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‫So now let's talk about a few exam tips

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‫that I can give you before you go into the exam.

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‫So this is AWS, so practice makes perfect.

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‫I would recommend, if you can,

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‫to follow this hands-on in this course

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‫if you are new to AWS,

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‫and don't rush before getting to the exam,

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‫make sure you really understand what services do

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‫and how they work.

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‫Overall, the more you can practice the better,

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‫and the more confident you will feel for the exam.

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‫The exam does recommend you have six month or more

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‫of hands-on experience,

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‫but hopefully, in this course,

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‫by following the hands-on, if you did them,

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‫you will have gained a lot of experience already.

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‫And finally, remember, practice makes perfect.

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‫If you feel overwhelmed

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‫by the amount of knowledge we learned,

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‫so more than 40 services in 10 hours,

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‫maybe you will go through it one more time,

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‫just to solidify these concepts into your head.

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‫It could be a lot to take at once.

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‫So let's talk about the exam content and question types.

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‫So there are two types of question on the exam.

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‫The first one is a multiple choice,

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‫that means that you have one correct answer

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‫and three incorrect responses.

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‫So it will look like this, for example,

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‫"Which AWS service does rock,"

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‫and you have option one, option two,

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‫option three, and option four.

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‫And you can see it's a circle,

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‫so you can only choose one of these four options.

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‫Then you have multiple responses,

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‫where you have two or more correct responses,

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‫out of five or more options.

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‫And the exam software, you have to be very careful,

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‫does not check if you have selected

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‫the right number of answers.

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‫So for example, if the question is "Blabla questions,

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‫and then select two,"

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‫then it will give you option one,

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‫two, three, four, and five,

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‫and you should absolutely select two.

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‫But if you select one or if you select three,

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‫the exam software will not complain about it.

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‫So be very careful in these type of questions

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‫to really tic the number of boxes

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‫that correspond to how many answers you should select,

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‫based on the question,

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‫and the question will tell you how many questions,

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‫responses, should select.

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‫Always try to answer the question.

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‫That means that if you don't answer a question,

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‫it will be considered as incorrect.

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‫And if you have a wrong answer, you're not penalized.

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‫So no matter what, try to guess the answer.

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‫And finally, if you need to review a question for later,

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‫because maybe you don't know the answer right now,

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‫maybe it'll come back to you later,

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‫or maybe you're unsure

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‫about a question answer that you've done,

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‫you can flag it so you can answer it or not,

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‫and then flag it.

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‫And then when you're done answering all questions,

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‫you will have a flag screen.

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‫And on that screen,

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‫you can go back to all the questions that you've flagged

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‫or any other question for that matter.

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‫But with this,

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‫you can go back quickly to the question

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‫that you've flagged for maybe answering them

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‫or double checking your answer, these kinds of things.

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‫Now, for the question themselves,

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‫you should proceed by elimination.

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‫So most questions,

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‫as we've seen in the sample questions,

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‫are going to be high-level pick-a-service questions.

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‫So rule out the answers that you know for sure are wrong,

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‫and for the remaining answers,

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‫understand the one which makes the most sense.

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‫There are very few trick questions

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‫at the Cloud Practitioner level and the Associate level,

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‫so don't overthink it.

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‫If a solution seems feasible, but highly complicated,

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‫it's probably going to be wrong, okay?

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‫Think simple, follow your intuition,

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‫and you should be all right.

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‫Now, it is good for you,

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‫if you want to learn a bit more about AWS,

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‫to read each service's overview.

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‫So we've seen about 40 services in this course,

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‫so for example,

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‫if you wanted to look at the overview of S3,

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‫you will go to this URL and see what S3 can do.

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‫This could be really helpful because, again,

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‫these overviews will represent

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‫a lot of the questions asked at the exam,

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‫and by seeing the overview,

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‫you will confirm your understanding of a service.

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‫Finally, if you wanna go one step further,

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‫get into the AWS Community,

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‫that means helping and discussing with other people,

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‫especially in the course Q&A,

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‫review people's questions in the Q&A

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‫and try to answer them to confirm

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‫that you understand things correctly.

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‫And finally, do the practice exam in this section.

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‫And if you're looking for even more practice,

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‫then you can buy more practice exams from me

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‫from my dedicated practice exam course.

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‫You can read forums online,

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‫you can read online blogs,

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‫and if you want to really get into the community,

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‫you can attend local meetups

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‫and discuss with other AWS engineers.

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‫Finally, if you're really, really interested into AWS,

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‫watch the reinvent videos on YouTube.

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‫The reinvent is the conference of AWS.

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‫One question I get all the time is,

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‫"How will the exam work?"

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‫So you will have to register online at this URL,

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‫and the fee for this exam is going to be 100 U.S dollars.

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‫You need to provide two identity documents,

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‫so your ID, your credit card,

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‫and all of this will be in the details

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‫of an email sent to you once you register for the exam.

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‫And you're not allowed to take any notes,

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‫you're not allowed to use any pen,

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‫and you're not allowed to speak.

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‫You will have 65 questions

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‫that will be asked of you in 90 minutes.

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‫And at the end,

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‫you can optionally review all the questions and answers.

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‫And as you go along,

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‫you can flag the questions

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‫that you think are difficult for you

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‫to review them at the end, as well.

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‫So when you submit the exam,

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‫you will know right away if you've passed or failed,

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‫if you passed it says congratulation pass.

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‫If you fail, it will say fail.

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‫You will not know which answers are right or wrong,

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‫this is intended,

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‫and you will know your overall score only a few days later,

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‫you will have received an email notification.

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‫It can take sometimes up to five days,

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‫but normally two days.

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‫And then to pass this exam,

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‫as I said, you need a score of 700 out of 1,000.

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‫And if you happen to fail, which I don't wish you do,

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‫then you can retake the exam again after 14 days.

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‫So that's it, thank you so much for learning with me.

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‫I wish you the best for your certification.

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‫Happy learning and good luck.