DVA-C02Practice Exam & Study Guide
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Practice Questions
The AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) validates a candidate's ability to develop, implement, and maintain applications on the AWS platform. It focuses on leveraging AWS SDKs, managing serverless architectures, and implementing CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments. The exam tests a developer's proficiency in writing code that interacts with AWS services and optimizing those applications for performance and security. This exam is ideal for developers with experience in building applications on AWS and those who want to demonstrate their expertise in serverless computing and cloud-native development. While there are no formal prerequisites, a strong understanding of basic programming and cloud concepts is essential for success.
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Master AWS Lambda, specifically focusing on execution roles, timeouts, and event source mappings.
Deep dive into DynamoDB, including Partition Keys, Sort Keys, Global Secondary Indexes (GSI), and Local Secondary Indexes (LSI).
Understand the nuances of API Gateway, including throttling, caching, and different types of integrations (Lambda proxy vs. non-proxy).
Study the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) and how it simplifies the deployment of serverless apps.
Practice using AWS Cognito for user authentication and authorization (User Pools vs. Identity Pools).
Learn the differences between various AWS deployment strategies: Blue/Green, Canary, and All-at-once.
Understand the AWS SDKs and CLI, specifically how to handle pagination and error retries.
Study Elastic Beanstalk configurations and how to manage environment properties and deployment policies.
Review X-Ray for distributed tracing and identifying bottlenecks in microservices.
Practice implementing IAM policies following the principle of least privilege for application roles.
Read the scenario carefully to distinguish between 'most cost-effective' and 'most performant' solutions.
Use the process of elimination to remove obviously incorrect AWS services from multiple-choice options.
Manage your time strictly; if a question is too complex, flag it and move on to ensure you see all questions.
Pay close attention to keywords like 'immediately', 'minimal effort', and 'automatically'.
Ensure you are comfortable with the online proctoring environment if taking the exam from home.
Double-check your answers for questions involving DynamoDB capacity units (RCU/WCU) as these are common pitfalls.
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