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AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder Specialty Practice Exam

AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder – Specialty

About AWS Certified Alexa Skills Builder – Specialty

AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder – Specialty certification is intended for individuals who perform a role as an Alexa skill builder. It validates a candidate’s ability to build, test, and publish Amazon Alexa skills. The exam validates the candidates’ ability to –

• Explain the value of voice
• Design the user experience
• Design the architecture to build the skill
• Follow AWS and Alexa security best practices for the skill
• Develop, test, validate, and troubleshoot the skill
• Manage the skill-publishing process and work with the Alexa Developer Console
• Manage skill operations and life cycles

Recommended Amazon and AWS Knowledge

• At least 6 months of hands-on experience building Alexa skills using the Alexa Skills Kit, including skills that incorporate services from the AWS Cloud
• Proficiency with a programming language
• Published an Alexa skill

Content Outline

Domain 1: Voice-First Design Practices and Capabilities (14%)

1.1 Describe how users interact with skills

1.2 Map features and capabilities to use cases

Domain 2: Skill Design (24%)

2.1 Design and develop an interaction model

2.2 Design a multi-turn conversation

2.3 Use built-in intents and slots

2.4 Handle unexpected conversational requests or responses

2.5 Design multi-modal skills using one or more service interfaces (for example, audio, video, and gadgets)

Domain 3: Skill Architecture (14%)

3.1 Identify AWS services for extending Alexa skill functionality (Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon DynamoDB)

3.2 Use AWS Lambda to build Alexa skills

3.3 Follow AWS and Alexa security and privacy best practices

Domain 4: Skill Development (20%)

4.1 Implement in-skill purchasing and Amazon Pay for Alexa Skills

4.2 Use Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) for expression and MP3 audio

4.3 Implement state management

4.4 Implement Alexa service interfaces (audio player, video player, and screens)

4.5 Parse Alexa JSON requests and provide responses

Domain 5: Test, Validate, and Troubleshoot (18%)

5.1 Debug and troubleshoot using Amazon CloudWatch or other tools

5.2 Use the Alexa developer testing tools

5.3 Perform beta testing

5.4 Troubleshoot errors in the interaction model

Domain 6: Publishing, Operations, and Lifecycle Management (10%)

6.1 Describe the skill publishing process

6.2 Add and remove users in the developer console

6.3 Perform analysis of skill analytics in the developer console

6.4 Differentiate among the statuses/versions of skills (for example, In Development, In Certification, and Live)