AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01)

By SpyderMan · Updated Aug 9, 2026

CertificationAI Practitioner (AIF-C01)
Questions162
Passing Score70%
Format80% Multiple Choice
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Certification Summary

The AWS Certified AI Practitioner AIF-C01 is for cloud engineers, data analysts, and developers who manage model deployments within an existing infrastructure. You take this exam when your manager decides the team needs a generative interface for internal documentation and you need to understand the service constraints before the inevitable integration failure occurs.

The test balances model selection and training strategies, with Applications of Foundation Models, Fundamentals of GenAI, and Fundamentals of AI and ML accounting for nearly three-quarters of the content. The remaining questions address Guidelines for Responsible AI and Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions. You spend your time identifying which Amazon Bedrock configurations minimize data leakage while keeping latency within acceptable parameters for downstream service calls.

Topics covered

This quiz

Fundamentals of AI and ML32 (19.8%)
Fundamentals of Generative AI39 (24.1%)
Applications of Foundation Models45 (27.8%)
Guidelines for Responsible AI23 (14.2%)
Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions23 (14.2%)

Exam blueprint

Official domain weights for this certification.

Fundamentals of AI and ML20%
Fundamentals of GenAI24%
Applications of Foundation Models28%
Guidelines for Responsible AI14%
Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions14%
Fundamentals of AI and ML32 questions
  • AI/ML concepts and terminology6 q
  • ML problem types and use cases5 q
  • ML lifecycle and data concepts5 q
  • Inference, training, and evaluation concepts5 q
  • AWS AI/ML services and use cases5 q
  • Model selection and business considerations6 q
Fundamentals of Generative AI39 questions
  • Generative AI concepts and terminology7 q
  • Foundation models and model selection6 q
  • Prompt engineering7 q
  • Context, grounding, and RAG concepts5 q
  • Generative AI applications and use cases5 q
  • Model evaluation and output quality5 q
  • AWS generative AI capabilities4 q
Applications of Foundation Models45 questions
  • Foundation-model application architecture6 q
  • Amazon Bedrock capabilities and use cases8 q
  • Prompt engineering techniques6 q
  • RAG and knowledge grounding6 q
  • Fine-tuning/customization5 q
  • Model evaluation and selection5 q
  • Agents, orchestration, and application patterns5 q
  • Generative AI application tradeoffs4 q
Guidelines for Responsible AI23 questions
  • Responsible AI principles5 q
  • Bias and fairness4 q
  • Transparency and explainability4 q
  • Privacy and data considerations3 q
  • Safety, robustness, and human oversight4 q
  • Responsible AI evaluation and governance3 q
Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions23 questions
  • AI security concepts and threats5 q
  • Data protection and privacy4 q
  • AWS security controls for AI workloads4 q
  • Compliance and regulatory considerations4 q
  • Governance, risk, and auditability3 q
  • Access control and operational safeguards3 q
Question catalog for this preview

Catalog listing of the 5 preview questions for this quiz.

Question 1

A fraud-detection API must return a risk score synchronously while a customer is waiting for a payment authorization decision. The request payload is small, and the response must be available within the transaction flow. Which inference pattern best fits the requirement?

Answer choices

  • A. Batch inference

  • B. Asynchronous inference

  • C. Real-time inference

  • D. Serverless inference

Question 2

A support application has predictable, sustained model traffic and a strict throughput target throughout business hours. The team is comparing on-demand model invocation with Amazon Bedrock Provisioned Throughput. Which analysis is most important before choosing the provisioned option?

Answer choices

  • A. Compare sustained request volume, required throughput and latency, commitment cost, and the on-demand alternative

  • B. Compare expected traffic variability and determine whether on-demand flexibility is more valuable than a capacity commitment

  • C. Measure the workload's input and output token profile because it affects usage cost and capacity planning

  • D. Choose the model with the highest parameter count because it will provide the most consistent throughput

Question 3

Match each responsible-AI evaluation activity with what it is intended to reveal. Each response is used once; two responses are unused.

Question 4

A team is creating a prompt for an assistant that summarizes a document for a specific audience. The first version produces inconsistent results because it does not identify the task, audience, source boundaries, or output format. Which revision best addresses the missing prompt components?

Answer choices

  • A. Add clear instructions, relevant context, source boundaries, audience, and output requirements

  • B. Add a few examples while leaving the audience and source boundaries implicit

  • C. Use a reusable prompt template but leave the required output format open-ended

  • D. Add retrieved background documents without specifying how they relate to the task

Question 5

Match each AI safety or robustness concern with the most direct mitigation. Each response is used once; two responses are unused.