AWS Final

Which of the following is NOT a type of EC2 purchase plan? A. Virtual-Only B. Reserved C. On-Demand D. Spot

A. Virtual-Only

Where are Availability Zones located? (Select the best answer.) A. in Regions B. in Databases C. in Fault Zones D. in Edge locations

A. in Regions

Which of the following are services found in the AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance category? (Select 3.) AWS Redshift AWS Shield AWS Organizations AWS Cognito AWS CodeFormation AWS Virtual Private Cloud

AWS Shield AWS Organizations AWS Cognito

Which of the following are services found in the AWS Networking and Content Delivery category? (Select 3.) AWS Transit Gateway AWS Simple Storage Service AWS Route 53 AWS Relational Database Service Elastic Load Balancing AWS Elastic Block Storage

AWS Transit Gateway AWS Route 53 Elastic Load Balancing

True or False? Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broad set of application services over the internet. You own the network-connected hardware required for these services and Amazon Web Services provisions what you need.

False

True or false? The AWS Fee Estimator and TCO Calculators are two examples of cost calculators found in AWS.

False

What two support plans offer response times of 1 hour or less? (Choose two.) Developer Business Basic Enterprise

Business Enterprise

From which of the following can you access S3 data? (Select the best answer.) A. The AWS Command Line Interface B. The AWS Management Console C. You can access S3 data from all of these options D. SDKs

C. You can access S3 data from all of these options

True or False, AWS currently has three types of Load Balancers, being ALBs, NLBs, and CLBs?

True

True or False, AWS is responsible for security OF the cloud.

True

True or False, Amazon's flexible access control policies allow you to specify who can access EBS volumes?

True

True or False, Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible database service?

True

True or False, fault tolerance refers to infrastructure that has built-in component redundancy and elasticity and scalability refer to dynamically adjusting resource capabilities based upon requirements.

True

True or False, key pairs authenticate access to your EC2 instances.

True

True or False, running applications from a region in the United States will lead to higher latency for customers accessing the application from Singapore than running them from the Asia Pacific region.

True

True or False, the AWS Well-Architected Framework has 5 pillars?

True

True or False, you can use the Scan operation to find items in a DynamoDB, if not using the primary key?

True

True or False, you must specify the minimum and maximum number of instances in each Auto Scaling Group, as well as a desired capacity?

True

True or false? To receive the discounted rate associated with Reserved Instances, you must make a full, upfront payment for the term of the agreement (Select the best answer.)

False

True or False, Auto Scaling helps maintain application availability by allowingh you to scale EC2 instances in or out automatically, based upon conditions you define?

True

True or False, Containers DO NOT contain an entire OS, because they are smaller than VMs?

True

True or False, DynamoDB is a NoSQL database solution, often used with IoT data?

True

True or False, NoSQL databases like DynamoDB are great for scaling to hundreds of thousands of requests and are best suited to hold session states for ecommerce web apps?

True

True or False, Operation excellence, security, and cost optimization are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

True

True or False, Regions have at least 2 AZs within them.

True

True or False, Reserved Instances provide cost savings when committing to running instances full time, while On-Demand instances provide flexibility to handle traffic spikes?

True

True or False, Route 53 and Elastic IP addresses are two services or tools that make incredible levels of high availability possible in AWS?

True

True or False, S3 is suitable for storing Microsoft Word files?

True

True or False, Spot Instances are a pricing model in AWS for instances that allow you to bid on the availability capacity?

True

True or False, a Dedicated Host ensures that your EC2 instance will NOT share a physical host with instances from other customers?

True

True or False, a Security Group acts as a virtual firewall for instances to control traffic coming into and leaving your resources.

True

True or False, a highly available system is always available, even without human intervention?

True

True or False, assuming everything will fail is a principle when designing a cloud-based system?

True

True or False, both ELBs and EC2 Auto Scaling help applications scale up and down based upon demand?

True

True or False, data on an EBS volume is automatically replicated within an AZ while also being persistent (i.e. existing even when the instance is stopped).

True

True or False, examples of security IN the cloud includes security group configurations, encrypting data both at rest and in transit, and strong password policies for user accounts.

True

True or False, experimenting freely and often is a design principle in the Performance Efficiency pillar?

True

True or False, the AWS root user account can be used to change AWS Support Plans.

True

True or False, the maximum size IP address range that you can have in one VPC is /16.

True

True or False, you can configure security groups to control access to your instances on specific ports?

True

True or False, you can protect data by creating point-in-time snapshots of EBS volumes, backed up to S3 for durability?

True

True or False, you can use EFS to implement storage for EC2 instances that multiple VMs can all access at the same time?

True

True or False, you should use an Application Load Balancer when you have to support traffic for a containerized application?

True

True or False? AWS owns and maintains the network-connected hardware required for application services, while you provision and use what you need.

True

True or false, as AWS grows, the cost of doing business is reduced and savings get passed back to customers through Economies of Scale optimization.

True

Fill in the blank: The ability for a system to remain in operation even if something goes wrong or fails is called ______. (Select the best answer.) A. Reliability B. Durability C. Fault Tolerance D. Availability

C. Fault Tolerance

Which of the following is not a major contributor to the agility that AWS provides? A. Experimentation B. Speed C. Governance D. The culture of innovation

C. Governance

What is the default setting for S3 storage visibility? (Select the best answer.) A. None of the above B. Viewable by AWS only C. Not viewable by the Public D. Viewable by the Public

C. Not viewable by the Public

Which of these is NOT a benefit of cloud computing over on-premises computing? (Select the best answer.) A. Eliminate guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs B. Increase speed and agility C. Pay for racking, stacking, and powering servers D. Benefit from massive economies of scale E. Trade capital expense for variable expense

C. Pay for racking, stacking, and powering servers

What is a main functionality of EBS in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. Receiving and streaming date from IoT devices. B. Making files and videos available to massive number of users. C. Providing serverless compute resources. D. Acting as a boot volume for an EC2 Instance.

D. Acting as a boot volume for an EC2 Instance.

Fill in the blank: RDS provides you ____ database engines to choose from on AWS. (Select the best answer.) A. 7 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6

D. 6

Which AWS Service helps provide insights and advice to reduce cost, increase performance, and improve security in your environment? (Select the best answer.) A. AWS CloudWatch B. AWS Cognito C. AWS Lambda D. AWS Trusted Advisor

D. AWS Trusted Advisor

Which of the following services does AWS always offer at no charge to customers? A. RDS B. EBS C. EC2 D. S3 E. Amazon VPC

E. Amazon VPC

Which of the following are laws and regulatory bodies that AWS follows? (Select three.) EU Data Protection Directive HIPAA SAT My Number Act (Singapore) IHOP FERPA

EU Data Protection Directive HIPAA FERPA

True or False, CloudWatch is under the Provisioning category of management options.

False

True or False, EBS is recommended when data must be quickly accessible and when NO encryption is needed.

False

True or False, RDS does NOT automatically patch up the database software, because you must do this manually yourselves?

False

True or False, RDS is the best database service for fast performance, fast scalability, and flexibility in a database schema?

False

True or False, Redis is a fully managed data warehouse service on AWS?

False

True or False, a Vault is a container for storing archives in S3 - Standard Access?

False

True or False, it is advised to provision resources across ALL Availability Zones when looking to save money.

False

True or False, it is advised to spend money freely in an attempt to solve IT problems?

False

True or False, orchestration leads to the benefit of not having to experiment in AWS.

False

True or False, the best method to add an additional layer of login security to a user account is to enable AWS CloudTrail.

False

True or False, the smallest size subnet that you can have in Amazon VPC is a /24 subnet.

False

True or False, traceability is one of the four areas of the Performance Efficiency pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Frameworks?

False

True or False, you CANNOT move large volumes of data into or out of S3 with Amazon's cloud data migration options?

False

True or False, you cannot use CloudWatch to monitor your EC2 instances in AWS?

False

True or False, you must specify an AMI, instance type, and EFS volumes when creating an Auto Scaling launch configuration?

False

True or False, you should use a Network Load Balancer for HTTPS requests?

False

True or False, you should use an Application Load Balancer when you have unpredictable TCP traffic?

False

True or False, you utilize CloudTrail to send alerts based upon CloudWatch alarms?

False

What is the very popular "as a Service" model that permits a cloud provider to make applications available that are typically accessible from anywhere? A. SaaS B. IaaS C. GaaS D. PaaS

A. SaaS

What do you require in order to allow a private subnet to access the internet? (Select the best answer.) A. A NAT Gateway B. A route table C. None of the above D. Security Groups

A. A NAT Gateway

Which of the following are services found in the AWS Management and Governance category? (Select 3.) AWS CloudTrail AWS GovCloud AWS Kinesis AWS Trusted Advisor AWS Manager AWS Config

AWS CloudTrail AWS Trusted Advisor AWS Config

Which of these are ways to access AWS core services? (Choose three.) Technical support calls AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) AWS Marketplace Software Development Kits (SDKs) AWS Management Console

AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) Software Development Kits (SDKs) AWS Management Console

Which of the following are services found in the Database category (Select 3.) Amazon RFS Amazon Eclipse Amazon RDS Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Dynamite Database Amazon Aurora

Amazon RDS Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Aurora

Fill in the blank: A _____ must be configured on a load balancer to expect incoming traffic. (Select the best answer.) A. A port B. A listener C. An NACL D. An SG

B. A listener

Which is NOT a major category of the AWS discussion forums? A. Amazon Web Services B. AWS Security Alerts C. German Forums D. AWS Startups

B. AWS Security Alerts

What does the following definition describe in AWS? (Select the best answer.) "Something that provides the information required to launch an instance, which must be specified when launching that instance" A. Amazon Instance Store B. Amazon Machine Image (AMI) C. Amazon CloudFormation D. Amazon ISO File

B. Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Edge locations are a component of the AWS Global Infrastructure. Which service uses edge locations to ensure low-latency delivery of images, videos, and cached content? (Select the best answer.) A. EC2 B. CloudFront C. S3 D. CodeFormation

B. CloudFront

Which service is able to collect metrics from other popular services, such as EC2 and RDS? (Select the best answer.) A. CloudAlert B. CloudWatch C. CloudTrail D. CloudFront

B. CloudWatch

Which of the following is a category of an AWS account that AWS Trusted Advisor provides insight on? (Select the best answer.) A. Elasticity B. Cost Optimization C. Scalability D. High Availablilty

B. Cost Optimization

Which of the following should you consider when selecting a database type? (Select the best answer.) A. Storage class B. Data size C. None of the above D. Instance tier

B. Data size

Which of the following is NOT one of the categories of IT security controls in the AWS Shared Responsibility Model? (Select the best answer.) A. Inherited B. Deferred C. Shared D. AWS Specific

B. Deferred

What is the main "virtual machine" creation technology available in AWS? A. S3 B. EC2 C. Route 53 D. RDS

B. EC2

Which of the following is NOT an example of a service that is always free? A. CloudFormation B. EC2 C. IAM D. Auto Scaling

B. EC2

Where should firewalling be accomplished in your web hosting design in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. Only at the perimeter B. Everywhere! C. Only at the core D. Nowhere

B. Everywhere!

Which of the following is NOT an example of a client responsibility in the AWS Shared Responsibility Model? (Select the best answer.) A. Authenticating data integrity B. Host software virtualization C. Patching a guest OS D. Protecting customer data

B. Host software virtualization

In what scope must the name of an S3 bucket be unique? (Select the best answer.) A. It does NOT have to be unique at all. B. It must be unique worldwide because no two buckets in AWS can have the same name. C. It must be unique within an account on AWS. D. It must be unique within one AZ on AWS.

B. It must be unique worldwide because no two buckets in AWS can have the same name.

Which of the following can be applied at the subnet level for additional security in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. Proxy servers B. NACLs C. Security Groups D. A firewall

B. NACLs

How long is the AWS free tier available for by default? (Select the best answer.) A. 150 days B. One year C. 2 years D. 36 months

B. One year

Fill in the Blank: When you create a bucket in S3, it is associated with a specific _____ . (Select the best answer.) A. AZ B. Region C. Subnet D. Edge Location

B. Region

Fill in the blank: A measurement of your system's ability to provide functionality whenever the user desires is called _________. (Select the best answer.) A. Availability B. Reliability C. Performance Efficiency D. Fault Tolerance

B. Reliability

What S3 category of storage is used for archiving and is generally considered the cheapest option in S3? (Select the best answer.) A. S3 Intelligent Tiering B. S3 Glacier C. S3 One Zone - IA D. S3 Standard

B. S3 Glacier

Which of the following is not an S3 tier of storage? (Select the best answer.) A. S3 Glacier Deep Archive B. S3 Tundra C. S3 Glacier D. S3 One Zone - Infrequent Access

B. S3 Tundra

How many IP addresses are reserved in a CIDR block of 10.0.1.0/24, given that 256 total IP addresses are initially available? (Select the best answer.) A. 10 B. 2 C. 5 D. 1

C. 5

What is the effect of orchestrating in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. An alignment of all required tasks in an execution environment that is independent. B. An environment that can be replicated easily on any public cloud platform. C. A consolidated workflow. D. Architecture that does not have errors.

C. A consolidated workflow.

Which of the following is not feature of EBS? (Select the best answer.) A. Encryption B. Elasticity C. All of these are features of EBS. D. Snapshot

C. All of these are features of EBS.

Which is not a fundamental cost in AWS? A. Compute B. Storage C. Data transfer in D. Data transfer out

C. Data transfer in

There are several methods to access AWS, and management tools within AWS. Which of the following methods are valid? (Select three.) Start Menu Command Line Interface Visiting Amazon.com Software Development Kits The AWS Management Console Downloading the AWS Configuration software package

Command Line Interface Software Development Kits The AWS Management Console

Which of the following are use cases for ELBS? (Select 3.) Containerized applications Automatically adding or deleting AWS accounts Hybrid environments Increasing storage space in S3 Invoking Lambda functions over HTTP(s)

Containerized applications Hybrid environments Invoking Lambda functions over HTTP(s)

Fill in the blanks: RDS is great for applications that require complex ______ or complex _____. (Select the best answer.) A. First blank: Storage Second blank: Keys B. First blank: Transactions Second blank: Queries C. First blank: Transactions Second blank: Instances D. First blank: Items Second blank: Queries

D. First blank: Transactions Second blank: Queries

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of AWS under their Shared Responsibility Model? (Select the best answer.) A. Ensuring services are up and running in all regions around the globe B. Maintaining data center access C. Ensuring the global architecture is secure D. Patching custom EC2 server instances

D. Patching custom EC2 server instances

What are the two types of access that is granted to users, when an IAM policy is created? (Select the best answer.) A. Institutional and Educational Access B. Management Console and Administrative Access C. Administrative and User Access D. Programmatic and Management Console Access

D. Programmatic and Management Console Access

Although considered an older and outgoing implementation, what protocols does CLB support? (Select 3.) HTTPS IP RDP SSL DNS TCP

HTTPS SSL TCP

Which of the following are NOT benefits of AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two.) High latency High availability Fault-tolerant databases Temporary and disposable resources Multiple procurement cycles

High latency Multiple procurement cycles

Economies of scale result from _____. (Select the best answer to fill in the blank.) I. having to invest heavily in data centers and servers. II. having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud. III. having many different cloud providers. IV. having hundreds of cloud services available over the internet.

II. having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud.

Which of the following are assurance programs that AWS adheres to? (Select three.) SEC 7 MTA ISO 9001 DDoS SOC 1 FedRAMP

ISO 9001 SOC 1 FedRAMP

Which of the following are advantages of S3? (Select 3.) High Latency Integrated Scalable Durable High Cost MySQL compatible

Integrated Scalable Durable

Select the correct statements about AWS KMS (Select three.) KMS can be used to assess resources utilization KMS stands for Key Management Service KMS can be used to manage encryption keys and control their usage across a wide range of AWS services KMS can be used to audit the configuration of AWS resources KMS is a type of storage tier in S3 KMS can be used to create and store encryption keys

KMS stands for Key Management Service KMS can be used to manage encryption keys and control their usage across a wide range of AWS services KMS can be used to create and store encryption keys

Select all of the open source in-memory caching engines that ElastiCashe supports. (Select 2.) Memcached Redis RDS Redshift

Memcached Redis

Which of the following frameworks does AWS adhere to? (Select three.) IT-Granular GxP (FDA 34 CPR Part 12) NIST CIST FISMA MPAA

NIST FISMA MPAA

For certain services like Amazon Elastic Compute cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), you can invest in reserved capacity. What options are NOT available for Reserved Instances? (Choose three.) OURI PURI NURI DURI MURI

OURI DURI MURI

Which of the following are engines available to use in RDS? (Select 3.) Oracle MariaDB Microsoft SQL Server NoSQL VMware

Oracle MariaDB Microsoft SQL Server

Select the statements that are valid about Private Subnets (Select two.) Private subnets require a NAT Gateway, placed in the Public subnet, in order to be able to gain access to the internet. Private subnets require a firewall, placed in the Public subnet, in order to be able to gain access to the internet. Private subnets DO NOT have direct access to the internet. Private subnets DO have direct access to the internet.

Private subnets require a NAT Gateway, placed in the Public subnet, in order to be able to gain access to the internet. Private subnets DO NOT have direct access to the internet.

What two protocols are commonly permitted inside Security Groups to allow remote administration of systems (Select 2.) ICMP SSH Remote Desktop Protocol Standard File Transfer Protocol

SSH Remote Desktop Protocol

Select the design goals around the Reliability Pillar? (Select 3.) Stop guessing at capacity for IT resources Manually scaling horizontally when needed Test recovery Annotating documentation whenever possible Manually recovering from failures whenever possible Manage changes through automation

Stop guessing at capacity for IT resources Test recovery Manage changes through automation

What is the size of Redshift in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. A petabyte scale data warehouse B. An exabyte scale datawarehouse C. A gigabyte scale data warehouse D. A terabyte scale data warehouse

A. A petabyte scale data warehouse

What is the service on AWS that helps you migrate databases to and from AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. AWS Database Migration Service B. AWS Snowball C. AWS Data Accelerator D. AWS Database Migrator

A. AWS Database Migration Service

Which service allows the creation of a virtual network within Amazon Web Services? (Select the best answer.) A. AWS VPC B. AWS Cognito C. AWS AMI D. AWS Direct Connect

A. AWS VPC

Which is NOT a common cost characteristic for EC2? A. AZ location B. Detailed monitoring C. Clock hours D. Hardware options

A. AZ location

______ is a service that provides compliance related information on AWS. (Select the best answer.) A. Artifact B. CodePipeline C. EC2 D. IAM

A. Artifact

Fill in the blank: NoSQL Databases like DynamoDB can have items in the same table that have different ______ (Select the best answer.) A. Attributes B. Rows C. Columns D. None of the above

A. Attributes

What major global architecture component exists in regions? A. Availability Zones B. Offline stores C. Hotspots D. Clusters

A. Availability Zones

Why is automation so easily accommodated in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. Because API calls can implement all actions. B. Because physical systems host the EC2 instance you work on daily. C. Because multiple regions facilitate the deployment of code. D. Because CloudTrail provides templates automatically for you.

A. Because API calls can implement all actions.

What can a customer go to get more details about Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) billing activity that took place 3 months ago? (Select the best answer.) A. Cost Explorer B. Budgets C. EC2 D. Financial Records

A. Cost Explorer

Which of the following is NOT a service category that AWS offers? A. Hardware B. Compute C. Networking D. Storage E. Databases

A. Hardware

Which of the following are features of Aurora? (Select the best answer.) A. Highly secure, highly scalable, and fully managed. B. Incompatible with MySQL or PostgreSQL. C. Rigid and requires user management. D. Provides 2x the throughput of standard MySQL or 3x the throughput of PostgreSQL.

A. Highly secure, highly scalable, and fully managed.

Fill in the Blank: Automation is the process by which a task or function is accomplished or executed without _____. (Select the best answer.) A. Human intervention B. Markup languages C. Machine intervention D. Coding

A. Human intervention

Why does AWS guarantee your exchange rate with AWS Billing and Cost Management? A. In order to ensure that any refunds use the same exchange rates as your original transaction B. To minimize the number of transactions in the system C. To optimize your costs for resources D. To save you costs

A. In order to ensure that any refunds use the same exchange rates as your original transaction

Fill in the Blank: ______ is a fully managed configuration management service in AWS. (Select the best answer.)\ A. OpsWorks B. CodeFormation C. CloudTrail D. CloudFront

A. OpsWorks

What is the pricing model that enables AWS customers to pay for resources on an as-needed basis? (Select the best answer.) A. Pay as you go B. Pay as you buy C. Pay as you decommission D. Pay as you reserve

A. Pay as you go

Which Amazon EC2 option is best when you have predictable patterns of usage as well as workloads that you must commit to long-term? (Select the best answer.) A. Reserved Instances B. Both Spot and On-Demand Instances C. On-Demand Instances D. Spot Instances

A. Reserved Instances

Which of the following contains services that help with fault tolerance? (Select the best answer.) A. SQS and S3 B. Kinesis and Cognito C. Route 53 and IAM D. RDS and IAM

A. SQS and S3

Which of the following are services found in the AWS Cost Management category (Select 2.) AWS Money Manager AWS Cost and Usage Report AWS Cost Explorer AWS Finances AWS Currency Calculator

AWS Cost and Usage Report AWS Cost Explorer

What component related to EC2 do you modify for permission of traffic through? (Select the best answer.) A. EBS B. Container C. RDS D. Security group

D. Security group

Which of the following are services found in the Storage category (Select 3.) Amazon S3 Iceberg Amazon Elastic Block Store Amazon EFS Amazon S3 Tundra Amazon Simple Storage Service Amazon EXS

Amazon Elastic Block Store Amazon EFS Amazon Simple Storage Service

Which of the following are services found in the Compute category? (Select 3.) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud AWS Elastic Beanstalk Amazon Delta AWS Fargate Amazon Elastic Cloud Container Amazon Elastic Bucket Service

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud AWS Elastic Beanstalk AWS Fargate

The AWS Shared Responsibility Model divides security responsibilities between which two parties? (Select two.) The AWS Customer The AWS Partners Amazon Web Services The AWS Management Council

Amazon Web Services The AWS Customer

__________ is the process by which IAM grants access to accounts already authenticated in another application, domain, or network. (Select the best answer to fill in the blank.) A. Role Sharing B. Federation C. Proxy Bank D. Group Think

B. Federation

Which EC2 purchasing option should you consider if you have a project that requires monthly reports to iterate through, with very large amounts of data? (Select the best answer.) A. On-Demand Instances B. Scheduled Reserved Instances C. Dedicated Hosts D. Spot Instances

B. Scheduled Reserved Instances

Which of these is NOT a cloud deployment model? (Select the best answer.) A. Platform as a service B. System administration as a service C. Infrastructure as a service D. Software as a service

B. System administration as a service

What protocols does the NLB work with? (Select the best answer.) A. IP and DNS B. TCP and UDP C. DNS and SSH D. ADP and RDP

B. TCP and UDP

Which of the following are sources from which data can be streamed to Redshift? (Select 2.) A. SoniaDB B. Teradata C. SAP ASE D. NoSQL E. Dynamite DB

B. Teradata C. SAP ASE

Which of the following is design principle in the Operation Excellence pillar? (Select the best answer.) A. To never perform operations in code. B. To learn from failures that may occur in your architecture. C. To make big and irreversible changes to architecture to improve it. D. To never anticipate failures because one cannot anticipate failures.

B. To learn from failures that may occur in your architecture.

_______ is a service that acts like your personal cloud expert in AWS, providing security recommendations and methods to improve existing configurations. (Select the best answer.) A. Artifact B. Trusted Advisor C. Cognito D. Personal Security Advisor

B. Trusted Advisor

Which of the following is a design principle that is recommended when considering performance efficiency? (Select the best answer.) A. Matching supply with demand B. Using serverless architectures C. Reserving more instances than you need D. None of the above

B. Using serverless architectures

Fill in the blank: In DynamoDB, an ______ is a fundamental data element. (Select the best answer.) A. key B. attribute C. instance D. icon

B. attribute

True or False, CloudFront uses AZs to deliver low-latency to end users in AWS.

False

Which of the following is a compute service? (Select the best answer.) A. Amazon Redshift B. Amazon S3 C. Amazon EC2 D. Amazon CloudFront E. Amazon VPC

C. Amazon EC2

Why is AWS more economical than traditional data centers for applications with varying compute workloads? (Select the best answer). A. Customers retain full administrative access to their Amazon EC2 instances. B. None of the above C. Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on an on-demand basis D. Customers can permanently run enough instances to handle peak workloads.

C. Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on an on-demand basis

Which of the following is design principle in the Security pillar? (Select the best answer.) A. Partial traceability is recommended B. Strong identity practices are not necessary. C. Automation of security, as much as possible, is a best practice. D. Information should only be secured at rest but never in trans

C. Automation of security, as much as possible, is a best practice.

What is the best practice for the AWS root user account? (Select the best answer.) A. Revoke all access to the root user account B. Delete the root user account C. Delete the root user account access keys after initial login to the account D. Restrict all access to the root user account

C. Delete the root user account access keys after initial login to the account

Where can you place resources in a VPC, to ensure high availability but also be cost effective at the same time? (Select the best answer.) A. Different Accounts B. Different Tiers of Storage C. Different AZs D. Different Regions

C. Different AZs

What minimal level of support gives you access to a TAM? A. Basic B. Business C. Enterprise D. Developer

C. Enterprise

What does Auto Scaling enforce, in terms of a minimum number? (Select the best answer.) A. Active RDS Databases B. Available S3 Buckets C. Running EC2 Instances D. None of the above

C. Running EC2 Instances

What is the object based storage solution in AWS? A. EC2 B. VPC C. S3 D. IAM

C. S3

Which of the following can be used as storage classes for an S3 object lifecycle policy? (Select the best answer.) A. EC2, EBS, and EFS B. RDS, Aurora, and MySQL C. S3 Standard Access, S3 Infrequent Access, and S3 Glacier D. DynamoDB, DynamiteDB, and DocumentDB

C. S3 Standard Access, S3 Infrequent Access, and S3 Glacier

Who can act as a dedicated voice for you within AWS and serve as your technical point of contact and advocate? A. Primary Solution Architect B. Concierge C. TAM D. Cloud Practitioner

C. TAM

Which of the following is true about RDS Read Replicas? (Select the best answer.) A. They cannot be promoted to the primary database if needed. B. They don't offer any replication. C. They offer asynchronous replication. D. They offer synchronous replication.

C. They offer asynchronous replication.

Which of the following is not a form of ELB in AWS? A. Classic Load Balancer B. Network Load Balancer C. Virtual Load Balancer D. Application Load Balancer

C. Virtual Load Balancer

Where does S3 automatically replicate your storage? (Select the best answer.) A. In 3 additional buckets in your account B. on 3 separate regions in AWS C. in multiple AZs in your region D. on multiple volumes in one AZ

C. in multiple AZs in your region

Which of the following is not true regarding the CloudWatch service? (Select the best answer.) CloudWatch monitors AWS resources and applications that run on AWS. CloudWatch collects and tracks standard and custom metrics. CloudWatch Alarms send notificatons to an SNS topic. CloudWatch Events do not allow you to match incoming events and route them to targets for processing.

CloudWatch Events do not allow you to match incoming events and route them to targets for processing.

What are the advantages of cloud computing over computing on-premises? (Select the best answer). A. Go global in minutes B. Increase speed and agility C. Avoid large capital purchases D. All of the above E. Use on-demand capacity

D. All of the above

Which of the following are true about the Elastic Beanstalk service? (Select the best answer.) A. It is a PaaS offering. B. It is a compute service. C. It facilitates quick deployment, scaling, and managing of web apps and services. D. All of the above are true.

D. All of the above are true

What is the large advantage to the cloud's emphasis on APIs? A. Cost B. Lack of traceability C. Simple learning curve D. Automation

D. Automation

What are the four support plans offered by AWS Support? (Select the best answer.) A. All support is always free! B. Free, Bronze, Silver, and Gold C. Business, Startup, Business, and Enterprise D. Basic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise

D. Basic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise

Which is not a service associated with High Availability in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. CloudWatch B. Auto Scaling C. ELB D. CloudTrail

D. CloudTrail

Which service is great for governance, compliance, and auditing in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. CloudWatch B. CloudFormation C. CloudFront D. CloudTrail

D. CloudTrail

What is the term commonly used for the cloud's capability to scale outward and inward automatically based on demand? A. Reliability B. Agility C. Fault Tolerance D. Elasticity

D. Elasticity

Fill in the blanks: When you create a new VPC, a ______ is created, but you must create an internet gateway and ______ yourself. (Select the best answer.) A. First Blank: firewalls Second Blank: route tables B. First Blank: NACLs Second Blank: Security Groups C. First Blank: subnets Second Blank: route tables D. First Blank: route table Second Blank: subnets

D. First Blank: route table Second Blank: subnets

What protocols does the ALB work with? (Select the best answer.) A. STP and IP B. SSH and IP C. HTML and CSS D. HTTP and HTTPS

D. HTTP and HTTPS

Which of the following are disk based storage volumes that you can utilize for your EC2 Instances? (Select the best answer.) A. Cold Disk Drives & Flexible Disk Drives B. Instance Store & S3 Glacier C. None of the above D. Hard Disk Drives & Solid State Drives

D. Hard Disk Drives & Solid State Drives

What component can you use to connect your VPC to the public internet? (Select the best answer.) A. IDS B. Security Groups C. None of the Above D. IGW

D. IGW

What replaces CapEx as an advantage of the cloud? A. ROI B. GARP C. FIFO D. OpEx

D. OpEx

Which of the following correctly lists the four subcategories of management tools found in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. Provisioning, Operations Management, Monitoring and Logging, and Automated Services for Conversion. B. Provisioning, Operations Management, Manipulating and Logging, and Managed Services for Configuration. C. Provisioning, Capital Management, Monitoring and Logging, and Managed Services for Configuration. D. Provisioning, Operations Management, Monitoring and Logging, and Managed Services for Configuration.

D. Provisioning, Operations Management, Monitoring and Logging, and Managed Services for Configuration.

Which of the following is considered a data warehouse solution in AWS? (Select the best answer.) A. RDS B. DynamoDB C. MySQL D. Redshift

D. Redshift

Which service is best suited for analyzing data, using SQL or BI tools? (Select the best answer.) A. DocumentDB B. DynamoDB C. RDS D. Redshift

D. Redshift

Which of the following is NOT considered a benefit of automation? (Select the best answer.) A. A reduction in the potential for errors. B. Lowering operating costs. C. Code deployment that is both faster and simpler. D. Reduction in security measures that are necessary.

D. Reduction in security measures that are necessary.

What identity is similar to a user account in execution but has no credentials associated with it to log in with? (Select the best answer.) A. Groups B. Identities C. Proxy Users D. Roles

D. Roles

Which of the following is a correct step that an ELB takes when detecting an unhealthy instance target? (Select the best answer.) A. Routes traffic to other unhealthy targets B. Starts up a new healthy target C. Deletes the unhealthy target D. Stops routing traffic to that target

D. Stops routing traffic to that target

What layer of the OSI model does the ALB operate on? (Select the best answer.) A. The Network Layer (Layer 3) B. The Physical Layer (Layer 1) C. The Transport Layer (Layer 4) D. The Application Layer (Layer 7)

D. The Application Layer (Layer 7)

Where are your own private subnets located in AWS? A. Lambda B. EC2 C. IAM D. VPC

D. VPC

What would you use for multiple VPCs in AWS to communicate between them? (Select the best answer.) A. Direct Connect B. Gateway Endpoint C. TraditionPath D. VPC Peering

D. VPC Peering

When securing your account using IAM, which of the following are best practices? (Select two.) Do not use IAM groups to grant the same access permissions to multiple accounts Defining fine-grained access rights to users Manage access to resources Give all users default admin rights Leave unused credentials as they are

Defining fine-grained access rights to users Manage access to resources

True or False, AWS Aurora is the archiving solution available in S3?

False

True or False, AWS does NOT allow consolidation of multiple accounts, to better manage them.

False

True or False, Amazon EC2 is a serverless compute service in AWS?

False

When are free data transfers applicable across AWS? (Choose two.) Free inbound data transfer for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances Free outbound data transfer across all AWS services in all Regions Free outbound data transfer between AWS services within the same Region Free inbound data transfer across all AWS services in all Regions

Free inbound data transfer for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances Free outbound data transfer between AWS services within the same Region

Which of these AWS services does S3 integrate with? (Select 3.) OpenShift Databricks Lambda Route 53 CloudFront HDInsight

Lambda Route 53 CloudFront

There is a charge for which of the following? (Choose three answers.) Data transfer between services within the region in AWS Inbound data transfer, with some exceptions Outbound data transfer Compute Storage

Outbound data transfer Compute Storage

Which of the following are included in the AWS Global Architecture (Select 3.) Regions Availability Zones Edge locations Fault Zones Dependency Zones Private Groups

Regions Availability Zones Edge locations

What are some common areas where automation plays a huge role in AWS? (Select three.) Marketplace purchases Security compliance Backup generation and retention Code deployments Logging into AWS Account Retrieval

Security compliance Backup generation and retention Code deployments

Which of the following must be specified whenever you choose to launch an Amazon EC2 Windows instance? (Select 2.) The Edge Location The Privacy Token The Amazon Machine Image (AMI) The Instance Type The Amazon Password to the Account The Amazon Username to the Account

The Amazon Machine Image (AMI) The Instance Type

Which of the following are considered important goals to why AWS created the Well-Architected Framework? (Select 3.) To build and deploy solutions faster than ever. To lower and mitigate the risks associated with a move to the cloud. To decrease efficiency for your environment. To make informed decisions about how to implement solutions in the cloud. To increase spending once you are using the cloud. To ensure high latency for your applications in the cloud.

To build and deploy solutions faster than ever. To lower and mitigate the risks associated with a move to the cloud. To make informed decisions about how to implement solutions in the cloud.

True or false? The AWS Pricing Calculator lets you explore AWS Services and create estimates that you can use to determine your potential cost for utilizing AWS.

True

True or false? The Budgets tool in AWS uses the Cost Explorer for visualization?

True

True or false? Unlimited services are NOT available with the AWS Free Tier to new AWS customers for 12 months following their AWS sign-up date.

True