AWS QUIZ QUESTION
Which native AWS service will act as a file system mounted on an S3 bucket? A) Amazon Elastic File System B) AWS Storage Gateway C) Amazon Elastic Block Store D) Amazon S3
B) AWS Storage Gateway The Storage Gateway service is primarily used for attaching infrastructure located in a Data centre to the AWS Storage infrastructure. The AWS documentation states that; "You can think of a file gateway as a file system mount on S3." Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a mountable file storage service for EC2, but has no connection to S3 which is an object storage service. Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is a block level storage service for use with Amazon EC2 and again has no connection to S3.
Which of the following support plans features a < 4-hour response time in the event of an impaired production system? A) Basic B) Business C) Developer D) Individual
B) Business Both the Business and Enterprise support levels offer a < 4-hour response time in the event of an impaired production system.
True or False: It's safer to use Access Keys than it is to use IAM roles. A) True B) False
B) False It's safer to use IAM roles than it is to use Access Keys.
True or False: Objects stored in S3 are stored in a single, central location within AWS. A) True B) False
B) False Objects stored in S3 are stored in multiple servers in multiple facilities across AWS.
Which of the following Compliance guarantees attests to the fact that the AWS Platform has met the standard required for the secure storage of medical records in the US? A) HITECH B) HIPAA C) FERPA D) GLBA E) PCI DSS
B) HIPAA A HIPAA certification attests to the fact that the AWS Platform has met the standard required for the secure storage of medical records in the US
Which of the following is correct? A) Number of Availability Zones > Number of Edge Locations > Number of Regions B) Number of Edge Locations > Number of Availability Zones > Number of Regions C) Number of Availability Zones > Number of Regions > Number of Edge Locations D) Number of Regions > Number of Availability Zones > Number of Edge Locations Check answer
B) Number of Edge Locations > Number of Availability Zones > Number of Regions The number of edge locations is greater than the number of Availability Zones, which is greater than the number of regions.
Which of the following are valid EC2 pricing options? Choose 2 A) Stop B) On-Demand C) Reserved D) Enterprise
B) On-Demand C) Reserved On-Demand and Reserved are the valid EC2 pricing options. Next question
There are at least ___ Availability Zones per AWS Region. A) 4 B) 3 C) 2 D) 1
C) 2 There are at least 2 Availability Zones per AWS Region.
The AWS Web Application Firewall can go down to which of the following OSI layers? A) 5 B) 6 C) 4 D) 7
D) 7 WAF operates down to Layer 7
Which of the below does S3 Transfer Acceleration use to get your data into AWS quicker? A) VPCs B) Availability Zones C) AWS Regions D) Edge Locations
D) Edge Locations S3 Transfer Acceleration uses AWS' network of Edge Locations to more quickly get your data into AWS.
IAM policies are written using ____. A) SGML B) XML C) SAML D) JSON
D) JSON IAM policies are written using JSON.
Which of the following data archival services is extremely inexpensive, but has a several hour data-retrieval window? A) S3-1Zone-IA B) S3-RRS C) S3 D) S3-IA E) Glacier
E) Glacier Glacier offers extremely inexpensive data archival, but requires a 3-5 hour data-retrieval window.
Which of the following AWS services are free to use? Choose 5 A) EC2 B) Route53 C) RDS D) EBS E) S3 F) CloudFormation G) VPC H) Auto-Scaling I) IAM J) Elastic Beanstalk
F) CloudFormation G) VPC H) Auto-Scaling I) IAM J) Elastic Beanstalk The correct answers are VPC, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, IAM, and Auto-Scaling. Please keep in mind that with VPC, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, and Auto-Scaling, the underlying provisioned resources will incur charges.
Which of the following best describes an AWS Region? A) A distinct location within a geographic area designed to provide high availability to a specific geography. B) A collection of data centers that is spread evenly around a specific continent. C) A collection of databases that can only be accessed from a specific geographic region. D) A console that gives you a quick, global picture of your cloud computing environment.
A) A distinct location within a geographic area designed to provide high availability to a specific geography. A Region is a distinct location within a geographic area designed to provide high availability to a specific geography.
Mark which statements are true regarding CloudFormation. Choose 3 A) Lambda can be used for Infrastructure as Code. B) The resources section is the only required field in Lambda templates. C) CloudFormation supports the creation of all AWS resources. D) You can use JSON or YAML for Lambda templates.
A) Lambda can be used for Infrastructure as Code. B) The resources section is the only required field in Lambda templates. D) You can use JSON or YAML for Lambda templates. True. Lambda can be used for Infrastructure as Code. True. The resources section is the only required field in Lambda templates. True. You can use JSON or YAML for Lambda templates.
You need to use an AWS service to assess the security and compliance of your EC2 instances. Which of the following services should you use? A) AWS Inspector B) AWS Shield C) AWS WAF D) AWS Trusted Advisor
A) AWS Inspector AWS Inspector assesses the security and compliance of your EC2 instances.
Which of the following is AWS' managed DDoS protection service? A) AWS Shield B) AWS WAF C) Access Control Lists D) Security Groups
A) AWS Shield AWS Shield is AWS' managed DDoS protection service.
Which of the following is AWS' managed database service that is up to 5X faster than a traditional MySQL database. A) Aurora B) PostgreSQL C) MariaDB D) DynamoDB
A) Aurora Aurora is AWS' managed database service that is up to 5X faster than a traditional MySQL database.
Which of the following support plans features unlimited (customer-side) contacts and unlimited support cases? Choose 2 A) Business B) Enterprise C) Basic D) Developer
A) Business B) Enterprise Both Enterprise and business support plans feature unlimited (customer-side) contacts and unlimited support cases.
Which of the following AWS Support levels offers 24x7 support via phone or chat? A) Business B) Individual C) Basic D) Developer
A) Business The Business and Enterprise support plans offer 24 X 7 technical support via phone or chat.
Which of the following AWS services should you use if you'd like to be notified when you have crossed a billing threshold? Choose 2 A) CloudWatch B) AWS Budgets C) AWS Cost Allocation D) Trusted Advisor
A) CloudWatch B) AWS Budgets In both AWS-Budget & CloudWatch alarms can be set to monitor spending on your AWS Account.
Which of the following AWS services should you use to migrate an existing database to AWS? A) DMS B) Route 53 C) Storage Gateway D) SNS
A) DMS The AWS Database Migrations Service is the best choice for conventional data migrations.
Which of the following support plans features access to AWS Support during business hours via email? A) Developer B) Business C) Basic D) Enterprise
A) Developer The Developer support plan features access to AWS support explicitly during business hours via email. With the AWS exams you need to be careful of wording. Business and Enterprise offer 24x7 access not just business hours. If you were asked to provide three answers those might be included, but with only 1 answer, you must chose the most precise answer. Get my results
Which of the following are principles of sound cloud design? Choose 4 A) Disposable resources B) Assume everything will fail. C) Limit the number of 3rd-party services. D) Treat your servers like pets, not cattle. E) Tightly-coupled components. F) Scalability G) Infrastructure as code
A) Disposable resources B) Assume everything will fail. F) Scalability G)Infrastructure as code Build your systems to be scalable, use disposable resources, reduce infrastructure to code, and, please, assume EVERYTHING will fail sooner or later.
Which of the following are AWS compute services? Choose 2 A) EC2 B) EBS C) Lambda D) SNS
A) EC2 C) Lambda EC2 and Lambda are AWS Compute Services.
Which AWS service is specifically designed to assist you in processing large data sets? A) EMR B) AWS Big Data Processing C) EC2 D) ElastiCache
A) EMR Amazon EMR is a web service that makes it easy to process large amounts of data efficiently.
Which of the following AWS Support levels offers the assistance of a Technical Account Manager? A) Enterprise B) Business C) Elite D) Developer
A) Enterprise Only Enterprise support offers the services of a Technical Account Manager.
Which of the following are advantages of cloud computing? Choose 4 A) The ability to 'go global' in minutes B) Increased speed and agility C) Requires large amounts of capital D) Variable expense E) Elasticity - you need not worry about capacity.
A) The ability to 'go global' in minutes. B) Increased speed and agility. D) Variable expense E) Elasticity - you need not worry about capacity. The 'pay-as-you-go' nature of cloud computing ensures that a large up-front capital expense is not required. Next question
True or False: S3 is object storage suitable for the storage of 'flat' files like Word documents, photos, etc. A) True B) False
A) True S3 is object storage suitable for the storage of 'flat' files like Word documents, photos, etc.
Which of the following Route 53 policies allow you to a) route data to a second resource if the first is unhealthy, and b) route data to resources that have better performance? A) Failover Routing and Latency-based Routing B) Geolocation Routing and Latency-based Routing C) Failover Routing and Simple Routing D) Geoproximity Routing and Geolocation Routing
A) Failover Routing and Latency-based Routing Failover Routing and Latency-based Routing are the only two correct options, as they consider routing data based on whether the resource is healthy or whether one set of resources is more performant than another. Any answer containing location based routing (Geoproximity and Geolocation) cannot be correct in this case, as these types only consider where the client or resources are located before routing the data. They do not take into account whether a resource is online or slow. Simple Routing can also be discounted as it does not take into account the state of the resources.
True or False: Security in the cloud is the responsibility of AWS. A) False B) True
A) False AWS is responsible for the security OF the cloud. The customer is responsible for security IN the cloud -- that is, the security of her AWS resources.
True or False: Access Control Lists are used to make entire buckets (like one hosting an S3 website) public. A) False B) True
A) False Bucket Policies are used to make entire buckets (like one hosting an S3 website) public.
True or False: The Standard version of AWS Shield offers automated application (layer 7) traffic monitoring. A) False B) True
A) False Only AWS Shield Advanced offers automated application layer monitoring.
True or False: S3 can be used to host a dynamic website, like one that runs on a LAMP stack. A) False B) True
A) False S3 can be used to host static websites.
True or False: To restrict access to an entire bucket, you use bucket control lists; and to restrict access to an individual object, you use object policies. A) False B) True
A) False To restrict access to an entire bucket, you use bucket policies; and to restrict access to an individual object, you use access control lists.
Which of the following is not a feature of AWS Organizations? A) Granular configuration of Security Groups within a VPC B) Hierarchical based control over groups of IAM users and roles, within multiple Accounts C) Grouping all of your AWS accounts into organizational Units (OUs) as part of a hierarchy D) AWS accounts which are members of an Organization can have the benefit of Consolidated Billing
A) Granular configuration of Security Groups within a VPC AWS Organizations is an account management service which allows you manage multiple accounts centrally.
Choose the features of Consolidated Billing. Choose 3 A) Multiple standalone accounts are combined and may reduce your overall bill. B) A single bill is issued containing the charges for all AWS Accounts. C) Account charges can be tracked individually. D) Charging is based per VPC
A) Multiple standalone accounts are combined and may reduce your overall bill. B) A single bill is issued containing the charges for all AWS Accounts. C) Account charges can be tracked individually. Consolidated Billing is a feature of AWS organizations. Once enabled and configured, you will receive a bill containing the costs and charges for all of the AWS accounts within the organization. Although each of the individual AWS accounts are combined into a single bill, they can still be tracked individually and the cost data can be downloaded in a separate file. Using Consolidated Billing may ultimately reduce the amount you pay, as you may qualify for Volume Discounts. There is no charge for using Consolidated Billing. Consolidated Billing is a feature of AWS organizations. Once enabled and configured, you will receive a bill containing the costs and charges for all of the AWS accounts within the organization. Although each of the individual AWS accounts are combined into a single bill, they can still be tracked individually and the cost data can be downloaded in a separate file. Using Consolidated Billing may ultimately reduce the amount you pay, as you may qualify for Volume Discounts. There is no charge for using Consolidated Billing.
Which of the following are characteristics of cloud computing? Choose 3 A) On-demand delivery B) Services are delivered via the Internet. C) Cloud charges are capital expenditures. D) Pay-as-you-go pricing
A) On-demand delivery. B) Services are delivered via the Internet. D) Pay-as-you-go pricing. Services incurred from a cloud services provider are operating expenses, not capital expenses. The other answers are correct.
Amazon Lightsail is an example of which of the following? A) Platform as a Service B) Functions as a Service C) Software as a Service D) Infrastructure as a Service
A) Platform as a Service Lightsail is AWS' Platform-as-a-Service offering.
Which of the following are types of cloud computing deployments? Choose 3 A) Private cloud B) Hybrid cloud C) Mixed cloud D) Public cloud
A) Private cloud B) Hybrid cloud D) Public cloud The three types of cloud deployments are Public, Hybrid, and Private (also called 'on-prem').
Which of the following is AWS' Data Warehousing service? A) Redshift B) S3 Big Data C) Elastic Map Reduce D) Snowball
A) Redshift Redshift is AWS' data warehousing service.
You need to host a file in a location that's publicly accessible from anywhere in the world. Which AWS service would best meet that need? A) S3 B) RDS C) EC2 D) EBS
A) S3 With S3, objects can be accessed from anywhere in the world via a dedicated URL. Next question
Your Development team uses four on-demand EC2 instances and your QA team has 5 reserved instances, only three of which are being used. Assuming all AWS accounts are under a single AWS Organization, how will the Development team's instances be billed? A) The Dev team will be billed for two instances at on-demand prices and two instances at the reserved instance price. B) All the Dev team's instances will be billed at the on-demand rate. C) All the Dev instances will be billed at the reserved instance rate. D) The pricing for the reserved instances will shift from QA to Dev. Check answer
A) The Dev team will be billed for two instances at on-demand prices and two instances at the reserved instance price. Assuming all instances are in the same AWS Organization, the reserved instance pricing for the unused QA instances will be applied to two of the four Dev instances.
True or False: A Distribution is what we call a series of Edge Locations that make up CDN. A) True B) False
A) True The collection of a CDN's Edge Locations is called a Distribution.
True or false: With AWS Organizations, there are two available feature sets — so you may choose to use the consolidated billing features, or use all the offered features. A) True B) False
A) True With AWS Organizations, you can use either the consolidated billing features or all the offered features. If you create an organization with consolidated billing features only, you can later enable all features.
Which of the following are valid access types for an IAM user? Choose 3 A) Using the AWS Software Developers Kit. B) Programmatic access via the command line. C) AWS Management Console access. D) Security Group access via the AWS command line. E) Emergency access via Identity Access Management (IAM)
A) Using the AWS Software Developers Kit. B) Programmatic access via the command line. C) AWS Management Console access. The two types of access are AWS Management Console access and Programmatic Access via the AWS API, the CLI, and the SDKs.
Which of the following services will help you optimize your entire AWS environment in real time following AWS best practices? A)AWS Trusted Advisor B)AWS Shield C)AWS WAF D)AWS Inspector
A)AWS Trusted Advisor Trusted Advisor helps you optimize your entire AWS environment in real time following AWS best practices. It helps you optimize cost, fault-tolerance, and more.
Which of the following Compliance certifications attests to the security of the AWS platform regarding credit card transactions? A) SOC 2 B) PCI DSS Level 1 C) SOC 1 D) ISO 27001
B) PCI DSS Level 1 A PCI DSS Level 1 certification attests to the security of the AWS platform regarding credit card transactions.
Which of the following best describes a Resource Group? A) A resource group is a collection of resources that are deployed in the same AWS Region. B) A resource group is a collection of resources that share one or more tags (or portions of tags.) C) A resource group is a collection of resources of the same type (EC2, S3, etc.) that share one or more tags or portions of tags. D) A resource group is a collection of resources of the same type (EC2, S3, etc.) that are deployed in the same Availability Zone.
B) A resource group is a collection of resources that share one or more tags (or portions of tags.) A resource group is useful for describing and reporting on resources for grouping identification and internal cost recovery.
Which of the following best describes EBS? A) A managed database service. B) A virtual hard-disk in the cloud. C) A NoSQL database service. D) A bitcoin-mining service.
B) A virtual hard-disk in the cloud. An EBS volume is best described as a virtual hard-disk in the cloud.
Which of the following are steps you should take in securing your AWS account? Choose 3 A) Create a Root IAM role. B) Create individual IAM users. C) Use Groups to assign permissions to IAM users. D) Activate Multifactor Authentication (MFA) on your root account.
B) Create individual IAM users. C) Use Groups to assign permissions to IAM users. D) Activate Multifactor Authentication (MFA) on your root account. The Root account should have MFA enabled; you should always create individual users (the Root account should never be used for actual work); and groups should be used to grant permissions to the users you create.
Which of the following best describes Availability Zones? A) Two zones containing compute resources that are designed to automatically maintain synchronized copies of each other's data. B) Distinct locations from within an AWS region that are engineered to be isolated from failures. C) A Content Distribution Network used to deliver content to users. D) Restricted areas designed specifically for the creation of Virtual Private Clouds.
B) Distinct locations from within an AWS region that are engineered to be isolated from failures. Availability Zones are distinct locations from within an AWS region that are engineered to be isolated from failures.
In which of the following is CloudFront content cached? A) Availability Zone B) Edge Location C) Data Center D) Region
B) Edge Location CloudFront content is cached in Edge Locations
rue or False: There are more Regions than there are Availability Zones. A) True B) False
B) False As there are at least two Availability Zones (AZ) per AWS Region, there will always be more AZs than Regions.
True or False: With Consolidated Billing, the Paying Account can make changes to any of the resources owned by a Linked Account. A) True B) False
B) False False. The Paying Account cannot make changes to any of the resources owned by a Linked Account.
True or False: Identity Access Management (IAM) is a Regional service. A) True B) False
B) False Identity Access Management is a Global service.
True or False: Both you and a friend can have an S3 bucket called 'mytestbucket'. A) True B) False
B) False S3 bucket names are global, and must be unique.
Which of the following are criteria affecting your billing for RDS? Choose 3 A) Standby time B) Number of requests C) Data transfer in D) Clock hours of server time E) Additional storage
B) Number of requests. D) Clock hours of server time. E) Additional storage. Clock hours of server time, additional storage, and number of requests are among the criteria defining charges for RDS. Next question
Which of the following EC2 instance types will realize a savings over time in exchange for a contracted term-of-service? A) Discount Instances B) Reserved Instances C) Spot Instances D) On-demand Instances
B) Reserved Instances EC2 Reserved Instances offer significant discounts for a contracted term-of-service. Next question
Your Development team uses four on-demand EC2 instances and your QA team has 5 reserved instances, only three of which are being used. Assuming all AWS accounts are under a single AWS Organization, how will the Development team's instances be billed? A) The pricing for the reserved instances will shift from QA to Dev. B) The Dev team will be billed for two instances at on-demand prices and two instances at the reserved instance price. C) All the Dev team's instances will be billed at the on-demand rate. D) All the Dev instances will be billed at the reserved instance rate.
B) The Dev team will be billed for two instances at on-demand prices and two instances at the reserved instance price. Assuming all instances are in the same AWS Organization, the reserved instance pricing for the unused QA instances will be applied to two of the four Dev instances.
True or False: A CloudFront Origin can be an S3 bucket, an EC2 instance, an Elastic Load Balancer, or Route 53. A) False B) True
B) True A CloudFront Origin can be an S3 bucket, an EC2 instance, an Elastic Load Balancer, or Route 53.
You need to implement an automated service that will scan your AWS environment with the goal of both improving security and reducing costs. Which service should you use? A) Config Rules B) Trusted Advisor C) CloudTrail D) Service Catalog
B) Trusted Advisor An online resource to help you reduce cost, increase performance, and improve security by optimizing your AWS environment, Trusted Advisor provides real time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices.
By default, what is the maximum number of Linked Accounts per Paying Account under Consolidated Billing? A) 100 B) 10 C) 20 D) 50
C) 20 The default maximum is 20 linked accounts. This soft limit can be increased by contacting AWS.
Which of the following support services do all accounts receive as standard? A) 24/7 support via phone and chat B) Technical Account Manager C) Billing support D) Technical support
C) Billing support All accounts receive billing support.
Which of the following is not a fundamental AWS charge? A) Data-out B) Storage C) Data-in D) Compute
C) Data-in In AWS, data-in is always free-of-charge. Next question
Which AWS service allows you to run code without having to worry about provisioning any underlying resources (such as virtual machines, databases etc.) A) EC2 Container Service B) EC2 C) Lambda D) DynamoDB
C) Lambda Lambda is the AWS Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) offering that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers.
Which of the following EC2 options is best for long-term workloads with predictable usage patterns? A) Spot instances B) Dedicated Host C) Reserved instances D) On-Demand instances
C) Reserved instances. Reserved instances are the most economical option for long-term workloads with predictable usage patterns.
You need to implement an automated service that will scan your AWS environment with the goal of both improving security and reducing costs. Which service should you use? A) CloudTrail B) Config Rules C) Trusted Advisor D) Service Catalog
C) Trusted Advisor An online resource to help you reduce cost, increase performance, and improve security by optimizing your AWS environment, Trusted Advisor provides real time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices.
Which of the following is correct? A) of Availability Zones > # of Edge Locations > # of Regions B) of Regions > # of Availability Zones > # of Edge Locations C) of Edge Locations > # of Availability Zones > # of Regions D) of Availability Zones > # of Regions > # of Edge Locations
C) of Edge Locations > # of Availability Zones > # of Regions The number of Edge Locations is greater than the number of Availability Zones, which is greater than the number of Regions.
Which of the following are Support Levels offered by AWS? Choose 3 A) Individual B) Business C) Start-up D) Developer E) Basic
E) Basic D) Developer B) Business The AWS Support levels are Basic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise.
What is an AWS region? A) A region is a collection of Edge Locations available in specific countries. B) A region is a subset of AWS technologies. For example, the Compute region consists of EC2, ECS, Lambda, etc. C) A region is an independent data center, located in different countries around the globe. D) A region is a geographical area divided into Availability Zones. Each region contains at least two Availability Zones.
D) A region is a geographical area divided into Availability Zones. Each region contains at least two Availability Zones. A region is a geographical area divided into Availability Zones. Each region contains at least two Availability Zones.
Which of the following AWS services can help you assess the fault-tolerance of your AWS environment? A) AWS WAF B) AWS Shield C) AWS Inspector D) AWS Trusted Advisor
D) AWS Trusted Advisor. AWS Trusted Advisor can help you assess the fault-tolerance of your AWS environment. Next question
Under the Shared Responsibility model, for which of the following does AWS not assume responsibility? A) Physical security of AWS facilities B) Hypervisors C) Networking D) Customer data
D) Customer data The customer is responsible for their own customer data.
You have a mission-critical application which must be globally available at all times. Which deployment strategy should you follow? A) Multi-VPC in two AWS Regions B) Deploy to all Availability Zones in your home region. C) Multi-Availability Zone D) Multi-Region
D) Multi-Region A Multi-Region deployment will best ensure global availability.
Which of the following is the document used to grant permissions to users, groups, and roles? A) Paradigm B) Passbook C) Protocol D) Policy
D) Policy A Policy is the document used to grant permissions to users, groups, and roles.
You have a project that will require 90 hours of computing time. There is no deadline, and the work can be stopped and restarted without adverse effect. Which of the following computing options offers the most cost-effective solution? A) Reserved instances B) ECS instances C) On-demand instances D) Spot instances
D) Spot instances Spot instances would be the most cost-effective solution.
