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Associate AWS certification for implementing data pipelines, data stores, operations, security, and governance on AWS.
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About this exam
AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate validates the ability to build, manage, monitor, secure, and govern data pipelines and data stores with AWS services.
Who should take this exam
Data engineers, ETL developers, analytics engineers, and cloud practitioners who design and operate data movement, transformation, cataloging, and governance workflows on AWS.
Career benefits
Shows practical capability with AWS data engineering patterns for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, storage, operations, and governance.
How to prepare
Study the official AWS exam guide and practice with data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, cataloging, lakehouse, monitoring, and security services on AWS.
Quick facts
Exam cost$150 USD
Valid for3 years
Length130 minutes
Questions on exam65
Passing score720 / 1000
FormatMultiple choice and multiple response
Practice questions125
Objectives4
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What's covered
1. Data ingestion and transformation
34%- 1.1 Perform data ingestion
- 1.2 Transform and process data
- 1.3 Orchestrate data pipelines
- 1.4 Apply programming concepts for data engineering
2. Data store management
26%- 2.1 Choose a data store
- 2.2 Design data models and schemas
- 2.3 Manage data lifecycle and catalogs
3. Data operations and support
22%- 3.1 Automate data processing by using AWS services
- 3.2 Analyze and optimize performance
- 3.3 Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines
4. Data security and governance
18%- 4.1 Apply authentication and authorization controls
- 4.2 Apply data protection and encryption controls
- 4.3 Apply governance, compliance, and audit controls
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