AWS Cloud

What is the best resource for a user to find compliance-related information and reports about AWS? A. AWS Artifact B. AWS Marketplace C. Amazon Inspector D. AWS Support

A. AWS Artifact

Which service enables customers to audit API calls in their AWS accounts? A. AWS CloudTrail B. AWS Trusted Advisor C. Amazon Inspector D. AWS X-Ray

A. AWS CloudTrail

Which AWS services or tools can identify rightsizing opportunities for Amazon EC2 instances? (Choose two.) A. AWS Cost Explorer B. AWS Billing Conductor C. Amazon CodeGuru D. Amazon SageMaker E. AWS Compute Optimizer

A. AWS Cost Explorer E. AWS Compute Optimizer

Which AWS service or feature allows a user to establish a dedicated network connection between a company's on-premises data center and the AWS Cloud? A. AWS Direct Connect B. VPC peering C. AWS VPN D. Amazon Route 53

A. AWS Direct Connect

A company is using a central data platform to manage multiple types of data for its customers. The company wants to use AWS services to discover, transform, and visualize the data. Which combination of AWS services should the company use to meet these requirements? (Choose two.) A. AWS Glue B. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) C. Amazon Redshift D. Amazon QuickSight E. Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB)

A. AWS Glue D. Amazon QuickSight

A company wants to manage its AWS Cloud resources through a web interface. Which AWS service will meet this requirement? A. AWS Management Console B. AWS CLI C. AWS SDK D. AWS Cloud9

A. AWS Management Console

A company plans to migrate to AWS and wants to create cost estimates for its AWS use cases. Which AWS service or tool can the company use to meet these requirements? A. AWS Pricing Calculator B. Amazon CloudWatch C. AWS Cost Explorer D. AWS Budgets

A. AWS Pricing Calculator

Which AWS service is a cloud security posture management (CSPM) service that aggregates alerts from various AWS services and partner products in a standardized format? A. AWS Security Hub B. AWS Trusted Advisor C. Amazon EventBridge D. Amazon GuardDuty

A. AWS Security Hub

Which tool should a developer use to integrate AWS service features directly into an application? A. AWS Software Development Kit B. AWS CodeDeploy C. AWS Lambda D. AWS Batch

A. AWS Software Development Kit

A company needs to block SQL injection attacks. Which AWS service or feature can meet this requirement? A. AWS WAF B. AWS Shield C. Network ACLs D. Security groups

A. AWS WAF

Which AWS service enables companies to deploy an application close to end users? A. Amazon CloudFront B. AWS Auto Scaling C. AWS AppSync D. Amazon Route 53

A. Amazon CloudFront

Which AWS service is a key-value database that provides sub-millisecond latency on a large scale? A. Amazon DynamoDB B. Amazon Aurora C. Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) D. Amazon Neptune

A. Amazon DynamoDB

Which AWS service gives users the ability to discover and protect sensitive data that is stored in Amazon S3 buckets? A. Amazon Macie B. Amazon Detective C. Amazon GuardDuty D. AWS IAM Access Analyzer

A. Amazon Macie

Which AWS service provides highly durable object storage? A. Amazon S3 B. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) C. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) D. Amazon FSx

A. Amazon S3

Which AWS service or feature is used to send both text and email messages from distributed applications? A. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) B. Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) C. Amazon CloudWatch alerts D. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

A. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

Which tasks are customer responsibilities, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.) A. Configure the AWS provided security group firewall. B. Classify company assets in the AWS Cloud. C. Determine which Availability Zones to use for Amazon S3 buckets. D. Patch or upgrade Amazon DynamoDB. E. Select Amazon EC2 instances to run AWS Lambda on.

A. Configure the AWS provided security group firewall. B. Classify company assets in the AWS Cloud.

An ecommerce company has migrated its IT infrastructure from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. Which cost is the company's direct responsibility? A. Cost of application software licenses B. Cost of the hardware infrastructure on AWS C. Cost of power for the AWS servers D. Cost of physical security for the AWS data center

A. Cost of application software licenses

A company is building an application that needs to deliver images and videos globally with minimal latency. Which approach can the company use to accomplish this in a cost effective manner? A. Deliver the content through Amazon CloudFront. B. Store the content on Amazon S3 and enable S3 cross-region replication. C. Implement a VPN across multiple AWS Regions. D. Deliver the content through AWS PrivateLink.

A. Deliver the content through Amazon CloudFront.

Which of the following is an advantage that users experience when they move on-premises workloads to the AWS Cloud? A. Elimination of expenses for running and maintaining data centers B. Price discounts that are identical to discounts from hardware providers C. Distribution of all operational controls to AWS D. Elimination of operational expenses

A. Elimination of expenses for running and maintaining data centers

What is a customer responsibility when using AWS Lambda according to the AWS shared responsibility model? A. Managing the code within the Lambda function B. Confirming that the hardware is working in the data center C. Patching the operating system D. Shutting down Lambda functions when they are no longer in use

A. Managing the code within the Lambda function

Which of the following services can be used to block network traffic to an instance? (Choose two.) A. Security groups B. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) flow logs C. Network ACLs D. Amazon CloudWatch E. AWS CloudTrail

A. Security groups C. Network ACLs

What does the concept of agility mean in AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two.) A. The speed at which AWS resources are implemented B. The speed at which AWS creates new AWS Regions C. The ability to experiment quickly D. The elimination of wasted capacity E. The low cost of entry into cloud computing

A. The speed at which AWS resources are implemented C. The ability to experiment quickly

What are the benefits of consolidated billing for AWS Cloud services? (Choose two.) A. Volume discounts B. A minimal additional fee for use C. One bill for multiple accounts D. Installment payment options E. Custom cost and usage budget creation

A. Volume discounts C. One bill for multiple accounts

A company wants to receive a notification when a specific AWS cost threshold is reached. Which AWS services or tools can the company use to meet this requirement? (Choose two.) A. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) B. AWS Budgets C. Cost Explorer D. Amazon CloudWatch E. AWS Cost and Usage Report

B. AWS Budgets D. Amazon CloudWatch

Which AWS service provides command line access to AWS tools and resources directly from a web browser? A. AWS CloudHSM B. AWS CloudShell C. Amazon WorkSpaces D. AWS Cloud Map

B. AWS CloudShell

Which AWS service can identify when an Amazon EC2 instance was terminated? A. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) B. AWS CloudTrail C. AWS Compute Optimizer D. Amazon EventBridge

B. AWS CloudTrail

A developer wants to deploy an application quickly on AWS without manually creating the required resources. Which AWS service will meet these requirements? A. Amazon EC2 B. AWS Elastic Beanstalk C. AWS CodeBuild D. Amazon Personalize

B. AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Which AWS service helps deliver highly available applications with fast failover for multi-Region and Multi-AZ architectures? A. AWS WAF B. AWS Global Accelerator C. AWS Shield D. AWS Direct Connect

B. AWS Global Accelerator

Which AWS service is always provided at no charge? A. Amazon S3 B. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) C. Elastic Load Balancers D. AWS WAF

B. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

A company is exploring the use of the AWS Cloud, and needs to create a cost estimate for a project before the infrastructure is provisioned. Which AWS service or feature can be used to estimate costs before deployment? A. AWS Free Tier B. AWS Pricing Calculator C. AWS Billing and Cost Management D. AWS Cost and Usage Report

B. AWS Pricing Calculator

A global company wants to migrate its third-party applications to the AWS Cloud. The company wants help from a global team of experts to complete the migration faster and more reliably in accordance with AWS internal best practices. Which AWS service or resource will meet these requirements? A. AWS Support B. AWS Professional Services C. AWS Launch Wizard D. AWS Managed Services (AMS)

B. AWS Professional Services

Which option is a physical location of the AWS global infrastructure? A. AWS DataSync B. AWS Region C. Amazon Connect D. AWS Organizations

B. AWS Region

A company wants to establish a schedule for rotating database user credentials. Which AWS service will support this requirement with the LEAST amount of operational overhead? A. AWS Systems Manager B. AWS Secrets Manager C. AWS License Manager D. AWS Managed Services

B. AWS Secrets Manager

A company wants to manage deployed IT services and govern its infrastructure as code (IaC) templates. Which AWS service will meet this requirement? A. AWS Resource Explorer B. AWS Service Catalog C. AWS Organizations D. AWS Systems Manager

B. AWS Service Catalog

A network engineer needs to build a hybrid cloud architecture connecting on-premises networks to the AWS Cloud using AWS Direct Connect. The company has a few VPCs in a single AWS Region and expects to increase the number of VPCs to hundreds over time. Which AWS service or feature should the engineer use to simplify and scale this connectivity as the VPCs increase in number? A. VPC endpoints B. AWS Transit Gateway C. Amazon Route 53 D. AWS Secrets Manager

B. AWS Transit Gateway

How does AWS Cloud computing help businesses reduce costs? (Choose two.) A. AWS charges the same prices for services in every AWS Region. B. AWS enables capacity to be adjusted on demand. C. AWS offers discounts for Amazon EC2 instances that remain idle for more than 1 week. D. AWS does not charge for data sent from the AWS Cloud to the internet. E. AWS eliminates many of the costs of building and maintaining on-premises data centers.

B. AWS enables capacity to be adjusted on demand. E. AWS eliminates many of the costs of building and maintaining on-premises data centers.

A user needs programmatic access to AWS resources through the AWS CLI or the AWS API. Which option will provide the user with the appropriate access? A. Amazon Inspector B. Access keys C. SSH public keys D. AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys

B. Access keys

Needs to be Checked: A company wants to provide managed Windows virtual desktops and applications to its remote employees over secure network connections. Which AWS services can the company use to meet these requirements? (Choose two.) A. Amazon Connect B. Amazon AppStream 2.0 C. Amazon WorkSpaces D. AWS Site-to-Site VPN E. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

B. Amazon AppStream 2.0 C. Amazon WorkSpaces

A company has 5 TB of data stored in Amazon S3. The company plans to occasionally run queries on the data for analysis. Which AWS service should the company use to run these queries in the MOST cost-effective manner? A. Amazon Redshift B. Amazon Athena C. Amazon Kinesis D. Amazon RDS

B. Amazon Athena

A company has deployed applications on Amazon EC2 instances. The company needs to assess application vulnerabilities and must identify infrastructure deployments that do not meet best practices. Which AWS service can the company use to meet these requirements? A. AWS Trusted Advisor B. Amazon Inspector C. AWS Config D. Amazon GuardDuty

B. Amazon Inspector

A company wants to operate a data warehouse to analyze data without managing the data warehouse infrastructure. Which AWS service will meet this requirement? A. Amazon Aurora B. Amazon Redshift Serverless C. AWS Lambda D. Amazon RDS

B. Amazon Redshift Serverless

A company has a centralized group of users with large file storage requirements that have exceeded the space available on premises. The company wants to extend its file storage capabilities for this group while retaining the performance benefit of sharing content locally. What is the MOST operationally efficient AWS solution for this scenario? A. Create an Amazon S3 bucket for each user. Mount each bucket by using an S3 file system mounting utility. B. Configure and deploy an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway. Connect each user's workstation to the file gateway. C. Move each user's working environment to Amazon WorkSpaces. Set up an Amazon WorkDocs account for each user. D. Deploy an Amazon EC2 instance and attach an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Provisioned IOPS volume. Share the EBS volume directly with the users.

B. Configure and deploy an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway. Connect each user's workstation to the file gateway.

Which task is the customer's responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? A. Maintain the security of the AWS Cloud. B. Configure firewalls and networks. C. Patch the operating system of Amazon RDS instances. D. Implement physical and environmental controls.

B. Configure firewalls and networks.

A cloud practitioner needs to obtain AWS compliance reports before migrating an environment to the AWS Cloud. How can these reports be generated? A. Contact the AWS Compliance team. B. Download the reports from AWS Artifact. C. Open a case with AWS Support. D. Generate the reports with Amazon Macie.

B. Download the reports from AWS Artifact.

Which AWS services or features provide disaster recovery solutions for Amazon EC2 instances? (Choose two.) A. EC2 Reserved Instances B. EC2 Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) C. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots D. AWS Shield E. Amazon GuardDuty

B. EC2 Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) C. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots

Which of the following are advantages of the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.) A. Trade variable expenses for capital expenses B. High economies of scale C. Launch globally in minutes D. Focus on managing hardware infrastructure E. Overprovision to ensure capacity

B. High economies of scale C. Launch globally in minutes

A company wants to grant users in one AWS account access to resources in another AWS account. The users do not currently have permission to access the resources. Which AWS service will meet this requirement? A. IAM group B. IAM role C. IAM tag D. IAM Access Analyzer

B. IAM role

Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose two.) A. Availability B. Reliability C. Scalability D. Responsive design E. Operational excellence

B. Reliability E. Operational excellence

An online gaming company needs to choose a purchasing option to run its Amazon EC2 instances for 1 year. The web traffic is consistent, and any increases in traffic are predictable. The EC2 instances must be online and available without any disruption. Which EC2 instance purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively? A. On-Demand Instances B. Reserved Instances C. Spot Instances D. Spot Fleet

B. Reserved Instances

A company is storing sensitive customer data in an Amazon S3 bucket. The company wants to protect the data from accidental deletion or overwriting. Which S3 feature should the company use to meet these requirements? A. S3 Lifecycle rules B. S3 Versioning C. S3 bucket policies D. S3 server-side encryption

B. S3 Versioning

A company wants to protect its AWS Cloud information, systems, and assets while performing risk assessment and mitigation tasks. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework is supported by these goals? A. Reliability B. Security C. Operational excellence D. Performance efficiency

B. Security

A company is deploying a machine learning (ML) research project that will require a lot of compute power over several months. The ML processing jobs do not need to run at specific times. Which Amazon EC2 instance purchasing option will meet these requirements at the lowest cost? A. On-Demand Instances B. Spot Instances C. Reserved Instances D. Dedicated Instances

B. Spot Instances

A company runs thousands of simultaneous simulations using AWS Batch. Each simulation is stateless, is fault tolerant, and runs for up to 3 hours. Which pricing model enables the company to optimize costs and meet these requirements? A. Reserved Instances B. Spot Instances C. On-Demand Instances D. Dedicated Instances

B. Spot Instances

Elasticity in the AWS Cloud refers to which of the following? (Choose two.) A. How quickly an Amazon EC2 instance can be restarted B. The ability to rightsize resources as demand shifts C. The maximum amount of RAM an Amazon EC2 instance can use D. The pay-as-you-go billing model E. How easily resources can be procured when they are needed E. How easily resources can be procured when they are needed

B. The ability to rightsize resources as demand shifts E. How easily resources can be procured when they are needed

Which of the following are advantages of moving to the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.) A. The ability to turn over the responsibility for all security to AWS. B. The ability to use the pay-as-you-go model. C. The ability to have full control over the physical infrastructure. D. No longer having to guess what capacity will be required. E. No longer worrying about users access controls.

B. The ability to use the pay-as-you-go model. D. No longer having to guess what capacity will be required.

What is the purpose of having an internet gateway within a VPC? A. To create a VPN connection to the VPC B. To allow communication between the VPC and the internet C. To impose bandwidth constraints on internet traffic D. To load balance traffic from the internet across Amazon EC2 instances

B. To allow communication between the VPC and the internet

Which of the following is a software development framework that a company can use to define cloud resources as code and provision the resources through AWS CloudFormation? A. AWS CLI B. AWS Developer Center C. AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) D. AWS CodeStar

C. AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)

Which AWS service or tool helps users visualize, understand, and manage spending and usage over time? A. AWS Organizations B. AWS Pricing Calculator C. AWS Cost Explorer D. AWS Service Catalog

C. AWS Cost Explorer

Which AWS service or feature can be used to create a private connection between an on-premises workload and an AWS Cloud workload? A. Amazon Route 53 B. Amazon Macie C. AWS Direct Connect D. AWS PrivateLink

C. AWS Direct Connect

A company is running and managing its own Docker environment on Amazon EC2 instances. The company wants an alternative to help manage cluster size, scheduling, and environment maintenance. Which AWS service meets these requirements? A. AWS Lambda B. Amazon RDS C. AWS Fargate D. Amazon Athena

C. AWS Fargate

Which AWS service or feature improves network performance by sending traffic through the AWS worldwide network infrastructure? A. Route table B. AWS Transit Gateway C. AWS Global Accelerator D. Amazon VPC

C. AWS Global Accelerator

Which AWS service or feature identifies whether an Amazon S3 bucket or an IAM role has been shared with an external entity? A. AWS Service Catalog B. AWS Systems Manager C. AWS IAM Access Analyzer D. AWS Organizations

C. AWS IAM Access Analyzer

Which AWS service is used to provide encryption for Amazon EBS? A. AWS Certificate Manager B. AWS Systems Manager C. AWS KMS D. AWS Config

C. AWS KMS

Which AWS service can be used at no additional cost? A. Amazon SageMaker B. AWS Config C. AWS Organizations D. Amazon CloudWatch

C. AWS Organizations

Which AWS service supports a hybrid architecture that gives users the ability to extend AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to data centers, co-location environments, or on-premises facilities? A. AWS Snowmobile B. AWS Local Zones C. AWS Outposts D. AWS Fargate

C. AWS Outposts

A company wants to migrate its on-premises relational databases to the AWS Cloud. The company wants to use infrastructure as close to its current geographical location as possible. Which AWS service or resource should the company use to select its Amazon RDS deployment area? A. Amazon Connect B. AWS Wavelength C. AWS Regions D. AWS Direct Connect

C. AWS Regions

A company is developing an application that uses multiple AWS services. The application needs to use temporary, limited-privilege credentials for authentication with other AWS APIs. Which AWS service or feature should the company use to meet these authentication requirements? A. Amazon API Gateway B. IAM users C. AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) D. IAM instance profiles

C. AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS)

Which AWS service is a hybrid cloud storage service that provides on-premises users access to virtually unlimited cloud storage? A. AWS DataSync B. Amazon S3 Glacier C. AWS Storage Gateway D. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

C. AWS Storage Gateway

Which option is a customer responsibility when using Amazon DynamoDB under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model? A. Physical security of DynamoDB B. Patching of DynamoDB C. Access to DynamoDB tables D. Encryption of data at rest in DynamoDB

C. Access to DynamoDB tables

To reduce costs, a company is planning to migrate a NoSQL database to AWS. Which AWS service is fully managed and can automatically scale throughput capacity to meet database workload demands? A. Amazon Redshift B. Amazon Aurora C. Amazon DynamoDB D. Amazon RDS

C. Amazon DynamoDB

A company wants to monitor for misconfigured security groups that are allowing unrestricted access to specific ports. Which AWS service will meet this requirement? A. AWS Trusted Advisor B. Amazon CloudWatch C. Amazon GuardDuty D. AWS Health Dashboard

C. Amazon GuardDuty

Which AWS service can run a managed PostgreSQL database that provides online transaction processing (OLTP)? A. Amazon DynamoDB B. Amazon Athena C. Amazon RDS D. Amazon EMR

C. Amazon RDS

A company has a set of ecommerce applications. The applications need to be able to send messages to each other. Which AWS service meets this requirement? A. AWS Auto Scaling B. Elastic Load Balancing C. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) D. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

C. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

Which AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) capability belongs to the people perspective? A. Data architecture B. Event management C. Cloud fluency D. Strategic partnership

C. Cloud fluency

Which of the following are benefits of using AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.) A. Providing high-performance container orchestration B. Creating and rotating encryption keys C. Detecting underutilized resources to save costs D. Improving security by proactively monitoring the AWS environment E. Implementing enforced tagging across AWS resources

C. Detecting underutilized resources to save costs D. Improving security by proactively monitoring the AWS environment

Which option is a perspective that includes foundational capabilities of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)? A. Sustainability B. Performance efficiency C. Governance D. Reliability

C. Governance

According to security best practices, how should an Amazon EC2 instance be given access to an Amazon S3 bucket? A. Hard code an IAM user's secret key and access key directly in the application, and upload the file. B. Store the IAM user's secret key and access key in a text file on the EC2 instance, read the keys, then upload the file. C. Have the EC2 instance assume a role to obtain the privileges to upload the file. D. Modify the S3 bucket policy so that any service can upload to it at any time.

C. Have the EC2 instance assume a role to obtain the privileges to upload the file.

A company has an AWS account. The company wants to audit its password and access key rotation details for compliance purposes. Which AWS service or tool will meet this requirement? A. IAM Access Analyzer B. AWS Artifact C. IAM credential report D. AWS Audit Manager

C. IAM credential report

Which of the following is a recommended design principle of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? A. Reduce downtime by making infrastructure changes infrequently and in large increments. B. Invest the time to configure infrastructure manually. C. Learn to improve from operational failures. D. Use monolithic application design for centralization.

C. Learn to improve from operational failures.

Which option is a benefit of the economies of scale based on the advantages of cloud computing? A. The ability to trade variable expense for fixed expense B. Increased speed and agility C. Lower variable costs over fixed costs D. Increased operational costs across data centers

C. Lower variable costs over fixed costs

Which task is the responsibility of AWS when using AWS services? A. Management of IAM user permissions B. Creation of security group rules for outbound access C. Maintenance of physical and environmental controls D. Application of Amazon EC2 operating system patches

C. Maintenance of physical and environmental controls

A company is using Amazon DynamoDB. Which task is the company's responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? A. Patch the operating system. B. Provision hosts. C. Manage database access permissions. D. Secure the operating system.

C. Manage database access permissions.

A company wants to run a NoSQL database on Amazon EC2 instances. Which task is the responsibility of AWS in this scenario? A. Update the guest operating system of the EC2 instances. B. Maintain high availability at the database layer. C. Patch the physical infrastructure that hosts the EC2 instances. D. Configure the security group firewall.

C. Patch the physical infrastructure that hosts the EC2 instances.

A company wants to make an upfront commitment for continued use of its production Amazon EC2 instances in exchange for a reduced overall cost. Which pricing options meet these requirements with the LOWEST cost? (Choose two.) A. Spot Instances B. On-Demand Instances C. Reserved Instances D. Savings Plans E. Dedicated Hosts

C. Reserved Instances D. Savings Plans

A company has a test AWS environment. A company is planning on testing an application within AWS. The application testing can be interrupted and does not need to run continuously. Which Amazon EC2 purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively? A. On-Demand Instances B. Dedicated Instances C. Spot Instances D. Reserved Instances

C. Spot Instances

A company plans to use an Amazon Snowball Edge device to transfer files to the AWS Cloud. Which activities related to a Snowball Edge device are available to the company at no cost? A. Use of the Snowball Edge appliance for a 10-day period B. The transfer of data out of Amazon S3 and to the Snowball Edge appliance C. The transfer of data from the Snowball Edge appliance into Amazon S3 D. Daily use of the Snowball Edge appliance after 10 day

C. The transfer of data from the Snowball Edge appliance into Amazon S3

A company is setting up AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) on an AWS account. Which recommendation complies with IAM security best practices? A. Use the account root user access keys for administrative tasks. B. Grant broad permissions so that all company employees can access the resources they need. C. Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for added security during the login process. D. Avoid rotating credentials to prevent issues in production applications.

C. Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for added security during the login process.

Using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to grant access only to the resources needed to perform a task is a concept known as: A. restricted access. B. as-needed access. C. least privilege access. D. token access.

C. least privilege access.

A company wants to automate infrastructure deployment by using infrastructure as code (IaC). The company wants to scale production stacks so the stacks can be deployed in multiple AWS Regions. Which AWS service will meet these requirements? A. Amazon CloudWatch B. AWS Config C. AWS Trusted Advisor D. AWS CloudFormation

D. AWS CloudFormation

A developer needs to maintain a development environment infrastructure and a production environment infrastructure in a repeatable fashion. Which AWS service should the developer use to meet these requirements? A. AWS Ground Station B. AWS Shield C. AWS IoT Device Defender D. AWS CloudFormation

D. AWS CloudFormation

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

A company wants to assess its operational readiness. It also wants to identify and mitigate any operational risks ahead of a new product launch. Which AWS Support plan offers guidance and support for this kind of event at no additional charge? A. AWS Business Support B. AWS Basic Support C. AWS Developer Support D. AWS Enterprise Support

D. AWS Enterprise Support

Which AWS service or resource provides answers to the most frequently asked security-related questions that AWS receives from its users? A. AWS Artifact B. Amazon Connect C. AWS Chatbot D. AWS Knowledge Center

D. AWS Knowledge Center

A user wants to review all Amazon S3 buckets with ACLs and S3 bucket policies in the S3 console. Which AWS service or resource will meet this requirement? A. S3 Multi-Region Access Points B. S3 Storage Lens C. AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On) D. Access Analyzer for S3

D. Access Analyzer for S3

Which of the following is a fully managed MySQL-compatible database? A. Amazon S3 B. Amazon DynamoDB C. Amazon Redshift D. Amazon Aurora

D. Amazon Aurora

Which AWS Cloud benefit is shown by an architecture's ability to withstand failures with minimal downtime? A. Agility B. Elasticity C. Scalability D. High availability

D. High availability

A company is running a monolithic on-premises application that does not scale and is difficult to maintain. The company has a plan to migrate the application to AWS and divide the application into microservices. Which best practice of the AWS Well-Architected Framework is the company following with this plan? A. Integrate functional testing as part of AWS deployment. B. Use automation to deploy changes. C. Deploy the application to multiple locations. D. Implement loosely coupled dependencies.

D. Implement loosely coupled dependencies.

Which AWS service or tool can be used to set up a firewall to control traffic going into and coming out of an Amazon VPC subnet? A. Security group B. AWS WAF C. AWS Firewall Manager D. Network ACL

D. Network ACL

An e-learning platform needs to run an application for 2 months each year. The application will be deployed on Amazon EC2 instances. Any application downtime during those 2 months must be avoided. Which EC2 purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively? A. Reserved Instances B. Dedicated Hosts C. Spot Instances D. On-Demand Instances

D. On-Demand Instances

Which responsibility belongs to AWS when a company hosts its databases on Amazon EC2 instances? A. Database backups B. Database software patches C. Operating system patches D. Operating system installations

D. Operating system installations