AWS certification practice: free questions, flashcards and a timed mock
Free practice for AWS certification: original questions with a worked explanation for every answer, flashcards and a timed mock exam. Today the course holds one exam, the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03).
You practise the way the exam asks: scenario questions in its two response types, multiple choice and multiple response, grouped by the four exam domains and by service area — IAM, networking, storage, databases, containers and serverless, migration and cost. Each question says why the right answer is right and why every distractor is wrong, and links the AWS documentation behind it.
no account needed for any question set or flashcard deck
the timed mock exam needs a free account
an explanation for every answer, with the AWS documentation behind it
AWS, Amazon Web Services and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. wspell is independent of any exam provider and is not sponsored by AWS; its questions are original practice questions written for this course, not items from any exam.
at a glance
Exam
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03), run by AWS Training and Certification — the one exam this course holds today
Questions
More than 600 original practice questions in the exam's two response types, by domain and by service area
Flashcards
More than 300, in concept decks: service one-liners, the Well-Architected pillars and pick-the-service matching
Mock exam
65 questions in 130 minutes, drawn across the four domains as the exam weights them; two full-length mocks and two short mixed ones are built by hand
Pass line
72% in our practice, an approximation of AWS's 720 out of 1,000 — AWS scales its scores and publishes no raw cut-off
Price
Free: every question set and flashcard deck needs no account; the timed mock needs a free account
What you practise
The SAA-C03 rests on four domains, and the questions here are grouped the same way, so you can see which one you quietly avoid. Within a domain they go by service area, and every domain has dedicated choose-two sets, because a multiple-response question is right only when the whole set of answers is.
The four domains and their weight in the scored content:
Design Secure Architectures, 30% — access control with IAM, securing workloads and networks, encryption and key management
Design Resilient Architectures, 26% — high availability and failover, decoupling with queues and events, backup and disaster recovery
Design High-Performing Architectures, 24% — choosing the compute, storage, database, networking and data-ingestion services a workload's performance needs
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures, 20% — cost-aware choices for storage, compute, databases, networking and data transfer
How the course works
Open a question set on the practice page, answer, and read the explanation: it says why the right answer is right and what is wrong with each distractor, with a link to the AWS documentation behind it. The questions are grouped by domain and by service area, so a weak spot is easy to find and drill.
What you can do:
quizzes on question sets, by domain and by service area — no account needed
flashcards: service one-liners, the Well-Architected pillars and pick-the-service matching decks — no account needed
a timed mock exam: 65 questions in 130 minutes, 20 on security, 17 on resilience, 15 on performance and 13 on cost — with a free account
Your goal: the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
A goal is the exam you are practising for. This course holds one today; its facts below are taken from our SAA-C03 guide, which has the format, scoring, fee and registration in full.
AWS's associate-level certification in designing solutions on AWS, for people in a solutions architect role. AWS recommends at least a year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions on its services — a recommendation, not an entry requirement.
The questions are scenario-based, so building the things they describe makes them far easier to read.
AWS SAA-C03 Practice Questions (Free) & Exam Guide
Questions
65, of which 50 are scored and 15 are unscored trial questions that are not identified
Duration
130 minutes
Scoring
Scaled 100–1,000, minimum passing score 720. Pass/fail; compensatory — the overall score decides, not each domain
Fee
150 USD (associate level, as of 2026), charged in full for every attempt
Every question set and flashcard deck is free and needs no account, so you can try the course before you give anyone an email address.
A free account opens the timed mock exam and keeps your progress on every device. During the public beta the number of mock sittings is not limited.
frequently asked questions
Is the AWS practice free?
Yes. Every question set and flashcard deck needs no account. The timed mock exam needs a free account, and during the public beta the number of sittings is not limited.
Which AWS exam does it cover?
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, exam code SAA-C03. It is the one AWS exam this course holds today; the guide has its format, scoring, fee and registration.
Do the questions come from the exam?
No. They are original practice questions written for this course, not items from any exam. wspell is independent of any exam provider and has no access to exam content.
How do the mock exam and the pass line work?
The timed mock draws 65 questions across the four domains — 20 on security, 17 on resilience, 15 on performance and 13 on cost — under a 130-minute clock. Our pass line is 72%, an approximation of AWS's 720 out of 1,000: AWS scales its scores and publishes no raw cut-off.
Does a good score here mean I will pass?
No practice can promise that. Use the mock to see whether you run out of time and which domain you avoid, and keep every wrong answer in one list; the guide has more on how to prepare.
Do I need AWS experience or an AWS account?
You need no AWS account to practise here. AWS recommends at least one year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions before the SAA-C03; the questions are scenario-based, so building the things they describe makes them much easier to read.
Who runs the AWS exam, and where do I book it?
AWS Training and Certification runs it. You schedule through your AWS Certification Account, at a Pearson VUE test centre or as an online proctored exam. wspell is independent and runs no exams.
Exam names and trade marks on this page belong to the organisations that own and run those exams. wspell is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.