Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of AWS services (Cloud Practitioner level)
- Some programming experience in any language
- 2–3 hours of study time per day
Study Schedule
Days 1–2Lambda Fundamentals & Advanced
- Function creation, runtimes, memory, timeout, environment variables
- Concurrency (reserved, provisioned), cold starts, versions, aliases
- Layers, destinations, DLQs, and traffic shifting
- Practice: 30 Lambda questions
Days 3–5DynamoDB & S3
- Tables, partition keys, sort keys, capacity modes
- GSI, LSI, DynamoDB Streams, transactions, DAX, TTL
- S3 bucket policies, pre-signed URLs, encryption, lifecycle policies
- Practice: 30 storage questions
Days 6–7Week 1 Review
- Review Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 cheat sheets
- Practice: 30 mixed Domain 1 questions
- Identify weak areas for extra review
Days 8–10API Gateway & Messaging
- REST vs HTTP APIs, authorizers, stages, caching, throttling
- SQS Standard vs FIFO, visibility timeout, DLQ, long polling
- SNS topics, fan-out, message filtering
- Practice: 30 mixed questions
Days 11–14Containers, Streaming & Week 2 Review
- Step Functions, EventBridge, ECS/ECR, Kinesis Data Streams
- ElastiCache (Redis vs Memcached), CloudFront, Lambda@Edge
- Mini mock: 30 Domain 1 questions
- Review API Gateway, SQS/SNS cheat sheets
Days 15–18Security Domain
- Cognito User Pools, Identity Pools, hosted UI, Lambda triggers
- IAM policies, roles, STS AssumeRole, permission boundaries
- KMS envelope encryption, Secrets Manager rotation vs Parameter Store
- Practice: 30 Domain 2 questions
Days 19–21CI/CD & Week 3 Review
- CodePipeline, CodeBuild (buildspec), CodeDeploy (appspec, lifecycle hooks)
- Deployment strategies: in-place, blue/green, canary, linear
- Mini mock: 30 mixed Domain 2–3 questions
Days 22–23IaC & Deployment Tools
- CloudFormation templates, stacks, change sets, nested stacks
- SAM templates, CDK constructs (L1/L2/L3)
- Elastic Beanstalk deployment policies, .ebextensions
- Practice: 30 deployment questions
Days 24–27Troubleshooting & Optimization
- X-Ray: traces, segments, subsegments, annotations, sampling
- CloudWatch metrics, alarms, Logs Insights, embedded metric format
- Lambda errors, timeouts, memory tuning, API Gateway troubleshooting
- Practice: 30 Domain 4 questions
Days 28–30Full Mock Exams & Final Review
- Take two full 65-question mock exams (130 min each)
- Review all incorrect answers and weak areas
- Final pass through all cheat sheets and flashcards
- Exam logistics: ID, scheduling, time management tips
Study Tips
Complete at least 15 practice questions daily to reinforce learning
Use weekly mini-mocks to track progress across domains
Review incorrect answers the same day — spaced repetition helps retention
Hands-on labs with a free-tier AWS account accelerate understanding
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