AWS Cloud Practioner Practice Exams
A Company wants to use on-premises database with application in AWS. What AWS service can help company design the hybrid application? A. AWS Direct Connect B. AWS VPC C. AWS IAM D. AWS Route 53
A.
A company has several departments with separate AWS accounts. Which feature helps centrally manage access polices across these multiple AWS accounts? A. AWS Organizations B. AWS Cost Explorer C. AWS IAM D. AWS Inspector
A.
A company is working on a project that involves converting images format from .png to .jpg and creating thumbnails. Thousands of images have to be converted however, time is not really an issue and continuous processing is not required. Which type of EC2 buying option would be most cost-effective for the company to use? A. Spot instances B. On-demand instances C. Reserved instances D. Dedicated instances
A.
A company is working with a data set, and they need to import it into a relational database service. Which AWS service will help meet their needs? A. AWS RDS B. AWS NoSQL C. AWS DynamoDB D. AWS Redshift
A.
What does Amazon SQS provide? A. An asynchronous message queue service. B. A Simple Query Server, managed directly by Amazon Web Services. C. A synchronous message queue service. D. None of these.
A.
What is the durability of S3 RRS? A. 99.99% B. 99.95% C. 99.995% D. 99.999999999%
A.
Which of the following is a durable key-value store? A. Amazon Simple Storage Service B. Amazon Simple Queue Service C. Amazon Simple Workflow Service D. Amazon Simple Notification Service
A.
Which AWS services belong to the Compute services? Choose 2 answers A. Lambda B. EC2 C. S3 D. IAM E. AWS Inspector
A. B.
What are the benefits of DynamoDB? Choose the 3 correct answers: A. Single-digit millisecond latency B. Network Isolation C. Automatic scaling of throughput capacity D. Supports multiple known NoSQL database engines like MariaDB and Oracle NoSQL. E. Supports both document and key-value store data models.
A. C. E.
A company to planning to migrate from on-premises to AWS cloud. Which two factors should it consider for TCO calculations? A. Database capacity B. Power consumption cost C. Hardware cost D. Labor cost E. Compute capacity and storage
A. E.
A company is building a web application on AWS. They want to make sure his application is highly available to their customers. What infrastructure components of the AWS cloud allow them to accomplish this goal? Choose the 2 correct answers A. Regions B. Data Locations C. Availability Zones D. Regional Zones E. Data Centers
A. C.
What AWS services would allow deployment on servers which are on-premises? Choose 2 answers A. AWS CodeDeploy B. AWS Batch C. AWS OpsWorks D. AWS CloudFormation E. AWS X-Ray
A. C.
Which features are available exclusive for AWS Enterprise support plan? Choose 2 A. Technical Account Manager B. Technical Lead C. Solution Architect D. Business Relationship Manager
A. C.
Which of the following are benefits of AWS's Relational Database Service (RDS)? Choose the 2 correct answers A. Resizable capacity B. Use of a NoSQL database service C. Automated patches and backups D. Best method for storing unstructured data
A. C.
Which of the following are valid SNS delivery transports? Choose 2 answers. A. HTTP B. UDP C. SMS D. DynamoDB E. Named Pipes
A. C.
A company notices that five of your 10 S3 buckets are no longer available in the AWS account and have been deleted. They are unsure who may have deleted them, and no one is taking responsibility. What should the company do to investigate and find out who deleted the S3 buckets? A. Look at the CloudWatch Logs. B. Look at the CloudTrail logs. C. Look at the S3 logs. D. Look at the SNS logs.
B.
A company wants to design their applications for High availability? They should design the application with A. Minimum of 1 AZ B. Minimum of 2 AZs C. Minimum of 3 AZs D. Minimum of 4 or more AZs
B.
An organization has setup consolidated billing with 3 different AWS accounts. Which of the below mentioned advantages will organization receive in terms of the AWS pricing? A. The consolidated billing does not bring any cost advantage for the organization B. All AWS accounts will be charged for S3 storage by combining the total storage of each account C. EC2 instances of each account will receive a total of 750*3 micro instance hours free D. The free usage tier for all the 3 accounts will be 3 years and not a single year
B.
If you want in-depth details on how to create, manage, and attach IAM access policies to IAM users, in what AWS resource should you look? A. AWS How-To-Help Section B. AWS Service Documentation C. AWS Whitepapers D. None of the above
B.
In IAM, what is web identity federation? A. Use of an identity provider like Google or Facebook to become an AWS IAM User. B. Use of an identity provider like Google or Facebook to exchange for temporary AWS security credentials. C. Use of AWS IAM User tokens to log in as a Google or Facebook user. D. Use of AWS STS Tokens to log in as a Google or Facebook user.
B.
What does Amazon Elastic Beanstalk provide? A. A scalable storage appliance on top of Amazon Web Services. B. An application container on top of Amazon Web Services C. A service by this name doesn't exist. D. A scalable cluster of EC2 instances.
B.
What option is not a part of the Cloud Computing models? A. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) B. Hardware as a Service (HaaS) C. Platform as a Service (PaaS) D. Software as a Service (SaaS)
B.
What statement best describes what AWS is? A. AWS is an online retailer B. AWS is a cloud services platform. C. AWS is the cloud. D. None of the above.
B.
Which AWS feature allows system administrators to access AWS programmatically? A. AWS CloudFormation B. AWS SDK C. AWS Inspector D. AWS CodeDeploy
B.
Which AWS service would simplify migration of a database to AWS? A. AWS Storage Gateway B. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) C. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) D. Amazon AppStream 2.0
B.
Which is an operational process performed by AWS for data security? A. AES-256 encryption of data stored on any shared storage device B. Decommissioning of storage devices using industry-standard practices C. Background virus scans of EBS volumes and EBS snapshots D. Replication of data across multiple AWS Regions E. Secure wiping of EBS data when an EBS volume is un-mounted
B.
Which of the following cannot be used in Amazon EC2 to control who has access to specific Amazon EC2 instances? A. Security Groups B. IAM System C. SSH keys D. Windows passwords
B.
Which of the following is AWS's responsibility under the AWS shared responsibility model? A. Configuring third-party applications B. Maintaining physical hardware C. Securing application access and data D. Managing custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
B.
_____ is a durable, block-level storage volume that you can attach to a single, running Amazon EC2 instance. A. Amazon S3 B. Amazon EBS C. None of These D. All of These
B.
A company wants to implement best practices on AWS. Which implementation would help them "Optimize for Cost"? Choose 2 answers A. Use Reserved instances for short term adhoc requirements B. Use S3 RRS storage class for reproducible objects C. Use Lambda architecture D. Use On-demand instances for consistent 365 x 24 x 7 compute requirements E. Use S3 Standard Infrequent access for data archival requirements
B. C.
A company is planning to use on-demand EC2 instances for their application, how would they be charged for it? A. Charged per second, based on an hourly rate, and there is a termination fee. B. Charged by the hour and must pay a partial upfront fee. C. Charged per second, based on an hourly rate, and there are no termination fees. D. They must commit to a one or three-year term and pay upfront.
C.
A company wants to transfer petabyte scale of data to AWS for their analytics, however are constrained on their internet connectivity? Which AWS service can help them transfer the data quickly? A. S3 enhanced uploader B. Snowmobile C. Snowball D. Direct Connect
C.
How would a system administrator add an additional layer of login security to a user's AWS Management Console? A. Use AWS Cloud Directory B. Audit AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles C. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication D. Enable AWS CloudTrail
C.
If you have a set of infrequently accessed files that are required couple of times on monthly basis but still requires rapid access when needed, what S3 storage class should you store them in? A. S3 Standard Storage class B. S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage C. S3 Infrequent Access Storage class D. S3 Fast Access class
C.
What best describes penetration testing on AWS cloud? A. Testing your IAM users access to AWS services. B. Testing your applications ability to penetrate other applications. C. Testing your own network/application for vulnerabilities. D. None of the above.
C.
What does Amazon CloudFormation provide? A. The ability to setup Autoscaling for Amazon EC2 instances. B. None of these. C. A templated resource creation for Amazon Web Services. D. A template to map network resources for Amazon Web Services.
C.
Which service provides serverless computing? A. AWS EC2 B. AWS EMR C. AWS Lambda D. AWS Batch
C.
Which statement best describes ElastiCache? A. Reduces the latency by splitting the workload across multiple AZs B. A simple web services interface to create and store multiple data sets, query your data easily, and return the results C. Offload the read traffic from your database in order to reduce latency caused by read-heavy workload D. Managed service that makes it easy to set up, operate and scale a relational database in the cloud
C.
Which team should you reach out to if you believe your AWS account has been compromised? A. AWS Legal team B. AWS DDoS team C. AWS Support team D. AWS Abuse team
C.
Which AWS services belong to the Storage services? Choose 2 answers A. EMR B. SQS C. AWS Storage Gateway D. S3 E. CloudFront
C. D.
A Company wants to use MySQL compatible relational database with greater performance. Which AWS service can be used? A. AWS DynamoDB B. AWS SimpleDB C. AWS RDS D. AWS Aurora
D.
A company is performing migration from on-premises to AWS cloud. They have a compliance requirement for application hosting on physical servers to be able to use existing server-bound software licenses. Which AWS EC2 purchase type would help fulfill the requirement? A. Spot instances B. Reserved instances C. On-demand instances D. Dedicated Hosts
D.
A user is trying to understand AWS SNS. To which of the below mentioned end points is SNS unable to send a notification? A. Email JSON B. HTTP C. AWS SQS D. AWS SES
D.
An organization is generating digital policy files, which are required by the admins for verification. Once the files are verified they may not be required in the future unless there is some compliance issue. If the organization wants to save them in a cost effective way, which is the best possible solution? A. AWS RRS B. AWS RDS C. AWS S3 D. AWS Glacier
D.
What does Amazon S3 stand for? A. Simple Storage Solution. B. Storage Storage Storage (triple redundancy Storage). C. Storage Server Solution. D. Simple Storage Service
D.
What type of block cipher does Amazon S3 offer for server side encryption? A. RC5 B. Blowfish C. Triple DES D. Advanced Encryption Standard - AES
D.
Which AWS support plan has a dedicated technical account manager assigned for proactive guidance? A. AWS Basic support plan B. AWS Developer support plan C. AWS Business support plan D. AWS Enterprise support plan
D.
Which AWS support plan has an assigned Designated Technical Account Manager? A. AWS Basic support plan B. AWS Developer support plan C. AWS Business support plan D. AWS Enterprise support plan
D.
You are working with a customer who is using Chef configuration management in their data center. Which service is designed to let the customer leverage existing Chef recipes in AWS? A. Amazon Simple Workflow Service B. AWS Elastic Beanstalk C. AWS CloudFormation D. AWS OpsWorks
D.
You have decided to change AMI for instances running in your application tier that is using Auto Scaling. In which area below would you change the instance type definition? A. Auto Scaling policy B. Auto Scaling group C. Auto Scaling tags D. Auto Scaling launch configuration
D.
Can I move a Reserved Instance from one Region to another? a. No b. Only if they are moving into GovCloud c. Yes d. Only if they are moving to US East from another region
a.
If you have a set of frequently accessed files that are used on a daily basis and cannot be reproduced, what S3 storage class should you store them in? a. S3 Standard Storage class b. S3 Reduced Redundancey Storage c. S3 Infrequent Access Storage class d. S3 Fast Access class
a.
What does Amazon EC2 provide? a. Virtual servers in the Cloud b. A platform to run code(Java, PHP, Python), paying on an hourly basis c. Computer clusters in the Cloud d. Physical servers, remotely managed by the customer
a.
What does Amazon SQS provide? a. An asynchronous message queue service b. A Simple Query Server, managed directly by Amazon Web Services. c. A synchronous message queue service d. None of these
a.
Which AWS service provides low cost storage option for archival and long-term backup? a. Glacier b. S3 c. EBS d. CloudFront
a.
Which of the following are the benefits of AWS Organizations? Choose the 2 correct answers a. Centrally manage access policies across multiple AWS accounts b. Automate AWS account creation and management c. Analyze cost across all multiple AWS accounts d. Provide technical help (by AWS) for issues in your AWS account
a. b.
Why would a company decide to use AWS over an on-premises data center? Choose the 2 correct answers a. Highly available infrastructure b. Elastic resources based on demand c. Free, unlimited data storage d. Failproof infrastructure
a. b.
Which AWS features can be used to control network traffic to the AWS resources within a VPC? Choose 2 answers a. Security Groups b. AWS Shield c. NACLS d. AWS WAF e. AWS Inspector
a. c.
What circumstances would someone want to use ElastiCache? Choose 2 answers a. They need in-memory data store service b. They need to to use Edge Locations to cache content c. They need a NoSQL database option d. They need to improve the performance of their web application
a. d.
What use cases would someone want to use ElastiCache? Choose the 2 correct answers a. Improve the performance of their web application b. NoSQL database option c. Use Edge Locations to cache content d. In-memory data store service e. Relational database
a. d.
Which of the following notification endpoints or clients does Amazon Simple Notification Service support? Choose 2 answers a. Email b. CloudFront distribution c. File Transfer Protocol d. Short Message service e. Simple Network Management Protocol
a. d.
What should you do if you believe your AWS account has been compromised? Choose the 2 correct answers a. Delete or rotate all root and IAM access keys b. Wait 48 hours in case it's a false alarm c. Delete your AWS account d. Contact AWS legal team e. Delete any resources on your account you didn't create
a. e.
Which AWS services belong to the Storage services? Choose 2 answers a. EBS b. CloudFront c. IAM d. DynamoDB e. Storage Gateway
a. e.
A user has deployed an application on his private cloud. The user is using his own monitoring tool. He wants to configure that whenever there is an error, the monitoring tool should notify him via SMS. Which of the below mentioned AWS services will help in this scenario? a. None because the user infrastructure is in the private cloud b. AWS SNS c. AWS SES d. AWS SMS
b.
A user wants to achieve High Availability with PostgreSQL DB. Which of the below mentioned functionalities helps achieve HA? a. Read replica b. Multi AZ c. Multi Region d. PostgreSQL does not support HA
b.
An organization is using AWS since a few months. The finance team wants to visualize the pattern of AWS spending. Which of the below AWS tool will help for this requirement? a. AWS Cost Manager b. AWS Cost Explorer c. AWS CloudWatch d. AWS Consolidated Billing
b.
The concept of elasticity is most closely associated with which of the following? a. Elastic load balancing b. Auto scaling c. Network Security d. Serverless computing
b.
What AWS service must you use if you want to configure an AWS billing alarm? a. AWS CloudTrail b. AWS CloudWatch c. AWS Consolidated billing d. AWS CloudMonitor
b.
What kind of service is provided by AWS DynamoDB? a. Relational Database b. NoSQL Database c. Dynamic Database d. Document Database
b.
Which component of AWS global infrastructure does Amazon CloudFront use to ensure low-latency delivery? a. AWS Regions b. AWS edge locations c. AWS Availability Zones d. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
b.
With EC2, location of Instances are ____________ a. Regional b. Based on Avalability Zones c. Global
b.
You are running a web-application on AWS consisting of the following components an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) an Auto- Scaling Group of EC2 instances running Linux/PHP/Apache, and Relational Database Service (RDS) MySQL. Which security measures fall into AWS's responsibility? a. Protect the EC2 instances against unsolicited access by enforcing the principle of least-privilege access b. Protect against IP spoofing or pack sniffing c. Assure all communication between EC2 instances and ELB is encrypted.......... d. Install latest security patches on EC2 Instances
b.
What benefits does Edge location provide? Choose 2 answers a. Scalable DNS service b. Caching of resources c. Low latency access d. Isolated virtual Network e. Direct connection to AWS
b. c.
Which AWS service can help in compliance auditing and resource change tracking for changes in AWS resources? Choose 2 answers a. AWS X-Ray b. AWS Cloudtrail c. AWS Config d. AWS Inspector e. AWS Service Catalog
b. c.
A company has launched a News application within single region but intended for global usage. What service can help provide low latency access with best possible performance globally? a. AWS Route 53 b. AWS CloudWatch c. AWS CloudFront d. AWS Elastic Load Balancer
c.
Every user you create in the IAM system starts with _________. a. Partial permissions b. Full permissions c. No permissions
c.
From Business support plan and above, how many contacts can open cases? a. One primary contact b. Root account holder c. Unlimited contacts d. 10 contacts
c.
From which AWS support plan do the customers get access to the AWS support API as a part of Programmatic Case Management? a. AWS Basic support plan b. AWS Developer Support plan c. AWS Business support plan d. AWS Enterprise support plan
c.
What AWS service allows you to have your own private network in the AWS cloud? a. Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) b. Virtual Private Network (VPN) c. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) d. None of the above
c.
What AWS service help you estimate the cost of using AWS vs. an on-premises data center? a. AWS Cost Explorer b. Consolidated Billing c. TCO Calculator d. AWS Simple calculator
c.
What does Amazon CloudFormation provide? a. The ability to setup autoscaling for Amazon EC2 instances b. None of these c. A templated resource creation for Amazon Web Services d. A template to map network resources for Amazon Web Services
c.
What does Amazon ElastiCache provide? a. A service by this name doesn't exist. Perhaps you mean Amazon CloudCache. b. A virtual server with a huge amount of memory c. A managed In-memory cache service d. An Amazon EC2 instance with the Memcached software already pre-installed
c.
What does Amazon Route 53 provide? a. A global content delivery Network b. None of these c. A scalable domain Name system d. An SSH endpoint for amazon EC2
c.
Which AWS RDS feature helps a standby database to takeover when the primary database fails to respond? a. RDS Single AZ b. RDS Read Replica c. RDS Multi-AZ d. RDS Standby Replica
c.
Which AWS feature allows system administrators to access AWS programmatically? a. AWS Inspector b. AWS Config c. AWS CLI d. AWS CodeDeploy
c.
Which AWS service can help cache database results to help improve web application performance? a. RDS Multi-AZ b. RDS Read Replica c. ElastiCache d. DynamoDB
c.
Which AWS support plan has an Assigned Support Concierge? a. AWS Basic support plan b. AWS Developer Support plan c. AWS Enterprise support plan d. AWS Business support plan
c.
Which S3 storage class has lowest object availability rating? Choose the correct answer a. All of them have the same availability rating b. Standard c. Infrequent Access d. Reduced Redundancy
c.
Why is AWS more economical than traditional data centers for applications with varying compute workloads? a. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) costs are billed on a monthly basis b. Customers retail full administrative access to their Amazon EC2 instances c. Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on-demand when needed. d. Customers can permanently run enough instances to handle peak workloads
c.
You are a consultant tasked with migrating an on-premise application architecture to AWS. During your design process, you have to give consideration to current on-premise security and determine which security attributes you are responsible for on AWS. Which of the following does AWS provide for you as part of the shared responsibility model? a. EC2 instance security b. EBS volume encryptions c. Physical network infrastructure security d. User access control to the AWS environment
c.
You have just set up a brand new AWS account. You want to keep monthly billing under $100, but you are worried about going over that limit. What can you set up in order to be notified when the monthly bill approaches $100? a. A CloudWatch billing alarm that triggers a CloudTrail notification to your email address. b. A CloudTrail billing alarm that triggers an SNS notification to your email address c. A Cloudwatch billing alarm that triggers an SNS notification to your email address. d. A SNS billiang alarm that triggers a CloudWatch notification to your email address
c.
A company has several departments with separate AWS accounts. Which feature helps centrally manage multiple accounts to help scale? a. AWS IAM b. AWS Billing System c. AWS Lightsail d. AWS Organizations
d.
A company wants to implement best practices on AWS. Which implementation would help eliminate "Single Point of failure"? a. ElastiCache Memcached deployment b. RDS Single-AZ deployment c. EC2 instances on a single AZ d. ElastiCache Redis deployment
d.
A company wants to launch an application to support one day campaign which would run for 24 hours without interruptions. The instances would not be required after 24 hours. Which AWS EC2 purchase types would help fulfill the requirement? a. Reserved Instances b. Spot Instances c. Dedicated Instances d. On-demand instances
d.
In AWS VPC, what is a Security Group? a. None of these b. A list of users that can access Amazon EC2 instances c. An Access control List (ACL) for AWS resources d. A firewall for inbound/outbound traffic, built-in around every Amazon EC2 instance
d.
What AWS service can be used for tracking API event calls for security analysis, resource change tracking? a. AWS CloudWatch b. AWS CloudFormation c. AWS OpsWorks d. AWS CloudTrail
d.
What does RRS stand for when talking about S3? a. Redundancy Removal System b. Relational Rights Storage c. Regional Rights Standard d. Reduced Redundancy Storage
d.
What is the difference between an availability zone and an edge location? Choose the correct answer a. Edge locations are used as control stations for AWS resources b. An edge location is used as a link when building load balancing between regions c. An availability zone is a grouping of AWS resources in a specific region; an edge location is a specific resource within the AWS region d. An availability zone is an Amazon resource within an AWS region; an edge location will deliver cached content to the closest location to reduce latency
d.
Where can a customer find information about prohibited actions on AWS infrastructure? a. AWS Trusted Advisor b. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) c. AWS Billing console d. AWS Acceptable Use Policy
d.
Which of the below mentioned options can be a good use case for storing content in AWS RRS? a. Storing mission critical data files b. Storing infrequently used log files c. Storing a video file which is not reproducible d. Storing image thumbnails
d.
