AIP-C01 infographic: five domains weighted 31, 26, 20, 12 and 11 percent; 180 minutes, 75 questions, 750 pass score, 4 languages

AWS Generative AI Developer Professional (AIP-C01): Domains, Who It’s For, and How to Prep

October 16, 2026October 14, 2026

The AIP-C01 exam is the AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional. It tests whether you can put foundation models into production on AWS. It has five domains, and the largest one covers foundation model integration, data management and compliance at 31%. You get 180 minutes for 75 questions. To pass, you need a scaled score of 750 out of 1,000.

AIP-C01 domains and weights

According to the official AIP-C01 exam guide, the scored content splits like this:

Domain 1: Foundation Model Integration, Data Management, and Compliance (31%).
Domain 2: Implementation and Integration (26%).
Domain 3: AI Safety, Security, and Governance (20%).
Domain 4: Operational Efficiency and Optimization for GenAI Applications (12%).
Domain 5: Testing, Validation, and Troubleshooting (11%).

In practice, that means RAG, vector stores, knowledge bases, prompt engineering and agentic AI. You also need to optimize cost and performance, apply Responsible AI and evaluate models.

Who the exam is for

AWS targets developers with two or more years of building production-grade applications on AWS or with open-source tools. In addition, you should have general AI/ML or data engineering experience. You also need one year of hands-on work with generative AI solutions. However, model training, advanced ML techniques and feature engineering are out of scope.

No prior certification is required. Still, AWS suggests that the AI Practitioner or Machine Learning Engineer – Associate can help. For example, see our AWS AI Practitioner practice exam or the MLA practice exam.

Exam format at a glance

180 minutes, 75 multiple choice or multiple response questions.
65 questions are scored, and 10 unscored ones are mixed in.
Passing score: 750 on a 100–1,000 scale.
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese.
Delivery: Pearson VUE test center or online proctored.

Also, there is no penalty for guessing, so never leave a question blank. More details are on the official AWS certification page.

How to prepare

First, read the exam guide and map each domain to the services you know. Next, build a small RAG app with Amazon Bedrock. Then practise under exam timing. Our AIP-C01 practice exam covers all five domains. You can start with a $1 trial, which is deducted when you upgrade. Plus, every purchase includes a 14-day money-back guarantee.