AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate
For cloud operations roles (formerly SysOps Administrator): running production workloads, monitoring, incident response, automation, and networking.
- 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
CloudWatch metrics/alarms/logs, event-driven remediation, observability, and performance tuning.
Backups, disaster recovery implementation, and scalable/resilient operations.
CloudFormation, Systems Manager, image management, and provisioning automation.
IAM implementation, compliance tooling, and applying security policies.
VPC connectivity, DNS, load balancing, and CloudFront operations.
Practice topics
CloudWatch alarms, EventBridge remediation, and operational visibility.
CloudFormation ops, Systems Manager, patching, and image pipelines.
VPC ops, Route 53, load balancing, and CloudFront administration.
Backup strategies, disaster recovery, failover, and resilient operations.
IAM operations, compliance enforcement, auditing, and security tooling.
How to prepare for SOA-C03
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 SOA-C03 questions available
Practice interactively, or browse every question with answers and explanations.