# AWS Cloud Administration (Core, Short) Assessment

## Description
The AWS Cloud Administration (Core) (Short) 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 supporting AWS cloud-based implementations and operations. The test evaluates 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 assesses skills through a variety of question types, including Essay Composition, Multiple Choice, and Multiple Correct Answer questions, with some questions featuring time limits to help prevent cheating and improve predictive performance. Questions are selected from a large pool to further reduce the risk of cheating, and one or more questions incorporate artificial intelligence in scoring to ensure accurate and objective evaluation of candidate responses.

## 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

## Metadata
- **Duration:** 14.0 Minutes
- **Language:** English (US)
- **Type:** Skills/Knowledge Assessment (Test)
- **Last Updated:** July 1, 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/9689/aws-cloud-administration-core-short.html)