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AWS Exam Syllabus

DVA-C02 syllabus, skills measured, and exam topics

The AWS DVA-C02 exam covers the official skills measured for AWS Certified Developer - Associate. Use this page to review the current syllabus, major domains, and official resources before you book the exam.

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Exam details

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Exam duration You will have 130 minutes to complete your exam.

What to know before you study

These sections explain the role, audience, and exam framing behind the outline.

Introduction

  • The AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) exam is intended for individuals who perform a developer role. The exam validates a candidate's ability to demonstrate proficiency in developing, testing, deploying, and debugging AWS Cloud-based applications.
  • The exam also validates a candidate's ability to complete the following tasks:

Target Candidate Description

  • The target candidate should have 1 or more years of hands-on experience in developing and maintaining applications by using AWS services.

Recommended general IT knowledge

  • The target candidate should have the following general IT knowledge:

Detailed outline

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Recommended AWS knowledge

  • The target candidate should be able to complete the following tasks:

Job tasks that are out of scope for the target candidate

  • The following list contains job tasks that the target candidate is not expected to be able to perform. This list is non-exhaustive. These tasks are out of scope for the exam:

Response types

  • There are two types of questions on the exam:
  • Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that a candidate with incomplete knowledge or skill might choose. Distractors are generally plausible responses that match the content area.
  • Unanswered questions are scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing. The exam includes 50 questions that affect your score.

Unscored content

  • The exam includes 15 unscored questions that do not affect your score. AWS collects information about performance on these unscored questions to evaluate these questions for future use as scored questions. These unscored questions are not identified on the exam.

Exam duration

  • You will have 130 minutes to complete your exam.