AWS Cloud Practitioner: foundational decisions

Objectives and progression

Six modules connect cloud concepts with decisions on identity, services, resilience, and cost. Fictional migration, batch, and reporting examples prepare conversations among business, projects, and production. Each module has its own questions and the path ends with an internal assessment. Introductory coverage maps to the four CLF-C02 domains; it does not reproduce the official exam’s exact format, length, or weighting. No paid resources are created.

Audience: Project managers, production support, and professionals starting AWS learning.

Prerequisites: General familiarity with IT applications and services; no AWS account required.

175 estimated study minutes

• Distinguish AWS and customer responsibilities by service model.
• Relate needs to identity, resilience, and service families.
• Compare costs and select usage and activity evidence.

Modules

1. Cloud and shared responsibility
2. Identity and least privilege
3. Regions, zones, and resilience
4. Choose compute and data services
5. Objects, blocks, files, and networking
6. Costs, observability, and auditing

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AWS

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
• AZ-900 — Azure Fundamentals
• Production Support L3

References and version

CLF-C02

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 exam guide · 2026-09-29
• CLF-C02 Domain 1: Cloud Concepts · 2026-09-29
• CLF-C02 Domain 2: Security and Compliance · 2026-09-29
• CLF-C02 Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services · 2026-09-29
• CLF-C02 Domain 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support · 2026-09-29
• AWS overview: security and compliance · 2026-09-29
• IAM security best practices · 2026-09-29
• Managing costs with AWS Budgets · 2026-09-29
• Amazon EC2 Spot Instances · 2026-09-29
• How CloudTrail works · 2026-09-29
• Choosing an AWS storage service · 2026-09-29
• Amazon S3 storage classes · 2026-09-29
• AWS global infrastructure · 2026-09-29
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner: official exam overview · 2026-09-29