CPSC 4440: Midterm

When you create a user in your AWS account, they have some access privileges, by default.

False

Your cloud application must use at least one Amazon EC2 instance.

False

You need to allow resources in a private subnet to access the Internet. Which of the following must be present to enable this access? (Select the best answer)

NAT gateway

Scalability is the ability of an application to accommodate increases in capacity needs without having to change its design.

True

________________ means the infrastructure has built-in component redundancy.

Fault tolerant

The name of a S3 bucket must be unique __________. (Select the best answer)

worldwide across all AWS accounts

The largest address space you can configure in an Amazon VPC is represented by which one of these CIDR blocks?

x.x.x.x/16

Which of these is not a benefit of cloud computing over on-premises computing? (Select the best answer)

Pay for racking, stacking, and powering servers

In the shared responsibility model, AWS is responsible for providing what? (Select the best answer)

Security OF the cloud

When creating an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy, what are the two types of access that can be granted to a user? (Choose TWO)

AWS Management Console access Programmatic (API) access

Which of the following are geographic areas that host two or more Availability Zones (AZ)? (Select the best answer)

AWS Regions

Which component of the AWS Global Infrastructure does Amazon CloudFront use to ensure low-latency delivery? (Select the best answer)

AWS edge locations

If your solution calls for a NoSQL database, which of these services would you use? (Select the best answer)

Amazon DynamoDB

Which of the following is a compute service? (Select the best answer)

Amazon EC2

Which of the following must be specified when launching a new Amazon EC2 instance? (Choose two answers)

Amazon EC2 instance type Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Why is AWS more economical than traditional data centers for applications with varying compute workloads? (Select the best answer)

Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on-demand when needed

Which of the following are true statements about Amazon VPCs? (Select two answers)

Amazon VPC enables you to build a virtual network in the AWS cloud A VPC can span Availability Zones

Which of the following is a well-architected principle when designing a cloud-based solution?

Assume everything will fail

____________ is the percentage of time that a system is operating normally and performing the operations expected of it.

Availability

The acronym EC2 stands for _________________.

Elastic Compute Cloud

______________ means that resources dynamically adjust to increases or decreases in capacity requirements.

Elastic and scalable

How would a system administrator add an additional layer of login security to the AWS Management Console? (Select the best answer)

Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA)

An AWS data center in an AWS Region can be shared across multiple Availability Zones in that region.

False

What is the "principle of least privilege"? (Select the best answer)

Granting only enough access to a person or service to do their job

Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose THREE)

Operational Excellence Security Reliability Performance Efficiency Cost Optimization

What is the pricing model that enables AWS customers to pay for resources on an as-needed basis? (Select the best answer)

Pay as you go

Which of these are design principles found in the Security pillar of the Well-Architected Framework? (Choose THREE)

Protect data at-rest and in-transit Apply security in all layers Implement a strong identity foundation

Which of these are cloud deployment models? (Choose THREE)

Public cloud On-Premises or Private Cloud Hybrid

What should you consider when choosing a database type? (Select the best answer)

Query frequency High availability Data volume Data access period

To improve the performance of read-heavy applications, which of the following Amazon RDS features should you use? (Select the best answer)

Read replicas

Which Amazon EC2 option is best for long-term workloads with well-understood, predictable usage patterns? (Select the best answer)

Reserved Instances

Which of the following can be used as a storage class in a S3 object lifecycle policy? (Choose three)

S3 - Infrequent Access S3 - Glacier S3 - Standard Access

The acronym S3 stands for _________________.

Simple Storage Service

Which of these are ways to access AWS core services? (Choose THREE)

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

Amazon RDS automatically patches the database software and backs up your database, storing the backups for a user-defined retention period to enable point-in-time recovery.

True

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a managed service.

True

Amazon S3 provides object storage suitable for storing items like documents, photos, etc.

True

Public subnets have direct access to the Internet by way of an Internet Gateway.

True

The acronym VPC stands for _____________. (Select the best answer)

Virtual Private Cloud

Amazon S3 replicates stored objects ____________. (Select the best answer)

in multiple Availability Zones within the same Region