Module 1

Which of these are ways to access AWS core services?

AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface, and Software Development Kits

Management Tools

Service Catalog Systems Manager Trusted Advisor

Storage Services

Simple Storage Services(S3) Elastic Block Store(EBS) Glacier Elastic File System(EFS)

Name three major "as a Service" models of cloud.

Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service

The "as a Service" Technologies

Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service

Which of these is NOT a cloud computing model?

System administration as a Service

Lambda

The main serverless compute services of AWS

Economies of scale result from

having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud

Which of the following are NOT benefits of AWS Cloud computing?

-Multiple procurement cycles -High Latency

Community Cloud

A cloud provisioned for use by a select group of companies or organizations

Redshift

A fast, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse that makes it simple and cost-effective to analyze all your existing business intelligence tools.

API Gateway

A fully managed service that allows you to create and publish secure APIs to scale in AWS

CloudFront

A global Content Delivery Network(CDN) service that accelerates delivery of your websites, APIs, video content, or other web assets

Glacier

A secure, durable, and extremely low-cost storage service for data archiving and long-term backup

Elastic Beanstalk

A service that permits you to upload your code and have it hosted automatically by AWS

ElastiCache

A web service that makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale an in-memory cache in the cloud.

Which of these is NOT a benefit of cloud computing over on-premises computing?

A.Increase speed and agility B. Pay for racking, stacking, and powering servers C. Eliminate guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs D. Trade capital expense for variable expense E. Benefit from massive economies of scale Answer: B

Which of the following is a compute service?

Amazon EC2

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

Avoid large capital purchases Use on-demand capacity Go Answer:

Private Cloud

Cloud technology kept "in-house" and fuly managed by the private organization.

What monitoring tool permits you to carefully observe specific API calls to AWS resources?

CloudTrail

Monitoring

CloudWatch CloudTrail

Automation and Application Support

CodeDeploy CloudFormation OpsWork

Hybrid Cloud

Companies that host some cloud technologies privately and rely on public cloud resource for other technologies

AWS Service Categories

Compute Service Storage Services Network Services Database Services Security Services Automation and Application Support Management Tools Monitoring

On-demand Self Service

EC2 instances that are launched at a current price of compute time

What AWS feature permits you to create persistent storage volumes for use by EC2 instances (including boot)?

Elastic Block Store(EBS)

Elastic Compute Cloud(EC2)

Elastic Compute Cloud makes virtual machines available in AWS and provides a managed environment for your Docker containers

Compute Services

Elastic Compute Cloud(EC2) Lambda Elastic Beanstalk Elastic Container Service (ECS)

Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers,storage, databases, and a broad set of application services over the internet. You own the network-connected hardware required for these services and AWS provisions what you need.

False

Security Services

Identity and Access Management(IAM) Security Groups Network ACLs

What was the first serverless compute service of AWS?

Lambda

Public Cloud

Massive cloud providers that make various "as a Service" models available to the public

Cloud Characteristics as defined by the NIST

On-demand self-service Broad network access Resource pooling Rapid Elasticity Measured Service

Name at least five cloud characteristics as defined by NIST

On-demand self-service Broad network access Resource pooling Rapid Elasticity Measured Service

What is the pricing model that enables AWS consumers to pay for resources on an as-needed basis?

Pay as you go

How are cloud technologies commonly deployed?

Private Cloud Community Cloud Public Cloud Hybrid Cloud

Name the four cloud deployment models.

Private Cloud Community Cloud Public Cloud Hybrid Cloud

Database Services

Relational Database Service (RDS) DynamoDB ElastiCache Redshift

Simple Storage Services(S3)

S3 is flexible, object-based storage for a wide variety of purposes

AWS owns and maintains the network connected hardware required for applications services, while you provisions and use what you need.

True

Network Services

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Route 53 CloudFront API Gateway Direct Connect

DynamoDB

a fast and flexible NoSQL database service for all applications that need consistent, single-digit millisecond latency at any scale.

Route 53

a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service

Direct Connect

alternative to a shared Internet connection to AWS; Direct Connect is a completely private connection from your on-premises network to the AWS facilities

Relational Database Service (RDS)

easy to set-up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud

Elastic Block Store(EBS)

offers persistent block storage volumes for use with EC2 instances

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

provides the virtual network components in AWS

Elastic File System(EFS)

simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud.