exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
- Free Solutions Architect Associate practice test
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- Solutions Architect Associate exam objectives
The full official blueprint, with practice pages on covered objectives.
- Solutions Architect Associate passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
- How hard is Solutions Architect Associate?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
- What Solutions Architect Associate costs
The voucher price, the retake, and what renewal costs across the cycle.
- Solutions Architect Associate guide
Who it is for, study plans by experience level, and whether it is worth it.
Cheat sheets
Printable reference tables, free.
Compared with
Side by side on cost, difficulty, and which one to take first.
Frequently asked questions
How hard is SAA-C03?
It's scenario-heavy: nearly every question describes a workload and asks for the best architecture among plausible options. Memorization fails here, you need to understand trade-offs between services like S3 storage classes or RDS vs DynamoDB.
How long are SAA-C03 questions?
Expect long stems, often a paragraph of requirements. With 65 questions in 130 minutes you have two minutes each, so practising full-length reading stamina matters.
Do I need hands-on AWS experience?
AWS recommends a year of hands-on experience. You can pass with less if you lab the core services (VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM), but the exam punishes purely theoretical prep.