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AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate is AWS's associate-level data & analytics certification, sat as exam DEA-C01. The exam runs for 2 hours 10 minutes and presents up to 65 questions, with a pass mark of 720 / 1000 (scaled). It costs US$150 at the standard rate.
AWS publishes the syllabus as 4 weighted domains. Data Ingestion and Transformation carries the most weight at 34%, and the three largest domains together account for roughly 82% of the scored content — worth knowing before you decide where study time goes.
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The published exam guide for DEA-C01, in the vendor's own order.
01Data Ingestion and Transformation
34%02Data Store Management
26%03Data Operations and Support
22%04Data Security and Governance
18%Two to three years in data engineering and at least one year of hands-on AWS experience.
Associate level — Role-based credentials for practitioners with hands-on experience.
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AWS lists up to 65 questions, to be completed in 2 hours 10 minutes. Question counts can vary slightly between exam forms, and unscored trial questions are sometimes included.
720 / 1000 (scaled). Confirm the current figure on the official exam page before booking, as vendors adjust cut scores when an exam form is refreshed.
The standard price is US$150. Local pricing, taxes and any retake policy vary by region, so check the official page for the figure that applies to you.
Two to three years in data engineering and at least one year of hands-on AWS experience.
The exam guide covers Data Ingestion and Transformation, Data Store Management, Data Operations and Support and Data Security and Governance. The full weighted breakdown is listed above.
Yes — this exam has 313 practice questions available here, each with the correct answer marked. They are community-contributed, compiled from exam discussions posted publicly by other people rather than written here, and most do not carry an explanation.