Introduction

In this article, I will describe how I prepared for the AWS Certified Machine Learning — Specialty exam. I will share the materials I used and my thoughts about their usefulness.

Note that I sat for the exam in July 2020. At that time, the exam guide was at version 1.2 MLS-C01.

The Journey

Understanding Exam Expectations

The first thing I did was to read the exam guide to figure out things like examinable content, exam format, passing marks, etc. This document was very helpful in identifying gaps in my knowledge.

Assessing Exam Readiness

I was curious to find out how I would fare in the exam given my current knowledge of the various AWS services. So I purchased the practice exam to find out. This was a bad decision in hindsight.

The practice exam will tell you your final score and its breakdown by domain but it will not give you feedback on questions you got wrong. Furthermore, you cannot redo or review it at a later date.

You will need to look elsewhere if you intend to use the practice exam as a learning tool.

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