AWS Certified Developer - Associate DVA-C01 | Exam 2022 Updates

The AWS Certified Developer - Associate examination is intended for individuals who perform a development role and have one or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining an AWS-based application.

It validates an examinee’s ability to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices.

• Demonstrate proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS.

Recommended AWS Knowledge

• 1 or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining an AWS based application

• In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language

• Understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices

• Proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS

• Ability to use the AWS service APIs, AWS CLI, and SDKs to write applications

• Ability to identify key features of AWS services

• Understanding of the AWS shared responsibility model

• Understanding of application lifecycle management

• Ability to use a CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications on AWS

• Ability to use or interact with AWS services

• Ability to apply a basic understanding of cloud-native applications to write code

• Ability to write code using AWS security best practices (e.g., not using secret and access keys in the code, instead using IAM roles)

• Ability to author, maintain, and debug code modules on AWS

• Proficiency writing code for serverless applications

• Understanding of the use of containers in the development process

The main technologies covered in this course include:

• IAM

• Cognito

• S3

• CloudFront

• Lambda

• API Gateway

• X-Ray

• DynamoDB

• KMS

• SQS

• SNS

• Kinesis

• Elastic Beanstalk

• CodeCommit

• CodeDeploy

• CodePipeline

There are two types of questions on the examination:

· Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors).

· Multiple response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more options.

Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that an examinee with incomplete knowledge or skill would likely choose. However, they are generally plausible responses that fit in the content area defined by the test objective. Unanswered questions are scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing.

Although the actual AWS exam has a pass mark of 72%, we recommend that you repeatedly retake our AWS practice exams until you consistently score 80% or higher. We encourage you to put in the work and study the training notes in detail! Once you achieve the recommended score in the practice tests - you are ready to sit the exam and achieve a great score! Join the discussion on AWS related topics in our Q&A discussion board where our students share their recent exam experience offering feedback on which topics were covered