{"id":2364,"date":"2025-05-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.com\/blog\/?page_id=2364"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:16:08","slug":"how-many-questions-are-there-in-aws-solutions-architect-professional-exam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/blog\/how-many-questions-are-there-in-aws-solutions-architect-professional-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"How many questions are there in AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you thinking to prepare for the new AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional exam? And confused about the pattern and the number of questions involved? Then hope that you are aware of the latest version of the AWS CSAP exam i.e. AWS CSAP Exam Released February 2019. Here we\u2019ll discuss all it takes to appear for the AWS CSAP exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the vital details of the newly AWS CSAP\nupdated exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Exam<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AWS certifications are basically divided into four sections i.e. Foundational-level, Associate-level, Professional-level, and Specialty-level. This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional exam is a professional-level exam. It is intended for individuals who have been performing a Solutions Architect Professional role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exam demonstrates and recognizes the experience and skills of the candidate. To design distributed systems and applications on the AWS platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AWS CSAP exam affirms the capability of the individual\nin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Designing and deploying fault-tolerant applications, reliable, highly available, and scalable, on AWS<\/li><li>Migration of multi-tier, complex applications on AWS<\/li><li>Selecting suitable AWS services for designing and deploying applications as per the requirement<\/li><li>Implementation of the cost-control strategies<\/li><li>Designing and deploying scalable and reliable operations on AWS platform throughout the enterprise<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Exam Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Like any other AWS certifications and previous AWS CSAP exam, this newly released version also consists of multiple-choice and multiple answer questions. The exam is currently available in two languages- English and Japanese. And the candidate gets 170 minutes to complete the exam. Also, the candidate needs to pay $300 to complete the exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s eye on the overview of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional exam information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Exam Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>Certification Name<\/td><td>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Exam Code<\/td><td>SAP- C01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Exam Format<\/td><td>Multiple Choice and Multiple Answer Questions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Exam Duration<\/td><td>170 Minutes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Exam Language<\/td><td>English and Japanese<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Registration Fee<\/td><td>300 USD<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Exam Preparation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is noteworthy that the exam objectives i.e. domains covered in the AWS CSAP exam have been changed and so the preparation resources changed. And it is really important to be focused on the exam objectives while doing preparation, and for this, it is required to choose the appropriate preparation material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Go Through the Exam Study Guide<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you aspire to take the AWS CSAP exam released, then you must first go through the AWS CSAP exam guide given on the official certification page. This guide will give you all the required information that you need to take the exam. such as exam blueprint, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional-questions?search=solutions%20architect\">topics covered<\/a> in each domain, exam basic information, questions format, scoring pattern, exam preparation tips, etc. Also, getting a good knowledge of all the details will help you to prepare for the exam in a good way. The table followed represents the updated blueprint. So, go through it before starting your AWS CSAP exam preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C01)\nfocuses a lot on concepts and services related to Scalability, Disaster\nRecovery, High Availability, Migration, Security and Cost Control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be sure to cover the following topics<\/li><li>Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/certification\/certification-prep\/\">Whitepapers are the key to understand<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Exam Blueprint<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>Domain<\/td><td>% of the Examination<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain 1<\/td><td>Design for Organizational Complexity 12.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain  2<\/td><td>Design for New Solutions 31%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain 3 <\/td><td> Migration Planning 15% <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain 4<\/td><td> Cost Control 12.5% <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Domain 5<\/td><td>Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions 29%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total-<\/td><td>100%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview of Security Processes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Disaster Recovery make sure you understand the difference\nbetween each types esp. pilot light, warm standby w.r.t RTO and RPO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud Migration also, make sure you understand the difference between rehost, replatform, are architect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Architecting for the Cloud: Best Practices <\/li><li>Building Fault-Tolerant Applications on AWS<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Migration &amp; Transfer<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Understand Cloud Migration      Services<\/li><li>Know Server Migration      Service<\/li><li>Also, Know the Database      Migration Service (hint: Elasticsearch is supported by DMS)<\/li><li>Know Snowball vs Snowball      Edge vs SnowMobile<\/li><li>Know AWS Application      Discovery Service (hint: agentless mode does not track processes)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Management &amp; Governance tools<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand AWS Organizations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Know the difference between Service Control Policies and IAM Policies (SCP is the maximum permissions that a user can have, however, the user needs to be explicitly given IAM policy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Systems\nManager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Understand AWS Systems Manager and its various\nservices like parameter store, patch manager<\/li><li>Understand the Systems Manager Patch Manager\npatching process<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand\nCloudWatch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>logs<\/li><li>Subscription Filters and its integration with other services.<\/li><li>Events<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand\nCloudTrail for audit and governance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Know CloudFormation esp. in terms of Disaster Recovery to replicate the environment across regions.<\/li><li>The exam does not cover developer tools like CodeDeploy, CodeCommit, CodePipeline, CodeBuild<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Networking &amp; Content Delivery<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Know VPC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Security Groups, NACLs<\/li><li>VPC Endpoints<\/li><li>VPC Flow Logs<\/li><li>Understand VPC Peering<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Route 53<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Route 53<\/li><li>outing Policies and their      use cases and mainly Focus on Weighted, Latency routing policies<\/li><li>CloudFront and use cases<\/li><li>API Gateway<\/li><li>And, Know AWS PrivateLink<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Load\nBalancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Understand ELB, ALB, and NLB <\/li><li>  Understand ELB with Auto Scaling  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Security, Identity &amp; Compliance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>AWS Identity and Access Management<\/li><li>Understand IAM Roles and use cases<\/li><li>Understand IAM Web Identity &amp; Federation<\/li><li>Know IAM Best Practices<\/li><li>Know AWS Shield, WAF for DDoS Protection<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Storage<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The exam does not cover Storage services in deep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus on\nSimple Secure Service (S3) (Know S3 supports retrieval of partial content using\nRange Get requests)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly understand S3 Permissions (know S3 bucket policies to control access to VPC Endpoints)<\/li><li>Secondly, understand S3 Data Protection<\/li><li>Thirdly understand S3 Storage Classes (Glacier for archival)<\/li><li>Then understand S3 Sub resources (Requester Pays can allow you to host content, while the user of the content pays the transfer costs)<\/li><li>And know S3 disaster recovery across the region. (cross-region replication)<\/li><li>Later know CloudFront for caching to improve performance<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Elastic\nBlock Store<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Using snapshots for HA and Disaster recovery focus mainly on EBS Backup <\/li><li>Understand Storage Gateway<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Database<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The exam covers databases mainly in terms- of Scalability, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery.<\/li><li>Understand RDS Multi-AZ vs reading Replicas (cross-region replication and availability of data)<\/li><li>Know Aurora DR &amp; HA using Read Replicas and Global Database<\/li><li>Know DynamoDB Streams for tracking changes<\/li><li>DynamoDB Auto Scaling &amp; DAX for caching (know TTL which can expire the data)<\/li><li>Improve performance \u2013 Best practices (one question for selection of keys)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Compute<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand\nEC2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly Instance Types<\/li><li>Secondly Instance Purchase Types<\/li><li>Later Understand Auto Scaling<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Know Elastic\nBeanstalk mainly from the perspective of migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand Lambda (know what it takes to run Lambda within a VPC and Lambda Edge)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exam did not cover anything of relevance relating to ECS and EKS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Analytics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Understand Kinesis<\/li><li>Understand the difference between Kinesis Data Streams and Kinesis Firehose<\/li><li>Finally Know Amazon Elasticsearch provides a managed solution<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Integration Tools<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand SQS in terms of loose coupling and scaling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Know the difference between SQS Standard and\nFIFO<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Know how CloudWatch integration with SNS and Lambda can help in notification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who is eligible to take&nbsp;AWS Certified Solutions Architect \u2013 Professional<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A professional AWS architect is responsible for evaluating the requirements of the organization. And then making architectural recommendations in order to implement and deploy AWS-based applications. So to get this certification, a candidate must have experience and technical skills required to design applications on the AWS platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional-free-practice-test\">AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification<\/a> exam will also include practices implemented for architecting the AWS-based applications. So, this requires the candidate to have knowledge of the strategies used for cost optimizations. Also, they must know how to satisfy the application\u2019s requirements by choosing the correct AWS service. Also know how to relocate the different, complex application systems to the AWS platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, in order to meet\nthe eligibility the candidate must have the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At minimum 2 years of working experience in designing and deploying AWS-based cloud architecture. <\/li><li>Skills to recommend services that can be used to design, provision, and deploy AWS-based applications <\/li><li>Must be aware of the practices involved in implementing the AWS application\u2019s architecture. <\/li><li>Expertise in a high-level programming language.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As an AWS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional-practice-exam\">Certified Solutions Architect \u2013 Professional,<\/a> you will be able to earn $167,500 per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, Buckle up to become a certified Solutions Cloud Architect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you thinking to prepare for the new AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional exam? 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