The AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) validates ability to develop, deploy, and maintain applications on AWS. Heavy focus on Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, IAM, and CI/CD. Upload the free DVA-C02 exam guide PDF and exclam.ai builds a fully guided study plan.
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The 4 domains tested on DVA-C02, with approximate weights from the official exam guide. exclam.ai weights your study plan according to these percentages.
| Domain | Approximate weight |
|---|---|
| Development with AWS Services | 32% |
| Security | 26% |
| Deployment | 24% |
| Troubleshooting and Optimization | 18% |
Source: official DVA-C02 exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.
How the 4-domain DVA-C02 plan distributes across the plan length you pick above. Heavier-weight domains get more time; lighter ones may pair into a single week.
Cover Development with AWS Services end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Security end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Deployment end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Troubleshooting and Optimization end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Weak-topic drilling. exclam.ai surfaces topics where you underperformed during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all 4 topics to prevent decay. Start doing timed question batches focused on the heaviest-weight sections.
Full-length DVA-C02 practice exams under timed conditions. Target one mock every 3–5 days. Same-day error review: for every question you miss, re-derive the solution from scratch. Taper in the final 3 days — light flashcards only.
Amazon Web Services publishes the DVA-C02 exam guide as a free PDF. Download it, upload it to exclam.ai, and get a fully guided study plan with adaptive flashcards and quizzes in minutes.
Upload the DVA-C02 exam guide and exclam.ai generates flashcards for each of the 4 domains, mapped to the approximate exam weights.
Quizzes pull more questions from heavier domains. exclam.ai tracks which domains you're weakest on and weights future practice accordingly.
Coverage phase, review phase, and mocks — distributed across your target timeline. Falls behind automatically rebalance without re-planning.
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DVA focuses on application development on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SDK usage, CI/CD pipelines). SAA focuses on architectural design across the full AWS service catalog. There is roughly 40% overlap. Most candidates take SAA first then DVA.
No. The exam is language-agnostic — you need to understand AWS SDK concepts and CLI commands, not write code in a specific language. Familiarity with Python, JavaScript, or Java SDKs helps contextually.
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