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[24 graduates] Six months since I got a CLF. Since I got the SAA, I wrote the study method and the tips for passing.

Fucking samune

At the beginning

You can buy a pressure cooker.
It's a Shikoku office.

Recently, I have acquired AWS SAA qualifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Association).
So, this time, I wrote an article about how to study and answer questions for the exam.
It is more specific than the following CLF passed article.

[24th graduate] AWS Cloud Practitioner passing experience by new graduate [Shikoku Office]

study method

CLF , I wrote an article about various details about my mind and thinking.
However, this time, instead of explaining that it is a sloppy, I will specifically describe which site has passed and the concept of questions when answering questions.
The study step itself is the same as the CLF, so if you can see that point in the past, I think it will be some helpful.

This time, the site I used for the acquisition of SAA Ping-T .

I have used various reference books and Udemy courses, but I felt that this site was the easiest to study for SAA.
Member registration is required, but I think that it is a great strength to be free.
Of course, for those who are confident in skills and knowledge, learning at Ping-T, learning again from the basics, may take some time.

In that case, it is recommended that you refer to the link below and use another teaching material such as Udemy.
If you study the UDEMY problem collection in the link below, you will be solid.
However, it may be difficult for those who are uneasy or not confident to the actual test compared to the actual exams.

[7 times 455 questions] AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Mock Examination Questions (SAA-C03 version)

How to use

Ping-T has two functions: "free exercise" and "mock test" as shown in the image below.

The personal learning roadmap was as follows.

(1) In the " free exercise ", all fields are touched on the contents of the test range.
② Reconfirm knowledge according to the test format in Mock Exam

The proportion is about ①: ② = 3: 7.
It is not bad to put the specific gravity in ①, including the meaning of the foundation, but
① has no time limit, so it is personally recommended because ② with a time limit can be assumed to be an actual test.

From here, I will describe my recommended settings for each study method.

Free exercise

For "free exercises", I did the following settings.

"Questions target": "Uncreteded"
"Problem range": "Check all fields"
"number of questions": "10 questions"

I think the number of questions depends on the personal capacity.
I couldn't stand the questions I didn't understand, so I decided to set up to 10 questions with a low load and focus on it.

However, 10 questions a day feel unsatisfactory.
As I studied, I thought as follows.
"Because of the large number of problems, when I finished solving everything, I forget the problem I touched first."
So I tried to do 10 questions x 5 sets.

 

After touching all problems, if you are confident, proceed to the next study, "Mock Exam."
If you are not confident, we recommend that you do this "free exercise" several times.

However, as a personal reflection, the weight of "free exercise" has been put, so the number of days to the actual exam has become longer than expected.
Looking back, I think that it would be clearer to learn while thinking in the "mock test", and the usefulness and differences of each service will be clearer through answers, and it will be in mind.

mock exam

The setting of "Mock test" was set in the following settings.

"Questions order": "In order of question date and time"
"target questions": "All fields"

Regarding the "question target", I think that there is no problem with another "[test level] design based on Well-ArchitEcted Framework".
I myself chose "all fields" because I don't want to be able to answer in the face of difficult problems such as poking the corner of the box.

Also, in the "mock test", you can only take the wrong problem after the test so that you can look back on the wrong questions.
At first, it takes time to take this "mock test", and I don't think there is much time to spend on the FB after that.

However, I think that by solving the wrong problem after the test, such as "Hit the iron while hot," you can increase the correct answer rate.
Therefore, it is recommended that you use a lot of concentration, but to solve the wrong problem after the "mock test" along with the commentary.

Tips for solving

However, there are individual differences in the study method.
Therefore, in this article, I will describe the tips for answering questions in the exam.

Of course, there is no way
to derive the correct answer based on knowledge and experience Nevertheless, just knowing the tips to be explained next, you can use it not only for the exam but also for studying for the previous stage.
As a result, knowing this tips may increase the speed of learning.
Although there are individual differences, I myself feel that using this tips has increased the depth of learning.

 

In the first place, the perception of CLF and SAA in me is as follows.

The CLF hits the ingredients themselves as they are as they are .
The problem of SAA to propose appropriate dishes from the ingredients given .

After all, if you say "Knowledge Game", it is until then.
However, SAA is not a problem that asks simple knowledge compared to CLF, but many problems that take the right answer from the information presented.

So, if you think, "I could afford CLF, SAA would be easy with a similar study method!" Or "If you memorize all the answers, you can afford it!"
In fact, I couldn't hide the surprise of the difficulty of this CLF and SAA issues, and my study did not progress easily.

If you are reading this article, if you feel "SAA is difficult" or "Is there a talent?"
You're not just you. I felt the same as you.

From now on, we will specifically describe each tips.

Elimination method

It's hard to say from the first shot, but
after all, erase unnecessary options.
In other words, I think the elimination method is the simplest and easiest way.

In the example, I will ask a problem with AWS Config.

Which of the following is the following?

For the answer, select one from the following fours.

It's not that difficult, so I don't think it's helpful, but the correct answer is " D ".
AWS Config is a service that manages and evaluates the settings of AWS resources.
This shows that D, which contains the words for AWS resources " and " check

If you want to explain it easily for gamers, when you open the setting screen, it is often displayed as "Config", right?

But what if you didn't even know the word about AWS Config?
I don't know which is the correct answer ... It's one way to go to a four -choice hit, but if you think about the options that explain other services, it may be easier to choose.
In this case, the options are "A", "B", and "C".

The choice "A" has some difficult content.
This is an explanation of the AWS CloudFormation service.
If you have acquired the CLF, you can understand what is written, but if you express the contents of this problem in an easy -to -understand manner, it will be as follows.
Basically, if it is written as

Next is the option "B".
This is an explanation about AWS Cost Explorer.
As the name of Cost Explorer shows, it is related to the price, which is an inappropriate option.

The content I'm writing is a bit scary, but this is an explanation about Amazon Cloudwatch Logs.
"Contact to administrators" is one of the functions of CloudWatch, and in addition to "the content of the log ~", it can be understood that it corresponds to this service.

 

I explained for a long time,

Exclude options that explain what is clearly different when you don't know words or problems.

This is the first trick.

 

Frequent appearance of options

This is a method of guessing from the frequency of words in the answer, as the name implies.
This approach is a common method that is often seen not only in AWS but also in tests that students take.

I will give an example.

problem

Companies operate order application applications composed of multiple EC2 instances in the Auto Scaling Group.
The order is dispersed in the components for ordering processing via Amazon SQS, and the processing results are returned.
Companies have signed a service level agreement (SLA), which sets the time from receiving an order to the result, but takes the time when the order is concentrated.
Which of the solution architect recommends as an improvement measure?

Choice

long!

The problem and options are too long.
However, this level is less than a jab considering the actual test.

By the way, the answer is "A".

Let's use the above technique immediately.
Let's see the answer again

Do you notice anything?

"A", "B", and "C" have a description of scaling!

In this case, one of the A, C, D, which contains "scaling", is often the correct answer because many "scaling" appear in the four options.

Of course, there are exceptions, but in this case it is one of the options.
The reason is that the question includes the words "SQS", and "the upper limit of time" and "Auto Scaling Group" are included.

I will not write in detail why B is different, so please check it yourself.

Besides,

  1. In A, do α
  2. In b, do α
  3. In A, β
  4. C and γ

In the case of the option 1 containing A and α is often the correct answer.
However, it is only "many", and there are naturally exceptions.
When I actually took the exam, I had the impression that there were many exceptions.

By the way, if you summarize the problem, it will be as follows.
  • The Auto Scaling Group uses numerous EC2 instances.
  • Distributed processing is performed using SQS, but it takes time to process.
  • How can I solve the above problems?
It's been longer, but what I want to say here
Focus on the options of the correct answer to some extent from the frequent answers
That is.

Binding with keywords

This is easy.
This is a method of guessing from the words you have studied.
There are no specific examples, but there are as follows.
Kinesis handles real -time and streaming data.
Nevertheless, there are various types of Kinesis series.
  • Those that incorporate video data
  • Delivered to storage and databases
  • Things to process, visualize and analyze
  • What collects data
Study on various names related to Kinesis individually.
What I want to say here is

, Cooking keywords often answer the relevant options.

That's what it means.

Study a lot and do your best to link words.
Just remembering the words can reduce extra options, so please do your best.

Judge from the meeting

Which one that explains the host zone correctly (two selections)
A: CNAME record cannot be registered in the public host zone
B: In the private host zone, DNS queries from outside the VPC can be solved
C: In the public host zone, DNS queries from inside the VPC do not resolve the name
d: private host In the zone, manage the DNS record of the domain published in the VPC
E: The public host zone manages the DNS record of the domain released outside the VPC such as the Internet.
The above question is that the public host zone + private host zone is a complete set.
Therefore, when the problem is divided, the correct answer is as follows.
  • One of "A", "C", and "E" descriptions about the "public host zone".
  • One of "B" and "D" describing "Private Host Zone".
It is often the case.

Of course, there are exceptions, so be careful because this judgment is proportional to the amount of personal study.

However, basically, in the above -mentioned "two options" problems, I think that it is often the "two patterns" rather than the biased correct answer.

Exclude things that are impossible

Some of the problems have the options to write something obviously inappropriate.

not a so -called "incorrect answer" but an answer " absolute Akan ".
The following are the following:

I am trying to do
Lambda more than 15 minutes . ・I am trying to perform verification work using
the production environment・I am trying to collect
manually・ Let's predict demand and reduce resources change. Be

These can only be avoided by knowing "Overview of Various Services" and "Well-ArchitEcted Framework".
Let's do our best to avoid the " absolute Akan

In the exam

Naturally, the difficulty of SAA's problem is more difficult than CLF.
While working on difficult problems, you may lose your position.

"How much is this qualification now?"

How much study can you meet the level of qualifications?" Is it not enough? "

As you continue to study, such questions often cross your head.
In this state, the motivation may be reduced because the path to the purpose is not clear.
The spiciness of moving around in the darkness is hard to do with your tongue.

In such a case, we recommend that you take the test once and take the exam.
I myself did not pass SAA in one shot, but I passed the second exam.

The first exam was taken to confirm my current level, and it was not a discarded stone, but I came with an image like a limit test.

I took the exam with the feeling that "I want to try how much my level is," and
"This is the exam to reinforce the missing parts."

If you have enough money, we recommend that you try it out for a certain period of time and try it out when your motivation begins to decrease.

However, you need to be careful when taking the SAA exam, as Eiichi Shibuzawa and Shintaburo Kitasato will travel about two sets!

 

However, we do not recommend
taking the exam with such a mind Although it is a touchstone instead of a discarded stone, it is still a backward mind.
If you are reading this article, we recommend that you never give up during the time limit and review the problem.

Surprisingly, my first exam was not bad.
It was the last score that I could pass if I had one or two questions.
I couldn't switch to this, saying, "I knew what I was missing, and I couldn't help but stick to it anymore."
If you didn't give up until the end, you might have passed.

For those who are reading this article.
You can get a higher score than you think, so don't give up until the end, even if you are not confident.

summary

This time I got SAA, so I wrote an article about what I thought when I passed.
Next, I'm going to aim to get the SOA (Certified Sysops Administrator -Association).
Or you may get the GOLD qualification for Ruby that you gave up.

Anyway, if you get some qualification next time, I will write an article.

Thank you for reading to the end.

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