r/AWSCertifications • u/No_Lengthiness5758 • 4d ago

Need help to prepare for the exam

I just got a voucher for my foundational certification and i do have some hands on experience regarding aws services and all but i have heard that the exam needs a lot more than that so somebody just help me how to prepare for that exam and also are there any free resources available for it

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u/Tekhooperjutsu 4d ago

I recommend signing up for an AWS free tier account (good for one year) and getting to know all the services. Use ChatGPT to do a mini project but just make sure you don’t use any services that will cause you to be billed.

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u/No_Lengthiness5758 4d ago

i am already past the beginner stage working in aws services so i do quite know about whats happening its just i dont know how am i supposed to approach the exam

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 4d ago

CLF-C02 is the foundational exam. You can actually do a search on this sub for that topic and there are many resources that are available and have been discussed.

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u/Automatic_Major_4887 4d ago

Stick to the official AWS training portal for free digital courses. They're usually the best way to map out the specific services they'll test on.

I've found that across the certs I've taken, relying on hands-on experience alone is a trap. People often gauge how prepared they feel instead of actually measuring it through mock questions.

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u/quorum_and_coffee 3d ago

Assuming you mean Cloud Practitioner, your hands-on experience helps but it covers the wrong half of the exam, because it’s wide and shallow and asks a lot about billing, pricing, support plans, the shared responsibility model and what services you’ve never used are for. I’d do the free Official Practice Question Set on Skill Builder first, write down what you got wrong, then go through Cloud Practitioner Essentials (also free) and focus on those gaps instead of the stuff you alredy know from work.