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AWS Data Engineer Associate: cost, exam format and practice questions

AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate is Amazon’s associate-level certification for building and operating data pipelines on AWS. AWS states the exam as 65 questions in 130 minutes, the cost as 150 USD, and the certification as valid for three years.

Exam fee
150 USDAWS certification page; local prices follow exchange rates, checked 24 September 2026
Questions
65, multiple choice or multiple responseAWS certification page, checked 24 September 2026
Duration
130 minutesAWS certification page, checked 24 September 2026
Category
AssociateAWS certification page, checked 24 September 2026
Prerequisites
None — AWS requires no training and no prior certificationAWS Certification FAQs, checked 24 September 2026
Valid for
3 yearsAWS certification page, checked 24 September 2026
Retake
After 14 calendar daysAWS Certification FAQs, checked 24 September 2026
Passing score
Not published by AWSAWS states pass marks are set by statistical analysis, checked 24 September 2026
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What is AWS Data Engineer Associate?

AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate is the associate-level certification for the data side of AWS: ingestion and transformation, storage and modelling, operations and support, and the security and governance around a pipeline.

AWS requires no training and no prior certification. The exam is 65 questions in 130 minutes — the same shape as the Solutions Architect, Developer and SysOps associate exams.

Source: AWS — AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate. Checked 24 September 2026.

What AWS publishes, and what it does not

150 USD, 65 questions, 130 minutes, three years of validity, a 14-day wait after a failed attempt and results within five business days — all stated by AWS.

What AWS does not publish is the passing score. It states only that pass marks are set by statistical analysis, so any fixed figure comes from the exam guide document rather than the certification page. No pass rate and no salary data either, and this page states none.

Source: AWS — AWS Certification FAQs. Checked 24 September 2026.

Where can you find practice questions?

This site holds 900 practice questions for the exam. Every question shows all options, which one is correct, and why each of the others is wrong — on a data exam, the wrong answers are usually the service that would work at a different volume or latency.

What you will not find here are dumps. AWS states that it rotates exam questions regularly, so a leaked set ages quickly. These questions are written against AWS’s published exam guide instead.

Because AWS publishes no pass mark, no practice percentage converts into an AWS score.

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What is AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate?

AWS’s associate-level certification for building and operating data pipelines on AWS. The exam is 65 questions in 130 minutes, costs 150 USD, and lasts three years. Source: AWS, checked 24 September 2026.

How much does the exam cost?

150 USD, with local prices following exchange rates, checked 24 September 2026.

What is the passing score?

AWS does not publish one. It states that pass marks are set by statistical analysis, checked 24 September 2026.

How many practice questions does Certsqill have?

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