About Course
This course teaches you the standards and guidelines for developing items for AWS Certification exams. It outlines the overall exam development process; defines your role in the process; identifies valid item types and their components; identifies and defines item-writing standards, guidelines, and best practices; and provides guidance for validating and defending exam items. Course level: Intermediate Duration: 150 minutes Activities This course includes presentations and assessments. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to: – Author psychometrically sound, legally defensible exam items (questions) – Identify cognitive levels and understand their relevance to exam objective – Author items that align to the appropriate exam level and cognitive level – Author items that align to the appropriate job role – Validate the technical accuracy of exam items Intended audience This course is intended for: – AWS technical subject matter experts – AWS Certification Exam Development program managers – AWS Certification Practice Exams program managers – AWS Certification technical architects Prerequisites We recommend that attendees of this course have: – A current, valid AWS certification – A minimum of two years of hands-on experience designing solutions, developing and deploying applications, and running or managing workloads on the AWS Cloud Course outline Module 1: Introduction Module 2: Certification Fundamentals – Exam security – Overview of the exam development process – The minimally qualified candidate (MQC) – The content outline – The exam guide Module 3: Standard Certification Considerations – Introduction – Characteristics of an effective exam – Characteristics of an effective item – Components of an item – Acceptable item types – Specific guidelines for item elements – Effective items: – Deep dive – Fairness Module 4: Cognitive Complexity and Job Roles – Introduction to cognitive complexity – Cognitive complexity by exam level – Writing items for roles Module 5: General Guidelines and Best Practices – Introduction – Question structure – Response options – Multiple-response item stems – Items about cost – Subjective qualifiers – Memorization – AWS focus – Portraying AWS in a negative light – Cues for keys – Trick questions – Testing, not teaching Module 6: Getting Started (4 slides) – Considerations – Conclusion
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