AWS Cloud Practitioner

What AWS feature enables a user to manage services through a web-based user interface?

AWS Management Console

Which AWS offering enables customers to find, buy, and immediately start using software solutions in their AWS environment?

AWS Marketplace

What is not included in the AWS Free tier?

AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Systems applying the cloud architecture principle of elasticity will

create systems that scale to the required capacity based on changes in demand

The main benefit of decoupling an application is to

reduce inter-dependencies, so failures do not impact other components

What are the two resources that AWS provides to customers as guidance?

AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Enterprise Support

Name a tool that is not considered fault tolerant:

AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)

What is not available in the Business Support Model?

Access to well-architected review delivered by AWS Solutions Architects

Which of the following is true about security groups?

Acts as a virtual firewall to control inbound and outbound traffic. All inbound traffic is denied and outbound traffic is allowed by default.

Which AWS tool utilizes edge locations to cache content and reduce latency?

Amazon CloudFront

Which of the following services use AWS Edge Locations?

Amazon CloudFront

Which tool can you use to trace which user was responsible for terminating several Amazon EC2 instances?

Amazon CloudTrail

Which service allows for the collection and tracking of metrics for AWS services?

Amazon CloudWatch

Why is AWS more economical than traditional data centers for applications with varying compute workloads?

Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on-demand when needed.

When considering cost optimization, what model allows you to pay only for what computing resources you actually use?

Consumption Model

What is not used in calculating S3 cost?

Data transfer in

What do you NOT fundamentally have to pay for in AWS?

Data transfer into AWS, and Data transfer between AWS in the same region

What is defined as the availability for a system to remain operational even if some of the components of a system fail?

Fault Tolerance

How are ELB instances charged?

For each hour or partial hour that an application or NLB is running/For the number of Load Balancer Capacity Units used per hour by an application/For each GB of data transferred through a Classic Load Balancer

Name all the AWS Regions in Europe:

Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris

What charges apply to data transfers across AWS?

Free inbound data transfer across all Amazon Web Services in all regions, and Free outbound data transfer between Amazon Web Services within the same region.

What are two high availability characteristics of Amazon Route 53?

Geolocation routing, and latency-based routing

Which cloud security control ensures that only authorized and authenticated users are able to access your resources?

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

In the shared responsibility model, what are two examples of "Security in the cloud"?

In which country the content is stored and which AWS services are used with the content.

The AWS Risk and Compliance Program is made up of what three components?

Information Security, Risk Management, and Control Environment.

What is true about AWS Regions?

It's a physical location with multiple availability zones. And, each region is located in a separate geographic area.

What is AWS's responsibility under the AWS shared responsibility model?

Maintaining physical hardware

What are the features of AWS Identity and Access Management?

Manage users and their access, manage federated users and their permissions, manage roles and their positions.

Which of the following is the responsibility of the AWS customer according to the Shared Responsibility Model?

Managing AWS IAM

Which of the following are some of the security benefits that AWS offers?

Meet compliance requirements, and secure global infrastructure.

With the pay as you go pricing model, how often do you pay for compute resources from the time you launch a resource, until you terminate it?

Monthly

How would a system administrator add an additional layer of login security to a user's AWS Management Console?

Multi-Factor Authentication

Name all the AWS Regions in Asia:

Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Beijing

When calculating the cost of Amazon EC2, what factors will impact pricing?

Number of hours Elastic Load Balancer runs, and number of instances.

What are the three types of EC2 instances in terms of purchase type?

On-demand, Spot, and Reserved

What is AWS Trusted Advisor?

Online tool that helps you configure resources to follow best practices.

In a physical data center, security is typically considered in what area?

Only in the perimeter.

Name all the AWS Regions in the United States:

Oregon, North California, Ohio, North Virginia, AWS GovCloud

What are the following security requirements managed by AWS customers?

Password Policies, and User Permissions

What is the pricing model that allows AWS customers to pay for resources on an 'as needed' basis?

Pay as you go.

Amazon EC2 Spot instances are appropriate for which workload?

Workloads where the availability of the Amazon EC2 instances can be flexible

What are two advantages of AWS cloud security?

You retain complete control and ownership of your data region. AWS uses multi-factor access control systems.

What does ELB do?

Distributes incoming traffic amongst your instances

What are the five pillars of the well-architected framework?

*Operational Excellence* - Run and monitor systems to deliver business value and continually improve supporting processes and procedures/*Security* - protect information, systems, and assets while delivering business value through risk assessments and mitigation strategies/*Reliability* - Recover from infrastructure or service failures, dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand, mitigate disruptions/*Performance Efficiency* - Use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements, and to maintain efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve/*Cost Optimization* - avoid and eliminate unneeded cost or suboptimal resources with cost-effective resources, matched supply and demand, and expenditure awareness

Name two facts about AWS Availability Zones:

A single zone can span multiple data centers. Multiple zones are connected by low-latency network links.

Who is responsible for the security of the cloud?

AWS

Where can a customer find information about prohibited actions on AWS infrastructure?

AWS Acceptable Use Policy

Who has control of the data in an AWS Account?

AWS Account Owner

Which service can identify the user that made the API call when an Amazon EC2 instance is terminated?

AWS CloudTrail

Which tool can display the distribution of AWS spending?

AWS Cost Explorer

Where can a customer go to get more detail about Amazon EC2 billing activity that took place 3 months ago?

AWS Cost and Usage reports

Which AWS service would simplify migration of a database to AWS?

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

Which component of AWS global infrastructure does Amazon CloudFront use to ensure low-latency delivery?

AWS Edge Locations

Which service allows an admin to create and modify AWS user permissions?

AWS IAM

Which AWS Cloud Service is used to turn on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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

AWS Region

Which AWS service provides infrastructure security optimization recommendations?

AWS Trusted Advisor

Which AWS service automates infrastructure provisioning and administrative tasks for an analytical data warehouse?

Amazon Redshift

Which service should an administrator use to register a new domain name with AWS?

Amazon Route 53

Which AWS services can be used to store files?

Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Which service would you use to send alerts based on Amazon CloudWatch alarms?

Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Which AWS networking service enables a company to create a virtual network within AWS?

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

What type of applications are recommended for Amazon EC2 reserved instances?

Applications with steady state of predictable usage

How can the AWS Management Console be secured against unauthorized access?

Apply Multi-Factor Authentication

Which two AWS tools help your application scale up or down based on demand?

Auto scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

What tool helps avoid limitations of being able to create new resources on-demand?

Autoscaling

What are the characteristics of the Developer Support Plan?

Business hours access to Cloud Support Associates via email. One primary contact may open a case.

Where are the AWS Regions in the Americas?

Central Canada, and São Paulo

What's included in AWS Assurance Programs?

Certification/Attestations, Law/Regulations/Privacy, Alignments/Frameworks.

What is the value of having AWS Cloud services accessible through an Application Programming Interface (API)?

Cloud resources can be managed programatically

What does AWS recommend as the best practice for the AWS Account Root User after initial login?

Delete root user access key.

What is an example of following the cloud design principle, 'design for failure, and nothing will fail'?

Deploying an application in multiple Availability Zones

As AWS grows, the general cost of doing business is reduced and savings are passed back to the customer in the form of lower pricing. What is the cost optimization called?

Economies of scale

What are the advantages of cloud computing over on-premises computing?

Eliminate guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs. Increase speed and agility. Benefit from massive economies of scale. Trade capital expense for variable expense.

What is a benefit of Amazon EC2 over physical servers?

Paying only for what you use

When creating an IAM policy, what are the two types of access that can be granted to a user?

Programatic Access, and AWS Management Console access

How does an edge location help end users?

Reduces latency

What are the four areas of the performance efficiency pillar?

Selection, Review, Monitoring, and Trade-offs

Which design principles are recommended when considering performance efficiency?

Serverless architecture, democratizing advanced technologies, going global in minutes, experimenting more often, and mechanical sympathy.

What are the considerations when estimating the cost of Amazon S3?

Storage class, data transfer, number and size of objects, and requests.

What are the benefits of AWS cloud computing?

Temporary and disposable resources, fault tolerant databases, and high availability.

Which is a factor when calculating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for AWS Cloud?

The number of servers migrated to AWS

Agility

The number one reason customers are switching to cloud computing because it helps them increase global reach, experimentation, and innovation.

Which AWS tool compares the cost of running your application in an on-premises data center to AWS?

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator

What is a benefit of running an application across two AZs?

increased availability