A few days ago, I passed the AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional (AIP-C01) exam. I want to share what I actually learned during preparation — not just a list of topics, but the reasoning patterns that this exam really tests.
I am a Technical Architect and an AWS Community Builder. I also teach cloud topics at universities in Colombia. So I came into this exam with both practical experience and teaching experience. But this exam still surprised me several times. That is exactly why I am writing this article.
What Kind of Exam Is This?
This is not a memorization exam. You will not pass by listing Amazon Bedrock services. The exam tests whether you can reason about trade-offs in real architectures.
Almost every question has a specific constraint that eliminates most of the options. Your job is to find that constraint first.
