Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of cloud computing (CLF-C02 level)
- Familiarity with AI/ML terminology
- 3–4 hours of study time per day
Study Schedule
Day 1AI/ML Fundamentals (Domain 1)
- Review the differences between AI, ML, deep learning, and generative AI
- Study supervised vs unsupervised vs reinforcement learning
- Learn the ML lifecycle: data → training → evaluation → deployment
- Take a 15-question Domain 1 quiz
Day 2AWS AI Services & SageMaker (Domain 1)
- Map each AWS AI service to its use case (Rekognition, Comprehend, Textract, etc.)
- Understand SageMaker basics: notebooks, training, endpoints
- Study Amazon Lex, Polly, Transcribe, and Translate
- Take a 15-question AI services quiz
Day 3Generative AI Fundamentals (Domain 2)
- Study foundation models, transformers, and attention mechanisms
- Understand tokens, embeddings, and context windows
- Learn inference parameters: temperature, top-p, top-k
- Practice with the FM cheat sheet
Day 4Amazon Bedrock & Prompt Engineering (Domains 2–3)
- Deep-dive Amazon Bedrock: models, knowledge bases, agents, guardrails
- Master prompt engineering: zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought
- Study RAG architecture and when to use it
- Take a 20-question Domain 2–3 quiz
Day 5Applications of Foundation Models (Domain 3)
- Learn when to use prompt engineering vs RAG vs fine-tuning
- Study Amazon Q Developer and its capabilities
- Review multi-modal model applications
- Practice scenario-based questions
Day 6Responsible AI & Security (Domains 4–5)
- Study responsible AI principles: fairness, transparency, accountability
- Learn about bias types, detection, and mitigation
- Review AI security: IAM, encryption, VPC, compliance
- Understand Bedrock Guardrails and SageMaker Clarify
- Take a 20-question Domains 4–5 quiz
Day 7Review & Full Practice Exam
- Review all cheat sheets and flashcards
- Take a full 65-question practice exam (timed, 90 min)
- Review explanations for all incorrect answers
- Focus on weak areas identified from the practice exam
- Get a good night's sleep before exam day!
Study Tips
Domain 3 (Applications of Foundation Models) is worth 28% — spend extra time here.
Know Amazon Bedrock inside and out — it appears across multiple domains.
Understand the trade-offs between prompt engineering, RAG, and fine-tuning.
The exam heavily tests concepts, not hands-on — focus on "what" and "when", not "how".
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with AIF-C01 practice questions.