Free CLF-C02 practice exam 1: the full format, sampled

The real exam is 65 questions in 90 minutes. Here are 10 across every domain to see the format — a sample of the full timed exams in the course. 2026 edition.

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The real CLF-C02 is 65 questions in 90 minutes, mixed across all four domains, with a scaled pass mark of 700 out of 1000. A full-length practice exam recreates that — the pacing, the domain mix, the stamina of 90 unbroken minutes. These ten questions are a free sample of that format, spanning the whole blueprint, so you can see what it feels like before committing to the full thing.

What “full-length” actually trains

A ten-question quiz tests knowledge. A full-length exam tests something else on top: pacing and judgement under time. At about 83 seconds per question the CLF-C02 is not a race, but 90 unbroken minutes still reveal habits a short quiz hides — second-guessing correct answers, losing focus in the last stretch, spending three minutes on a question that deserved thirty seconds. You only find those by sitting the whole thing.

Remember the format facts that change how you sit it: 15 of the 65 questions are unscored trial items you cannot identify, so answer every one as though it counts; there is no penalty for a wrong answer, so never leave a blank; and multiple-response questions are all-or-nothing, so read how many answers are required.

The service spread

A full-length exam ranges wider than any single topic page, which is why this sample deliberately reaches beyond the core services into the ones that round out the blueprint — platform and container services like Elastic Beanstalk and Fargate, security scanners like Inspector and Macie, and simpler offerings like Lightsail and EFS. If a name here is unfamiliar, that is the sample doing its job: showing you a gap while it is still cheap to close.

How to use the questions below

Answer each one before you reveal the explanation, and when you miss, read past the correct letter to why the other three fail. Treat this as a warm-up for the real thing: the full 65-question timed exams, with a scaled score and domain analytics at the end, are in the course. When you can clear the pass mark on those under exam conditions — and explain your wrong answers — you are ready. The Am I ready? self-check is the honest test of that.

The shape of a full-length CLF-C02 exam: 65 questions in 90 minutes, about 83 seconds each, mixed across the four domains, with 50 scored and 15 unscored trial questions, and a passing score of 700 out of 1000. Ten free questions here sample that format.

10 free CLF-C02 practice questions

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CLF-C02 Question 1 of 10

A developer wants to deploy and run a web application without managing the servers, load balancing or scaling themselves — AWS provisions the platform. Which service fits?

Answer: A — AWS Elastic Beanstalk

AWS Elastic Beanstalk takes your application code and handles the provisioning, load balancing, scaling and health monitoring for you — a platform service. Why not the others: EC2 gives you servers to manage yourself. CloudFormation provisions infrastructure from templates but does not run your app as a managed platform. S3 is storage. 'Deploy an app, let AWS run the platform' is Elastic Beanstalk.

CLF-C02 Question 2 of 10

Which AWS service runs and manages Docker containers?

Answer: A — Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)

Amazon ECS is a managed container orchestration service that runs Docker containers. Why not the others: S3 is object storage, Route 53 is DNS, and IAM manages access — none of them runs containers. Managed Docker containers is ECS (and its Kubernetes counterpart, EKS).

CLF-C02 Question 3 of 10

Which option lets you run containers without provisioning or managing the underlying servers?

Answer: A — AWS Fargate

AWS Fargate is the serverless way to run containers — you do not manage the servers underneath. Why not the others: running containers on EC2 means you manage those instances. EBS is block storage. Direct Connect is a network link. Containers with no servers to manage is Fargate.

CLF-C02 Question 4 of 10

What is a key advantage of using AWS managed services such as Amazon RDS or AWS Lambda?

Answer: A — AWS handles undifferentiated work like patching and scaling, so you focus on your application

Managed services take over the operational 'heavy lifting' — patching, scaling, backups — letting you concentrate on your application rather than the infrastructure. Why not the others: managed services deliberately do not hand you OS root access (that is the trade-off), they are not free, and you never manage the hardware. Offloading the operations is the benefit.

CLF-C02 Question 5 of 10

Which AWS service is an online store where you can find, buy and deploy third-party software that runs on AWS?

Answer: A — AWS Marketplace

AWS Marketplace is a curated catalog of third-party software you can subscribe to and deploy on AWS. Why not the others: Artifact provides AWS's compliance reports. Config records resource configuration. Organizations manages multiple accounts. Buying and deploying third-party software is the Marketplace.

CLF-C02 Question 6 of 10

Which dashboard shows the health of AWS services and alerts you to events that may affect your specific resources?

Answer: A — AWS Health Dashboard

The AWS Health Dashboard shows the status of AWS services and personalised alerts about events affecting your account and resources. Why not the others: CloudWatch monitors your own metrics and logs, Cost Explorer analyses spend, and Trusted Advisor gives best-practice checks. Service health and events affecting you is the Health Dashboard.

CLF-C02 Question 7 of 10

Which service scans your EC2 instances and container images for software vulnerabilities?

Answer: A — Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector automatically scans workloads such as EC2 instances and container images for known vulnerabilities. Why not the others: GuardDuty detects suspicious activity from logs, Macie finds sensitive data in S3, and Shield defends against DDoS. Scanning for vulnerabilities is Inspector — behaviour, data, and traffic are the others.

CLF-C02 Question 8 of 10

Which service discovers and classifies sensitive data, such as personal information, stored in Amazon S3?

Answer: A — Amazon Macie

Amazon Macie uses machine learning to find and classify sensitive data, like personally identifiable information, in S3. Why not the others: Inspector scans for vulnerabilities, GuardDuty detects threats from logs, and KMS manages encryption keys. Finding sensitive data in storage is Macie.

CLF-C02 Question 9 of 10

A team needs a shared file system that multiple Linux EC2 instances can mount and access at the same time. Which service fits?

Answer: A — Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

Amazon EFS is a shared, elastic file system that many Linux instances can mount concurrently. Why not the others: an EBS volume attaches to a single instance at a time. S3 is object storage, not a mounted file system. Instance store is temporary local disk. Shared, concurrent file access is EFS.

CLF-C02 Question 10 of 10

Which service provides simple virtual private servers with bundled compute, storage and predictable pricing, aimed at simple workloads and newcomers?

Answer: A — Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail bundles compute, storage and networking into a simple virtual private server with predictable monthly pricing — designed for straightforward projects and people new to AWS. Why not the others: EC2 with Auto Scaling is more powerful but more to manage. Fargate runs containers. Redshift is a data warehouse. Simple, bundled, predictable is Lightsail.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this the current CLF-C02 format?

Yes — these questions follow the CLF-C02 exam guide (2026 edition) and mix all four domains, as the real exam does. The exam is 65 questions in 90 minutes, passing at 700 out of 1000.

Are these real exam questions?

No. They are our own questions, written in the style and difficulty of the exam. Reproducing real exam items violates the AWS certification agreement and can get your certification revoked, and a memorised item teaches you nothing about the one you have not seen.

Why ten questions and not sixty-five?

These ten are a free sample of the full-length format, mixed across the domains. The full timed 65-question exams — taken under real conditions, with a scaled score at the end — are in the course, which is where practising the whole 90 minutes actually belongs.

How should I use a full-length exam?

Under exam conditions: 65 questions, 90 minutes, no notes, no pausing. The point is not only the score but the pacing and the stamina, and afterwards, being able to say why each wrong option was wrong. If you cannot do that, the score was luck.

Updated for CLF-C02 (July 2026). The sample questions above are our own work in the style of the exam — not real exam items. The exam itself is set and marked by the certification body.