‫So now let's talk about a few exam tips
‫that I can give you before you go into the exam.
‫So this is AWS, so practice makes perfect.
‫I would recommend, if you can,
‫to follow this hands-on in this course
‫if you are new to AWS,
‫and don't rush before getting to the exam,
‫make sure you really understand what services do
‫and how they work.
‫Overall, the more you can practice the better,
‫and the more confident you will feel for the exam.
‫The exam does recommend you have six month or more
‫of hands-on experience,
‫but hopefully, in this course,
‫by following the hands-on, if you did them,
‫you will have gained a lot of experience already.
‫And finally, remember, practice makes perfect.
‫If you feel overwhelmed
‫by the amount of knowledge we learned,
‫so more than 40 services in 10 hours,
‫maybe you will go through it one more time,
‫just to solidify these concepts into your head.
‫It could be a lot to take at once.
‫So let's talk about the exam content and question types.
‫So there are two types of question on the exam.
‫The first one is a multiple choice,
‫that means that you have one correct answer
‫and three incorrect responses.
‫So it will look like this, for example,
‫"Which AWS service does rock,"
‫and you have option one, option two,
‫option three, and option four.
‫And you can see it's a circle,
‫so you can only choose one of these four options.
‫Then you have multiple responses,
‫where you have two or more correct responses,
‫out of five or more options.
‫And the exam software, you have to be very careful,
‫does not check if you have selected
‫the right number of answers.
‫So for example, if the question is "Blabla questions,
‫and then select two,"
‫then it will give you option one,
‫two, three, four, and five,
‫and you should absolutely select two.
‫But if you select one or if you select three,
‫the exam software will not complain about it.
‫So be very careful in these type of questions
‫to really tic the number of boxes
‫that correspond to how many answers you should select,
‫based on the question,
‫and the question will tell you how many questions,
‫responses, should select.
‫Always try to answer the question.
‫That means that if you don't answer a question,
‫it will be considered as incorrect.
‫And if you have a wrong answer, you're not penalized.
‫So no matter what, try to guess the answer.
‫And finally, if you need to review a question for later,
‫because maybe you don't know the answer right now,
‫maybe it'll come back to you later,
‫or maybe you're unsure
‫about a question answer that you've done,
‫you can flag it so you can answer it or not,
‫and then flag it.
‫And then when you're done answering all questions,
‫you will have a flag screen.
‫And on that screen,
‫you can go back to all the questions that you've flagged
‫or any other question for that matter.
‫But with this,
‫you can go back quickly to the question
‫that you've flagged for maybe answering them
‫or double checking your answer, these kinds of things.
‫Now, for the question themselves,
‫you should proceed by elimination.
‫So most questions,
‫as we've seen in the sample questions,
‫are going to be high-level pick-a-service questions.
‫So rule out the answers that you know for sure are wrong,
‫and for the remaining answers,
‫understand the one which makes the most sense.
‫There are very few trick questions
‫at the Cloud Practitioner level and the Associate level,
‫so don't overthink it.
‫If a solution seems feasible, but highly complicated,
‫it's probably going to be wrong, okay?
‫Think simple, follow your intuition,
‫and you should be all right.
‫Now, it is good for you,
‫if you want to learn a bit more about AWS,
‫to read each service's overview.
‫So we've seen about 40 services in this course,
‫so for example,
‫if you wanted to look at the overview of S3,
‫you will go to this URL and see what S3 can do.
‫This could be really helpful because, again,
‫these overviews will represent
‫a lot of the questions asked at the exam,
‫and by seeing the overview,
‫you will confirm your understanding of a service.
‫Finally, if you wanna go one step further,
‫get into the AWS Community,
‫that means helping and discussing with other people,
‫especially in the course Q&A,
‫review people's questions in the Q&A
‫and try to answer them to confirm
‫that you understand things correctly.
‫And finally, do the practice exam in this section.
‫And if you're looking for even more practice,
‫then you can buy more practice exams from me
‫from my dedicated practice exam course.
‫You can read forums online,
‫you can read online blogs,
‫and if you want to really get into the community,
‫you can attend local meetups
‫and discuss with other AWS engineers.
‫Finally, if you're really, really interested into AWS,
‫watch the reinvent videos on YouTube.
‫The reinvent is the conference of AWS.
‫One question I get all the time is,
‫"How will the exam work?"
‫So you will have to register online at this URL,
‫and the fee for this exam is going to be 100 U.S dollars.
‫You need to provide two identity documents,
‫so your ID, your credit card,
‫and all of this will be in the details
‫of an email sent to you once you register for the exam.
‫And you're not allowed to take any notes,
‫you're not allowed to use any pen,
‫and you're not allowed to speak.
‫You will have 65 questions
‫that will be asked of you in 90 minutes.
‫And at the end,
‫you can optionally review all the questions and answers.
‫And as you go along,
‫you can flag the questions
‫that you think are difficult for you
‫to review them at the end, as well.
‫So when you submit the exam,
‫you will know right away if you've passed or failed,
‫if you passed it says congratulation pass.
‫If you fail, it will say fail.
‫You will not know which answers are right or wrong,
‫this is intended,
‫and you will know your overall score only a few days later,
‫you will have received an email notification.
‫It can take sometimes up to five days,
‫but normally two days.
‫And then to pass this exam,
‫as I said, you need a score of 700 out of 1,000.
‫And if you happen to fail, which I don't wish you do,
‫then you can retake the exam again after 14 days.
‫So that's it, thank you so much for learning with me.
‫I wish you the best for your certification.
‫Happy learning and good luck.