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SAA-C03Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AssociateAvailableIntermediate (design skills to select and combine AWS architectures to meet requirements)60–100 hours (rough estimate by this site)
For people who choose architectures from security, availability, performance and cost requirements when moving or rebuilding in-house systems on AWS. Suits IT staff, system planners working with integrators, and anyone who wants to build design skills after CLF-C02.
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Domain weights are from the exam guide. Progress is your practice record in this browser.
| Domain (weight) | Questions | Practice progress | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Secure Architectures30% | 90 | Not answered | Practice |
| Design Resilient Architectures26% | 79 | Not answered | Practice |
| Design High-Performing Architectures24% | 72 | Not answered | Practice |
| Design Cost-Optimized Architectures20% | 60 | Not answered | Practice |
Original question bank: 301 questions (multiple choice 15, ordering 10, minimal pairs 133, case studies 5 with 20 questions). Mock exam: 65 questions · 130 min. In the official exam, 15 of the 65 questions are unscored, and results are reported as a scaled score.
Exam basics (checked 2026-10-04)
- Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Exam
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)
- Level
- Associate
- Role
- Solutions architects and infrastructure/IT designers (official: 1+ year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions that use AWS services)
- Duration
- 130 minutes (per official page)
- Format
- 65 questions (50 scored + 15 unscored). Multiple choice (one correct answer) and multiple response (two or more correct answers) (per official exam guide)
- Passing
- Scaled score of 720 or higher (scale of 100–1,000; per official exam guide)
- Cost
- 150 USD (per official page; see the official pricing page for taxes and exchange rates)
- Languages
- Japanese, English and others (per official page)
- Prerequisites
- No prerequisite certification. The exam guide assumes “1+ year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions that use AWS services.”
The official page states “the Italian version will be retired after 2026-12-31.” The Japanese version is available (checked 2026-10-04).
Reference links (checked 2026-10-04)
- Certification page: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/
- Exam guide (English): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.html
- Exam guide (Japanese): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ja_jp/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.html
- AWS Skill Builder exam prep: https://skillbuilder.aws/category/exam-prep/solutions-architect-associate-SAA-C03
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