This AWS Cloud Practitioner cheat sheet boils the CLF-C02 exam down to a printable rundown of the services and facts AWS tests most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Pair it with the rest of your free CLF-C02 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
AWS Cloud Practitioner exam at a glance
- Questions: 65 total (50 scored + 15 unscored pilot)
- Time: 90 minutes
- Passing score: 700 on a 100–1000 scaled range (compensatory scoring)
- Cost: $100 USD; certification valid 3 years (verify current price at aws.amazon.com/certification)
What’s on the AWS Cloud Practitioner cheat sheet
- Cloud Technology & Services (34%) — the biggest domain — global infrastructure (Regions, AZs, edge locations), compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS, EFS), databases (RDS, DynamoDB), and networking (VPC).
- Security & Compliance (30%) — the Shared Responsibility Model, IAM users/groups/roles/policies, root-user MFA and least privilege, and one-job security services (Shield, WAF, GuardDuty, Macie, KMS, CloudTrail).
- Cloud Concepts (24%) — the six benefits of cloud, elasticity vs. scalability, the six Well-Architected pillars, and the 7 Rs of migration.
- Billing, Pricing & Support (12%) — EC2 pricing models (On-Demand, Reserved, Savings Plans, Spot), cost tools (Cost Explorer, Budgets, Pricing Calculator), and the five AWS support plans.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load Cloud Technology & Services (34%) and Security & Compliance (30%) — nearly two-thirds of the exam. If you master two areas from the sheet, make them these.
- Drill the service-to-job matches until they're automatic: S3 = object, EBS = block, EFS = file; Shield = DDoS, WAF = web exploits, Macie = sensitive data in S3, CloudTrail = API audit log.
- Lock in the Shared Responsibility Model line — AWS secures OF the cloud (infrastructure), you secure IN the cloud (data, IAM, configuration) — plus 'IAM role, never hard-coded keys' for app access.
- Read the sheet the morning of the test for a final pass on the memory hooks: 700 to pass, multiple AZs for high availability, Spot = interruptible/cheap, Reserved = steady/committed, TAM at Enterprise support.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your AWS Cloud Practitioner practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
AWS Cloud Practitioner cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the AWS Cloud Practitioner cheat sheet is 100% free to download as a PDF, with no sign-up required. It sits alongside Career Employer's free CLF-C02 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
It condenses the highest-yield CLF-C02 facts into a fast reference: core compute and storage services, the Shared Responsibility Model, IAM building blocks, EC2 pricing models, and the five support plans — grouped by the four domains AWS weights the exam around.
It's built from the current CLF-C02 exam guide and AWS documentation, and we review it against the official AWS Certification pages regularly. Service names and pricing models track the version of the exam in use now.
You need a scaled score of 700 on a 100–1000 range to pass CLF-C02, and no — the sheet is a review and cram layer, not a substitute for working questions. Use it to lock in facts, then confirm readiness on the practice test.
Click the download button (or the preview card) at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark this page so you can find it again the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.Amazon Web Services. “AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.” aws.amazon.com, 2026. ↑
- 2.Amazon Web Services. “AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Exam Guide.” docs.aws.amazon.com, 2026. ↑
- 3.Amazon Web Services. “AWS Shared Responsibility Model.” aws.amazon.com, 2026. ↑
- 4.Amazon Web Services. “AWS Certification policies and agreements.” aws.amazon.com, 2026. ↑
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