AWS Intro Cloud Computing

An AWS Region is a physical location in the world where there are multiple AZs.

True

Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database storage, applications, and other IT resources.

True

Select the three methods to access AWS.

AWS SDK, AWS Console, AWS CLI

Scalability (Scalable)

Ability to easily grow in size, capacity, and/or scope when required.

Elasticity

Ability to grow (scale) when required and to reduce in size when resources are no longer needed

Fault Tolerance

Ability to withstand a certain amount of failure and still remain functional.

High Availability

Accessible when you need it

_________ consist of one or more discrete data centers, each with redundant power, networking, and connectivity, housed in separate facilities.

Availability Zone

An on-premise deployment model is a way to connect infrastructure and applications between cloud-based resources and existing resources that are not located in the cloud.

True

AWS __________ gives developers and systems administrators an easy way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in an orderly and predictable fashion.

CloudFormation

AWS ____________ makes it easy to establish a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS.

Direct Connect

Amazon __________ is a fast and flexible NoSQL database service for all applications that need consistent, single-digit millisecond latency at any scale.

DynamoDB

_____________ service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud.

EC2

Amazon Web Services is only located in the United State.

False

Cloud computing requires a large upfront cost.

False

Customer stored data in a specific region, it is replicated outside that region

False

Data center locations are disclosed and all access to them is restricted.

False

AWS was started in 2009.

False, AWS was started in 2006.

_______ is the ability to withstand a certain amount of failure and still remain functional

Fault Tolerance

AWS __________ is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost storage service for data archiving and long-term backup.

Glacier

Which is an example of a Software as a Service application?

Google Docs

Which Cloud Deployment model is most commonly used?

Hybrid (NOT SURE)

Using AWS _______ you can create and manage AWS users and groups, and use permissions to allow and deny their access to AWS resources.

IAM

What are the main benefits of Cloud Computing?

Increase Speed and Agility, No Upfront Cost, and Reduced Infrastructure Cost.

Amazon ___________ is a platform for streaming data on AWS, offering powerful services to make it easy to load and analyze streaming data, and also providing the ability for you to build custom streaming data applications for specialized needs

Kinesis

AWS __________ lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers.

Lambda

How long does it take an AWS customer to have global reach?

Moments

Which is NOT an AWS Cloud Platform Service?

Networking

PAAS stand for _______________.

Platform as a Service

A ______ is a physical location in the world where we have multiple AZs.

Region

A disaster recovery strategy on AWS should be based on launching infrastructure in a separate:

Region & Availability Zones

Amazon _________ is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service.

Route 53

AWS _____________ is object storage with a simple web service interface to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the web.

S3

IT infrastructure that ASW provides to its customers is AWS Security

SOC 1, ISAE 3402, SOC 2, SOC 3, FISMA, DIACAP, FedRAMP, PCI DSS Level 1, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27018

Amazon __________ is a fast, reliable, scalable, fully managed message queuing service.

SQS

______________ model allows administrators to provide software applications as a service to the end users. It refers to a software that is deployed on a hosted service and is accessible via internet.

Software as a Service (SaaS) Model

Which is NOT a cloud service model?

Storage as a Service (SaaS) Model

Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of computing, database storage, applications and other IT resources through a cloud service platform via the Internet as a Pay as you go service.

True

One of Amazon Web Services Regions is located in Mumbai, India.

True

AWS Free Tier is limited to .... (Select 2)

Up to One Year, Only New Customers

Amazon __________ lets you provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define.

VPC - Virtual Private Network

Software as a Service (SaaS) is defined as:

a completed product that is run and managed by the service provider, and is often referred to as end-user applications.

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is defined as:

the underlying infrastructure (usually hardware and operating systems) and allow you to focus on the deployment and management of your applications.