AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS's entry-level exam for anyone who works with the AWS Cloud, technical or not. Practice what it tests: why companies move to the cloud, the shared responsibility model, the core AWS services and what each one is for, and how billing and support plans work. Every question is original and maps to AWS's current CLF-C02 exam guide.
What you'll study
Every section follows the official CLF-C02 exam outline. Click a domain to see its sections.
The value of the AWS Cloud, global reach and elasticity, the Well-Architected Framework and its pillars, the Cloud Adoption Framework and migration strategies, and cloud economics from fixed vs variable costs to rightsizing.
The shared responsibility model and how it shifts by service, compliance and AWS Artifact, encryption, logging and threat detection, then IAM users, groups, the root user, MFA, federation and IAM Identity Center.
Ways to provision and deploy, Regions, Availability Zones and edge locations, then what each core service is for: compute, containers, serverless, databases, VPC and Route 53, storage, AI/ML, analytics, messaging and developer tools.
Compute purchasing options and Reserved Instances, storage and data transfer pricing, Budgets, Cost Explorer and the Pricing Calculator, Organizations and consolidated billing, Support plans, Trusted Advisor and AWS Partners.
Study, Quiz, Exam
Read the concepts, practice in short rounds, then test yourself on a mock exam with targeted feedback on where you need to focus more. Every question is original and maps to the official CLF-C02 outline.
Learn the concept first
Short study cards cover each section before you answer a single question.
AWS groups the value of the cloud into six named advantages. Exam questions describe a business problem and expect you to match it to the advantage that fixes it most directly.
| Advantage | What it solves |
|---|---|
| Trade fixed expense for variable expense | Big up-front hardware buys; pay only for what you consume |
| Benefit from massive economies of scale | AWS aggregates usage and passes on lower prices |
| Stop guessing capacity | Idle servers or shortfalls from up-front sizing |
Ten-question rounds
Every answer explained. Score 80% and the next section unlocks.
An online retailer bought enough servers to handle its busiest holiday week. For most of the year those servers sit at low utilization. One year, holiday demand beat the forecast and the site slowed down.
Which advantage of cloud computing addresses this problem MOST directly?
Stop guessing capacity describes exactly this trap: a capacity decision made up front leaves you either paying for idle resources or running short, while the cloud lets you scale up and down as demand changes. Go global in minutes is about deploying in more Regions for lower latency. Economies of scale is about AWS's lower prices from aggregated usage, and the data center advantage is about handing off the physical work of running servers.
Know exactly where to focus
Timed practice exams any time, with a study plan built from your mistakes.
What to expect on the CLF-C02
Made for anyone new to the cloud, including people outside IT in sales, marketing or project roles. No AWS experience is required to get started.
Source: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification page and CLF-C02 exam guide, checked October 16, 2026
Where this cert takes you
Real job titles where Cloud Practitioner knowledge is a common starting point.
- IT Support Specialist
- Help Desk Technician
- Technical Support Associate
- Cloud Support Associate
- Desktop Support Technician
- NOC Technician
- Cloud Support Engineer
- Junior Cloud Administrator
- Systems Support Specialist
- Technical Support Engineer
- IT Operations Analyst
- Cloud Sales Engineer
- Senior Support Engineer
- Cloud Administrator
- Cloud Engineer
- Solutions Engineer
- IT Support Manager
- Cloud Operations Engineer
Ranges based on BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2025) for Computer User Support Specialists: 10th percentile $40,980, median $61,860, 90th percentile $100,540. Adjusted by metro. Cloud Practitioner is an entry-level foundational credential, so the matching BLS occupation is user support, the most common first IT role; cloud architect and administrator roles that build on it pay more (see AWS Solutions Architect). The first role in each column is the most common entry point.
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