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AWS Certified AI Practitioner
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AIF-C01 is the exam for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification, for people who use AI and ML solutions on AWS without necessarily building them. The exam has 65 questions in 90 minutes, costs $100 and takes 700 of 1,000 to pass.
Sources: certification page, exam guide, exam guide revisions
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Edition 1.0, October 2026
The AIF-C01 exam has 65 questions in 90 minutes. 50 count toward your score. The other 15 are unscored, and AWS does not mark which ones they are.
Sources: AWS certification page, AWS exam guide
Multiple choice
One correct answer out of four options.
Multiple response
Two or more correct answers out of five or more options. You must select all of them.
Ordering
A list of 3 to 5 responses. Select the correct ones and put them in the correct order.
Matching
Match a list of responses to 3 to 7 prompts. Every pair must be right.
Unanswered questions
Scored as incorrect. There is no penalty for guessing.
Source: AWS exam guide
The AIF-C01 exam costs $100. AWS says additional costs and exchange rates may apply.
Each retake costs the full fee, after a wait of 14 days from a failed attempt. There is no limit on attempts.
Sources: AWS certification page, AWS Certification FAQ
The AIF-C01 passing score is 700, on a scaled score from 100 to 1,000.
Scoring is compensatory. There is no minimum per domain, so a strong domain can make up for a weak one. The general AWS Certification FAQ says passing scores are not published; the AIF-C01 exam guide gives 700.
Sources: AWS exam guide, AWS Certification FAQ
The AIF-C01 exam covers five domains. Applications of Foundation Models is the largest, at 28% of scored content. Fundamentals of Generative AI is 24%, Fundamentals of AI and ML is 20%, and Guidelines for Responsible AI and Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions are 14% each.
Source: AWS exam guide
D120%
Fundamentals of AI and ML
D224%
Fundamentals of Generative AI
D328%
Applications of Foundation Models
D414%
Guidelines for Responsible AI
D514%
Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions
Study guide chapters
Ten chapters. Chapters 3 to 7 follow the five exam domains and are weighted like the exam.
Look inside the study guide
Three pages of the Edition 1.0 study guide: the contents, a worked figure and the first page of a domain chapter.
The exam facts, the change log and 5 sample questions are free on this site. The domain chapters, the 2026 service changes, the final review and the two 65-question practice exams are in the bundle.
| Item | Free on this site | In the bundle |
|---|---|---|
| Exam facts and change log | Yes, with links to AWS sources | Chapter 1 of the study guide sums up the exam's format and scoring. |
| 5 sample questions | Yes | No. None of the 5 appear in the practice exams. |
| Domain chapters (chapters 3 to 7) | No | Yes, in the study guide |
| AWS services renamed or closed to new customers in 2026 | No | Yes, chapter 2 of the study guide |
| Final review and scenario table | No | Yes, chapter 8 of the study guide |
| Two 65-question practice exams with answer keys | No | Yes, Practice Exams 1 and 2 |
No, the AIF-C01 bundle is not official. Overqual is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Amazon Web Services. Amazon Web Services, AWS, AWS Certified, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Q, Kiro and other AWS marks are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, used here only to refer to the products and exam described. For official facts, read the AWS certification page and the exam guide.
No, the AIF-C01 bundle contains no exam questions, and every practice question is original.
AWS's free pages set out what the AIF-C01 exam covers. The AIF-C01 bundle adds a 54-page study guide that covers every exam domain, and two practice exams with 130 original questions, every answer explained. When AWS revises the exam, a new edition follows if the changes warrant it, included while your access lasts.
Updates to the AIF-C01 bundle arrive as new editions. Every bundle includes 6 months of access: download the PDFs, and any new editions, until 6 months after your purchase date. Download each new edition at overqual.com/download with the license key from your receipt email. The change log on the exam facts page says what changed.
No. Sales of the AIF-C01 bundle are final, because downloaded PDFs cannot be returned. Read the free exam facts and try the 5 free sample questions first. If a download fails or you paid twice by mistake, contact Overqual to have the download fixed or the second payment refunded.
Edition 1.0 follows version 1.1 of the AIF-C01 exam guide and the AWS services as they stand in October 2026. AWS has announced no AIF-C02.
The AIF-C01 study guide explains both types. The practice exams present ordering and matching items as multiple choice, for example 'which sequence is correct'.
Three PDFs, 104 pages: the study guide and two practice exams.
In scope for AIF-C01: Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker AI, the managed AI services such as Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Lex, the agent and builder tools added in 2026, and a set of data, security and governance services. You should know what each one is for. You are not expected to configure them. AWS calls the list non-exhaustive and subject to change.
Source: AWS in-scope services page
Amazon Q Developer closed to new sign-ups on May 15, 2026, and Kiro is its successor. Amazon Q Business is closed to new customers, and AWS points them to Amazon Quick.
SageMaker Clarify, Model Monitor, Ground Truth and Augmented AI have been closed to new customers since Jul 30, 2026. None of them is on the live in-scope list.
For AIF-C01, AWS's exam guide change log and its live exam guide pages say different things.
Says version 1.1 added Amazon Q to the in-scope list and named SageMaker Clarify in the explainability objective.
List Amazon Quick and Kiro with no Amazon Q, and do not name SageMaker Clarify.
The service list on this page follows the live exam guide pages.
The AIF-C01 exam is delivered at a Pearson VUE test center or online with a proctor, in ten languages. The Italian and German versions were retired after Oct 15, 2026.
Sources: AWS certification page, AWS testing policies
AWS has not announced an AIF-C02 or a retirement date for AIF-C01. AWS publishes exam guide updates about one month before they reach the exam.
Three changes so far. Newest first.
To watch AWS directly, see the exam guide revisions page. AWS publishes guide updates about one month before they reach the exam.
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