Exam format
SAA-C03What the Solutions Architect Associate exam looks like
SAA-C03 has 65 (50 scored, 15 unscored) questions in 130 minutes, multiple choice and multiple response. Every figure on this page is read from the official exam page and linked to it.
How many questions, and how long
Amazon Web Services (AWS) states 65 (50 scored, 15 unscored) questions for SAA-C03, with a time limit of 130 minutes. That is about 2 minutes a question, including the time it takes to read the stem and the options.
The count is fixed, but the score is scaled rather than counted, so no fixed number of questions you can miss follows from it.
What the questions look like
Multiple choice and multiple response only. No simulations, no labs, and nothing to configure.
What passes
The passing score for SAA-C03 is 720 on a scale of 100 to 1000.
If you do not pass
A retake costs another $150.
What this means for practice
Our Solutions Architect Associate practice exams are assembled to the published domain weightings and sat against a 130-minute clock, in exam conditions or in study mode. Every answer shows the official page it was checked against.
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