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A focused guide to DVA-C02, including Associate-level developer scope, AWS service APIs, SDKs, CLI, CI/CD workflows, application security, deployment, troubleshooting, optimization, question structure, passing score, and official domain weights.
DVA-C02 is built for developers who build and maintain AWS applications. Preparation should connect service knowledge to code, permissions, deployment workflows, observability, and failure recovery rather than architecture design alone.
Use these points before building an AWS Developer Associate study plan.
The current AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam is DVA-C02.
AWS recommends at least one year of hands-on experience developing and maintaining applications by using AWS services.
The exam includes 50 scored questions and 15 unscored questions that are not identified during testing.
AWS uses multiple-choice and multiple-response questions, with unanswered questions scored as incorrect and no penalty for guessing.
AWS reports scaled scores from 100 to 1000, with 720 as the minimum passing score for DVA-C02.
Development with AWS Services is 32%, Security 26%, Deployment 24%, and Troubleshooting and Optimization 18%.
DVA-C02 validates the ability to develop, test, deploy, and debug AWS Cloud-based applications. AWS explicitly keeps broad architecture design, server administration, user and group administration, and network infrastructure design outside the target role.
Development with AWS Services is the largest domain at 32%, followed by Security at 26%, Deployment at 24%, and Troubleshooting and Optimization at 18%. Study time should follow those weights.
Candidates should practice how applications call AWS APIs, use SDKs and the CLI, manage permissions and secrets, process events, deploy through CI/CD, log and trace behavior, and recover from failures.
Before test day, confirm appointment details, ID requirements, online proctoring or test center rules, system checks, and pacing for 65 total questions.
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AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) is the Associate-level AWS Certification for candidates in a developer role who can develop, test, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications on AWS. AWS recommends at least one year of hands-on experience developing and maintaining applications with AWS services, plus proficiency in a high-level programming language, application lifecycle management, development tools, AWS service APIs, AWS CLI, SDKs, CI/CD deployment, and secure application practices. The exam uses multiple-choice and multiple-response questions, includes 50 scored and 15 unscored questions, and reports scaled scores from 100-1000 with 720 as the passing score. AWS lists the domains as Development with AWS Services (32%), Security (26%), Deployment (24%), and Troubleshooting and Optimization (18%). Candidates should focus on serverless and event-driven development, application integration, data access, authentication and authorization, secrets and encryption, packaging and deployment, observability, failure analysis, and performance tuning.
The current exam code is DVA-C02 for AWS Certified Developer - Associate.
AWS intends DVA-C02 for individuals in a developer role and recommends at least one year of hands-on experience developing and maintaining applications with AWS services.
AWS reports DVA-C02 scores on a 100 to 1000 scale, with 720 as the minimum passing score.
The four domains are Development with AWS Services, Security, Deployment, and Troubleshooting and Optimization.
AWS lists tasks such as designing architectures, designing and creating CI/CD pipelines, administering IAM users and groups, administering servers, and designing AWS networking infrastructure as outside the target role.
Build a checklist for service development, security, deployment, troubleshooting, optimization, SDKs, CLI, APIs, and CI/CD workflows.
Review Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Step Functions, Cognito, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager Parameter Store, CloudWatch, X-Ray, and deployment services.
Use scenario questions for permission errors, throttling, retries, deployment rollbacks, cold starts, event failures, logging gaps, and performance bottlenecks.
Verify AWS Certification account access, Pearson VUE appointment, ID, online proctoring or test center requirements, and pacing before exam day.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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