About This Study Plan
This 90-day study plan breaks the AIF-C01 (AWS AI Practitioner) exam preparation into 3 focused study sessions with a total of 15 actionable tasks. The plan covers all 5 exam domains — Fundamentals of AI and ML, Fundamentals of Generative AI, Applications of Foundation Models, Guidelines for Responsible AI, Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions — ensuring complete coverage of the exam blueprint. A comprehensive 90-day study plan for complete beginners. Covers AI fundamentals from scratch, AWS AI services, generative AI, and responsible AI practices with hands-on exploration.
Prerequisites
- No prior AI or ML experience required
- Basic computer literacy
- 45–60 minutes of study time per day
- Access to AWS Free Tier (optional but helpful)
Study Schedule
- Week 1: What is AI? What is ML? History and real-world examples
- Week 2: Types of ML — supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning with examples
- Week 3: ML lifecycle, neural networks, and deep learning basics
- Week 4: AWS AI services — Rekognition, Comprehend, Textract, Polly, Lex, SageMaker
- End of month: 40-question mixed quiz + review
- Week 5: What is generative AI? Transformers, tokens, embeddings
- Week 6: Foundation models — types, providers, selection criteria
- Week 7: Amazon Bedrock — models, knowledge bases, agents, guardrails
- Week 8: Prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning — techniques and trade-offs
- End of month: Domain 2 & 3 practice exams + review
- Week 9: Responsible AI — bias, fairness, transparency, explainability
- Week 10: AI security, governance, compliance, AWS tools
- Week 11: Full practice exam #1 + detailed review
- Week 12: Full practice exam #2 + flashcards + cheat sheets review
- Final days: Review all incorrect answers, rest before exam
Study Tips
Start by understanding concepts before diving into AWS services.
Use the Smash The Exam flashcards daily for spaced repetition.
Try Amazon Bedrock Playground in your AWS account to see models in action.
The AIF-C01 is conceptual — focus on "what" and "when", not deep technical details.
Schedule your exam at least 2 weeks in advance to create accountability.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with AWS AI Practitioner practice questions.