AWS · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official AWS SAA-C03 exam covers 4 domains. The vendor does not publish percentage weights for these domains — treat each as an equal part of the exam blueprint.
IAM policies, resource-based policies, encryption at rest and in transit, VPC security groups and NACLs, and AWS security services.
Practice Design Secure Architectures questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Design Cost-Optimized Architectures domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Design Cost-Optimized Architectures questionsMulti-AZ vs multi-Region strategies, Auto Scaling, load balancing, fault tolerance patterns, and backup/recovery approaches.
Practice Design Resilient Architectures questionsSelecting optimal compute (EC2 types, Lambda, containers), storage (S3, EBS, EFS, FSx), and database services for workload requirements.
Practice Design High-Performing Architectures questionsThe vendor does not currently publish percentage weights for these domains, so Courseiva does not rank them by weight.
Work through each domain systematically — cover fundamentals first, then applied and scenario-based topics.
Never skip a domain regardless of perceived importance. Full coverage is required to pass.
Use Courseiva domain analytics to track your accuracy per domain and route extra questions to your weak areas.
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