Cloud Concepts
24%AWS Cloud value, shared cloud benefits, elasticity, scalability, migration value, and Well-Architected concepts.
CertVectorAWS Cloud Practitioner study guide
A six-week path from cloud vocabulary to CLF-C02 readiness.
CLF-C02 rewards knowing what AWS services do, who is responsible for which controls, and how billing/support choices fit real scenarios. Use this plan with CertVector drills to find the weak service categories quickly.
CLF-C02 domain weights
Security and Compliance
30%Shared responsibility, IAM, MFA, encryption, compliance resources, monitoring, and security-oriented AWS services.
Cloud Technology and Services
34%Core compute, storage, database, networking, management, monitoring, migration, analytics, and integration services.
Billing, Pricing, and Support
12%Pricing models, purchasing options, budgets, cost tools, support plans, Organizations, and AWS Marketplace.
Weekly progression
Keep each week practical: answer questions, read rationales, and review misses before moving to faster timed sets.
Week 1
Cloud Concepts
Learn cloud value, elasticity, scalability, global infrastructure, and the basic Well-Architected vocabulary.
Week 2
Security and Shared Responsibility
Review shared responsibility, IAM, MFA, encryption, CloudTrail, compliance resources, and security services.
Week 3
Core Services
Build recognition for EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, and CloudWatch.
Week 4
Service Selection
Practice choosing services by use case: compute versus storage, relational versus NoSQL, DNS versus CDN, and monitoring versus auditing.
Week 5
Billing, Pricing, and Support
Study pricing models, Free Tier, Budgets, Cost Explorer, Organizations, Marketplace, Support plans, and Trusted Advisor.
Week 6
Timed Readiness
Run mixed drills, review missed explanations, tighten weak domains, and complete timed simulations before exam day.
Use the plan inside the product
Start with mixed Cloud Practitioner drills, then use missed review and weak-domain filters to separate service-name confusion from security and billing gaps.