AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) Practice Test

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Certification exam
65 Exam questions
2 hours 10 minutes Time Limit
Associate Level
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294 Practice questions
4 hours 54 minutes Practice Time
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Exam overview and details

AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) focuses on developing with AWS services, application security, deployment, and troubleshooting and optimization. The official guide weights these areas at 32%, 26%, 24% and 18% of scored content. This independent practice bank supports concept review; it does not replace hands-on work with application permissions, deployment configuration, logs and error handling.

Sample Questions

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Security

A developer is working on a DVA-C02 style AWS scenario where the team must find resource policies that allow external account access. Which option best meets the requirement?

Security

A developer is working on a DVA-C02 style AWS scenario where REST API authorization must inspect bearer token plus headers and query string. Which option best meets the requirement?

Security

A developer is working on a DVA-C02 style AWS scenario where Cognito-authenticated mobile users need temporary AWS credentials for S3 prefixes. Which option best meets the requirement?

Security

A developer is working on a DVA-C02 style AWS scenario where RDS credentials in Secrets Manager must rotate with low operational overhead. Which option best meets the requirement?

Troubleshooting and Optimization

In order to ensure that a Docker application running on Amazon ECS scales according to user load in the last 15 seconds, how should a Developer instrument the code to meet this requirement?

Career Opportunities & Salary

Median salary: $135,980– Software Developers

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 -- Software Developers (SOC 15-1252), US national. Occupation median, not a certification salary. (2025)

Software Developers

Exam insights and study advice

For a failed application scenario, separate the code path, execution identity, resource policy and deployment configuration before selecting a fix. Record which observation would confirm your diagnosis. For deployment questions, sketch the release and rollback sequence. Use a disposable learning environment for experiments and remove chargeable resources when finished.

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What this exam covers

Use the published domain weights to plan your study. Practice results do not predict your certification exam score.

01Development with AWS Services

32%

02Security

26%

03Deployment

24%

04Troubleshooting and Optimization

18%

Exam Details DVA-C02 | $150 USD | 2 hours 10 minutes

Exam Code DVA-C02
Vendor AWS
Exam Cost $150 USD
Passing Score 720/1000
Time Limit 2 hours 10 minutes
Exam questions 65
Question TypesMultiple Choice, Multiple Response
Retake Policy After first failed attempt: 14-day waiting period. After each subsequent failed attempt: additional 14-day waiting period. No limit on total attempts.
Exam Format Linear
Online Proctoring Available
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