Exam Overview & Study Strategy
Everything here is pulled directly from the current official AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) Exam Guide, version 1.1 (published April 30, 2026) — domains, task statements, weightings, and in-scope services — plus current administration details from AWS's certification program. This version added agentic AI, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Kiro, Strands Agents, and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore as exam topics.
Exam Administration
Format and logistics
| Question format | Multiple choice, multiple response, ordering, and matching |
| Number of questions | 65 total — 50 that count toward your score, plus 15 unscored questions AWS uses to evaluate for future exams. You won't know which is which, and there's no penalty for guessing. |
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Passing score | 700 out of a scaled range of 100–1,000 (not a raw percentage — AWS uses a compensatory model, so weak performance in one domain can be offset by strength in another) |
| Cost | $100 USD |
| Delivery method | Pearson VUE testing center, or online proctored from home |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese (Brazil) |
| Prerequisites | None formally required |
| Validity | 3 years from the pass date |
| Target candidate | Up to ~6 months of exposure to AI/ML on AWS; uses AI/ML solutions but doesn't necessarily build them |
Domain Breakdown
Official weightings from the exam guide
Domains & Task Statements
Click a domain to expand its task statements, objectives, and key services
Full in-scope / out-of-scope AWS service list (exam guide appendix)
A non-exhaustive list of services the exam guide explicitly marks out of scope is also included so you don't waste study time on them:
Study Strategy & Roadmap
A condensed 2-week plan: survey, then deep-dive weighted by domain
AIF-C01-Specific Tips
Where candidates typically lose points
Exam-Day Strategy & Time Management
Pacing, question-reading technique, and decoding AWS's qualifier words
Time Management — Pacing Checkpoints
If you're behind pace at any checkpoint, flag the question and move on rather than getting stuck — you can return to flagged questions during the review buffer.
Bottom-Up Question Reading
Scenario questions bury the actual question under 3–5 sentences of context. Reading in this order saves time and focuses your reading on what actually matters:
Key Qualifiers — What They Mean
AWS uses specific qualifier words to signal which option is correct. Knowing the translation below is often the fastest way to eliminate distractors.
Domain Review
Quick-refresh study notes for every domain and task statement — organized the same way AWS's own "Domain Review" Skill Builder courses are structured, one card per task statement. Use this to refresh a domain right before drilling its questions in the Practice Question Bank.
Practice Question Bank
Drill by domain, choose your mode, and go. Practice Mode gives you feedback after every question; Exam Simulation Mode times you and withholds feedback until the end, just like the real thing.
1. Choose a mode
2. Number of questions
3. Filter by domain
Schedule Your Exam
Once you're consistently passing the practice bank, it's time to book the real thing. If you're in Indonesia, AWS runs a "Get AWS Certified: Foundational" challenge that can get you a 100% discount voucher for the exam (while supplies last). Follow the steps below in order to claim it and register.
Step 1 — Register for the learning plan first
- Open the AWS "AWS Ada Untuk Indonesia" skill-building page:
- On the "Rencana Pembelajaran Machine Learning dan Generative AI" card, click "Belajar Sekarang" and complete the registration. Do this before claiming the voucher in Step 2.
The card to look for:
Step 2 — Get your free certification voucher
- Back on the same page, find the "Raih Peluang Karir Baru / Dapatkan Sertifikasi AWS" card and click "Dapatkan voucher sertifikasi Anda".
The card to look for:
- Fill out the registration form. Important: make sure you select Indonesia as your country — the voucher offer is tied to that selection, so the wrong country will disqualify you.
- Submit the form. You'll receive a confirmation email containing your voucher code (check spam/promotions if it doesn't arrive shortly).
Note: the 100% discount is offered "selama persediaan masih ada" (while supplies last) and is subject to AWS's terms and conditions. Availability isn't guaranteed — claim it early.
Step 3 — Register for the AI Practitioner exam
- Go to the AWS Certification portal and sign in (or create an AWS Certification account):
- Choose to schedule the AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) exam.
- Pick your delivery method: Pearson VUE testing center or online proctored from home.
- At checkout, enter the voucher code from your confirmation email to apply the discount before completing the booking.
Exam facts to keep in mind when booking: 65 questions, 90 minutes, passing score 700/1000, available in English / Japanese / Korean / Simplified Chinese / Brazilian Portuguese.