AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate
For data engineers: ingesting, transforming, storing, and securing data pipelines using AWS analytics services.
- Exam questions
- 65
- Duration
- 130 min
- Exam cost
- $150 USD
- Passing score
- 720/1000
20 reviewed practice questions live on this site · Official AWS certification page
Exam domains and weights
Streaming/batch ingestion, ETL with Glue, and transforming data for analytics.
Data lakes, warehouses (Redshift), partitioning, and storage optimization.
Pipeline orchestration, data quality, monitoring, and operational excellence.
Data encryption, access control, Lake Formation, and governance practices.
Practice topics
Kinesis, Glue ETL, DMS, and batch/streaming ingestion patterns.
S3 data lakes, Redshift, partitioning, and storage format choices.
Lake Formation, data encryption, access control, and data quality.
Pipeline orchestration, monitoring data quality, and operational support.
How to prepare for DEA-C01
Learn the blueprint
Start with the domain weights above — they tell you exactly where exam points are concentrated.
Official exam pageStudy the core services
Work through service-focused study guides for the services that appear most in this exam's questions.
Service study guides →Practice by topic
Take focused question sets per topic, read every per-option explanation — including why wrong answers are wrong.
All practice topics →Simulate the real exam
Take a timed mock exam at real pace (~2 min per question) and review every miss.
Mock exams →Close the gaps
Use your domain breakdown to find weak areas, bookmark tricky questions, and re-drill them before exam day.
Build a study plan →
20 reviewed DEA-C01 questions available
Practice interactively, or browse every question with answers and explanations.