The aws certified sysops administrator is an exam that is taken to evaluate and validate the practical expertise in management, operation and deployment. The main idea of this associate exam that one must need to understand is:
Implementation and regulation of flow of data to and from the AWS system
Management, operations and deployment of accessible, high available and error tolerate system on aws
Shifting on existing applications to AWS
Selection of right aws based services to determine data and security needs
Identification and perfect utilization of AWS operation practice
Estimate utilization cost of aws and identification of operational cost to control mechanism
It is important for you to understand that who is eligible to give aws associate exam, the eligibility criteria is listed below:
The person must have at least 1 year experience of handling and operating AWS applications
The person should have ability to classify and collect requirements to outline a resolution to be assembled and operated on AWS
The person should have some experience in operating and maintaining system that is to be run on AWS
The candidate must be capable enough to provide aws deployment and operation guidelines and good practices during the lifecycle of a project
There are a lot of aws courses you will find on internet especially on amazon. You can have a dummy test to judge and prepare yourself for the upcoming exams.  The aws associate exam is multiple choice questions exam. The total time require to complete the test is about eight minutes. The exam is available in different languages that include Japanese, Brazilian, Portuguese, English and Chinese.  If you are willing to give a practice exam, the fee for the practice exam is about 20 dollars but for exam registration, it is 150 dollars for each exam.