AWS Cloud Practitioner
Where should a company go to search software listings from independent software vendors to find, test, buy and deploy software that runs on AWS? A. AWS Marketplace B. Amazon Lumberyard C. AWS Artifact D. Amazon CloudSearch
A. AWS Marketplace
How many Availability Zones should compute resources be provisioned across to achieve high availability? A. A minimum of one B. A minimum of two C. A minimum of three D. A minimum of four or more
B - A minimum of two
Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that allows for one-hour target response time for support cases? A. Enterprise B. Business C. Developer D. Basic
B. Business Enterprise: As little as 15 mins Business: As little as 1 hour Developer: As little as 12 hours
Which AWS service provides a customized view of the health of specific AWS services that power a customer's workloads running on AWS? A. AWS Service Health Dashboard B. AWS X-Ray C. AWS Personal Health Dashboard D. Amazon CloudWatch
C. AWS Personal Health Dashboard Keyword is "customized" here. Service Health dashboard doesn't allow you to customize view
Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a corporate data center. What term would describe this model? A. Cloud-native B. Partner network C. Hybrid architecture D. Infrastructure as a service
C. Hybrid architecture Hybrid cloud - Mix of public and private cloud
Which task is AWS responsible for in the shared responsibility model for security and compliance? A. Granting access to individuals and services B. Encrypting data in transit C. Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware D. Updating operating systems
C. Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware
Which AWS managed service is used to host databases? A. AWS Batch B. AWS Artifact C. AWS Data Pipeline D. Amazon RDS
D. Amazon RDS Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud
A company is looking for a scalable data warehouse solution. Which of the following AWS solutions would meet the company's needs? A. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) B. Amazon DynamoDB C. Amazon Kinesis D. Amazon Redshift
D. Amazon Redshift With Redshift, you can query and combine exabytes of structured and semi-structured data across your data warehouse
A customer needs to run a MySQL database that easily scales. Which AWS service should they use? A. Amazon Aurora B. Amazon Redshift C. Amazon DynamoDB D. Amazon ElastiCache
A - Amazon Aurora Amazon Aurora supports MySQL and will automatically grow the size of your database volume as your database storage needs grow, up to a maximum of 64 TB or a maximum you define.
Which AWS services can host a Microsoft SQL Server database? (choose two) A. Amazon EC2 B. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) C. Amazon Aurora D. Amazon Redshift E. Amazon S3
A - Amazon EC2 B - Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) -EC2 can run any database -RDS can use Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle Database, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Which of the following is an AWS managed Domain Name System (DNS) web service? A. Amazon Route 53 B. Amazon Neptune C. Amazon SageMaker D. Amazon Lightsail
A - Amazon Route 53
Which services can be used across hybrid AWS Cloud architectures? (Choose two.) A. Amazon Route 53 B. Virtual Private Gateway C. Classic Load Balancer D. Auto Scaling E. Amazon CloudWatch default metrics
A - Amazon Route 53 B - Virtual Private Gateway
What is the lowest-cost, durable storage option for retaining database backups for immediate retrieval? A. Amazon S3 B. Amazon Glacier C. Amazon EBS D. Amazon EC2 Instance Store
A - Amazon S3 Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) provides developers and IT teams secure, durable, highly scalable object storage at a very low cost. You can store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time
Which of the following components of the AWS Global Infrastructure consists of one or more discrete data centers interconnected through low latency links? A. Availability Zone B. Edge location C. Region D. Private networking
A - Availability Zone An Availability Zone (AZ) is one or more discrete data centers with redundant power, networking, and connectivity in an AWS Region
What is one of the advantages of the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)?(choose three) A. It simplifies relational database administration tasks. B. It provides 99.99999999999% reliability and durability. C. It automatically scales databases for loads. D. It enabled users to dynamically adjust CPU and RAM resources
A - It simplifies relational database administration tasks C - It automatically scales databases for loads D - It enabled users to dynamically adjust CPU and RAM resources
Which AWS service provides alerts when an AWS event may impact a company's AWS resources? A. AWS Personal Health Dashboard B. AWS Service Health Dashboard C. AWS Trusted Advisor D. AWS Infrastructure Event Management
A. AWS Personal Health Dashboard AWS Personal Health Dashboard provides alerts and remediation guidance when AWS is experiencing events that may impact you
Which AWS service allows companies to connect an Amazon VPC to an on-premises data center? A. AWS VPN B. Amazon Redshift C. API Gateway D. Amazon Connect
A. AWS VPN There are two ways to connect on-premises to cloud. Over internet using VPN connection Over physical fiber cable using DirectConnect
Which of the following AWS Cloud services can be used to run a customer-managed relational database? A. Amazon EC2 B. Amazon Route 53 C. Amazon ElastiCache D. Amazon DynamoDB
A. Amazon EC2 Key phrase is 'customer-managed'; EC2 can be used to run a relational database on whatever operating system the EC2 instance is using
Which AWS services are defined as global instead of regional? (Choose two.) A. Amazon Route 53 B. Amazon EC2 C. Amazon S3 D. Amazon CloudFront E. Amazon DynamoDB
A. Amazon Route 53 D. Amazon CloudFront
How would an AWS customer easily apply common access controls to a large set of users? A. Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group. B. Apply an IAM policy to an IAM role. C. Apply the same IAM policy to all IAM users with access to the same workload. D. Apply an IAM policy to an Amazon Cognito user pool.
A. Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group.
Which of the following are valid ways for a customer to interact with AWS services? (Choose two.) A. Command line interface B. On-premises C. Software Development Kits D. Software-as-a-service E. Hybrid
A. Command line interface C. Software Development Kits
Which allows companies to track and categorize spending on a detailed level? A. Cost allocation tags B. Consolidated billing C. AWS Budgets D. AWS Marketplace
A. Cost allocation tags "After you activate cost allocation tags, AWS uses the cost allocation tags to organize your resource costs on your cost allocation report, to make it easier for you to categorize and track your AWS costs"
When performing a cost analysis that supports physical isolation of a customer workload, which compute hosting model should be accounted for in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)? A. Dedicated Hosts B. Reserved Instances C. On-Demand Instances D. No Upfront Reserved Instances
A. Dedicated Hosts Use Dedicated Hosts to launch Amazon EC2 instances on physical servers that are dedicated for your use. Dedicated Hosts give you additional visibility and control over how instances are placed on a physical server, and you can reliably use the same physical server over time
Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following tasks are the responsibility of the AWS customer? (Choose two.) A. Ensuring that application data is encrypted at rest B. Ensuring that AWS NTP servers are set to the correct time C. Ensuring that users have received security training in the use of AWS services D. Ensuring that access to data centers is restricted E. Ensuring that hardware is disposed of properly
A. Ensuring that application data is encrypted at rest C. Ensuring that users have received security training in the use of AWS services
Which of the following are categories of AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.) A. Fault Tolerance B. Instance Usage C. Infrastructure D. Performance E. Storage Capacity
A. Fault Tolerance D. Performance provides best practice recommendations in five categories: cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance and service limits
Which service enables risk auditing by continuously monitoring and logging account activity, including user actions in the AWS Management Console and AWS SDKs? A. Amazon CloudWatch B. AWS CloudTrail C. AWS Config D. AWS Health
B - AWS CloudTrail CloudTrail - Track user activity and API usage. Helps you enable governance, compliance, and operational and risk auditing of your AWS account. Actions taken by a user, role, or an AWS service are recorded as events in CloudTrail
Which service should a customer use to consolidate and centrally manage multiple AWS accounts? A. AWS IAM B. AWS Organizations C. AWS Schema Conversion Tool D. AWS Config
B - AWS Organizations AWS Organizations helps you centrally manage and govern your environment as you grow and scale your AWS resources.
Which of the following inspects AWS environments to find opportunities that can save money for users and also improve system performance? A. AWS Cost Explorer B. AWS Trusted Advisor C. Consolidated billing D. Detailed billing
B - AWS Trusted Advisor Trusted Advisor inspects your AWS environment and makes recommendations for saving money, improving system performance, or closing security gaps.
Which AWS IAM feature allows developers to access AWS services through the AWS CLI? A. API keys B. Access keys C. User names/Passwords D. SSH keys
B - Access keys IAM users can be assigned an access key ID and secret access key for programmatic access to the AWS API (Application Programme Interface), CLI (Command Line Interface), SDK (Software Development Kit), and other development tools
Which AWS services should be used for read/write of constantly changing data? (Choose two.) A. Amazon Glacier B. Amazon RDS C. AWS Snowball D. Amazon Redshift E. Amazon EFS
B - Amazon RDS E - Amazon EFS - Data that must be updated very frequently might be best served by a storage solution with lower read/write latencies, such as Amazon RDS, Amazon EFS --RDS is a managed service for relational databases --EFS is a cloud native service for network attachable storages to mount on multiple EC2 instances. It is one of the most expensive storage options on AWS but it is a managed service and is fault tolerant
Which of the following are characteristics of Amazon S3? (Choose two.) A. A global file system B. An object store C. A local file store D. A network file system E. A durable storage system
B - An object store E - A durable storage system - S3 is a "global" service - S3 is a safe Object-based storage
Which AWS tools assist with estimating costs? (Choose three.) A. Detailed billing report B. Cost allocation tags C. AWS Pricing Calculator D. AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator E. Cost Estimator
B - Cost allocation tags C - AWS Pricing Calculator D - AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator - To forecast your costs, use the AWS Cost Explorer. Use cost allocation tags to divide your resources into groups, and then estimate the costs for each group - To estimate a bill, use the AWS Pricing Calculator (formerly AWS Simply Monthly Calculator) - AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator to compare the cost of running your applications in an on-premises or colocation environment to AWS
Which of the following services will automatically scale with an expected increase in web traffic? A. AWS CodePipeline B. Elastic Load Balancing C. Amazon EBS D. AWS Direct Connect
B - Elastic Load Balancing Elastic Load Balancing offers four types of load balancers that all feature high availability, automatic scaling, and robust security
Under the AWS shared responsibility model, which of the following activities are the customer's responsibility? (Choose two.) A. Patching operating system components for Amazon Relational Database Server (Amazon RDS) B. Encrypting data on the client-side C. Training the data center staff D. Configuring Network Access Control Lists (ACL) E. Maintaining environmental controls within a data center
B - Encrypting data on the client-side D - Configuring Network Access Control Lists (ACL) - Data configuration is the responsibility of the customer (i.e. encrypting data at rest and in transit) - ACLs are the customer's responsibility
Which feature of the AWS Cloud will support an international company's requirement for low latency to all of its customers? A. Fault tolerance B. Global reach C. Pay-as-you-go pricing D. High availability
B - Global reach AWS Regions offer low latency, low packet loss, and high overall network quality.
For which auditing process does AWS have sole responsibility? A. AWS IAM policies B. Physical security C. Amazon S3 bucket policies D. AWS CloudTrail Logs
B - Physical security
Which of the following is a correct relationship between regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations? A. Data centers contain regions. B. Regions contain Availability Zones. C. Availability Zones contain edge locations. D. Edge locations contain regions.
B - Regions contain Availability Zones Region is a geographical area that has two or more Availability Zones. Each Region is completely independent
According to best practices, how should an application be designed to run in the AWS Cloud? A. Use tighly coupled components. B. Use loosely coupled components. C. Use infrequently coupled components. D. Use frequently coupled components.
B - Use loosely coupled components Loose coupling - As application complexity increases, a desirable attribute of an IT system is that it can be broken into smaller, loosely coupled components. This means that IT systems should be designed in a way that reduces interdependencies—a change or a failure in one component should not cascade to other components.
A characteristic of edge locations is that they: A. host Amazon EC2 instances closer to users. B. help lower latency and improve performance for users. C. cache frequently changing data without reaching the origin server. D. refresh data changes daily.
B - help lower latency and improve performance for users The edge locations help to improve performance for your users while lowering the operational burden and cost of scaling your origin resources
What is Amazon CloudWatch? A. A code repository with customizable build and team commit features. B. A metrics repository with customizable notification thresholds and channels. C. A security configuration repository with threat analytics. D. A rule repository of a web application firewall with automated vulnerability prevention features.
B. A metrics repository with customizable notification thresholds and channels. Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service built for DevOps engineers, developers, site reliability engineers (SREs), and IT managers
Which of the following can an AWS customer use to launch a new Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) cluster? (Choose two.) A. AWS Concierge B. AWS CloudFormation C. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) D. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling E. AWS Management Console
B. AWS CloudFormation E. AWS Management Console Cloudformation - "Speed up cloud provisioning with infrastructure as code. Gives you an easy way to model a collection of related AWS and third-party resources, provision them quickly and consistently, and manage them throughout their lifecycles, by treating infrastructure as code (IaC) AWS Management Console - Graphical interface to access AWS features
A company wants to reduce the physical compute footprint that developers use to run code. Which service would meet that need by enabling serverless architectures? A. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) B. AWS Lambda C. Amazon DynamoDB D. AWS CodeCommit
B. AWS Lambda AWS Lambda is a compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. Lambda runs your code only when needed and scales automatically, from a few requests per day to thousands per second.
Which of the following services could be used to deploy an application to servers running on-premises? (Choose two.) A. AWS Elastic Beanstalk B. AWS OpsWorks C. AWS CodeDeploy D. AWS Batch E. AWS X-Ray
B. AWS OpsWorks C. AWS CodeDeploy AWS OpsWorks: lets you use Chef and Puppet to automate how servers are configured, deployed, and managed across your Amazon EC2 instances or on-premises compute environments AWS CodeDeploy: is a fully managed deployment service that automates software deployments to a variety of compute services such as Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda, and your on-premises servers.
Which service allows a company with multiple AWS accounts to combine its usage to obtain volume discounts? A. AWS Server Migration Service B. AWS Organizations C. AWS Budgets D. AWS Trusted Advisor E. Amazon Quicksight F. Amazon Forecast
B. AWS Organizations
Which of the following security-related services does AWS offer? (Choose two.) A. Multi-factor authentication physical tokens B. AWS Trusted Advisor security checks C. Data encryption D. Automated penetration testing E. Amazon S3 copyrighted content detection
B. AWS Trusted Advisor security checks C. Data encryption Trusted Advisor gives recommendations on performance, service quotas, cost optimisation, security and fault tolerance AWS offers you the ability to add a layer of security to your data at rest in the cloud, providing scalable and efficient encryption features
Which of the following is a benefit of using the AWS Cloud? A. Permissive security removes the administrative burden. B. Ability to focus on revenue-generating activities. C. Control over cloud network hardware. D. Choice of specific cloud hardware vendors.
B. Ability to focus on revenue-generating activities. allows you to focus on your customers and business projects rather than on IT infrastructure
Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data backups? A. Amazon RDS B. Amazon Glacier C. AWS Snowball D. AWS EBS
B. Amazon Glacier Amazon S3 Glacier is a secure, durable, and low-cost storage class of S3 for data archiving and long-term backup
Which of the following AWS features enables a user to launch a pre-configured Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance? A. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) B. Amazon Machine Image C. Amazon EC2 Systems Manager D. Amazon AppStream 2.0
B. Amazon Machine Image An Amazon Machine Image is a special type of virtual appliance that is used to create a virtual machine within the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. It serves as the basic unit of deployment for services delivered using EC2
Which of the following AWS services can be used to serve large amounts of online video content with the lowest possible latency? (Choose two.) A. AWS Storage Gateway B. Amazon S3 C. Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) D. Amazon Glacier E. Amazom CloudFront
B. Amazon S3 E. Amazom CloudFront Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds CloudFront works seamlessly with any AWS origin, such as Amazon S3
What is the AWS customer responsible for according to the AWS shared responsibility model? A. Physical access controls B. Data encryption C. Secure disposal of storage devices D. Environmental risk management
B. Data encryption
Which of the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) entities is associated with an access key ID and secret access key when using AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)? A. IAM group B. IAM user C. IAM role D. IAM policy
B. IAM user Access keys are long-term credentials for an IAM user or the AWS account root user. You can use access keys to sign programmatic requests to the AWS CLI or AWS API (directly or using the AWS SDK)
Which of the following is an AWS Cloud architecture design principle? A. Implement single points of failure. B. Implement loose coupling. C. Implement monolithic design. D. Implement vertical scaling.
B. Implement loose coupling Loose coupling is a part of the 'Reliability Design Principles and Best Practices
Which statement best describes Elastic Load Balancing? A. It translates a domain name into an IP address using DNS. B. It distributes incoming application traffic across one or more Amazon EC2 instances. C. It collects metrics on connected Amazon EC2 instances. D. It automatically adjusts the number of Amazon EC2 instances to support incoming traffic.
B. It distributes incoming application traffic across one or more Amazon EC2 instances. Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances, containers, IP addresses, Lambda functions, and virtual appliances
Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is a shared control between a customer and AWS? A. Physical controls B. Patch management C. Zone security D. Data center auditing
B. Patch management
Which of the following steps should be taken by a customer when conducting penetration testing on an AWS ? A. Conduct penetration testing using Amazon Inspector, and then notify AWS support. B. Request and wait for approval from the customer's internal security team, and then conduct testing. C. Notify AWS support, and then conduct testing immediately. D. Request and wait for approval from AWS support, and then conduct testing
B. Request and wait for approval from the customer's internal security team, and then conduct testing. No need prior approval from AWS for below services. Once approval received from internal security team the testing can go ahead
The AWS Cloud's multiple Regions are an example of: A. agility. B. global infrastructure. C. elasticity. D. pay-as-you-go pricing.
B. global infrastructure The AWS Global Cloud Infrastructure is the most secure, extensive, and reliable cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally
Where are AWS compliance documents, such as an SOC 1 report, located? A. Amazon Inspector B. AWS CloudTrail C. AWS Artifact D. AWS Certificate Manager
C - AWS Artifact Reports available in AWS Artifact include our Service Organization Control (SOC) reports, Payment Card Industry (PCI) reports, and certifications from accreditation bodies
Which of the following can limit Amazon Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket access to specific users? A. A public and private key-pair B. Amazon Inspector C. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies D. Security Groups
C - AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies You manage access in AWS by creating policies and attaching them to IAM identities (users, groups of users, or roles) or AWS resources
A customer would like to design and build a new workload on AWS Cloud but does not have the AWS-related software technical expertise in-house. Which of the following AWS programs can a customer take advantage of to achieve that outcome? A. AWS Partner Network Technology Partners B. AWS Marketplace C. AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners D. AWS Service Catalogue
C - AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners "APN Consulting Partners are professional services firms that help customers of all types and sizes design, architect, build, migrate, and manage their workloads and applications on AWS, accelerating their journey to the cloud."
What AWS team assists customers with accelerating cloud adoption through paid engagements in any of several specialty practice areas? A. AWS Enterprise Support B. AWS Solutions Architects C. AWS Professional Services D. AWS Account Managers
C - AWS Professional Services "The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that can help you realize your desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud."
Which of the following security-related actions are available at no cost? A. Calling AWS Support B. Contacting AWS Professional Services to request a workshop C. Accessing forums, blogs, and whitepapers D. Attending AWS classes at a local university
C - Accessing forums, blogs, and whitepapers
Which of the following is a fast and reliable NoSQL database service? A. Amazon Redshift B. Amazon RDS C. Amazon DynamoDB D. Amazon S3
C - Amazon DynamoDB Amazon DynamoDB is a fast and flexible NoSQL database service for any scale. It is a key-value and document database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale.
Stores objects, provides real-time access to those objects, and offers versioning and lifecycle capabilities: A. Amazon Glacier B. AWS Storage Gateway C. Amazon S3 D. Amazon EBS
C - Amazon S3 Versioning in Amazon S3 is a means of keeping multiple variants of an object in the same bucket. With versioning you can recover more easily from both unintended user actions and application failures.
Which of the Reserved Instance (RI) pricing models can change the attributes of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of RIs of equal or greater value? A. Dedicated RIs B. Scheduled RIs C. Convertible RIs D. Standard RIs
C - Convertible RIs Convertible RIs provide a discount and the capability to change the attributes of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of Reserved Instances of equal or greater value
What costs are included when comparing AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with on-premises TCO? A. Project management B. Antivirus software licensing C. Data center security D. Software development
C - Data center security Security and Compliance is a shared responsibility between AWS and the customer
Which of the following Amazon EC2 pricing models allow customers to use existing server-bound software licenses? A. Spot Instances B. Reserved Instances C. Dedicated Hosts D. On-Demand Instances
C - Dedicated Hosts Dedicated Hosts can help you reduce costs by allowing you to use your existing server-bound software licenses
Distributing workloads across multiple Availability Zones supports which cloud architecture design principle? A. Implement automation. B. Design for agility. C. Design for failure. D. Implement elasticity.
C - Design for failure. Using multiple-AZs removes single points of failure, which is part of design for failure (part of 'Reliability Design Principles and Best Practices')
Which AWS feature will reduce the customer's total cost of ownership (TCO)? A. Shared responsibility security model B. Single tenancy C. Elastic computing D. Encryption
C - Elastic computing Cloud services provide the opportunity for you to use only what you need and pay only for what you use
Which AWS characteristics make AWS cost effective for a workload with dynamic user demand? (Choose two.) A. High availability B. Shared security model C. Elasticity D. Pay-as-you-go pricing E. Reliability
C - Elasticity D - Pay-as-you-go pricing --Stop guessing about capacity (i.e. elasticity makes it feasible to add/remove required resources as needed) --Trade capital expense for variable expense (Pay-as-you-go model - make payment based on usage only)
Which is a recommended pattern for designing a highly available architecture on AWS? A. Ensure that components have low-latency network connectivity. B. Run enough Amazon EC2 instances to operate at peak load. C. Ensure that the application is designed to accommodate failure of any single component. D. Use a monolithic application that handles all operations.
C - Ensure that the application is designed to accommodate failure of any single component
Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the customer responsible for? A. Ensuring that disk drives are wiped after use. B. Ensuring that firmware is updated on hardware devices. C. Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest. D. Ensuring that network cables are category six or higher.
C - Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest. "Data configuration (i.e. encrypting data at rest and in transit) is responsibility of the customer"
Which of the following is the customer's responsibility under the AWS shared responsibility model? A. Patching underlying infrastructure B. Physical security C. Patching Amazon EC2 instances D. Patching network infrastructure
C - Patching Amazon EC2 instances Customers that deploy an Amazon EC2 instance are responsible for management of the guest operating system (including updates and security patches)
Which of the following Reserved Instance (RI) pricing models provides the highest average savings compared to On-Demand pricing? A. One-year, No Upfront, Standard RI pricing B. One-year, All Upfront, Convertible RI pricing C. Three-year, All Upfront, Standard RI pricing D. Three-year, No Upfront, Convertible RI pricing
C - Three-year, All Upfront, Standard RI pricing Convertible Reserved Instances provide you with a smaller discount compared to Standard Reserved Instances
A customer is using multiple AWS accounts with separate billing. How can the customer take advantage of volume discounts with minimal impact to the AWS resources? A. Create one global AWS account and move all AWS resources to that account. B. Sign up for three years of Reserved Instance pricing up front. C. Use the consolidated billing feature from AWS Organizations. D. Sign up for the AWS Enterprise support plan to get volume discounts.
C - Use the consolidated billing feature from AWS Organizations Combine usage from all accounts in the organization to qualify you for volume pricing discounts. If you have multiple standalone accounts, your charges might decrease if you add the accounts to an organization
One of the advantages to moving infrastructure from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud is: A. it allows the business to eliminate IT bills. B. it allows the business to put a server in each customer's data center. C. it allows the business to focus on business activities. D. it allows the business to leave servers unpatched.
C - it allows the business to focus on business activities Focus on projects that differentiate your business, not the infrastructure.
Which AWS Cost Management tool allows you to view the most granular data about your AWS bill? A. AWS Cost Explorer B. AWS Budgets C. AWS Cost and Usage report D. AWS Billing dashboard
C. AWS Cost and Usage report The Cost & Usage Report is your one-stop-shop for accessing the most granular data about your AWS costs and usage
Which design principles for cloud architecture are recommended when re-architecting a large monolithic application? (Choose two.) A. Use manual monitoring. B. Use fixed servers. C. Implement loose coupling. D. Rely on individual components. E. Design for scalability.
C. Implement loose coupling. E. Design for scalability.
Which Amazon EC2 pricing model adjusts based on supply and demand of EC2 instances? A. On-Demand Instances B. Reserved Instances C. Spot Instances D. Convertible Reserved Instances
C. Spot Instances Spot Instance prices are set by Amazon EC2 and adjust gradually based on long-term trends in supply and demand for Spot Instance capacity
What is the benefit of using AWS managed services, such as Amazon ElastiCache and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? A. They require the customer to monitor and replace failing instances. B. They have better performance than customer-managed services. C. They simplify patching and updating underlying OSs. D. They do not require the customer to optimize instance type or size selections.
C. They simplify patching and updating underlying OSs AWS Managed Services takes care of all of your patching and backup activities to help keep your resources current and secure. When updates or patches are released by OS vendors, AWS Managed Services applies them in a timely and consistent manner to minimize the impact on your business
What is an example of agility in the AWS Cloud? A. Access to multiple instance types B. Access to managed services C. Using Consolidated Billing to produce one bill D. Decreased acquisition time for new compute resources
D - Decreased acquisition time for new compute resources Agility is the practice of "building in" the ability to change quickly and inexpensively. The cloud not only makes these other practices practical but provides agility on its own. Infrastructure can be provisioned in minutes instead of months, and de-provisioned or changed just as quickly.
AWS supports which of the following methods to add security to Identity and Access Management (IAM) users? (Choose two.) A. Implementing Amazon Rekognition B. Using AWS Shield-protected resources C. Blocking access with Security Groups D. Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) E. Enforcing password strength and expiration
D - Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) E - Enforcing password strength and expiration
Compared with costs in traditional and virtualized data centers, AWS has: A. greater variable costs and greater upfront costs. B. fixed usage costs and lower upfront costs. C. lower variable costs and greater upfront costs. D. lower variable costs and lower upfront costs.
D - lower variable costs and lower upfront costs The cloud allows you to trade high initial CapEx (such as data centers and physical servers) for a variable OpEx model, and only pay for IT as you consume it. Plus, the variable OpEx expenses are much lower than what you would pay to do it yourself because of the massive economies of scale that AWS has created
Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code? A. AWS CodePipeline B. AWS CodeDeploy C. AWS Direct Connect D. AWS CloudFormation
D. AWS CloudFormation AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts. This file serves as the single source of truth for your cloud environment
A company is migrating an application that is running non-interruptible workloads for a three-year time frame. Which pricing construct would provide the MOST cost-effective solution? A. Amazon EC2 Spot Instances B. Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances C. Amazon EC2 On-Demand Instances D. Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances
D. Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances A Reserved Instance is a reservation of resources and capacity, for either one or three years, for a particular Availability Zone within a region.
Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for use with Linux-based AWS and on-premises servers? A. Amazon S3 B. Amazon Glacier C. Amazon EBS D. Amazon EFS
D. Amazon EFS Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) provides a simple, scalable, fully managed elastic NFS file system for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources
Which service provides a virtually unlimited amount of online highly durable object storage? A. Amazon Redshift B. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) C. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) D. Amazon S3
D. Amazon S3 Amazon S3 is object storage built to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the Internet. It's a simple storage service that offers an extremely durable, highly available, and infinitely scalable data storage infrastructure at very low costs
Which storage service can be used as a low-cost option for hosting static websites? A. Amazon Glacier B. Amazon DynamoDB C. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) D. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
D. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) You can use Amazon S3 to host a static website. S3 does not support server-side scripting, but AWS has other resources for hosting dynamic websites.
What technology enables compute capacity to adjust as loads change? A. Load balancing B. Automatic failover C. Round robin D. Auto Scaling
D. Auto Scaling
When architecting cloud applications, which of the following are a key design principle? A. Use the largest instance possible B. Provision capacity for peak load C. Use the Scrum development process D. Implement elasticity
D. Implement elasticity AWS encourages elasticity and not specifically provisioning for peak traffic
Which Amazon EC2 instance pricing model can provide discounts of up to 90%? A. Reserved Instances B. On-Demand C. Dedicated Hosts D. Spot Instances
D. Spot Instances Spot - Up to 90% discount Reserved - Up to 75% discount On-demand - Full price Dedicated hosts - Higher cost than on-demand
A customer is deploying a new application and needs to choose an AWS Region. Which of the following factors could influence the customer's decision? (Choose two.) A. Reduced latency to users B. The application's presentation in the local language C. Data sovereignty compliance D. Cooling costs in hotter climates E. Proximity to the customer's office for on-site visits
A - Reduced latency to users C - Data sovereignty compliance --Latency depends on physical location. When your application is being accessed by your users, it should be blazing fast. So you need to identify the locations of your target audience and choose the region having a smaller latency for your customers. --Data sovereignty compliance differs across the nations of the world. Considerations will need to be taken when using AWS in an unfamiliar location
Which of the following are advantages of AWS consolidated billing? (Choose two.) A. The ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts B. Service limits increasing by default in all accounts C. A fixed discount on the monthly bill D. Potential volume discounts, as usage in all accounts is combined E. The automatic extension of the master account's AWS support plan to all accounts
A - The ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts D - Potential volume discounts, as usage in all accounts is combined - simplify billing by centralising it and using a single payment method for all of your account. These account management and consolidated billing capabilities enable you to better meet the budgetary, security, and compliance needs of your business -combine usage from all accounts in the organization to qualify you for volume pricing discounts. If you have multiple standalone accounts, your charges might decrease if you add the accounts to an organization
What approach to transcoding a large number of individual video files adheres to AWS architecture principles? A. Using many instances in parallel B. Using a single large instance during off-peak hours C. Using dedicated hardware D. Using a large GPU instance type
A - Using many instances in parallel Scale horizontally: to increase aggregate workload availability. Replace one large resource with multiple small resources to reduce the impact of a single failure on the overall workload. Distribute requests across multiple, smaller resources to ensure that they don't share a common point of failure
Where can AWS compliance and certification reports be downloaded? A. AWS Artifact B. AWS Concierge C. AWS Certificate Manager D. AWS Trusted Advisor
A. AWS Artifact AWS Artifact is your go-to, central resource for compliance-related information
If a customer needs to audit the change management of AWS resources, which of the following AWS services should the customer use? A. AWS Config B. AWS Trusted Advisor C. Amazon CloudWatch D. Amazon Inspector
A. AWS Config AWS Config is a service that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources
Which of the following is an advantage of consolidated billing on AWS? A. Volume pricing qualification B. Shared access permissions C. Multiple bills per account D. Eliminates the need for tagging
A. Volume pricing qualification
The financial benefits of using AWS are: (Choose two.) A. reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). B. increased capital expenditure (capex). C. reduced operational expenditure (opex). D. deferred payment plans for startups. E. business credit lines for startups.
A. reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). C. reduced operational expenditure (opex).
Which AWS service can be used to manually launch instances based on resource requirements? A. Amazon EBS B. Amazon S3 C. Amazon EC2 D. Amazon ECS
C. Amazon EC2 Keyword is instances.
A company is considering using AWS for a self-hosted database that requires a nightly shutdown for maintenance and cost-saving purposes. Which service should the company use? A. Amazon Redshift B. Amazon DynamoDB C. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Amazon EC2 instance store D. Amazon EC2 with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
D - Amazon EC2 with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) - EBS volumes preserve their data through instance stops and terminations - Suitable for a broad range of workloads, such as relational and non-relational databases
Which of the following is a shared control between the customer and AWS? A. Providing a key for Amazon S3 client-side encryption B. Configuration of an Amazon EC2 instance C. Environmental controls of physical AWS data centers D. Awareness and training
D - Awareness and training AWS trains AWS employees, but a customer must train their own employees
