Simulate the real AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional DOP-C02 exam with full-length timed sessions. Questions drawn proportionally from all 6 official blueprint domains — the same mix you'll face on test day.
Simulate real exam conditions
For the most realistic DOP-C02 simulation, start a 60 or 120-question session, put away all notes, set a timer matching the real exam duration (180 minutes), and commit to each answer before moving forward. This trains the time management and decision-making skills the real exam tests.
This free DOP-C02 mock exam uses the same question distribution as the real AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional DOP-C02 exam. Each session draws questions proportionally from all 6 official blueprint domains published by Amazon Web Services, so the topic mix you see accurately reflects what you'll face on test day.
DOP-C02 Domain Distribution
Configuration Management and IaC
Resilient Cloud Solutions
Monitoring and Logging
Incident and Event Response
Security and Compliance
SDLC Automation
Every question is written by certified engineers against the 2026 DOP-C02 exam objectives. These are original practice questions — not dumps — so you build real understanding rather than memorising answers.
Both the mock exam and practice test use the same question bank. The difference is in how you use them — and when to use each during your DOP-C02 study plan.
Practice test — for learning
Use the DOP-C02 practice test when you are studying a domain. Answer questions, read every explanation immediately, and build understanding. Do 10–30 questions per domain per session. This is your primary study tool for the first 4 weeks.
Go to practice test →Mock exam — for simulation
Use the DOP-C02 mock exam in the final 1–2 weeks before your test date. Complete a 60 or 120-question session without stopping, manage your time, then review all results at the end. This builds exam-day stamina and surfaces final weak spots.
Start 120-question mock →Try these sample questions from the mock exam bank. Commit to an answer before revealing the explanation.
A DevOps team uses AWS CodePipeline to automate deployments. The pipeline has a Deploy stage that uses AWS CloudFormation to create or update a stack. Recently, a stack update failed because the template referenced an AMI that was deprecated. The team wants to automatically roll back the stack to the last known good state if a deployment fails. What should they do?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation
A developer wants to use AWS CloudFormation to create an Amazon RDS DB instance. The template includes a DB instance resource. Which property is required for the DB instance to be created successfully?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation
A company runs a critical web application on EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB) with Auto Scaling. During a recent traffic spike, the application became unavailable for 10 minutes. Analysis shows that the ALB's healthy host count dropped to zero because the instances failed health checks due to high CPU load. What is the MOST effective design change to improve resilience during future traffic spikes?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation
A company runs a stateful web application on EC2 instances behind a Network Load Balancer (NLB) in a single Availability Zone. The application stores session state locally on the instance. The company wants to achieve high availability across multiple AZs with minimal application changes. What should the DevOps engineer do?
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A company is running a critical web application on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The DevOps team wants to monitor HTTP 5xx errors and receive alerts when the error rate exceeds 5% over a 5-minute period. Which combination of services and configurations should be used to meet these requirements?
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A DevOps team is using Amazon CloudWatch Logs to collect application logs from multiple EC2 instances. They notice that some log entries are missing and that the CloudWatch agent is consuming high CPU. The log group has a retention policy of 30 days. Which action should the team take to reduce CPU usage without losing log data?
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A company uses Amazon RDS for MySQL with Multi-AZ deployment. The database instance fails and AWS automatically fails over to the standby. After the failover, the application cannot connect to the database. The engineer checks the RDS console and sees that the instance status is Available. What is the MOST likely cause of the connectivity issue?
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An IAM policy is attached to a role used by an operations team. The team reports that they are unable to start or stop EC2 instances tagged with Environment=Production. Other instances can be described. What is the MOST likely reason for this failure?
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A company is running a critical application on an Amazon EC2 instance that needs to access an S3 bucket. The application must use temporary credentials that automatically rotate. The DevOps engineer must ensure that the credentials are never stored on disk. Which approach meets these requirements?
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A company uses AWS Organizations with multiple accounts. The security team needs to enforce that all new member accounts automatically receive a specific AWS Config rule to require encryption on Amazon EBS volumes. Which solution meets this requirement with the least operational overhead?
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A development team uses AWS CodeBuild to compile a Java application and run unit tests. The build takes 30 minutes, but the team wants to reduce build time. The codebase has not changed significantly, and dependencies are stable. Which action would be MOST effective in reducing build time?
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An organization uses AWS CodePipeline to orchestrate deployments to multiple environments (dev, test, prod). Each environment uses a different AWS account. The pipeline uses cross-account actions with IAM roles. Recently, the pipeline failed at the deploy stage for the prod account with the error 'Access Denied' when assuming the cross-account role. The role ARN is correct and the trust policy allows the pipeline's service role. What is the MOST likely cause?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation
A team uses AWS CodeDeploy to deploy a web application to an Auto Scaling group. The deployment strategy is Blue/Green. During a recent deployment, the new instances passed all health checks, but traffic was not routed to them. What is the most likely reason?
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Answer all 13 questions to see your domain score breakdown
Sitting the DOP-C02 under real exam conditions is a skill in itself. Candidates who underperform often do so not because of knowledge gaps, but because of poor time management or test anxiety. Use your final mock exam sessions to address both.
The DOP-C02 exam lasts 180 minutes. Do not spend more than 90 seconds on any single question on the first pass. Flag difficult ones and return to them after completing the rest.
On every question, immediately eliminate obviously wrong choices. Even if you are unsure between two options, narrowing to two doubles your odds. Most DOP-C02 distractors contain a subtle error — re-read the scenario constraint before committing to the answer that sounds most familiar.
Amazon Web Services writes many DOP-C02 questions as realistic scenarios. Read the final sentence first — it tells you what is being asked. Then re-read the scenario with the question in mind to avoid wasting time on irrelevant details.
The real DOP-C02 is a mental marathon lasting 180 minutes. In the week before your exam, complete at least two full timed mock sessions on separate days to build concentration stamina. If you cannot stay focused for 180 minutes in practice, you will struggle on exam day.
Questions
75
On the real exam
Time limit
180 min
2.4 min per question
Passing score
750/1000
Scaled scoring
The DOP-C02 uses scaled scoring — your raw percentage correct is converted to a score out of 1000. Consistently scoring above 80% on mock exams puts you well above the 750/1000 threshold, giving you a buffer for any unexpected question types on the real exam.
Yes. Courseiva provides free DOP-C02 mock exam questions across all official exam domains. The platform includes timed simulation, per-domain score breakdown, missed-question review, and readiness tracking. No account required — free forever, supported by advertising.
The practice test is optimised for learning: you see explanations after each question immediately. The mock exam is optimised for simulation: you answer all questions under time pressure and review at the end. Use practice tests for studying and mock exams for benchmarking.
Aim for consistent scores of 80% or above on full-length DOP-C02 mock exams before booking your test date. The official passing score of 750/1000 corresponds to roughly 72–75% correct answers, so an 80% buffer accounts for difficulty variation and question styles on the real exam.
Most candidates who pass DOP-C02 on their first attempt complete 3–5 full-length mock exams in the two weeks before their test. This is enough to identify final weak spots, build stamina, and verify readiness without over-stressing or running out of fresh questions.
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