AWS Cloud Developer Exam Study Guide
2026–2027: Developer Associate Practice
Questions, AWS Services & Certification
Prep
60 Practice Q & A With Correct Answers & Detailed
Rationales - AWS Developer Associate DVA-C02
INSTRUCTIONS: Read each question, choose the best
answer, then check the correct answer and rationale. AWS
Developer Associate covers IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, API
Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch,
Cognito, Secrets/KMS, IaC, CI/CD, containers, VPC, and
troubleshooting. Think: Build, Secure, Deploy, Monitor.
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,QUICK AWS DEVELOPER KEY • DVA-C02 = 65 Q, 130 min, $150
/ Domains: Development 32% + Security 26% + Deployment
24% + Troubleshooting 18% • IAM = Role Temporary + Policy
JSON + Least Privilege + MFA • EC2 = AMI + Security Group +
User Data / Pricing On-Demand, Reserved, Spot • S3 = Bucket
Globally Unique + Object Key + Glacier + Versioning +
Presigned URL • Lambda = Serverless, 15 min Timeout, Cold
Start / API Gateway = REST + Stage + Throttling • DynamoDB =
Partition + Sort + GSI + On-Demand / RDS = Multi-AZ HA + Read
Replica Read-Scale • SQS Queue-Pull vs SNS Topic-Push / DLQ
+ Visibility Timeout / EventBridge Bus • CloudWatch
Logs-Metrics-Alarms / X-Ray Tracing vs CloudTrail Audit /
Cognito User Pool vs Identity Pool / Secrets Rotate vs SSM
Config vs KMS Encrypt / CloudFormation + SAM + CDK / CI/CD
CodeCommit-Build-Deploy-Pipeline / ECS-ECR-Fargate-EKS /
VPC Subnet-NAT-IGW
1. AWS - Cloud / Regions / AZs / Edge
AWS - Cloud / Regions / AZs / Edge:
A. AWS = Amazon, Web, Services, cloud, on-demand -
Region = geographic, area, data centers, isolated - AZ =
Availability, Zone, isolated, data center, fault - Edge =
CloudFront, CDN, low, latency - AWS = Amazon, Web -
Region = geographic, area
B. No AWS
C. No Region
D. No AZ
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,Correct Answer: A. AWS = Amazon, Web, Services,
cloud, on-demand - Region = geographic, area, data
centers, isolated - AZ = Availability, Zone, isolated, data
center, fault - Edge = CloudFront, CDN, low, latency -
AWS = Amazon, Web - Region = geographic, area
Rationale: AWS: Amazon, Web, Services, cloud, on-demand.
Region: geographic, area, data centers, isolated. AZ:
Availability, Zone, isolated, data center, fault. Edge:
CloudFront, CDN, low, latency. AWS = Amazon, Web. Region
= geographic, area.
2. IAM - Users / Roles / Policies / MFA
IAM - Users / Roles / Policies / MFA:
A. IAM = Identity, Access, Management, auth, permissions -
User = person, long-term, credentials, console - Role =
temporary, assume, service, federated - Policy = JSON,
allow, deny, permissions - MFA = Multi, Factor,
Authentication, extra, security - IAM = Identity, Access - User
= person, long-term
B. No IAM
C. No Role
D. No Policy
Correct Answer: A. IAM = Identity, Access, Management,
auth, permissions - User = person, long-term, credentials,
console - Role = temporary, assume, service, federated -
Policy = JSON, allow, deny, permissions - MFA = Multi,
Factor, Authentication, extra, security - IAM = Identity,
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, Access - User = person, long-term
Rationale: IAM: Identity, Access, Management, auth,
permissions. User: person, long-term, credentials, console.
Role: temporary, assume, service, federated. Policy: JSON,
allow, deny, permissions. MFA: Multi, Factor, Authentication,
extra, security. IAM = Identity, Access. User = person,
long-term.
3. IAM - Least Privilege / Root / Access Keys
IAM - Least Privilege / Root / Access Keys:
A. Least Privilege = minimum, permissions, needed, only -
Root = full, access, avoid, lock, MFA - Access Key =
programmatic, ID, secret, CLI, SDK - Least Privilege =
minimum, permissions - Root = full, access
B. No Least Privilege
C. No Root
D. No Access Key
Correct Answer: A. Least Privilege = minimum,
permissions, needed, only - Root = full, access, avoid,
lock, MFA - Access Key = programmatic, ID, secret, CLI,
SDK - Least Privilege = minimum, permissions - Root =
full, access
Rationale: Least Privilege: minimum, permissions, needed,
only. Root: full, access, avoid, lock, MFA. Access Key:
programmatic, ID, secret, CLI, SDK. Least Privilege =
minimum, permissions. Root = full, access.
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2026–2027: Developer Associate Practice
Questions, AWS Services & Certification
Prep
60 Practice Q & A With Correct Answers & Detailed
Rationales - AWS Developer Associate DVA-C02
INSTRUCTIONS: Read each question, choose the best
answer, then check the correct answer and rationale. AWS
Developer Associate covers IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, API
Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch,
Cognito, Secrets/KMS, IaC, CI/CD, containers, VPC, and
troubleshooting. Think: Build, Secure, Deploy, Monitor.
AWS Developer Associate - 60 Questions | Page 1
,QUICK AWS DEVELOPER KEY • DVA-C02 = 65 Q, 130 min, $150
/ Domains: Development 32% + Security 26% + Deployment
24% + Troubleshooting 18% • IAM = Role Temporary + Policy
JSON + Least Privilege + MFA • EC2 = AMI + Security Group +
User Data / Pricing On-Demand, Reserved, Spot • S3 = Bucket
Globally Unique + Object Key + Glacier + Versioning +
Presigned URL • Lambda = Serverless, 15 min Timeout, Cold
Start / API Gateway = REST + Stage + Throttling • DynamoDB =
Partition + Sort + GSI + On-Demand / RDS = Multi-AZ HA + Read
Replica Read-Scale • SQS Queue-Pull vs SNS Topic-Push / DLQ
+ Visibility Timeout / EventBridge Bus • CloudWatch
Logs-Metrics-Alarms / X-Ray Tracing vs CloudTrail Audit /
Cognito User Pool vs Identity Pool / Secrets Rotate vs SSM
Config vs KMS Encrypt / CloudFormation + SAM + CDK / CI/CD
CodeCommit-Build-Deploy-Pipeline / ECS-ECR-Fargate-EKS /
VPC Subnet-NAT-IGW
1. AWS - Cloud / Regions / AZs / Edge
AWS - Cloud / Regions / AZs / Edge:
A. AWS = Amazon, Web, Services, cloud, on-demand -
Region = geographic, area, data centers, isolated - AZ =
Availability, Zone, isolated, data center, fault - Edge =
CloudFront, CDN, low, latency - AWS = Amazon, Web -
Region = geographic, area
B. No AWS
C. No Region
D. No AZ
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,Correct Answer: A. AWS = Amazon, Web, Services,
cloud, on-demand - Region = geographic, area, data
centers, isolated - AZ = Availability, Zone, isolated, data
center, fault - Edge = CloudFront, CDN, low, latency -
AWS = Amazon, Web - Region = geographic, area
Rationale: AWS: Amazon, Web, Services, cloud, on-demand.
Region: geographic, area, data centers, isolated. AZ:
Availability, Zone, isolated, data center, fault. Edge:
CloudFront, CDN, low, latency. AWS = Amazon, Web. Region
= geographic, area.
2. IAM - Users / Roles / Policies / MFA
IAM - Users / Roles / Policies / MFA:
A. IAM = Identity, Access, Management, auth, permissions -
User = person, long-term, credentials, console - Role =
temporary, assume, service, federated - Policy = JSON,
allow, deny, permissions - MFA = Multi, Factor,
Authentication, extra, security - IAM = Identity, Access - User
= person, long-term
B. No IAM
C. No Role
D. No Policy
Correct Answer: A. IAM = Identity, Access, Management,
auth, permissions - User = person, long-term, credentials,
console - Role = temporary, assume, service, federated -
Policy = JSON, allow, deny, permissions - MFA = Multi,
Factor, Authentication, extra, security - IAM = Identity,
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, Access - User = person, long-term
Rationale: IAM: Identity, Access, Management, auth,
permissions. User: person, long-term, credentials, console.
Role: temporary, assume, service, federated. Policy: JSON,
allow, deny, permissions. MFA: Multi, Factor, Authentication,
extra, security. IAM = Identity, Access. User = person,
long-term.
3. IAM - Least Privilege / Root / Access Keys
IAM - Least Privilege / Root / Access Keys:
A. Least Privilege = minimum, permissions, needed, only -
Root = full, access, avoid, lock, MFA - Access Key =
programmatic, ID, secret, CLI, SDK - Least Privilege =
minimum, permissions - Root = full, access
B. No Least Privilege
C. No Root
D. No Access Key
Correct Answer: A. Least Privilege = minimum,
permissions, needed, only - Root = full, access, avoid,
lock, MFA - Access Key = programmatic, ID, secret, CLI,
SDK - Least Privilege = minimum, permissions - Root =
full, access
Rationale: Least Privilege: minimum, permissions, needed,
only. Root: full, access, avoid, lock, MFA. Access Key:
programmatic, ID, secret, CLI, SDK. Least Privilege =
minimum, permissions. Root = full, access.
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