# AWS Cloud Administration (Core) Assessment

## Description
The AWS Cloud Administration (Core) assessment is designed to measure the knowledge and skills of job candidates and employees in essential AWS cloud service and account administration concepts, tools, and techniques, with a primary focus on evaluating the ability to support AWS cloud-based implementations and operations. The test covers key areas including AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon EC2 Instance Management, Amazon S3 Storage Management, Amazon VPC Networking, Monitoring and Alerting with Amazon CloudWatch, and Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling. It evaluates skills through a variety of question formats, including Essay Composition, Multiple Choice, and Multiple Correct Answer questions, with some questions featuring time limits to help prevent cheating and improve predictive performance. To further ensure academic integrity, questions are drawn from a large pool, and one or more questions are scored using artificial intelligence.

## Competencies Measures
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) (Free Text Responses)
- Amazon EC2 Instance Management
- Amazon EC2 Instance Management (Free Text Responses)
- Amazon S3 Storage Management
- Amazon VPC Networking
- Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling
- Monitoring and Alerting with Amazon CloudWatch

## Metadata
- **Duration:** 19.0 Minutes
- **Language:** English (US)
- **Type:** Skills/Knowledge Assessment (Test)
- **Last Updated:** June 30, 2026

## Catalog Link
View additional details or to administer the assessment to a candidate here:
[View in Online Test Catalog](https://www.hravatar.com/ta/tests/9663/aws-cloud-administration-core.html)