Free AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Practice Exam - 5 Real Questions, Instant Feedback, No Sign-Up
The AWS SAA exam is not a memorisation test. It is a "given this messy scenario, which AWS service combo is the cheapest, most resilient, AND most secure?" test. Every question has three plausible answers and one preferred one. The five questions in this free preview are pulled from the same item pool as the paid AWS SAA mock. Each scores instantly. No credit card. No email required to start.
Why we give the first 5 AWS SAA questions away free
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam costs $150 USD (often with a 50% retake or partner voucher available). Most candidates spend another $100 to $400 on practice exams before they sit. That means the question candidates ask first is rarely "is this practice exam comprehensive?" - it's "is this practice exam any good?" You can't answer that from a marketing page. You can answer it by taking five real questions and watching how they're written.
That's why this page exists. The five questions in the free AWS SAA practice test below are not throwaway warm-ups. They are pulled from the same item pool as the paid AWS SAA SAA-C03 practice exam. The grader, the explanations, and the question rendering are identical. If you don't like how the first five feel, you've lost six minutes - not the cost of a competing practice product.
What you get in this free AWS SAA practice exam
- 5 free AWS SAA practice questions drawn from the live 65-question AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate item bank.
- Realistic exam-day format. AWS delivers 65 questions in 130 minutes. All multiple-choice or multi-response. Passing scaled score: 720 of 1000.
- Instant per-question scoring with full explanations so you see what you got right and wrong as you go.
- Topic spread across all 4 AWS SAA exam domains - the preview is representative, not stacked with a single easy topic.
- Zero sign-up to start - the trial loads anonymously. You only create an account if you choose to unlock the full 65-question paid mock after.
Who the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate is for
Solutions architects, developers, and operations engineers with 1+ year of hands-on AWS experience. The most-pursued AWS certification globally and the most common cloud cert on hiring filters. Most candidates take 80-130 hours over 6-10 weeks.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam blueprint coverage in this practice test
The full FigigExams AWS SAA practice exam mirrors the official blueprint weights so your score gives a realistic readiness signal. The five free questions in this preview rotate across the blueprint so you see questions from every part of it, not just one.
| Domain | Weight | Key concepts you will see |
|---|---|---|
| Design Secure Architectures | 30% | IAM (users, roles, policies), KMS, encryption at rest & in transit, VPC security (security groups, NACLs), AWS WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, Secrets Manager. |
| Design Resilient Architectures | 26% | Multi-AZ vs multi-region, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, Route 53 failover, RDS Multi-AZ vs Read Replicas, disaster recovery patterns (pilot light, warm standby). |
| Design High-Performing Architectures | 24% | EC2 instance families, EBS volume types, S3 storage classes, ElastiCache (Redis vs Memcached), DynamoDB capacity modes, CloudFront, performance trade-offs. |
| Design Cost-Optimized Architectures | 20% | Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, S3 Lifecycle policies, Intelligent-Tiering, right-sizing, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, Trusted Advisor. |
The full mock has 65 questions calibrated to the live exam difficulty profile, with a passing benchmark of 72% to give you a conservative readiness target.
The AWS SAA question formats we mirror
One of the most common reasons candidates fail on the first attempt is unfamiliarity with the exam's specific question formats. This free preview exposes you to every format the live exam uses, so nothing on test day is a surprise.
Scenario-based multiple choice (dominant)
AWS questions average 80-120 words. Each describes a company's situation, the constraint that matters (cost, latency, durability, recovery time), and asks which architecture meets it. Skim and you will pick the second-best answer.
Multi-response "select TWO"
Roughly 10-15% of items. No partial credit. Selecting one correct of two required = zero. Read the answer count specifier carefully.
Service combinations
Questions often pair two or three services. The right answer is usually the combination AWS itself recommends in its Well-Architected Framework, not the technically-possible-but-fragile one.
No drag-and-drop, no exhibits
Unlike CCNA or Security+, AWS SAA is text-only. All the question complexity is in reading the scenario carefully. Speed-reading hurts you here.
Free AWS SAA trial vs full FigigExams mock vs Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) practice exams
If you're shopping for AWS SAA practice exams, you've probably already opened a tab for Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) practice exams. Tutorials Dojo is the gold standard for AWS practice exam realism. Their explanations are exceptional and their question difficulty is calibrated to the real exam very accurately. If you can afford one paid set, theirs is the safest pick. Here's an honest side-by-side so you can pick the right tool for where you are in your prep.
| Feature | FigigExams AWS SAA | Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) practice exams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 trial, $18 for full mock | $15-30 per Tutorials Dojo set |
| Aligned to SAA-C03 | Yes | Yes (their flagship product) |
| Scenario length | Matches live exam (80-120 words) | Matches live exam |
| Number of practice exams | 4 versions, 65 questions each | 6+ timed mocks plus review mode |
| Concept-level Exam Coach | Yes | No (per-question explanations only) |
| Lifetime access | Yes | Yes (Udemy lifetime) |
The honest answer: if your budget allows it, candidates often use both - FigigExams to find your weak concepts cheaply, then a final readiness pass with Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) practice exams if you want the industry-standard item bank. For most candidates, just FigigExams plus the official study guide is sufficient.
The Personal Exam Coach (after you finish the full AWS SAA exam)
Most AWS SAA practice exams give you a score and a domain breakdown - "you scored 48% on Domain 3" - and call that a result page. That's not actionable. Each domain has many topics. You need to know which topic specifically.
When you finish the full 65-question AWS SAA practice exam (not the 5-question free preview), the FigigExams Personal Exam Coach analyses your answers at the concept level:
- Concept-level miss patterns instead of broad domain percentages.
- A prioritised study plan ordered by estimated score impact.
- A pass-confidence score based on item difficulty and your error pattern - a real readiness number, not vibes.
- A follow-up chat where you can ask things like "explain why option C was wrong on question 23" and get a tailored answer.
It's the part of FigigExams that passing candidates mention most.
AWS SAA exam day tips that actually move your score
- Read every scenario twice. The first read tells you what services are mentioned; the second read tells you which constraint matters (cost vs latency vs availability).
- When two answers both "work," pick the one that uses managed AWS services over self-managed (e.g., RDS over EC2 + MySQL).
- Memorize the cheapest correct option for each common pattern: cheapest static website (S3 + CloudFront), cheapest async messaging (SQS Standard), cheapest cold storage (Glacier Deep Archive).
- If a question says "minimal operational overhead," the answer is the most-managed service. If it says "must run a custom kernel," the answer is EC2.
- Take the exam at home via Pearson OnVUE only if your room is clean and bandwidth is reliable. About 8% of online attempts are voided for environment violations.
Free AWS SAA Practice Exam - Frequently Asked Questions
Is this AWS SAA practice exam really free?
Yes. Five real AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate questions, instant scoring, no credit card, no email required to start. You only create an account if you decide to unlock the full 65-question paid mock after.
How many free AWS SAA practice questions can I take?
Five on this trial page. You can refresh the trial as many times as you like - each session reshuffles the answer order. To get a larger question set, take the full 65-question paid exam, which draws from a much larger item pool.
Are these questions the same difficulty as the real AWS SAA exam?
The questions are written to match the cognitive level of the live AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam. The average item is calibrated slightly above the live exam mean - so a 75% on our practice exam typically corresponds to a comfortable pass on the real exam, not a marginal one.
How is SAA-C03 different from SAA-C02?
SAA-C03 was released August 2022 and remains current as of mid-2026. The reweighting moved security to 30% (up from 24%) and split out cost optimisation as its own 20% domain. SAA-C02 material is mostly still valid but under-weights the new security focus - prefer SAA-C03-specific practice.
Should I take Cloud Practitioner (CLF) before SAA?
Optional. CLF is genuinely entry-level (concepts only, no architecture trade-offs) and many candidates skip straight to SAA. If you have <6 months of AWS hands-on or you've never touched the console, do CLF first. If you have a year of AWS work, skip CLF and save the $100.
How much hands-on practice do I need before sitting SAA?
Have launched and configured at least: EC2 with custom security groups, S3 with lifecycle policy, RDS Multi-AZ, an Application Load Balancer, a VPC with public and private subnets, and an IAM role for cross-service access. About 15-25 hours of console time is the minimum credible baseline.
How long is the SAA certification valid?
Three years. Renew by passing the current SAA exam again or by earning the Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C02), which automatically extends SAA.
Is the AWS SAA worth it in 2026 with so many cloud certs?
Yes - SAA remains the single most-requested AWS certification on job listings globally. Azure AZ-104 is close in some markets but AWS SAA still leads in the US, UK, Australia, and India. For a candidate who doesn't know which cloud their next employer uses, SAA is the safest first cloud cert.
How is FigigExams different from Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) practice exams?
Two practical differences: price ($18 per exam vs $15-30 per exam set (Udemy or direct) for Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) practice exams) and the Personal Exam Coach - concept-level diagnosis with a follow-up chat that no major competing AWS SAA practice tool currently offers. Tutorials Dojo (Jon Bonso) practice exams remains a strong choice if you want the industry-standard item bank.
What does the full AWS SAA practice exam cost?
$18 per exam. That includes lifetime access to the 65-question mock, full per-question explanations, the Personal Exam Coach analysis, and the follow-up Coach chat.
Will this AWS SAA practice exam work on my phone?
Yes. The exam UI is fully responsive. All interactive question formats also support tap-to-place on touch devices, so phone and tablet candidates get the same experience as desktop.
Do you offer practice exams for other certifications?
Yes. Browse all FigigExams practice exams for the full list - including CCNA, CompTIA Security+, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, CISSP, PMP, and CompTIA A+ Core 1.
Ready? Start your free AWS SAA practice exam
Five real AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate questions. Instant feedback. About six minutes. No credit card. If the format clicks, the full 65-question mock plus Personal Exam Coach is $18.