AWS Cloud Practitioner - Practice 1

Which of the following are regarded as regional services in AWS? (Select TWO) ​ - AWS Security Token Service - Amazon EC2 - AWS Batch - Amazon EFS - Amazon Route 53

- AWS Batch - Amazon EFS

Which among the options below can you use to launch a new Amazon RDS database cluster to your VPC? (Select TWO) ​ - AWS Management Console ​- AWS Systems Manager ​- AWS Concierge - AWS CloudFormation - AWS CodePipeline

- AWS Management Console - AWS CloudFormation

Which of the following can you use to connect your on-premises data center and your cloud architecture in AWS? (Select TWO) - Amazon Route 53 - Egress-Only Internet Gateway - VPC Peering - Virtual Private Gateway - NAT Gateway

- Amazon Route 53 - Virtual Private Gateway

You need to host a new Microsoft SQL Server database in AWS for an urgent project. Which AWS services should you use to meet this requirement? (Select TWO) ​ - Amazon Aurora Backtrack ​- Amazon Redshift ​- Amazon Aurora ​- Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) - Amazon EC2

​- Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) - Amazon EC2

A company has hybrid cloud architecture where their on-premises data center interacts with their cloud resources in AWS. Which of the following services in AWS could you use to deploy a web application to servers running on-premises? (Select TWO) ​ - AWS Batch - AWS Elastic Beanstalk - AWS CodeDeploy​ - AWS OpsWorks​ - AWS CloudFormation

- AWS CodeDeploy​ - AWS OpsWorks​

Which of the following can a developer use to interact with your AWS services? (Select TWO) ​ - AWS Artifact - AWS SDKs - AWS Command Line Interface - AWS Organizations - Elastic Network Interface

- AWS SDKs - AWS Command Line Interface

A company is planning to adopt a hybrid cloud architecture with AWS. Which of the following can they use to assist them in estimating their costs? (Select TWO) - AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator - AWS Simple Monthly Calculator - Cost allocation tag - Consolidated Billing - AWS Cost Explorer

- AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator - AWS Simple Monthly Calculator

Which of the following are the things that Amazon CloudWatch Logs can accomplish? (Select TWO) - Record AWS management Console actions and API calls - Store your log data at absolutely no charge - Adjust the retention policy for each log group - Create alarms that automatically stop, terminate, reboot, or recover your EC2 instances - Monitor application logs from Amazon EC2 instances

- Adjust the retention policy for each log group - Monitor application logs from Amazon EC2 Instances

Users from different parts of the globe are complaining about the slow performance of the newly launched photo-sharing website in loading their high-resolution images. Which combination of AWS services should you use to serve the files with lowest possible latency? (Select TWO) - Amazon CloudFront - Amazon Elastic File System - AWS Storage Gateway - Amazon Glacier - Amazon S3

- Amazon CloudFront - Amazon S3

Which AWS services should you use to store rapidly changing data with low read and write latencies? (Select TWO) - AWS Snowball - AmazonRDS - Amazon EBS - Amazon S3 - Amazon AppStream 2.0

- Amazon RDS - Amazon EBS

What are the things that you can implement to improve the security of your Identity and Access Management (IAM) users? (Select TWO) - Configure a strong password policy for your users - Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) - Enable AWS Mobile Push Notification - Block incoming traffic via Network ACL - Block incoming traffic via Security Groups

- Configure a strong password policy for your users - Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

A company is in the process of choosing the most suitable AWS Region to migrate their applications. Which of the following factors should they consider? (Select TWO) ​ - Potential volume discounts for the specific AWS Region. - Enhance customer experiences by reducing latency to users. ​- Support country-specific data sovereignty compliance requirements.​ - Proximity to your end-users for on-site visits to your on-premises data center.​ - Zone Security.

- Enhance customer experiences by reducing latency to users. ​- Support country-specific data sovereignty compliance requirements.​

Which of the following is true regarding Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? (Select TWO) ​ - Makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database - Automatically scales the relational database based on the incoming workload - Provides 99.99999999999% reliability and durability - It is fully managed relational database service. - Simplifies the management of time-consuming database administration tasks

- Makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database - Simplifies the management of time-consuming database administration tasks

In the VPC dashboard of your AWS Management Console, which of the following services or feature below can you manage? (Select TWO) - CloudFront - Network ACLs - Route 53 - Lambda - Security Groups

- Network ACLs - Security Groups

Which of the following is true regarding the Developer support plan in AWS? (Select TWO) - Recommended if you have business and/or mission critcal workloads in AWS - Has access to the full set of Trusted Advisor checks - No access to the AWS Support API - Limited access to the 7 Core Trusted Advisor checks - Full access to the AWS Support API

- No access to the AWS Support API - Limited access to the 7 Core Trusted Advisor checks

In AWS Trusted Advisor, which of the following options are included among the five categories being considered to analyze your AWS environment and provide the best practice recommendations? (Select TWO) - Performance - Fault Tolerance - Instance Usage - Infrastructure - Storage Capacity

- Performance - Fault Tolerance

Which of the following below are the benefits of using Consolidated billing in AWS? (Select TWO) - Share the volume pricing and Reserved Instance discounts by combining the usage across all accounts in the organization - Allows one member account to pay the charges of all the master accounts - You get one bill for multiple accounts - Consolidate together the billing and payment of both AWS accounts and Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd (AISPL) accounts - Consolidated all the bills from multiple AWS accounts for only $1 every month

- Share the volume pricing and Reserved Instance discounts by combining the usage across all accounts in the organization - You get one bill for multiple accounts

Which of the following characteristics correctly describes the Amazon Simple Storage Service? (Select TWO) ​ - A hybrid cloud storage service - ​An object storage service​ - A highly durable storage infrastructure - A durable, high throughput file system - A high-performance block storage service

- ​An object storage service​ - A highly durable storage infrastructure

Which service should a company use to centrally manage policies and consolidate billing across multiple AWS accounts? ​ A. AWS Organizations​ B. AWS Config​ C. AWS Budgets​ D. AWS Trusted Advisor

A. AWS Organizations​

A company which has a basic support plan needs resources to deploy, test, and improve their AWS environment. Which of the following can they use for free? A. AWS online documentation, whitepapers, blogs and support forums B. AWS Support API for programmatic case management C. In-person classes with an accredited AWS instructor D. Technical Account Manager consultation

A. AWS online documentation, whitepapers, blogs and support forums

There is a requirement to launch a new database in AWS where the customer assumes the responsibility and management of the guest operating system, including updates and security patches. Which of the following services should the customer use? A. Amazon EC2 B. Amazon Aurora C. Amazon DocumentDB D. Amazon DynamoDB

A. Amazon EC2

Which statement below is correct regarding the components of the AWS Global Infrastructure? A. An AWS Region contains multiple Availability Zones B. An Availability Zone contains multiple AWS Regions C. An Availability Zone contains edge locations D. An edge location contains multiple AWS Regions

A. An AWS Region contains multiple Availability Zones

Which of the following allows you to categorize and track your AWS costs on a detailed level? ​ A. Cost allocation tags B. Consolidated Billing C. Amazon Aurora Backtrack D. AWS Budgets

A. Cost allocation tags

A company has web servers running on Amazon EC2 instances that access a RESTful API hosted on their on-premises data center. What kind of architecture is the company using? ​ A. Hybrid architecture​ B. Platform as a service (PaaS) ​C. Software as a Service (SaaS) D. Serverless architecture

A. Hybrid architecture

Which of the following IAM identities is associated with the access keys that are used in managing your cloud resources via the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)? ​ A. IAM User​ B. IAM Policy ​C. IAM Group ​D. IAM Role

A. IAM User​

Which of the following is true regarding Elastic Load Balancing? A. It distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances, in multiple Availability Zones B. It translates domain names (such as www.tutorialsdojo.com) into numeric IP addresses (such as 192.0.2.1) that Amazon EC2 instances use to connect to each other C. It is a virtual server that allows you to run your applications in the cloud D. It automatically increases or decreases the number of instances as the demand of your application changes

A. It distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances, in multiple Availability Zones

Which of the following is a key financial benefit of migrating systems hosted on your on-premises data center to AWS? A. Opportunity to replace upfront capital expenses (CAPEX) with low variable costs B. Opportunity to replace variable capital expenses (CAPEX) with low upfront costs C. Opportunity to replace upfront operational expenses (OPEX) with low variable operational expenses (OPEX) D. Opportunity to replace variable operational expenses (OPEX) with low capital expenses (CAPEX)

A. Opportunity to replace upfront capital expenses (CAPEX) with low variable costs

Which Amazon EC2 instance purchasing option lets you take advantage of unused EC2 capacity in the AWS Cloud and provides up to a 90% discount compared to On-Demand prices? A. Spot instance B. Convertible Reserved Instance C. Standard Reserved Instance D. Dedicated host

A. Spot instance

Which of the following options below is solely the responsibility of the customer in accordance with the AWS shared responsibility model? A. Zone security B. Awareness and training C. Patching of the host operating system D. Configuration management

A. Zone security

Which of the following best describes what CloudWatch is? ​ A. A rules repository B. A metric repository C. An audit service that records all API calls made to your AWS account D. An automated security assessment service

B. A metric repository

For security audit, a company needs to download the compliance-related documents in AWS such as ISO certifications, Payment Card Industry (PCI), and Service Organization Control (SOC) reports. Which of the following should they use to retrieve these files? A. AWS Certificate Manager B. AWS Artifact C. AWS Trusted Advisor D. AWS CloudTrail

B. AWS Artifact

Which service provides event history of your AWS account activity, including actions taken through the AWS Management Console, AWS SDKs, command line tools, and other AWS services? A. Amazon CloudWatch B. AWS CloudTrail C. AWS Infrastructure Event Management D. AWS Config

B. AWS CloudTrail

Which of the following Cost Management Tools allows you to track your Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) usage and view the discounted RI rate that was charged to your resources? ​ A. AWS Cost Explorer B. AWS Cost and Usage report C. AWS Systems Manager ​D. AWS Budgets

B. AWS Cost and Usage Report

Which of the following provides you the most granular data about your AWS costs and usage and also load that information into Amazon Athena, Amazon Redshift, AWS QuickSight, or a tool of your choice? A. Consolidated billing B. AWS Cost and Usage report C. AWS Budgets D. AWS Cost Explorer

B. AWS Cost and Usage Report

What should you provide to your developers to allow them to access your AWS services through the AWS CLI? ​ A. API keys B. Access keys C. IAM username and passwords D. SSH keys

B. Access keys

Which service should you use if there is a need to launch a customized self-hosted database which requires a scheduled shutdown every night to save on cost? A. Amazon DynamoDB B. Amazon EC2 instance with an EBS volume C. Amazon Redshift D. Amazon EC2 instance with an Instance Store volume

B. Amazon EC2 instance with an EBS volume

What service provides the lowest-cost storage option for retaining database backups which also allows occasional data retrieval in minutes? A. Amazon EBS B. Amazon Glacier C. Amazon S3 D. Amazon EFS

B. Amazon Glacier

Which of the following is the most cost-effective AWS Support Plan to use if you need access to AWS Support API for programmatic case management? A. Enterprise B. Business C. Basic D. Developer

B. Business

Which of the following is a key design principle when running an application in AWS? A. Logical coupling B. Loose coupling C. Semantic coupling D. Tight coupling

B. Loose coupling

Which of the following is an advantage of using managed services like RDS, ElastiCache, and CloudSearch in AWS? ​ A. Automatically scales the capacity without any customer intervention B. Simplifies all of your OS patching and backup activities to help keep your resources current and secure C. Better performance than customer-managed services such as EC2 instances ​D. Frees up the customer from the task of choosing and optimizing the underlying instance type and size of the service

B. Simplifies all of your OS patching and backup activities to help keep your resources current and secure

In AWS, _______ is one of the advantages of Consolidated Billing. A. Ability to have one member account to pay the charges of all the master accounts B. Volume pricing C. Go global in minutes D. Consolidation of both AWS and AISPL accounts in one billing

B. Volume pricing

What is the minimum number of Availability Zones that you should set up for your Application Load Balancer in order to create a highly available architecture? A. 3 B. 4 C. 2 D. 1

C. 2

Which AWS service should you use if you need to launch a highly scalable MySQL database? ​ A. Amazon Redshift B. Amazon DynamoDB C. Amazon Aurora​ D. Amazon ElastiCache

C. Amazon Aurora​

Which service should you use if you need a scalable, fast, and flexible nonrelational database service? ​ A. Amazon S3 B. Amazon Redshift C. Amazon DynamoDB​ D. Amazon RDS

C. Amazon DynamoDB​

Among the following services, which is the most suitable one to use to store the results of I/O-intensive SQL database queries to improve application performance? ​ A. Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)​ B. AWS Greengrass ​C. Amazon ElastiCache D. Amazon CloudFront

C. Amazon ElastiCache

Which type of Elastic Load Balancer supports path-based routing, host-based routing, and bi-directional communication channels using WebSockets? A. Both Application Load Balancer and Network Load Balancer B. Network Load Balancer C. Application Load Balancer D. Classic Load Balancer

C. Application Load Balancer

How can you apply and easily manage the common access permissions to a large number of IAM users in AWS? A. Attatch the exact same IAM Policy to all of the IAM Users B. Apply permissions to multiple IAM Users by using a cross-account role C. Attatch the necessary policies or permission required to a new IAM group then afterwards, add the IAM Users to the IAM group D. Attatch the IAM Policy to an IAM Role then afterwards, associate that role to all of the IAM Users

C. Attatch the necessary policies or permission required to a new IAM group then afterwards, add the IAM Users to the IAM group

Which of the following cloud architecture principles below is followed if you distribute your workloads across multiple Availability Zones in AWS as well as using Amazon RDS Multi-AZ? A. Decouple your components B. Think parallel C. Design for failiure D. Implement elasticity

C. Design for failure

A customer is planning to migrate some of their web applications that are hosted on-premises to AWS. Which of the following is a benefit of using AWS over virtualized data centers? A. Higher variable costs with lower upfront costs B. Lower variable costs and higher upfront costs C. Lower variable costs and lower upfront costs D. Higher varibale costs and higher upfront costs

C. Lower variable cost and lower upfront costs

Which among the options below is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service in AWS? A. Active Directory Domain Service B. Rekognition C. Route 53 D. Lightsail

C. Route 53

A company is currently using an On-Demand EC2 instance for their application which they plan to migrate to a Reserved EC2 Instance to save on cost. Which of the following is the most cost-effective option if the application being hosted would be used for more than 3 years? ​ A. All Upfront Convertible Reserved Instance pricing for a 1-year term. B. No Upfront Standard Reserved Instance pricing for a 1-year term that is renewed every year. C. ​All Upfront, Standard Reserved Instance pricing for a 3-year term. D. No Upfront Convertible Reserved Instance pricing for a 3-year term.

C. ​All Upfront, Standard Reserved Instance pricing for a 3-year term.

Which AWS service allows your EC2 compute capacity to automatically scale based on the incoming traffic? A. AWS CloudTrail B. Amazon Macie C. Amazon Lightsail D. AWS Auto Scaling

D. AWS Auto Scaling

Which of the following allows you to set coverage targets and receive alerts when your utilization drops below the threshold you define? A. AWS Cost Explorer B. AWS Trusted Advisor C. Amazon CloudWatch Billing Alarm D. AWS Budgets

D. AWS Budgets

A company is planning to launch a new system in AWS but they do not have an employee who has an AWS-related expertise. Which of the following can help the company to design, architect, build, migrate, and manage their workloads and applications on AWS? A. AWS Marketplace B. AWS Partner Network Technology Partners C. Technical Account Management D. AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners

D. AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners

Which of the following shares a collection of offerings to help you achieve specific business outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption through paid engagements in several specialty practice areas? ​ A. AWS Enterprise Support ​B. Concierge Support C. AWS Technical Account Manager D. AWS Professional Services

D. AWS Professional Services

Which of the following is capable of inspecting your AWS environment and makes recommendations for saving money, improving system performance and reliability, or closing security gaps? A. AWS Inspector B. AWS Cost Explorer C. AWS Budgets D. AWS Trusted Advisor

D. AWS Trusted Advisor

"Increase speed and ______" is one of the six advantages of Cloud Computing which refers to the reduction of acquisition time for making new compute resources available to your developers from weeks to just minutes. ​ A. High Availability ​B. Elasticity ​C. Reliability ​D. Agility

D. Agility

_________ is one of the components of AWS Global Infrastructure which consists of one or more discrete data centers each with redundant power, networking, and connectivity, and housed in separate facilities. ​ A. AWS Region B. Edge location ​C. VPC ​D. Availability Zone

D. Availability Zone

In the Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following options below is a shared control between AWS and the customer? A. Server-side data encryption B. Physical and environmental controls of the AWS data centers C. Client-side data encryption D. Awareness and training

D. Awareness and training

A company is using Amazon S3 to store their static media contents such as photos and videos. Which of the following should you use to provide specific users access to the bucket? ​ A. Network Access Control List ​B. Security Group C. SSH key D. Bucket Policy

D. Bucket policy

You need to launch a new EC2 Instance for a beta program which is scheduled to change its instance family, operating system and tenancy exactly 3 months after its trial period. Which type of Reserved Instance (RI) should you use? A. Scheduled RI B. Zonal RI C. Standard RI D. Convertible RI

D. Convertible RI

Which of the following is true on how AWS lessens the time to provision your IT resources? ​ A. It provides an automated system of requesting and fulfilling IT resources from third-party vendors. ​B. It provides an AI-powered IT ticketing platform for fulfilling resource requests. C. It provides express service to deliver your servers to your data centers fast. D. It provides various ways to programmatically provision IT resources.

D. It provides various ways to programmatically provision IT resources.

What are the benefits of using Edge locations in AWS? (Select TWO) ​ - Provides highly scalable object storage for your static content ​- Offers an easy-to-use edge computing device that is helpful for data migration ​- Provides caching which reduces the load on your origin servers ​- Seamlessly extends AWS to edge devices so they can act locally on the data they generate, while still using the cloud for management, analytics, and durable storage ​- Improves application performance by delivering content closer to your users

​- Provides caching which reduces the load on your origin servers ​- Improves application performance by delivering content closer to your users

Which of the following Amazon EC2 instance purchasing options can help you address compliance requirements and reduce costs by allowing you to use your existing server-bound software licenses? ​ A. Reserved Instance B. On-Demand Instance ​C. Dedicated Host​ D. Dedicated Instance

​C. Dedicated Host​

A company is designing a new cloud architecture for its mission-critical application in AWS which must be highly-available. Which of the following is the recommended pattern to meet this requirement? ​ A. Deploy an Amazon EC2 Spot Fleet with a diversified allocation strategy. B. Make sure that each component of the application has high bandwidth and low-latency network connectivity using ENIs. C. Adopt a monolithic application architecture. ​D. Use multiple Availability Zones to ensure that the application can handle the failure of any single component.

​D. Use multiple Availability Zones to ensure that the application can handle the failure of any single component.