AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam is intended for individuals who can effectively demonstrate overall knowledge of the AWS Cloud, independent of a specific job role. The exam validates a candidate’s ability to complete the following tasks: • Explain the value of the AWS Cloud. • Understand and explain the AWS shared responsibility model. • Understand security best practices. • Understand AWS Cloud costs, economics, and billing practices. • Describe and position the core AWS services, including compute, network, database, and storage services. • Identify AWS services for common use cases.
- Date created
- May 21, 2026
- Specialty level
- Intermediate
- Training category
- External Course
- Provider
- Amazon
- Timeline
- 37 hours, 20 minutes (if doing the full certification)
- Cost
- Depends on course taken.
Course intelligence
Expected end-productCertification
Intended goalsDemonstrate foundational knowledge of cloud concepts, core Amazon Web Services (AWS) Platforms, plus AWS management and governance features and tools.
PrerequisitesThe target candidate has up to 6 months of exposure to AWS Cloud design, implementation, and/or operations. This certification is ideal for candidates who are from non-IT backgrounds. These candidates might be in the early stages of pursuing an AWS Cloud career or might work with people in AWS Cloud roles.
Recommended whenYou have an interest in learning about the AWS cloud system, and/or want to prove that you have the ability to learn about it.
ApplicabilityAnything that is technologically-focused and uses AWS technologies.
Certification examYes. 65 questions (50 scored, 15 unscored) [Not clear]