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Last Updated on July 24, 2023 by Editorial Team
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Understanding Exam Expectations

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 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.
I was curious to find out how I would fare in the exam given my current knowledge… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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