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AIP-C01 · Free study guide

AWS Certified Generative AI Developer · Professional

For developers who ship generative AI to production: choosing and integrating foundation models, retrieval, agents, safety controls, cost and evaluation.

Questions
75 (65 scored)
Time
180 minutes
Passing score
750 / 1000
Level
Professional

What the exam covers

Domains and key topics

Domain 131% of the exam

Foundation Model Integration, Data Management, and Compliance

  • Designing GenAI solutions from requirements
  • Choosing and configuring foundation models
  • Data pipelines and vector stores for retrieval
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Bedrock Knowledge Bases
  • Prompt engineering, prompt management and governance
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Domain 226% of the exam

Implementation and Integration

  • Agents and tool use with Amazon Bedrock Agents
  • Model deployment options: on-demand, provisioned throughput, SageMaker endpoints
  • Enterprise integration patterns and FM APIs
  • Developer tools: SDKs, Amazon Q Developer
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Domain 320% of the exam

AI Safety, Security, and Governance

  • Input and output controls with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
  • Data security and privacy: encryption, PII handling, private connectivity
  • Governance and compliance for AI systems
  • Responsible AI principles in practice
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Domain 412% of the exam

Operational Efficiency and Optimization for GenAI Applications

  • Cost: tokens, model choice, caching, batch inference
  • Latency and throughput optimization
  • Monitoring GenAI apps: invocation logging, CloudWatch metrics
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Domain 511% of the exam

Testing, Validation, and Troubleshooting

  • Evaluating models and RAG quality with Bedrock evaluations
  • Troubleshooting hallucinations, retrieval misses and prompt failures
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Know these well

Key AWS services

Amazon Bedrock

Foundation models through one managed API.

Bedrock Knowledge Bases

Managed RAG over your data.

Bedrock Agents

Multi-step tasks with tools and APIs.

Bedrock Guardrails

Filter harmful content and protect sensitive data.

Amazon SageMaker AI

Host and customize models yourself.

Amazon OpenSearch Service

Vector search for retrieval.

Amazon Q Developer

AI assistant for building on AWS.

AWS Lambda & Step Functions

Glue code and orchestration for GenAI apps.

Amazon CloudWatch

Invocation metrics, logs and alarms.

AWS KMS & IAM

Encryption and access control.

How to prepare

A simple study plan

  1. 1Read the official exam guide once, end to end.
  2. 2Build a small RAG app with Bedrock Knowledge Bases, then add a guardrail.
  3. 3Spend the most time on domain 1 (31%): model choice, retrieval and prompting.
  4. 4Learn the cost and latency levers for each deployment option.
  5. 5Take a full 180-minute practice exam to build stamina, then review every explanation.

Always check the official AIP-C01 exam guide ↗ for the current version of the exam.

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