Cloud Practitioner
In which scenario should Amazon EC2 Spot Instances be used? A company wants to move its main website to AWS from an on-premises web server. A company has a number of application services whose Service Level Agreement (SLA) requires 99.999% uptime. A company's heavily used legacy database is currently running on-premises. A company has a number of infrequent, interruptible jobs that are currently using On-Demand Instances.
A company has a number of infrequent, interruptible jobs that are currently using On-Demand Instances.
In which scenario should Amazon EC2 Spot Instances be used? A company wants to move its main website to AWS from an on-premises web server. A company has a number of application services whose Service Level Agreement (SLA) requires 99.999% uptime. A company's heavy used legacy database is currently running on-premises A company has a number of infrequent, interruptible jobs that are currently using On-demand Instances.
A company has a number of infrequent, interruptible jobs that are currently using On-demand Instances.
How many Availability Zones should compute resources be provisioned across to achieve high availability? A minimum of one A minimum of two A minimum of three A minimum of four or more
A minimum of two
Where can AWS compliance and certification reports be downloaded? A. AWS Artifact B. AWS Concierge C. AWS Certificate Manager D. AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Artifact
Which AWS service would you use to obtain compliance reports and certificates? AWS Artifact AWS Lambda Amazon Inspector AWS Certificate Manager
AWS Artifact
Which of the following services provides on-demand access to AWS compliance reports? AWS IAM AWS Artifact Amazon GuardDuty AWS KMA
AWS Artifact
Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code? AWS CodePineline AWS CodeDeploy AWS Direct Connect AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation
Which of the following can an AWS customer use to launch a new Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) cluster? (Choose two) AWS Concierge AWS CloudFormation Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling AWS Management Console
AWS CloudFormation AWS Management Console
Which AWS services can be used to gather information about AWS account activity? (Choose two) Amazon CloudFront AWS Cloud9 AWS CloudTrail AWS CloudHSM Amazon CloudWatch
AWS CloudTrail Amazon CloudWatch
If a customer needs to audit the change management of AWS resources, which of the following AWS services should the customer use? AWS Config AWS Trusted Advisor Amazon CloudWatch Amazon Inspector
AWS Config
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
AWS Cost and Usage report
Which of the following can a customer use to enable single sign-on (SSO) to the AWS Console? Amazon Connect AWS Directory Service Amazon Pinpoint Amazon Rekognition
AWS Directory Service
Which of the following can limit Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket access to specific users? A public and private key-pair Amazon Inspector AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies Security Groups
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies
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? Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) AWS Lambda Amazon DynomoDB AWS CodeCommit
AWS Lambd
Which of the following services is in the category of AWS serverless platform? Amazon EMR Elastic Load Balancing AWS Lambda AWS Mobile Hub
AWS Lambda
Where should a company go to search software listings from independent software vendors to find, test, buy and deploy software that runs on AWS? AWS Marketplace Amazon Lumberyard AWS Artifact Amazon CloudSearch
AWS Marketplace
Which of the following services could be used to deploy an application to servers running on-premises? (Choose two) AWS Elastic Beanstalk AWS OpsWorks AWS CodeDeploy AWS Batch AWS X-Ray
AWS OpsWorks AWS CodeDeploy
Which service allows a company with multiple AWS accounts to combine its usage to obtain volume discounts? AWS Server Migration Service AWS Organizations AWS Budgets AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Organizations
Which service should a customer use to consolidate and centrally manage multiple AWS accounts? AWS IAM AWS Organizations AWS Scheme Conversion Tool AWS Config
AWS Organizations
An administrator needs to rapidly deploy a popular IT solution and start using it immediately. Where can the administrator find assistance? AWS Well-Architected Framework documentation Amazon CloudFront AWS CodeCommit AWS Quick Start reference deployments
AWS Quick Start reference deployments
How should a customer forecast the future costs for running a new web application? Amazon Aurora Backtrack Amazon CloudWatch Billing Alarms AWS Simple Monthly Calculator AWS Cost and Usage report
AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
Which services are parts of the AWS serverless platform? Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Athena Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SQS, Amazon EMR AWS Step Functions, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon SNS Amazon Athena, Amazon Cognito, Amazon EC2
AWS Step Functions, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon SNS
Which service provides a hybrid storage service that enables on-premises applications to seamlessly use cloud storage? Amazon Glacier AWS Snowball AWS Storage Gateway Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS)
AWS Storage Gateway
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) offers which of the following benefits over traditional database management? AWS manages the data stored in Amazon RDS tables AWS manages the maintenance of the operating system AWS automatically scales up instance types on demand AWS manages the database type
AWS manages the maintenance of the operating system
Which of the following is a benefit of using the AWS Cloud? Permission security removes the administrative burden Ability to focus on revenue-generating activities Control over cloud network hardware Choice of specific cloud hardware vendors
Ability to focus on revenue-generating activities
Which function do security groups serve related to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance security? Act as a virtual firewall for the Amazon EC2 instance. Secure AWS user accounts with AWS identity and Access Management (IAM) policies. Provide DDoS protection with AWS Shield. Use Amazon CloudFront to protect the Amazon EC2 instance.
Act as a virtual firewall for the Amazon EC2 instance.
A customer needs to run a MySQL database that easily scales. Which AWS service should they use? Amazon Aurora Amazon Redshift Amazon DynamoDB Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon Aurora
Which AWS service allows companies to connect on Amazon VPC to an on-premises data center? AWS VPN Amazon Redshift API Gateway Amazon Direct Connect
Amazon Direct Connect
Which of the following is a fast and reliable NoSQL database service? Amazon Redshift Amazon RDS Amazon DynamoDB Amazon S3
Amazon DynamoDB
Which AWS service can be used to manually launch instances based on resource requirements? Amazon EBS Amazon S3 Amazon EC2 Amazon ECS
Amazon EC2
Which of the following services falls under the responsibility of the customer to maintain operating systems configuration, security patching, and networking? Amazon RDS Amazon EC2 Amazon ElastiCache AWS Fargate
Amazon EC2
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? Amazon EC2 Spot Instances Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances Amazon EC2 ON-Demand Instances Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances
Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances
Which service is best for storing common database query results, which helps to alleviate database access load? Amazon Machine Learning Amazon SQS Amazon ElasticCache Amazon EC2 Instance Store
Amazon ElasticCache
Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data backups? Amazon RDS Amazon Glacier AWS Snowball AWS EBS
Amazon Glacier
Which of the following AWS features enables a user to launch a pre-configured Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance? Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Amazon Machine Image Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Amazon AppStream 2.0
Amazon Machine Image
Which AWS services should be used for read/write of constantly changing data? (Choose two) Amazon Glacier Amazon RDS AWS Snowball Amazon Redshift Amazon EFS
Amazon RDS Amazon EFS
Which of the following is an AWS managed Domain Name System (DNS) web service? Amazon Route 53 Amazon Neptune Amazon SageMaker Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Route 53
Which AWS services are defined as global instead of regional? (Choose two) Amazon Route 53 Amazon EC2 Amazon S3 Amazon CloudFront Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Route 53 Amazon CloudFront
What is the lowest-cost, durable storage option for retaining database backups for immediate retrieval? Amazon S3 Amazon Glacier Amazon EBS Amazon EC2 Instance Store
Amazon S3
Which AWS service can serve a static website? Amazon S3 Amazon Route 53 Amazon QuickSight AWS X-Ray
Amazon S3
Which AWS service can serve a static website? Amazon S3 Amazon Route53 Amazon QuickSight AWS X-Ray
Amazon S3
Which service provides a virtually unlimited amount of online highly durable object storage? Amazon Redshift Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Which storage service can be used as a low-cost option for hosting static websites? Amazon Glacier Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
How would an AWS customer easily apply common access controls to a large set of users? Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group. Apply an IAM policy to an IAM role. Apply the same IAM policy to all IAM users with access to the same workload. Apply an IAM policy to an Amazon Cognito user pool.
Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group.
Which of the following is a component of the shared responsibility model managed entirely by AWS? Patching operating system software Encrypting data Enforcing multi-factor authentication Auditing physical data center assets
Auditing physical data center assets
What technology enables compute capacity to adjust as loads change? Load balancing Automatic failover Round robin Auto Scaling
Auto Scaling
Which of the following components of the AWS Global Infrastructure consists of one or more discrete data centers interconnected through low latency links. Availability Zone Edge location Region Private networking
Availability Zone
What are the multiple, isolated locations within an AWS Region that are connected by low-latency networks called? AWS Direct Connects Amazon VPCs Edge locations Availability Zones
Availability Zones
Which of the following is a shared control between the customer and AWS? Providing a key for Amazon S3 client-side encryption Configuration of an Amazon EC2 instance Environmental controls of physical AWS data centers Awareness and training
Awareness and training
Which AWS feature should a customer leverage to achieve high availability of an application? A. AWS Direct Connect B. Availability Zones C. Data centers D. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
B. Availability Zones
Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that allows for one-hour target response time for support cases? Enterprise Business Developer Basic
Business
Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that provides technical support through phone calls? Enterprise Business Developer Basic
Business
Which is the minimum AWS Support plan that includes Infrastructure Event Management without additional costs? Enterprise Business Developer Basic
Business
If each department within a company has its own AWS account, what is one way to enable consolidated billing? Use AWS Budgets on each account to pay only the budget Contact AWS Support for a monthly bill Create an AWS Organization from the payer account and invite the other accounts to join. Put all invoices into one Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket, load data into Amazon Redshift, and then run a billing report.
Create an AWS Organization from the payer account and invite the other accounts to join
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
What is an example of agility in the AWS Cloud? Access to multiple instance types Access to managed services Using Consolidated Billing to produce one bill Decrease acquisition time for new compute resources
Decrease acquisition time for new compute resources
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 Owernership (TCO)? Dedicated Hosts Reserved Instances On-Demand Instances No Upfront Reserved Instances
Dedicated Hosts
What can AWS edge locations be used for? (Choose two.) A. Hosting applications B. Delivering content closer to users C. Running NoSQL database caching services D. Reducing traffic on the server by caching responses E. Sending notification messages to end users
Delivering content closer to users Reducing traffic on the server by caching responses
According to the AWS Shared responsibility model, what is the sole responsibility of AWS? Application security Edge location management Patch management Client-side data
Edge location management
Which of the following are benefits of the AWS Cloud? (Choose two) Unlimited uptime Elasticity Agility Colocation Capital expenses
Elasticity Agility
Under the Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following tasks are the responsibility of the AWS customer? (Choose two) Ensuring that application data is encrypted at rest Ensuring that AWS NTP servers are set to the correct time Ensuring that users have received security training in the use of AWS services Ensuring that access to data centers is restricted Ensuring that hardware is disposed of properly
Ensuring that application data is encrypted at rest Ensuring that users have received security training in the use of AWS services
Which AWS support plan includes a dedicated Technical Account Manager? Developer Enterprise Business Basic
Enterprise
Which feature of the AWS Cloud will support an international company's requirement for low latency to all of its customers? Fault tolerance Global reach Pay-as-you-go pricing High availability
Global reach
Which of the following security measures protest access to an AWS account? (Choose two) Enable AWS CloudTrail Grant least privilege access to IAM users Create one IAM user and share with many developers and users Enable Amazon CloudFront Activate multi-factor authentication (MFA) for privileged users
Grant least privilege access to IAM users Activate multi-factor authentication (MFA) for privileged users
Which AWS IAM feature is used to associate a set of permissions with multiple users? A. Multi-factor authentication B. Groups C. Password policies D. Access keys
Groups
Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a corporate data center. What term would describe this model? Cloud-native Partner network Hybrid architecture Infrastructure as a service
Hybrid architecture
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)? IAM group IAM user IAM role IAM policy
IAM user
A solution that is able to support growth in users, traffic, or data size with no drop in performance aligns with which cloud architecture principle? Think parallel Implement elasticity Decouple your components Design for failure
Implement elasticity
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
Implement elasticity
Which of the following is an AWS Cloud architecture design principle? Implement single points of failure Implement loose coupling Implement monolithic design Implement vertical scaling
Implement loose coupling
Which design principles for cloud architecture are recommended when re-architecting a large monolithic application? (Choose two) Use manual monitoring Use fixed servers Implement loose coupling Rely on individual components Design for scalability
Implement loose coupling Design for scalability
How does AWS shorten the time to provision IT resources? It supplies an online IT ticketing platform for resource requests. It supports automatic code validation services. It provides the ability to programmatically provision existing resources. It automates the resource request process from a company's IT vendor list.
It provides the ability to programmatically provision existing resources.
How does AWS shorten the time to provision IT resources? It supplies an online IT ticketing platform for resource requests. It supports automatic code validation services. It provides the ability to programmatically provision existing resources. It automates the resource request process from a company's IT vendor list.
It provides the ability to programmatically provision existing resources.
What is one of the advantages of the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? It simplifies relational database administration tasks It provides 99.9999999999% reliability and durability It automatically scales databases for loads It enabled users to dynamically adjust CPU and RAM resources
It simplifies relational database administration tasks
Which of the following benefits does the AWS Compliance program provide to AWS customers? (Choose two) It verifies that hosted workloads are automatically compliant with the controls of supported compliance frameworks AWS is responsible for the maintenance of common compliance framework documentation It assures customers that AWS is maintaining physical security and data protection. It ensures the use of compliance frameworks that are being used by other cloud providers It will adopt new compliance frameworks as they become relevant to customer workloads.
It verifies that hosted workloads are automatically compliant with the controls of supported compliance frameworks AWS is responsible for the maintenance of common compliance framework documentation
Under the shared responsibility, which of the following tasks are the responsibility of the customer? Maintaining the underlying Amazon EC2 hardware Managing the VPC network access control lists Encrypting data in transit and at rest Replacing failed hard disk drives Deploying hardware in different Availability Zones
Managing the VPC network access control lists Encrypting data in transit and at rest
A company will be moving from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. What would be one financial difference after the move? Moving from variable operational expense (opex) to upfront capital expense (capex). Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable capital expense (capex). Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable operational expense (opex). Elimination of upfront capital expense (capex) and elimination of variable operational expense (opex).
Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable operational expense (opex).
Which disaster recovery scenario offers the lowest probability of down time? Backup and restore Pilot light Warm standby Multi-site active-active
Multi-site active-active
Under the Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is a shared control between a customer and AWS? Physical controls Patch management Zone security Data center auditing
Patch management
Which of the following is the customer's responsibility under the AWS shared responsibility model? Patching underlying infrastructure Physical security Patching Amazon EC2 instances Patching network infrastructure
Patching Amazon EC2 instances
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
Physical security
Which of the following are features of Amazon CloudWatch Logs?(Choose two) Summaries by Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Free Amazon Elasticsearch Service analytics Provided at no charge Real-time monitoring Adjustable retention
Real-time monitoring Adjustable retention
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). Reduced latency to users The application's presentation in the local language Data sovereignty compliance Cooling costs in hotter climates Proximity to the customer's office for on-site visits
Reduced latency to users Data sovereignty compliance
Which scenarios represent the concept of elasticity on AWS? (Choose two) Scaling the number of Amazon EC2 instances based on traffic Resizing Amazon RDS instances as business needs change Automatically directing traffic to less-utilized Amazon EC2 instances Using AWS compliance documents to accelerate the compliance process Having the ability to create and govern environment using code.
Scaling the number of Amazon EC2 instances based on traffic Resizing Amazon RDS instances as business needs change
Which of the following tasks is the responsibility of AWS? Encrypting client-side data Configuring AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles Securing the Amazon EC2 hypervisor Setting user password policies
Securing the Amazon EC2 hypervisor
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
Spot Instances
When comparing AWS Cloud with on-premises Total Cost of Ownership, which expenses must be considered? (Choose two) Software development Project management Storage hardware Physical servers Antivirus software license
Storage hardware Physical servers
What is the benefit of using AWS managed services, such as Amazon ElastiCache and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? They require the customer to monitor and replace failing instances. They have better performance than customer-managed services. They simplify patching and updating underlying OSs. They do not require the customer to optimize instance type or size selections.
They have better performance than customer-managed services.
Which task is AWS responsibility for in the shared responsibility model for security and compliance? Granting access to individuals and services Encrypting data in transit Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware Updating operating systems
Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware
Which of the following is an important architectural design principle when designing cloud applications? Use multiple Availability Zones Use tightly coupled components Use open source software Provision extra capacity
Use multiple Availability Zones
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? Create one global AWS account and move all AWS resources to the account. Sign up for three years of Reserved Instance pricing up front. Use the consolidated billing feature from AWS Organizations. Sign up for the AWS Enterprise support plan to get volume discounts.
Use the consolidated billing feature from AWS Organizations.
How does AWS charge for AWS Lambda? A. Users bid on the maximum price they are willing to pay per hour. B. Users choose a 1-, 3- or 5-year upfront payment term. C. Users pay for the required permanent storage on a file system or in a database. D. Users pay based on the number of requests and consumed compute resources.
Users pay based on the number of requests and consumed compute resources.
What approach to transcoding a large number of individual video files adheres to AWS architecture principles? Using many instances in parallel Using a single large instance during off-peak hours Using dedicated hardware Using a large GPU instance type
Using many instances in parallel
Which of the following is an advantage of consolidated billing on AWS? Volume pricing qualification Shared access permissions Multiple bills per account Eliminates the need for tagging
Volume pricing qualification
When is it beneficial for a company to use s Spot Instance? When there is flexibility in when an application needs to run When there are mission-critical workloads When dedicated capacity is needed When an instance should not be stopped
When there is flexibility in when an application needs to run
One of the advantages to moving infrastructure from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud is: it allow the business to eliminate IT bills it allow the business to put a server in each customer's data center it allow the business to focus on business activities it allow the business to leave servers unpatched
it allow the business to focus on business activities
One benefit of On-Demand Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) pricing is: A. the ability to bid for a lower hourly cost. B. paying a daily rate regardless of time used. C. paying only for time used. D. pre-paying for instances and paying a lower hourly rate.
paying only for time used.
The financial benefits of using AWS are: (Choose two) reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). increased capital expenditure (capex). reduced operational expenditure (opex). deferred payment plans for startups. business credit lines for startups.
reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). reduced operational expenditure (opex).
