AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CRWT) study guide
AWS CRWT · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner is AWS's foundational, vendor-specific cloud credential. It is aimed at people who need a working command of AWS terminology, core services, the shared responsibility model, and the commercial side of cloud adoption - including sales, project management, support, finance, and technical staff early in their cloud journey - rather than at engineers who design and operate workloads daily. The exam is delivered in two response formats, multiple choice and multiple response, and is organised around four domains: Cloud Concepts, Security and Compliance, Technology, and Billing and Pricing, with Technology and Security carrying the most weight. Expect vocabulary-heavy questions that test whether you can pick the right service category or the right pricing and support construct for a described scenario, not deep configuration steps. The AWS CRWT study guide has 4 sections and about 1,667 words.
01Cloud Concepts
Cloud Concepts tests your ability to explain the business case for cloud computing and the shape of the AWS global infrastructure. Expect questions that ask you to choose between elasticity and scalability, distinguish a Region from an Availability Zone, or identify which cloud advantage applies to a scenario.
441 words, about 2 min02Security and Compliance
Security and Compliance covers the shared responsibility model, identity and access management, data protection, detective controls, and the compliance resources AWS exposes to customers. Questions often test who does what, which tool produces which signal, and how to grant access without long-term credentials.
419 words, about 2 min03Technology
Technology is the largest domain in scope: compute, storage, databases, networking, and management services, and matching a workload to the right service. The exam favors service-selection questions and basic architecture reasoning over deep configuration.
419 words, about 2 min04Billing and Pricing
Billing and Pricing tests how AWS charges for usage, how to reduce cost with the right purchasing option, and which tools and support plans exist. Expect scenario questions about steady versus variable workloads and about consolidated billing.
388 words, about 2 min