AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associateexam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.

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65questions

130 mintime limit

720 / 1000to pass

4content areas

Design Secure Architectures

30% of the exam

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Identity and Access Management
Data Protection and Encryption
Network Security
Secrets and Application Credentials
User Authentication and Federation

Design Resilient Architectures

26% of the exam

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High Availability Across Availability Zones
Decoupling Components
Data Durability and Backup
Resilient Databases
Multi-Region and DNS Failover

Design High-Performing Architectures

24% of the exam

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Elastic and Right-Sized Compute
Caching for Low Latency
Content Delivery and Global Reach
Purpose-Built Data Stores
High-Throughput Data Processing

Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

20% of the exam

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EC2 Purchasing Models
Storage Cost Optimization
Right-Sizing and Elasticity
Data Transfer and Migration Costs
Managed Services and Monitoring

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