Prerequisites
- No prior AWS experience required
- 20-45 minutes of study time per day
- Optional AWS Free Tier account for console walkthroughs
Study Schedule
Month 1 (Days 1-30)AWS Cloud Foundations
- Week 1: Cloud computing basics, AWS value proposition, and pricing philosophy
- Week 2: AWS global infrastructure and Well-Architected pillars
- Week 3: Shared responsibility model, IAM fundamentals, and account security basics
- Week 4: AWS Organizations, compliance resources, and beginner security services
- End of month: Domain 1 and 2 review quizzes
Month 2 (Days 31-60)Core AWS Services
- Week 5: Compute services: EC2, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, ECS, EKS, Fargate
- Week 6: Storage services: S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Glacier, Backup, Storage Gateway
- Week 7: Database services: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, DocumentDB
- Week 8: Networking, content delivery, monitoring, management, and migration services
- End of month: Domain 3 service-selection review quiz
Month 3 (Days 61-90)Billing, Support, and Exam Readiness
- Week 9: Cost tools, pricing models, Free Tier, and cost optimization basics
- Week 10: Support plans, Trusted Advisor, Health Dashboard, Service Quotas, and AWS re:Post
- Week 11: Full mock exam #1 and detailed review of missed topics
- Week 12: Full mock exam #2, flashcards, cheat sheets, and final weak-area review
- Final days: Take one final mock exam only if it will build confidence, then rest
Study Tips
Small daily review works better than occasional cramming for service vocabulary.
Use the AWS console lightly to see service names and categories, but avoid deep hands-on labs for this foundational exam.
Build a comparison table for services that sound similar.
Keep reviewing shared responsibility and cost tools because they are easy points when memorized well.
Schedule the exam once mock scores are consistently comfortable.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with CLF-C02 practice questions.