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1
How does Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling assist with cost-effectiveness?
By choosing the most cost-effective instance type
By launching and terminating instances as demand changes
By balancing load between instances evenly
By automating application failover
2
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is an example of what type of database?
Online transaction processing (OLTP)
No-SQL
Data warehouse
Online analytics processing (OLAP)
3
Which of the following is an architectural best practice?
Use close coupling
Design for failure
Design for the future
Design monolithic applications
4
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes are stored within which construct?
An availability zone
A snapshot
A region
An edge location
5
What does Elastic Load Balancing use to ensure instances are available?
Health checks
EC2 Status Checks is incorrect
Scaling Plans
CloudWatch Metrics
6
With Amazon S3, which of the following are NOT chargeable items?
Transfer Acceleration
Inbound data transfer
Quantity of data in S3 buckets
Lifecycle transitions
7
Which statement about Amazon CloudWatch is INCORRECT?
CloudWatch only integrates with Amazon EC2
CloudWatch monitoring can include application performance
CloudWatch Logs collects and centralizes logs from AWS resources
CloudWatch Alarms can be set to react to changes in your resources
8
A company is looking for a solution that gives control over the OS, instance type and only charges for what they use.
EC2
Lambda
Docker Container Image
Amazon Fargate
9
Who is responsible for patching networking equipment in AWS?
The Customer
AWS
10
How does DynamoDB scale?
Both vertically and horizontally
Vertically
Horizontally
11
Which of the following services uses AWS edge locations to deliver content to end users with lower latency?
Amazon CloudFront
AWS Storage Gateway
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
12
This operates at the instance (interface) level and supports allow rules only.
Bucket Policies
ACL
Network ACL
Security Group
13
Which service makes it easier to build event-driven applications?
Amazon SWF
Amazon SQS
EC2
Amazon EventBridge
14
With default settings, what will happen to a root EBS volume when the Amazon EC2 instance is terminated?
It will be deleted
It will be retained
A snapshot will be retained
An AMI will be created
15
Which service allows you to run Docker containers on AWS?
AWS Lambda
Amazon EBS
Amazon ECS
Amazon EC2
16
You have multiple accounts in AWS. What option can be used to ensure costs can be reduced?
Combined billing
Costs are automatically reduced for multiple accounts by AWS
It is not possible to reduce costs with multiple accounts
Consolidated billing
17
Which service can be used to record information about API activity in your AWS account?
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudTrail
18
Which principal should be used when assigning permissions to users or groups?
Implicit Deny
Least Privilege
Most Privilege
Nesting
19
What is a key cost advantage of moving to the AWS Cloud?
You can provision what you need and scale on demand
Many services are free
You can deploy services using an API
You can scale almost limitlessly
20
Which type of scaling does an Amazon Read Replica provide?
Vertical
Horizontal
21
A company is looking for a fully managed graph database service on AWS. Which service would you recommend?
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Neptune
Amazon Relational Database Service
Amazon DynamoDB
22
Which AWS support plan comes with a Technical Account Manager (TAM)?
Enterprise
Business
Developer
Basic
23
Which services can scale horizontally?
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, Amazon S3, NAT Instance
Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EFS, Amazon EC2
Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, Amazon S3
24
You are paying a monthly subscription to a company to host your website. Which cloud computing model is this?
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Cloud as a Service (CaaS)
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
25
Which Amazon Machine Image can be used to mount an Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) file system?
All of the above/options
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 with Containers
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Core
Amazon Linux 2 AMI
26
Which service can assist with protecting against common web-based exploits?
AWS CloudHSM
AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Amazon Route 53
AWS Shield
27
Which storage service is used by Amazon EC2 instances for the root volume?
S3
EBS
EFS
Storage Gateway
28
Which of the following needs to be considered in a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis?
Application licensing costs
Company marketing campaign costs
Data center operations costs
29
Which of the following services can businesses use for video conferencing?
Amazon Glue
Amazon Chime
Amazon SES
Amazon Polly
30
Which of the following is NOT a limitation of scaling vertically?
Typically requires downtime
Often requires manual intervention
Can reach a limit of maximum instance size
Requires a load balancer for distributing load
31
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
There are four pillars in the Well-Architected Framework.
There are six pillars in the Well-Architected Framework.
The AWS Well-Architected Framework maps out the AWS Regions.
One pillar of the Well-Architected Framework is Renewability.Check answer
32
The best practice "services, not servers" means what?
You should not use servers such as Amazon EC2
Use more services such as managed services + serverless services
Try to only use serverless services
33
Does Amazon CloudTrail permanently record all API activity in your account by default?
No
Yes
34
In case of account compromise, which of actions should you perform?
Delete all IAM users
Delete all resources in your account
Immediately close your account
Open a support case with AWS
35
Which one of these services is NOT an AWS Storage Service?
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon EBS
Amazon Glacier
Amazon S3
36
What does a "Domain" refer to in Amazon SWF?
The DNS record for the Amazon SWF service
A security group in which only tasks inside can communicate with each other
A collection of related Workflows.
A special type of worker
37
What is an availability zone composed of?
One or more data centers in a location
A collection of edge locations
A collection of VPCs
One or more regions
38
Which service category is not offered by AWS?
Developer Tools
Database
Data Center
Compute
39
What is one benefit of Amazon EC2 compared to traditional servers?
You have more control over the OS.
You can use specialized hardware.
You can scale elastically within minutes
You get more compute power in the cloud.
40
What can you use to assign metadata to AWS resources for cost reporting?
Templates
Tags
Labels
ARNs
41
With Amazon S3, objects are stored in which type of root-level container?
A bucket
A folder
A region
A filesystem
42
Which architectural best practice aims to reduce interdependencies between application components?
Loose Coupling
Services, not Servers
Removing Single Points of Failure
Automation
43
Which tool can be used to find compliance information that relates to the AWS Cloud platform?
AWS Artifact
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Personal Health Dashboard
Amazon Inspector
44
You need to create a highly available application in the cloud. How can you accomplish this?
Make sure that resources are utilizing multiple Availability Zones (AZs).
Make sure to secure the root user.
Make sure that resources are using one Availability Zone (AZ).
Make sure to use a private deployment model.
45
Need to deploy your cloud environment across AWS and your on-prem data center using Direct Connect. Which cloud model?
Public
Hybrid
Private
On-premises
46
Which of the following is NOT a payment option for Amazon EC2 reserved instances?
All upfront
No upfront
Partial Upfront
All at the end
47
According to the AWS Shared Responsibility model, who is responsible for data center security?
AWS
The customer
48
Most cost effective storage tier for data that is not often accessed, retained for 7 years + retrieved within 24 hours?
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon S3 Standard
49
Which of the following is a benefit of Lambda?
Reliable highly scalable, hosted queuing
Instantaneous, push-based delivery
Makes coordinating the components of a distributed application easy
No servers to manage
50
Which service can be used for alerting if the CPU is heavily loaded on an EC2 instance?
Amazon CloudTrail
Amazon CloudWatch
51
According to AWS Shared Responsibility model, who is responsible for configuring server-side encryption for Amazon S3?
AWS
The Customer
52
Which service uses a hardware security module to protect encryption keys in the cloud?
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
AWS Service Catalog
AWS CloudHSM
53
Which AWS services are free?
IAM, Amazon S3, outbound data transfer
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, CloudFormation, IAM
Amazon EC2, CloudFormation, IAM
Consolidated billing, EC2 Auto Scaling, NAT Gateway
54
Which of the following are considered advantages of the cloud?
Going global in minutes
Hybrid models
Local Zones
Software as a Service
55
Which service provides guidance for remediation when AWS is experiencing events that may impact you?
Amazon Inspector
AWS Cloud Compliance
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Personal Health Dashboard
56
Which service is good for running compute workloads for people who don't have technical expertise with AWS?
AWS Lambda
Amazon LightSail
Amazon ECS
Amazon EC2
57
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about Elastic Load Balancing?
ELB enables high availability and fault tolerance
ELB can be Internet facing
ELB can distribute connections across regions
ELB can distribute connections across availability zones
58
If using a well written templates, how can Amazon CloudFormation assist with building secure environments?
It does not require privileged access
It ensures consistent builds when building repeatably
The responsibility is shared with AWS
59
Which architectural benefit of the AWS Cloud assists with lowering operational cost?
Design for failure
Higher-level managed services
Loose coupling
Horizontal scaling
60
AWS EC2 Auto Scaling provides which type of scaling?
Vertical
Horizontal
61
Which service can be used to find reports on Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance of the AWS cloud?
AWS Artifact
Amazon Inspector
AWS Service Catalog
62
How would you pay for AWS Snowball?
Per number of requests
Per Hour
Per Job
Per GB
63
How can you run commands on an Amazon EC2 instance at launch time?
With a snapshot
With metadata
With user data
With a container
64
You need to implement low latency. What can you utilize to achieve this?
Data Centers and/or Regions
Availability Zones (AZs) and/or Regions
Local Zones and/or Edge Locations
Local Zones and EC2
65
Pricing model is best suited for batch computing workload that needs notable compute power + can be stopped any time?
Reserved Instances
On-demand Instances
Spot Instances
Dedicated Instances
66
What is a defining feature of microservice applications?
The user interface, business logic, and data access layer are on 1 platform
Being loosely coupled
Server-based computing
Being tightly connected
67
What does an HTTP 200 code represent?
There is no such code
The response is a success
Internal Server Error
Bad Request
68
Which of the following CANNOT be used to access your AWS resources?
Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Software Development Kits (SDKs)
Application code
The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
69
AWS Trusted Advisor does NOT provide advice on which of the following?
Cost optimization
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Security
Fault Tolerance
70
Which AWS database service offers seamless horizontal scaling?
Amazon RDS
Amazon DynamoDB
Database on Amazon EC2
Amazon RedShift
71
How can fault tolerance be added to an Amazon RDS database?
Using read replicas
Using EBS snapshots
Using multi-AZ
Using Global Replicas
72
Which storage service can be used on-premises to access cloud storage?
Amazon Storage Block
Amazon S3 Glacier
AWS Storage Gateway
AWS Hybrid Service
73
What is AWS' policy regarding penetration testing?
You can perform penetration testing against any service and account
You can perform penetration testing against selected services w/o approval
Penetration testing is not allowed under any circumstance
You can only perform penetration testing with permission from AWS
74
With Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) what must you pay for?
Route Table
Security Group
Internet Gateway
VPN connection
75
Which storage classes are available for the Amazon Elastic File System?
Standard, Infrequent Access Storage
Standard, Instant Retrieval
Standard, Deep Archive
Standard, Provisioned Throughput
76
You are verifying the latency on a newly released website. It loads really quickly. What type of latency would this be?
Low Latency
High Latency
Medium Latency
Elastic Latency
77
Amazon S3 is an example of what type of storage system?
Block
Object
Hybrid
File
78
Which service is involved with encryption?
AWS WAF
AWS Shield
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
79
Which storage device is physically attached to the Amazon EC2 host servers?
Elastic Network Adapter
Amazon Machine Image
Amazon EBS
Instance Store volumes
80
Which of the following is a benefit of API-driven services?
You can programmatically and dynamically launch resources
You can define services through the AWS management console
You get greater fault tolerance
Increased reliability
81
What is one of the best ways to ensure that your AWS account doesn't get deleted or altered by attackers?
Seek them out and get justice
Change your password frequently
Use a stronger password
Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on the root user.
82
What is an AWS Region composed of?
One or more data centers in a location
Two or more availability zones
Two or more Virtual Private Clouds (VPC)
One or more regions
83
Which Amazon S3 storage class is used for archiving data for long term retention?
S3 Glacier Deep Archive
S3 One Zone-IA
S3 Standard
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
84
Which of the following AWS services allows you to convert text to MP3 audio?
None of the above
Amazon Rekognition
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon Polly
85
While creating the snapshots using the API, which Action should you use?
CreateSnapshot
FreshSnapshot
DeploySnapshot
MakeSnapshot
