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Cert Prep: AWS Big Data Specialty Certification

Hone your skills by practicing under real exam conditions.
Duration: Up to 2 hours
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Timed examYou have 2h to answer 80 questions in one session.
Navigate through questionsYou can mark questions to review later and navigate freely through the exam at any time
Minimum scoreYou must achieve the required scores for each topic to pass the exam.

Overview

Welcome to Cloud Academy's preparation exam for the AWS Big Data Specialty Certification.

This prep exam is designed to prepare you for the type of questions you will need to answer, as well as the timed environment you will experience during the actual exam. If you are studying for the AWS Security Big Data Certification, we recommend you complete our learning path on this topic before taking this prep exam.

Overview

This preparation exam has the same number of multiple-choice questions as the the AWS Security Specialty Certification exam. You have 180 minutes to complete the exam. 

As per the AWS exam guide, some questions have one correct answer, while others require you to choose two or three correct answers.

The questions on this exam focus on the five domains of AWS exam guide. Each domain has the similar percentage allocated as per the AWS exam guide 

Exam Composition

  • Domain 1: Collection
  • Domain 2: Storage
  • Domain 3: Processing
  • Domain 4: Analysis
  • Domain 5: Visualization
  • Domain 6: Data Security

In order to pass this prep exam, you will need both of the following:

  • A minimum score of 70 percent or higher on the overall exam.
  • Achieve the minimum threshold score of 35% for each of the domains.

Completing the Exam:

You can spend as long as you wish on any particular question but must budget your time to complete all the questions. Any questions not completed in the allotted time will be scored as incorrect.

During the session, you may skip questions and return to them later in the session. You can also review your answers to previous questions, and change them at any point during the exam session.

You can end your exam session by submitting your exam for a score, or by discarding your exam.

Submitting Your Exam

You may submit your exam at any time by clicking "Submit Exam" and confirming your choice. Once confirmed, this completes the entire exam session. All of your answers will be scored, and your Skill Score will be updated. All unanswered questions will be scored as incorrect. You cannot return later to complete any unanswered questions.

Discarding Your Exam

You may discard your exam at any time by clicking "Discard Exam" and confirming your choice. Once confirmed, your exam session will be closed without saving your exam progress. None of your answers will be scored, and your Skill Score will not be updated. When you return to complete the exam, you will begin an entirely new exam session which may include new exam questions.

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Please contact us at support@cloudacademy.com if you have any questions, or want to share your thoughts about the exam.

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How to

You can spend as long as you wish on any particular question but must budget your time to complete all the questions. Any questions not completed in the allotted time are scored as incorrect.

You can change your answers or skip questions during the exam session. Use the Review later button to highlight questions you want to revisit. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate the questions.

You end your exam session by submitting your exam for a score or discarding it.
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Topic
Required score
Exam overall
70%
Analysis
40%
Collection
40%
Data Security
40%
Processing
40%
Storage
40%
Visualization
40%