Which of the following can help secure your sensitive data in Amazon S3 choose two?

Which of the following can help secure your sensitive data in Amazon S3 choose two?

Chris Kuo/Dr. Dataman

Aug 19, 2021

20 min read

Security: People may concern if their data are safe on cloud. AWS had designed multiple layers to secure data and services at the highest level. Security is achieved by controlling who can access (authorize) to what services (authenticate). In this Section you will learn how to use the Identity and Access Management (IAM) service to control who…

A company wants to re architect a large monolithic application. Which of the following design principles should be considered when re-architecting such an application? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

Options are :

  • Make use of fixed servers
  • Ensure to implement loose coupling
  • Ensure to rely on individual components
  • Ensure to design for scalability

Answer :Ensure to implement loose coupling Ensure to design for scalability

Which of the following is an AWS(Amazon Web Service) service that can be used as a scalable file storage solution that can be used by both Linux based AWS(Amazon Web Service) servers and on-premise servers?

Options are :

  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon EFS

Answer :Amazon EFS

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Which of the following are two services that AWS(Amazon Web Service) offers from a security perspective?

Options are :

  • Multi-factor authentication tokens
  • AWS Trusted Advisor security checks
  • Data Encryption
  • Automated penetration testing

Answer :AWS Trusted Advisor security checks Data Encryption

Which of the following is associated with an access key id and a secret access key when using the AWS(Amazon Web Service) command line interface?

Options are :

  • IAM group
  • IAM user
  • IAM role
  • IAM policy

Answer :IAM user

Which of the following are ways that can be used to interact with AWS(Amazon Web Service) services? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

Options are :

  • Command line interface
  • Software development kits
  • On-premise
  • Software-as-a-service

Answer :Command line interface Software development kits

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A company is planning on deploying an application onto AWS(Amazon Web Service) in different AWS(Amazon Web Service) regions. Which of the following factors can influence the company's decision on which regions to choose for hosting the application? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

Options are :

  • Reduced latency for users
  • Data sovereignty compliance
  • The applications local language settings

Answer :Reduced latency for users Data sovereignty compliance

Which of the following are features of Amazon CloudWatch Logs? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

Options are :

  • This service is provided at no charge
  • This service provides real time monitoring
  • This service provides adjustable retention periods
  • This service provides summaries sent via the Simple Notification Service

Answer :This service provides real time monitoring This service provides adjustable retention periods

Which of the following auditing process does AWS(Amazon Web Service) have the sole responsibility for?

Options are :

  • AWS IAM Policies
  • AWS IAM users
  • Amazon S3 bucket policies
  • Physical security

Answer :Physical security

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Which of the following is required for developers to access AWS(Amazon Web Service) services via the AWS(Amazon Web Service) CLI?

Options are :

  • Username and password
  • SSH keys
  • Access keys
  • API keys

Answer :Access keys

Which of the following is a shared control between the customer and AWS?

Options are :

  • Awareness and training
  • Using a key for Amazon S3 client-side encryption
  • Configuration of several EC2 Instances
  • Physical controls for the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Data centers

Answer :Awareness and training

A company wants to have a data store in place where-in reads and writes on the data would happen frequently. Which of the following are services that can be used for this requirement? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

Options are :

  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon EFS

Answer :Amazon RDS Amazon EFS

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A company is planning on creating multiple AWS(Amazon Web Service) Accounts. Which of the following are services that can be used across hybrid AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud Architectures? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

Options are :

  • Amazon Route 53
  • Classic Load Balancer
  • Autoscaling
  • Virtual Private Gateway

Answer :Amazon Route 53 Virtual Private Gateway

A company wants to use AWS(Amazon Web Service) for a self-hosted database. The database has the following requirements

a) Have the ability to shutdown every night for maintenance purposes

b) Save on costs

Which of the following would you use for this purpose?

Options are :

  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon EC2 with Amazon EC2 Instance store
  • Amazon EC2 with Elastic Block storage

Answer :Amazon EC2 with Elastic Block storage

A company is planning on setting up multiple AWS(Amazon Web Service) accounts. They are planning on implementing consolidated billing. Which of the following are advantages of consolidated billing? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

Options are :

  • Having the ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts
  • Ability to having the default service limits increased in every account
  • A fixed discount that is applied every month
  • The potential for having volume discounts when the usage of all accounts is combined

Answer :Having the ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts The potential for having volume discounts when the usage of all accounts is combined

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A company is planning on purchasing Reserved Instances as part of their AWS(Amazon Web Service) account. Which of the following pricing model will give the highest discount when compared to On-demand pricing?

Options are :

  • One-year , No Upfront and Standard Reserved Instance pricing
  • One-year , All Upfront and Convertible Reserved Instance pricing
  • Three-year, All Upfront and Standard Reserved Instance pricing
  • Three-year, No Upfront and Convertible Reserved Instance pricing

Answer :Three-year, All Upfront and Standard Reserved Instance pricing

You are planning on creating an S3 bucket in your AWS(Amazon Web Service) account. You need to limit access to the bucket to specific users. Which of the following could be used for this requirement?

Options are :

  • A public and private key pair
  • AWS Identity and Access Management policies
  • Security Groups

Answer :AWS Identity and Access Management policies

Which of the following Reserved Instance pricing model allows for one to change the attributes of the Reserved Instance as long as the exchange results in the creation of Reserved Instances of equal or greater value?

Options are :

  • Dedicated Reserved Instance
  • Scheduled Reserved Instance
  • Convertible Reserved Instance
  • Standard Reserved Instance

Answer :Convertible Reserved Instance

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Which service records API activity on your account and delivers log files to an Amazon S3 bucket?   

Options are :

  • Amazon S3 Event Notifications
  • Amazon CloudTrail
  • Amazon CloudWatch Logs
  • Amazon CloudWatch

Answer :Amazon CloudTrail

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Which statement below is incorrect in relation to Network ACLs?

Options are :

  • Process rules in order
  • Support allow and deny rules
  • Operate at the Availability Zone level
  • Stateless

Answer :Operate at the Availability Zone level

What is the scope of a VPC within a region?   

Options are :

  • At least 2 subnets per region
  • At least 2 data centers per region
  • Spans all Availability Zones globally
  • Spans all Availability Zones within the region

Answer :Spans all Availability Zones within the region

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) support plan should you use if you need a response time of < 15 minutes for a business-critical system failure?

Options are :

  • Basic
  • Business
  • Enterprise
  • Developer

Answer :Enterprise

AWS Develops Engineer Professional Practice Final File Exam Set 12

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) service can be used to convert video and audio files from their source format into versions that will playback on devices like smartphones, tablets and PC?

Options are :

  • Elastic Beanstalk
  • Elastic Load Balancer
  • Elastic Transcoder
  • Auto Scaling

Answer :Elastic Transcoder

The IAM service can be used to manage which objects? (choose 2)

Options are :

  • Key pairs
  • Roles
  • Access policies
  • Security groups
  • Network ACLs

Answer :Roles Access policies

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) service can you use to install a third-party database?   

Options are :

  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon EMR
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon RDS

Answer :Amazon EC2

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When instantiating compute resources, what are two techniques for using automated, repeatable processes that are fast and avoid human error? (choose 2)

Options are :

  • Infrastructure as code
  • Performance monitoring
  • Bootstrapping
  • Fault tolerance
  • Snapshotting

Answer :Infrastructure as code Bootstrapping

Under the shared responsibility model, what are examples of shared controls? (choose 2)

Options are :

  • Service and Communications Protection
  • Physical and environmental
  • Patch management
  • Storage system patching
  • Configuration management

Answer :Patch management Configuration management

Which service can you use to provision a preconfigured server with little to no AWS(Amazon Web Service) experience?   

Options are :

  • Amazon Lightsail
  • Amazon EC2
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon Elastic Beanstalk

Answer :Amazon Lightsail

AWS Certified Security Speciality SCS-C01 Practice Exam Set 5

Which of the following is a method of backup available in the AWS(Amazon Web Service) cloud?

Options are :

  • EFS File Systems
  • EBS Snapshots
  • Route 53 Alias Record
  • Availability Zones

Answer :EBS Snapshots

Under the AWS(Amazon Web Service) shared responsibility model what is the customer responsible for? (choose 2)   

Options are :

  • Replacement and disposal of disk drives
  • Patch management of infrastructure
  • Encryption of customer data
  • Physical security of the data center
  • Configuration of security groups

Answer :Encryption of customer data Configuration of security groups

Which database service is a NoSQL type of database that is fully managed?

Options are :

  • Amazon ElastiCache
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon RedShift
  • Amazon RDS

Answer :Amazon DynamoDB

AWS Certified Developer Associate Practice Test 2021 Set 7

Which of the statements below is accurate regarding Amazon S3 buckets? (choose 2)

Options are :

  • Bucket names must be unique regionally
  • Bucket names must be unique globally
  • Buckets are replicated globally
  • Buckets can contain other buckets
  • Buckets are region-specific

Answer :Bucket names must be unique globally Buckets are region-specific

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) services are used for analytics? (choose 2)   

Options are :

  • Amazon Athena
  • Amazon ElastiCache
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon EMR

Answer :Amazon Athena Amazon EMR

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) service can an organization use to automate operational tasks on EC2 instances using existing Chef cookbooks?

Options are :

  • AWS OpsWorks
  • AWS Service Catalog
  • AWS CodeDeploy
  • AWS Config

Answer :AWS OpsWorks

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Which feature of Amazon Rekognition can assist with saving time?

Options are :

  • Provides on-demand access to compliance-related information
  • Identification of the language of text in a document
  • Adds automatic speech recognitions (ASR) to applications
  • Identification of objects in images and videos

Answer :Identification of objects in images and videos

Which service can be used for building and integrating loosely-coupled, distributed applications?   

Options are :

  • Amazon EFS
  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon SNS
  • Amazon RDS

Answer :Amazon SNS

Which tool enables you to visualize your usage patterns over time and to identify your underlying cost drivers?   

Options are :

  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
  • Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
  • AWS Budgets

Answer :AWS Cost Explorer

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What method can you use to take a backup of an Amazon EC2 instance using AWS(Amazon Web Service) tools?

Options are :

  • Take a snapshot to capture the point-in-time state of the instance
  • Take full and incremental file-level backups using the backup console
  • Take application-consistent backups using the EC2 API
  • Use Cross Region Replication (CRR) to copy the instance to another region

Answer :Take a snapshot to capture the point-in-time state of the instance

Which service allows you to automatically expand and shrink your application in response to demand?   

Options are :

  • Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • AWS Auto Scaling
  • AWS ElastiCache

Answer :AWS Auto Scaling

Which types of pricing policies does AWS(Amazon Web Service) offer? (choose 2)

Options are :

  • Save when you reserve
  • Pay-as-you-go
  • Global usage discounts
  • Non-peak hour discounts
  • Enterprise license agreement (ELA)

Answer :Save when you reserve Pay-as-you-go

AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty Practice Exam Set 3

What advantages does deploying Amazon CloudFront provide? (choose 2)   

Options are :

  • Provides serverless compute services
  • Reduced latency
  • Improved performance for end users
  • A private network link to the AWS(Amazon Web Service) cloud
  • Automated deployment of resources

Answer :Reduced latency Improved performance for end users

Which services are integrated with KMS encryption? (choose 2)   

Options are :

  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon SWF
  • Amazon RDS

Answer :Amazon EBS Amazon RDS

Which of the following are features of Amazon CloudWatch? (choose 2)

Options are :

  • Used for auditing of API calls
  • Can be accessed via API, command-line interface, AWS(Amazon Web Service) SDKs, and the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Management Console
  • Provides visibility into user activity by recording actions taken on your account
  • Used to gain system-wide visibility into resource utilization
  • Records account activity and service events from most AWS(Amazon Web Service) services

Answer :Can be accessed via API, command-line interface, AWS(Amazon Web Service) SDKs, and the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Management Console Used to gain system-wide visibility into resource utilization

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Which service can be used to track the CPU usage of an EC2 instance?   

Options are :

  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • Amazon CloudTrail
  • Amazon CloudFormation

Answer :Amazon CloudWatch

A company would like to maximize their potential volume and RI discounts across multiple accounts and also apply service control policies on member accounts. What can they use gain these benefits?   

Options are :

  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Budgets
  • AWS IAM
  • AWS Organizations

Answer :AWS Organizations

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) service allows you to connect to storage from on-premise servers using standard file protocols?   

Options are :

  • Amazon Glacier
  • Amazon EFS
  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon S3

Answer :Amazon EFS

A company is planning to introduce a new product to their customers. They are expecting high traffic to their web application. As part of the Enterprise support plan, which of the following could provide them with architectural and scaling guidance?

Options are :

  • AWS Support API
  • Infrastructure Event Management
  • AWS Management Support
  • AWS Support Concierge Service

Answer :Infrastructure Event Management

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Which of the following is not a benefit of Amazon S3? (Choose TWO)

Options are :

  • Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage for any type of data.
  • Amazon S3 can be scaled manually to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere.
  • Amazon S3 provides 99.999999999% (11 9's) of data durability.
  • Amazon S3 can run any type of application or backend system.
  • Amazon S3 stores any number of objects, but with object size limits.

Answer :Amazon S3 can be scaled manually to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere. Amazon S3 can run any type of application or backend system.

Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services are free to use? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • CloudWatch
  • CloudFormation
  • Route53
  • Auto-scaling

Answer :CloudFormation Auto-scaling

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Which of the following can help protect your EC2 instances from DDoS attacks? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • AWS Batch
  • CloudHSM
  • Network Access Control Lists
  • Security Groups
  • AWS IAM

Answer :Network Access Control Lists Security Groups

An organization runs many systems and uses many AWS(Amazon Web Service) products. Which of the following services allow them to control how each developer interacts with these products?

Options are :

  • Network Access Control Lists
  • AWS Identity and Access Management
  • Amazon EMR
  • Amazon RDS

Answer :AWS Identity and Access Management

Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud services is designed with native Multi-AZ fault tolerance in mind? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service

Answer :Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Simple Storage Service

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Select the services that can be used to build hybrid cloud architectures. (Choose two)

Options are :

  • AWS Identity and Access Management
  • AWS Cloud9
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • AWS Artifact
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

Answer :AWS Identity and Access Management Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

What information is required to calculate the Total Cost of Ownership for the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud?

Options are :

  • The number of end users you are currently serving
  • The number of on-premise virtual machines
  • The number of active databases
  • The number of on-premise applications

Answer :The number of on-premise virtual machines

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) network feature can establish a private network connection between AWS(Amazon Web Service) and your datacenter?

Options are :

  • AWS Direct Connect
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS Snowball
  • AWS Route 53

Answer :AWS Direct Connect

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What does S3 stand for?

Options are :

  • Simple Storage Service
  • Simplified Storage Service
  • Service for Simple Storage
  • Simple Store Service

Answer :Simple Storage Service

Which of the following will impact the price paid for an EC2 instance? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Storage capacity
  • The IAM identity that uses the instance
  • Compute time consumed
  • The Availability Zone where the instance is provisioned
  • Instance Type

Answer :Storage capacity Instance Type

What does Amazon Elastic Beanstalk provide?

Options are :

  • A NoSQL database service
  • A long-term data storage.
  • A compute engine for Amazon ECS.
  • A PaaS solution to automate application deployment.

Answer :A PaaS solution to automate application deployment.

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Using Amazon RDS falls under the shared responsibility model. Which of the following are customer responsibilities? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Performing backups.
  • Patching the database software.
  • Installing the database software.
  • Managing the database settings.
  • Building the relational database schema.

Answer :Managing the database settings. Building the relational database schema.

What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) service that provides automated network assessment of your Amazon EC2 instances to check for vulnerabilities?

Options are :

  • AWS Network Access Control Lists
  • AWS Inspector
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • Security groups

Answer :AWS Inspector

An organization has an on-premises application that serves users from all around the world. If instead the application was deployed in AWS, what is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) characteristic that could help reduce latency to their users?

Options are :

  • High Availability
  • Fault tolerance
  • Elasticity
  • Global reach

Answer :Global reach

AWS Certified Developer Associate Practice Test 2021 Set 15

A company created a solution that will help AWS(Amazon Web Service) customers improve their architectures on AWS. Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) program may support this company?

Options are :

  • APN Technology Partners
  • APN Consulting Partners
  • AWS TAM
  • AWS Professional Services

Answer :APN Consulting Partners

Based on the AWS(Amazon Web Service) shared responsibility model, which of the following is the responsibility of AWS? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Creating hypervisors.
  • Hardware maintenance.
  • Installing software on EC2.
  • Monitoring network performance.
  • Configuring ACLs.

Answer :Creating hypervisors. Hardware maintenance.

What are your options for protecting the confidentiality of data in transit in Amazon S3? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Use Client-Side Encryption
  • Use RDS Encryption
  • Use SSL
  • Use Server-Side Encryption

Answer :Use Client-Side Encryption Use SSL

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Which of the following are important design principles you should adopt when architecting cloud-based systems? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Remove single points of failure
  • Build as much automation as possible
  • Always choose to pay as you go
  • Treat servers as fixed resources

Answer :Remove single points of failure Build as much automation as possible

What is the Amazon RDS feature that allows for data redundancy across regions and improves disaster recovery?

Options are :

  • Multi-AZ
  • Write Replicas
  • Read Replicas
  • Multi-region replication

Answer :Read Replicas

What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) service that gives you full control over the underlying virtual infrastructure?

Options are :

  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon RDS

Answer :Amazon EC2

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Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) offerings is a MySQL-compatible relational database that can scale capacity automatically based on demand?

Options are :

  • Amazon Neptune
  • Amazon Aurora
  • RDS PostgreSQL
  • RDS Microsoft SQL Server

Answer :Amazon Aurora

What is the Amazon RDS feature that can you use to improve the availability of your database? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Automatic patching
  • Read Replicas
  • Edge Locations
  • Multi-AZ Deployment
  • AWS Regions

Answer :Read Replicas Multi-AZ Deployment

Which of the following services allows you to run containerized applications on a cluster of EC2 instances?

Options are :

  • Amazon Elastic Container Service
  • AWS Docker Manager
  • Amazon Elastic Docker Service
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Service

Answer :Amazon Elastic Container Service

Practice Questions : AWS(Amazon Web Service) Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Under the Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following are controls which a customer fully inherits from AWS? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Awareness & Training
  • Environmental controls
  • Patch management controls
  • Database controls
  • Physical controls

Answer :Environmental controls Physical controls

What are two advantages of using Cloud Computing over using traditional data centers? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Reserved Compute Capacity
  • Virtualized compute resources
  • Distributed infrastructure
  • Eliminating SPOFs.
  • Dedicated hosting

Answer :Distributed infrastructure Eliminating SPOFs.

You are working on two projects that require a completely different network configuration. Which of the following would allow you to isolate resources and network configurations for each of them?

Options are :

  • Virtual Public Cloud
  • Security Groups
  • Edge Locations
  • Virtual Private Cloud

Answer :Virtual Private Cloud

AWS ANS-C00 Certified Advanced Networking Speciality Exam Set 1

Which Cloud Computing model removes the need for your organization to manage operating systems?

Options are :

  • MaaS
  • IaaS
  • PaaS
  • GaaS

Answer :PaaS

What are the security credentials that are required to access the AWS(Amazon Web Service) management console of an IAM user account?

Options are :

  • MFA
  • Security tokens
  • A user name and password.
  • Access keys

Answer :A user name and password.

Which of the following reserved instance payment options result in you paying a discounted hourly rate throughout the duration of the term? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Percentage Upfront option.
  • Partial Upfront option.
  • No Upfront option.
  • All Upfront option.

Answer :Partial Upfront option. No Upfront option.

AWS DVA-C00 Certified Developer Associate Practice Exam Set 14

Which statement best describes the operational excellence pillar of the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Well-Architected Framework?

Options are :

  • The ability to monitor and improve system processes and procedures
  • The ability of a system to recover gracefully from failure
  • The ability to provision resources on-demand
  • The ability to manage datacenter operations more efficiently

Answer :The ability to monitor and improve system processes and procedures

Which of the following aspects of security are managed by AWS? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Hardware patching
  • Access permissions
  • Encryption of EBS volumes
  • VPC security
  • Securing global physical infrastructure

Answer :Hardware patching Securing global physical infrastructure

What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) feature that takes advantage of Amazon CloudFront's globally distributed edge locations to transfer files to S3 with higher upload speeds?

Options are :

  • Snowball Transfer Acceleration
  • SnowMobile transfer Accelerator
  • AWS WAF
  • S3 Transfer Acceleration

Answer :S3 Transfer Acceleration

AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification Test Set 28

AWS has created a huge number of Edge Locations as part of its global infrastructure. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using an edge location?

Options are :

  • Edge locations are used by CloudFront to improve your end users' experience when uploading files
  • Edge locations are used by CloudFront to distribute content to global users with low latency
  • Edge locations are used by CloudFront to distribute traffic across multiple instances to reduce latency
  • Edge locations are used by CloudFront to cache the most recent responses

Answer :Edge locations are used by CloudFront to distribute traffic across multiple instances to reduce latency

Which of the following enables you to monitor and collect log files from your Amazon EC2 instances?

Options are :

  • AWS Storage Gateway
  • CloudWatch Logs
  • Amazon Inspector
  • CloudTrail

Answer :CloudWatch Logs

Which of the following procedures may reduce your Amazon S3 costs?

Options are :

  • Move all the data stored in S3 standard to EBS.
  • Pick the right Availability Zone for your S3 bucket.
  • Use the Import/Export feature to move old files automatically to Amazon Glacier.
  • Use the right combination of storage classes based on the different use cases.

Answer :Use the right combination of storage classes based on the different use cases.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate 2019 with Practice Test Set 6

There is a need to automate the creation of sandbox accounts for developers and granting entities in those accounts access only to the necessary AWS(Amazon Web Service) services. Which of the following services would help?

Options are :

  • AWS WAF
  • AWS Organizations
  • AWS Trusted Advisor
  • Amazon Config

Answer :AWS Organizations

How much data can you store in S3?

Options are :

  • You can store up to 1 PetaByte of data.
  • Storage capacity is virtually unlimited.
  • You can store up to 1 PetaByte of data, then you are required to pay an additional fee.
  • There is a soft limit of 100 TB for each AWS(Amazon Web Service) account.

Answer :Storage capacity is virtually unlimited.

Which of the following is one of the benefits of AWS(Amazon Web Service) security?

Options are :

  • Scales quickly
  • Starts automatically once you upload your data
  • Free for AWS(Amazon Web Service) premium members
  • Reduces Capital expenditure (CapEx)

Answer :Scales quickly

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C01 Practice Exams Set 3

Which of the following services can help protect your web applications from SQL injection and other vulnerabilities in your application code?

Options are :

  • Amazon Aurora
  • IAM
  • Amazon Cognito
  • AWS WAF

Answer :AWS WAF

There are performance issues with your under-development application, being built using microservices architecture. Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services would help you analyze these issues?

Options are :

  • AWS Inspector
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • X-Ray

Answer :X-Ray

Which of the following runs your application only when needed, without having to provision servers all the time?

Options are :

  • AWS RDS instances
  • AWS LightSail
  • AWS EC2 instances
  • AWS Lambda

Answer :AWS Lambda

AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification Test Set 33

Ensuring compliance is a key priority for most businesses. Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services will help them achieve this?

Options are :

  • CloudEndure
  • CloudFront
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudTrail

Answer :CloudTrail

Where can you store files in AWS?  (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Amazon EFS
  • Amazon SNS
  • Amazon EMR
  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon ECS

Answer :Amazon EFS Amazon EBS

Sarah has deployed her web application in the N. California (US-West-1) region. Later on, she notices that much of her website's traffic is coming from China. What can she do to reduce latency for her users in China?

Options are :

  • Create a CDN using CloudFront, so that content is cached at Edge Locations close to and in China
  • Migrate the application to a Chinese hosting service
  • Replicate the current resources across multiple Availability Zones within the same region
  • Recreate the website content

Answer :Create a CDN using CloudFront, so that content is cached at Edge Locations close to and in China

AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification Test Set 28

Amazon Glacier is an Amazon S3 storage class that is suitable for storing ____________ & ______________. (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Active archives
  • Dynamic websites' assets
  • Cached data
  • Active databases
  • Long-term analytics

Answer :Active archives Long-term analytics

Which statement is correct with regards to service limits? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • There are no service limits on AWS.
  • Each IAM user has the same service limits.
  • You can use the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Trusted Advisor to monitor your service limits.
  • You can contact support to increase the service limits.
  • The AWS(Amazon Web Service) Simple Email Service is responsible for sending email notifications when usage approaches a service limit.

Answer :You can use the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Trusted Advisor to monitor your service limits. You can contact support to increase the service limits.

An entertainment company performs image and video processing jobs from time to time. If time is flexible for these jobs to complete, which instance type would be the most cost-effective to use?

Options are :

  • Reserved - No Upfront
  • On-Demand
  • Reserved - All Upfront
  • Spot

Answer :Spot

AWS Devops Engineer Professional Certified Practice Exam Set 2

What are the services/features that can help you maintain a highly available and fault-tolerant architecture in AWS? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • AWS Direct Connect
  • CloudFormation
  • Elastic Load Balancer
  • AWS NACL
  • Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Answer :Elastic Load Balancer Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Jessica is managing an e-commerce web application in AWS. The application is hosted on six EBS-backed EC2 instances. One day, three of those instances crashed; however, none of her customers were affected. What has Jessica done correctly in this scenario?

Options are :

  • She has properly built a scalable system.
  • She has properly built an elastic system.
  • She has properly built a durable system.
  • She has properly built a fault tolerant system.

Answer :She has properly built a fault tolerant system.

You have developed a microservices-based application. Which of the following should you use to make sure that each EC2 instance in the system gets the same amount of traffic?

Options are :

  • Network Load Balancer
  • Application Load Balancer
  • Auto Scaling
  • Amazon EC2 Auto Recovery

Answer :Application Load Balancer

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams SAA-C01 Set 19

Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services can be used as a compute resource? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Amazon EC2
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon VPC

Answer :Amazon EC2 AWS Lambda

A company needs to host a database in Amazon RDS for at least twelve months. Which of the below options would be the most cost-effective solution?

Options are :

  • Reserved instances - No Upfront
  • On-Demand instances
  • Reserved instances - Partial Upfront
  • Spot Instances

Answer :Reserved instances - Partial Upfront

What is the primary storage service used by Amazon RDS DB instances?

Options are :

  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Amazon EFS
  • Amazon EBS

Answer :Amazon EBS

AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification Test Set 32

What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) data warehouse service that supports a very high level of query performance on large amounts of datasets?

Options are :

  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • Amazon RDS

Answer :Amazon Redshift

Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) security features is associated with an EC2 instance and functions to filter incoming traffic requests?

Options are :

  • Security Groups
  • NACL
  • AWS X-Ray
  • AWS WAF

Answer :Security Groups

You are currently working on an application that uses Lambda as its compute resource. You need a storage resource to store and retrieve photos and videos. Which of the following services can best be used as the underlying storage mechanism?

Options are :

  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon SQS
  • AWS Instance store
  • Amazon S3

Answer :Amazon S3

Practice Exam : AWS(Amazon Web Service) Certified Solutions Architect Associate

There is a need to analyze and process a large number of data sets. Which service can help in this regard?

Options are :

  • Amazon SQS
  • Amazon SNS
  • Amazon MQ
  • Amazon EMR

Answer :Amazon EMR

There is a need to import a large amount of structured data into a database service. What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) database service that best achieves this?

Options are :

  • RDS
  • ElastiCache
  • Neptune
  • DynamoDB

Answer :RDS

Which of the following can be used to automate the management of multiple AWS(Amazon Web Service) services through scripts?

Options are :

  • AWS OpsWorks
  • AWS Console
  • AWS Service Catalog
  • AWS CLI

Answer :AWS CLI

QA : AWS(Amazon Web Service) Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Your company is planning to host its applications in the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud. Which of the following services can be used to help decouple distributed software systems and components? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • AWS EBS
  • AWS SQS
  • AWS SES
  • Amazon Athena
  • AWS SNS

Answer :AWS SQS AWS SNS

You have decided to pay a low upfront fee in order to get a significantly discounted hourly rate. What payment model are you planning to use?

Options are :

  • Pay as you go
  • Pay less by using more
  • Pay less as AWS(Amazon Web Service) grows
  • Save when you reserve

Answer :Save when you reserve

In your on-premises environment, you can create as many virtual servers as you need from a single template. What can you use to perform the same in AWS?

Options are :

  • AWS AMI
  • AWS IAM
  • AWS Snapshot
  • An internet gateway

Answer :AWS AMI

AWS BDS-C00 Certified Big Data Speciality Practice Test Set 2

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) service uses Edge Locations to cache content?

Options are :

  • AWS KMS
  • AWS Direct Connect
  • AWS CloudFront
  • AWS Glacier

Answer :AWS CloudFront

Which of the following is required to connect to Amazon EC2 instances?

Options are :

  • MFA
  • Instance Password
  • Key pairs
  • Route Tables

Answer :Key pairs

Which service can be used to store and reliably deliver messages across distributed systems?

Options are :

  • Amazon Simple Email Service
  • AWS Storage Gateway
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service
  • Amazon Simple Queue Service

Answer :Amazon Simple Queue Service

Practice Tests | AWS Certified Developer Associate 2021- NEW Set 4

What does Amazon ElastiCache provide?

Options are :

  • In-memory caching for read-heavy applications.
  • A domain name system in the cloud.
  • A database instance with elastic cache memory.
  • An Ehcache compatible in-memory data store.

Answer :In-memory caching for read-heavy applications.

A company has a web application that is running on a number of Amazon EC2 instances. The app is approaching 100% CPU Utilization on one of them. How can they reduce the load on that instance?

Options are :

  • Recreate the app to handle such huge traffic.
  • Terminate the instance and recreate new one.
  • Create a load balancer, and register the Amazon EC2 instances with it.
  • Use a CloudFront distribution.

Answer :Create a load balancer, and register the Amazon EC2 instances with it.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams SAA-C01 Set 40

What is the DynamoDB replication technology that provides fast read/write performance for globally-deployed applications?

Options are :

  • Point-in-time recovery
  • Global Tables
  • DynamoDB DAX
  • Global PITR

Answer :Global Tables

Which services does AWS(Amazon Web Service) offer for free? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Amazon EC2
  • Elastic Load Balancing
  • Amazon RDS
  • Elastic Beanstalk
  • AWS IAM

Answer :Elastic Beanstalk AWS IAM

What can you use as a common file system for multiple EC2 instances?

Options are :

  • Amazon Elastic File System
  • Amazon Elastic File Manager
  • AWS Storage Gateway
  • Simple Storage Service

Answer :Amazon Elastic File System

AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification Test Set 10

What is the main characteristic that makes Amazon cloud directory a better option than traditional directory systems?

Options are :

  • Cloud Directory has a flexible schema so your applications remain secure
  • It allows you to register and manage domain names in the cloud
  • It allows you to use the actual Microsoft Active Directory
  • It allows you to organize hierarchies of data across multiple dimensions

Answer :It allows you to organize hierarchies of data across multiple dimensions

You are developing a document generator application that helps users create and modify PDFs. Which of the following allows you to publish your application?

Options are :

  • Amazon AppStream
  • Amazon Publisher
  • AWS Serverless Application Repository
  • Amazon API Gateway

Answer :AWS Serverless Application Repository

A company needs to migrate their web application to AWS. Most of the compute capacity is continually utilized throughout the year. Which of the following would be the most cost-effective solution?

Options are :

  • On-demand instances
  • Spot instances
  • Reserved instances
  • Extended instances

Answer :Reserved instances

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Practice Exams Set 6

What can you do to best make your application on AWS(Amazon Web Service) highly available?

Options are :

  • Deploy to at least two Availability Zones
  • Rewrite the application code to handle all incoming requests
  • Use more AWS(Amazon Web Service) servers
  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) Direct Connect

Answer :Deploy to at least two Availability Zones

Where does one go to find and download AWS(Amazon Web Service) SOC& PCI reports?

Options are :

  • AWS Chime
  • AWS Polly
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS Artifact

Answer :AWS Artifact

Which of the following are examples of the customer's responsibility to implement "security in the cloud"? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Build an application's schema
  • Patch management of the infrastructure
  • Replacing physical hardware
  • Analyzing network performance
  • Creating a new hypervisor

Answer :Build an application's schema Analyzing network performance

Certification : AWS(Amazon Web Service) Certified Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams Set 3

A company is using EC2 Instances to run their e-commerce site on the AWS(Amazon Web Service) platform. A busy e-commerce site could lose thousands of dollars every minute it is unavailable. Which of the principles below should they adopt to ensure that even if some of their EC2 Instances stop working, their site will continue to run as usual?

Options are :

  • Use an elastic system.
  • Use a scalable system.
  • Use an adaptive system.
  • Use a fault tolerant system.

Answer :Use a fault tolerant system.

For mobile applications, which of the following allows client devices access to AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources?

Options are :

  • Amazon Cognito
  • Amazon Inspector
  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon GuardDuty

Answer :Amazon Cognito

Which of the following can be used to process a large number of binary files while following the AWS(Amazon Web Service) well-architected design principles?

Options are :

  • Use a number of vertically scalable EC2 instances
  • Use a number of parallel RDS instances
  • Use a number of parallel EC2 instances
  • Use a number of vertically scalable RDS instances

Answer :Use a number of parallel EC2 instances

AWS Solutions Architect Associate 2019 with Practice Test Set 6

You have just hired a skilled sys-admin to join your team. As usual, you have created a new IAM user for him to interact with AWS(Amazon Web Service) services. On his first day, you ask him to create snapshots of all existing Amazon EBS volumes and save them in a new Amazon S3 bucket. However, the new member reports back that he is unable to create neither EBS snapshots nor S3 buckets. What might prevent him from doing this simple job?

Options are :

  • EBS and S3 are accessible only to the account owner.
  • There is a non-explicit deny to all new users.
  • There is not enough space in S3 to store the snapshots.
  • The new user didn't receive his user name and password.

Answer :There is a non-explicit deny to all new users.

How long does the AWS(Amazon Web Service) free-tier last for?

Options are :

  • Forever
  • 24 Months upon signup
  • 12 Months upon signup
  • 36 Months upon signup

Answer :12 Months upon signup

Which of the following features of Amazon RDS allows for the offloading of database read activity?

Options are :

  • Automated backups
  • Multi-AZ
  • Database snapshots
  • Read Replicas

Answer :Read Replicas

AWS Devops Engineer Professional Certified Practice Exam Set 1

Select three methods you can use to interact with the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Identity and Access Management: (Choose three)

Options are :

  • AWS CLI
  • ENI interface
  • IAM HTTPS API
  • Step Functions
  • AWS SDKs

Answer :AWS CLI IAM HTTPS API AWS SDKs

You want to store some objects in AWS(Amazon Web Service) and make them downloadable via a URL. Which service can you use to achieve this goal?

Options are :

  • Amazon EBS
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon EFS
  • AWS Instance Store

Answer :Amazon S3

How does AWS(Amazon Web Service) notify customers about the latest security and privacy events within AWS(Amazon Web Service) services?

Options are :

  • Using Compliance Resources
  • Using the AWS(Amazon Web Service) ACM service
  • Using the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Management Console
  • Using Security Bulletins

Answer :Using Security Bulletins

AWS Develops Engineer Professional Practice Final File Exam Set 8

What are the use cases of the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Route 53 service? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Provides infrastructure security optimization recommendations
  • Domain Registration
  • Allows you to connect your premises datacenter to AWS(Amazon Web Service) privately
  • Responsible for all security issues
  • DNS service

Answer :Domain Registration DNS service

Which pillar of the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Well-Architected Framework focuses on using infrastructure as code?

Options are :

  • Performance Efficiency.
  • Security.
  • Operational Excellence.
  • Reliability.

Answer :Operational Excellence.

Which of the following is true regarding the languages that AWS(Amazon Web Service) Lambda supports? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Lambda natively supports a number of programming languages such as Java and C#.
  • Lambda doesn't support any programming language; it is a serverless compute service.
  • Lambda has its own language to author your functions and build any type of application or backend service.
  • Lambda only supports the Python language, and you can use a third party software to convert code from other languages.
  • Lambda can support any programming language using an API.

Answer :Lambda natively supports a number of programming languages such as Java and C#. Lambda can support any programming language using an API.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams SAA-C01 Set 22

AWS allows you to create a "Golden Environment", where you can capture your security policies (such as firewall rules, network access controls, internal/external subnets, and operating system hardening), reuse it among multiple projects, and have it become part of your continuous integration pipeline. Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services is most involved in creating such an environment?

Options are :

  • AWS Auto Scaling
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS Config

Answer :AWS CloudFormation

You are planning to use the Microsoft SQL Server as your database engine. Which service allows you to run this commercial database on AWS? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • AWS Batch.
  • Amazon Elastic Container Service.
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.
  • Amazon RDS.
  • AWS Lambda.
  • AWS Fargate.

Answer :Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Amazon RDS.

What are the features of the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Business support plan? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Access to Cloud Support Engineers via email only during business hours.
  • 24x7 access to the TAM feature.
  • 24x7 access to customer service.
  • Access to the IEM feature for additional fee.

Answer :24x7 access to customer service. Access to the IEM feature for additional fee.

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C01 Practice Exams Set 5

You need to select an EC2 Instance type to service your workloads. If you have flexibility about the availability of the Amazon EC2 Instances, which of the following EC2 Instances would be most cost-effective?

Options are :

  • Spot instances
  • Reserved Instances
  • On-demand instances
  • Dedicated instances

Answer :Spot instances

Spending some time tagging your resources leads to many benefits. What are some of those benefits? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Quickly search for software solutions on AWS
  • Track your AWS(Amazon Web Service) spending across multiple resources
  • Track API calls in your AWS(Amazon Web Service) account
  • Quickly search for the resources that belong to a specific project
  • Find deleted resources and their metadata more quickly

Answer :Track your AWS(Amazon Web Service) spending across multiple resources Quickly search for the resources that belong to a specific project

Which of the following services can be used to secure network communications and establish the identity of websites over the Internet?

Options are :

  • AWS Certificate Manager
  • AWS Direct Connect
  • Amazon Cloud Directory
  • AWS Communications Auditor

Answer :AWS Certificate Manager

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams SAA-C01 Set 15

Which of the following statements describes what a placement group is?

Options are :

  • It is a group of EC2 instances within a single Availability Zone.
  • It is a group of edge locations within a single region.
  • It is a group of IAM users that are granted to use EC2.
  • It is a group of network components that helps protect your traffic.

Answer :It is a group of EC2 instances within a single Availability Zone.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using Amazon VPC?

Options are :

  • Amazon VPC allows you to control user interactions with various AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources.
  • Subnets and IP ranges are automatically created for you.
  • You have complete control over your virtual networking environment.
  • You can select your own IP address range.

Answer :Amazon VPC allows you to control user interactions with various AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources.

The TCO gap between AWS(Amazon Web Service) infrastructure and traditional infrastructure has widened over the recent years. Which of the following could be the reason for that?

Options are :

  • AWS secures your AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources at no additional charge.
  • AWS helps their customers invest more in capital expenditures.
  • AWS continues to lower the cost of cloud computing for its customers.
  • AWS automates all infrastructure operations, so you save more on human resources costs.

Answer :AWS continues to lower the cost of cloud computing for its customers.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams SAA-C01 Set 37

What does AWS(Amazon Web Service) offer to protect your data? (Select three)

Options are :

  • Data Encryption.
  • Logging.
  • Unlimited storage.
  • Smart analytics.
  • Access control.

Answer :Data Encryption. Logging. Access control.

You work for a hospital that needs to store patients' medical records for a minimum of 10 years. Most of these records will never be accessed but must be made available upon request (within a few hours).What is the most cost-effective storage option?

Options are :

  • Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Answer :Amazon Glacier

What is the most cost-effective EC2 Instance purchasing option for companies with large computing needs for a non-production environment?

Options are :

  • Reserved instances
  • On-demand instances
  • Spot instances
  • Dedicated instances

Answer :Spot instances

Questions : AWS(Amazon Web Service) Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Which of the following is a serverless service in AWS? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • AWS EC2
  • Amazon Lightsail
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS RDS

Answer :Amazon DynamoDB AWS Lambda

You have bought 4 Amazon EC2 reserved instances for a 1 year term. After 7 months you decide to sell 2 of your instances on the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace. Which of the following is true regarding this scenario?

Options are :

  • Each Reserved Instance sold on the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace will be charged a service fee of 12% monthly.
  • The buyer can modify the instance type, Availability Zone, platform and the other configurations at any time.
  • You can set only the upfront price for your reserved instances.
  • You cannot sell your reserved instances as there are only 5 months remaining in the term of the Reserved Instances you are listing.

Answer :You can set only the upfront price for your reserved instances.

What are the different types of identities in AWS? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Resource Groups
  • IAM Users
  • IAM Roles
  • IAM Policies
  • IAM Organizations

Answer :IAM Users IAM Roles

AWS Certified Advanced Networking � Speciality(ANS-C00) Exam Set 1

Due to the nature of the traditional infrastructure environments and their upfront cost model, they involve using fixed, long-running servers that can become problematic as heterogeneous system configurations emerge from continual changes and software patches being applied overtime. Which of the following approaches solves these problems in the AWS(Amazon Web Service) environment?

Options are :

  • Use provisional resources instead of fixed servers
  • Use disposable resources instead of fixed servers
  • Use continual resources instead of fixed servers
  • Use fixed resources instead of disposable servers

Answer :Use disposable resources instead of fixed servers

You need to improve the security of your AWS(Amazon Web Service) service APIs against unauthorized access. What activity best achieves this goal?

Options are :

  • Restrict any API call made through SDKs or CLI
  • Use only one private e-mail address to access the console
  • Set up two login passwords
  • Apply Multi-Factor Authentication

Answer :Apply Multi-Factor Authentication

Which of the following is NOT a factor when estimating the cost of Amazon EC2? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Elastic Load Balancing
  • Number of instances
  • Number of Hosted Zones
  • Clock hours of server time
  • Number of security groups
  • Elastic IP Addresses

Answer :Number of Hosted Zones Number of security groups

Practice Exams | AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C01 Set 4

You have a need to build a tool for searching and comparing faces in your application.Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services could help?

Options are :

  • AWS IAM
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • Amazon Rekognition
  • Amazon Polly

Answer :Amazon Rekognition

Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) support plans gives you access to a "Well-Architected Review" for business critical workloads?

Options are :

  • Enterprise
  • Developer
  • Business
  • Basic

Answer :Enterprise

Which of the following is true regarding the AWS(Amazon Web Service) availability zones and edge locations?

Options are :

  • An availability zone exists within an edge location to distribute content globally with low latency
  • Edge locations are located in separate Availability Zones worldwide to serve global customers
  • An Availability Zone is a geographic location where AWS(Amazon Web Service) provides multiple, physically separated and isolated edge locations
  • An AWS(Amazon Web Service) Availability Zone is an isolated location within an AWS(Amazon Web Service) Region, however edge locations are located in multiple cities worldwide

Answer :An AWS(Amazon Web Service) Availability Zone is an isolated location within an AWS(Amazon Web Service) Region, however edge locations are located in multiple cities worldwide

AWS DVA-C01 Certified Developer Associate Practice Exam Set 4

What are the benefits of using AWS(Amazon Web Service) X-Ray? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Discovering application issues.
  • Offers powerful auto scaling for all search domains.
  • Provides automatic monitoring and recovery for your search domains.
  • Reviewing request behavior.

Answer :Discovering application issues. Reviewing request behavior.

Who can help your organization achieve their desired business outcomes with AWS?

Options are :

  • AWS Security team
  • AWS Trusted Advisor
  • AWS Professional Services
  • AWS Concierge

Answer :AWS Professional Services

Which of the following are advantages of using AWS(Amazon Web Service) as a cloud computing provider? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Customizable hardware at low prices
  • There is no longer a need to monitor or audit
  • Helps companies get customers fast
  • Eliminates guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs
  • Trades capital expense for variable expense

Answer :Eliminates guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs Trades capital expense for variable expense

AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification Test Set 26

Which of the following is true regarding the "Server Side Encryption" option in Amazon S3?

Options are :

  • Server Side Encryption automatically encrypts all files as they are uploaded to S3.
  • Server Side Encryption involves uploading encrypted files through private connections.
  • Server Side Encryption is available only for Amazon EBS.
  • Server Side Encryption involves encrypting files sent to Amazon S3 on the server side.

Answer :Server Side Encryption involves encrypting files sent to Amazon S3 on the server side.

You are building an online cloud storage platform. You are unsure about the storage capacity requirements. Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) storage service would you use?

Options are :

  • AWS Elastic Container Service.
  • AWS Storage Gateway.
  • Elastic Block Store.
  • Simple Storage Service.

Answer :Simple Storage Service.

Which statement is true regarding Amazon EC2 On-demand charges for Linux-based instances?

Options are :

  • You are charged per minute, based on an hourly rate, and there are no termination fees.
  • You are charged per second, based on an hourly rate, and there are termination fees.
  • You are charged per second, based on a daily rate, and there are no termination fees.
  • You are charged per second, based on an hourly rate, and there are no termination fees.

Answer :You are charged per second, based on an hourly rate, and there are no termination fees.

AWS ANS-C00 Certified Advanced Networking Speciality Exam Set 4

Which of the following services can be used to monitor the HTTP and HTTPS requests that are forwarded to Amazon CloudFront?

Options are :

  • NAT Gateways
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS WAF

Answer :AWS WAF

Which service can be used to monitor the health of your web server?

Options are :

  • Amazon Chime
  • Amazon Aurora
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Amazon Route 53

Answer :Amazon Route 53

Which of the following is the most cost-effective AWS(Amazon Web Service) service that can be used for long-term data backup and archiving?

Options are :

  • Amazon Aurora
  • AWS Data Pipeline
  • Amazon EFS
  • AWS Storage Gateway

Answer :AWS Storage Gateway

AWS CLF-C01 Certified Cloud Certification Practical Exam Set 2

You decide to buy one reserved instance for one year. Which of the below options provides the largest discount?

Options are :

  • Partial up-front.
  • No up-front.
  • All up-front.
  • All Reserved instance payment options provide the same discount value to all customers.

Answer :All up-front.

Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services uses tiered pricing?

Options are :

  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • lightsail
  • VPC
  • S3

Answer :S3

Which of the following tools can be used to estimate your monthly bill?

Options are :

  • AWS Advanced Monthly Cost Explorer
  • Advanced Monthly Calculator
  • AWS Monthly Cost Explorer
  • Simple Monthly Calculator

Answer :Simple Monthly Calculator

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Practice Exams Set 3

Which of the following approaches can be used to automate the process of deploying new compute resources having the same configuration and the same state of a running resource? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Use Golden Images
  • Use Shuffle Sharding
  • Use Automated Beanstalk
  • Use Bootstrapping

Answer :Use Golden Images Use Bootstrapping

Your company expects a response time of less than 15 minutes from support interactions about their business-critical systems that are hosted on AWS. Which support plan is best suited to meet this requirement?

Options are :

  • Basic
  • Business
  • Enterprise
  • Developer

Answer :Enterprise

An external auditor requests a log of all accesses to the AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources in the company's account. Which of the following services provides such information?

Options are :

  • AWS CloudTrail
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Amazon CloudFormation

Answer :AWS CloudTrail

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams SAA-C01 Set 4

Your organization heavily uses Chef to operate their configuration management systems. Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud service provides integration with Chef recipes to automate the configuration of servers across Amazon EC2 Instances?

Options are :

  • AWS Config
  • AWS OpsWorks
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AutoScaling

Answer :AWS OpsWorks

There are a lot of advantages in changing your traditional hosting provider to AWS. One of these advantages is the ability to save costs. What does Amazon EC2 provide to save you costs?

Options are :

  • Very low start-up fees
  • Per-second billing
  • Low maintenance costs
  • Low-cost tags

Answer :Per-second billing

What should you do if you see resources, which you don't remember creating, in the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Management Console? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Change your AWS(Amazon Web Service) root account password and the passwords of any IAM users.
  • Delete any resources on your account you don't remember creating.
  • Check the AWS(Amazon Web Service) CloudTrail service and delete all IAM users that have access to your resources.
  • Give your root account password to a specialized person to secure your account.

Answer :Change your AWS(Amazon Web Service) root account password and the passwords of any IAM users. Delete any resources on your account you don't remember creating.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Practice Exams SAA-C01 Set 29

There is a requirement to grant your DevOps team full administrative access to all resources in the respective AWS(Amazon Web Service) account. Who can grant them these permissions?

Options are :

  • AWS Account Owner
  • AWS Trusted Advisor
  • AWS Programmers
  • AWS Resource Access Manager

Answer :AWS Account Owner

Which of the following factors should you consider when determining the region in which you will deploy resources? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • The number of VPCs you plane to have
  • Data sovereignty
  • Proximity to your company's location
  • The level of security of the region
  • Cost

Answer :Data sovereignty Cost

You are designing a web application that will be hosted in the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud. Which of the following should you pay attention to in order to reduce interdependencies so that the failure of one component does not impact other components?

Options are :

  • Flexible-coupling
  • Loose-coupling
  • Tight-coupling
  • Rigid-coupling

Answer :Loose-coupling

AWS ANS-C00 Certified Advanced Networking Practical Exam Set 5

A large global company manages its AWS(Amazon Web Service) infrastructure using multiple AWS(Amazon Web Service) accounts. What should they do to reduce their overall costs?

Options are :

  • There are no cost benefits when having multiple AWS(Amazon Web Service) accounts
  • Consolidated billing
  • By default, if they have multiple accounts in AWS, they will get more discounts.
  • Aggregated billing

Answer :Consolidated billing

What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) service that provides five times the performance of a standard MySQL database?

Options are :

  • Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift
  • DynamoDB
  • Amazon SimpleDB

Answer :Aurora

AWS Certified Developer Associate Practice Test 2021 Set 13

Which of the following support plans include the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Support Concierge Service?

Options are :

  • Standard
  • Business
  • Premium
  • Enterprise

Answer :Enterprise

Which of the following is a benefit of running an application in multiple Availability Zones?

Options are :

  • Increases the available compute capacity
  • Enables you to go beyond service limits
  • Reduces application response time between servers and global users
  • Increases the availability of your application

Answer :Increases the availability of your application

Doodle, Inc. has a web application that ultimately stores billions of images and videos. All told, there is almost an exabyte of data stored in Doodle's system. Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services can best transfer the data to AWS?

Options are :

  • Amazon VPC
  • Snowball
  • S3 Transfer Acceleration
  • Snowmobile

Answer :Snowmobile

AWS Certified Security Speciality SCS-C01 Practice Exam Set 4

Which of the following services can be used to process images uploaded to S3?

Options are :

  • AWS Artifact
  • Amazon Athena
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon PinPoint

Answer :AWS Lambda

Which of the following is used to control network traffic in AWS? (Choose three)

Options are :

  • Key Pairs
  • Security Groups
  • Route Tables
  • Network Access Control lists.
  • IAM Policies

Answer :Security Groups Route Tables Network Access Control lists.

Which of the following are customer responsibilities when using EC2? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Patch the underlying infrastructure
  • Maintain consistent hardware components
  • Install and configure third-party software
  • Protect sensitive data
  • Setup and operate managed databases

Answer :Install and configure third-party software Protect sensitive data

AWS Certified Developer Associate Practice Test 2021 Set 9

AWS recommends some practices to help an organization avoid unexpected charges on their bill. Which of the following is not one of these practices?

Options are :

  • Releasing unused Elastic IPs after terminating an EC2 instance.
  • Deleting unused AutoScaling launch configuration.
  • Deleting unused Elastic Load Balancers.
  • Deleting unused EBS volumes after terminating an EC2 instance.

Answer :Deleting unused AutoScaling launch configuration.

Which of the following are use cases for Amazon S3? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Hosting static websites
  • Hosting websites that require sustained high CPU utilization
  • Cost-effective database and log storage
  • Processing data streams at any scale
  • A media store for the CloudFront service

Answer :Hosting static websites A media store for the CloudFront service

Why does AWS(Amazon Web Service) create multiple Availability Zones in its regions?

Options are :

  • Multiple Availability Zones allows you to build resilient and highly available architectures.
  • Multiple Availability Zones allows for data replication and global reach.
  • Multiple Availability Zones results in lower total cost compared to deploying in a single Availability Zone.
  • Multiple Availability Zones within a region increases the storage capacity available in that region.

Answer :Multiple Availability Zones allows you to build resilient and highly available architectures.

AWS SCS-C01 Certified Security Speciality Practice Exam Set 3

You have spent a lot of time configuring your newly deployed Amazon EC2 instance. After the demand increases, you decide to provision another EC2 instance with the same configuration and type. How can you achieve this?

Options are :

  • By creating an AWS(Amazon Web Service) Config template from the old instance and launch a new instance from it
  • By creating an EBS Snapshot
  • By creating an AMI from the old instance and launch a new instance from it
  • By installing Aurora on EC2 and launch a new instance from it

Answer :By creating an AMI from the old instance and launch a new instance from it

What is the framework created by AWS(Amazon Web Service) Professional Services that helps your organization design a road map to successful cloud adoption?

Options are :

  • AWS WAF
  • AWS EFS
  • AWS SWF
  • AWS CAF

Answer :AWS CAF

What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) tool that can help a company visualize their AWS(Amazon Web Service) spending in the last few months?

Options are :

  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Budgets
  • AWS Consolidated Billing
  • AWS Simple Monthly Calculator

Answer :AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Certified Developer Associate Practice Test 2021 Set 4

Both AWS and traditional IT distributors provide a wide range of virtual servers to meet their customers' requirements. What is the name of these virtual servers in AWS?

Options are :

  • AWS EC2 Instances
  • Amazon EBS Snapshots
  • AWS Managed Servers
  • AWS VPC

Answer :AWS EC2 Instances

Which statement best describes what AWS(Amazon Web Service) is?

Options are :

  • AWS is a security services provider.
  • AWS is a hosting services provider.
  • AWS is a networking services provider.
  • AWS is a cloud services provider.

Answer :AWS is a cloud services provider.

What is the main purpose of using Amazon SWF?

Options are :

  • Host and manage active directory.
  • Threat detection.
  • High-performance file system integrated with S3.
  • Coordinate tasks across distributed application components.

Answer :Coordinate tasks across distributed application components.

AWS Certified Developer Associate Practice Test 2021 Set 6

Which of the following statements best describes the AWS(Amazon Web Service) shared controls?

Options are :

  • Controls which the customer and AWS(Amazon Web Service) use to secure the infrastructure.
  • Controls which a customer fully inherits from AWS.
  • Controls which are solely the responsibility of the customer based on the application they are deploying within AWS(Amazon Web Service) services.
  • Controls which apply to both the infrastructure layer and customer layers.

Answer :Controls which apply to both the infrastructure layer and customer layers.

A company needs to track resource changes using the API call history. Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) service can help the company achieve this goal?

Options are :

  • AWS CloudTrail
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • AWS Config
  • AWS CloudWatch

Answer :AWS CloudTrail

You want to quickly deploy your .NET application on the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud.  Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services can best help you?

Options are :

  • Amazon SNS
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • AWS Trusted Advisor

Answer :AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Practice Exams | AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C01 Set 11

Which of the following AWS(Amazon Web Service) services scale automatically without your intervention? (Choose three)

Options are :

  • Amazon EMR
  • Amazon EFS
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon EC2

Answer :Amazon EFS Amazon S3 AWS Lambda

Which of the following should you consider when creating a tagging strategy for your AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Use unique keys and values to help manage resources more efficiently.
  • Configure your VPC to add tags automatically to your resources.
  • Always use a case-sensitive format for tags.
  • Use as many tags as possible to help filter your resources easily.
  • Always use lower case letters for tags.

Answer :Always use a case-sensitive format for tags. Use as many tags as possible to help filter your resources easily.

How can ELBs improve the fault tolerance of your application?

Options are :

  • By ensuring that only healthy targets receive traffic
  • By distributing traffic across multiple S3 buckets
  • By creating Read Replicas
  • By replicating your data to multiple availability zones

Answer :By ensuring that only healthy targets receive traffic

AWS Certified Security Speciality SCS-C01 Practice Exam Set 3

Which AWS(Amazon Web Service) support plan would help provide general guidance when you request Architecture Support?

Options are :

  • Business
  • Basic
  • Developer
  • Enterprise

Answer :Developer

Your company wants to migrate their website to AWS. Security is a major concern to them, so they need to host their website on exclusive hardware that is NOT shared with any other AWS(Amazon Web Service) customers. Which of the following EC2 instance types is the most appropriate choice?

Options are :

  • Reserved instances
  • Dedicated instances
  • Independent instances
  • Distinct instances

Answer :Dedicated instances

What is a key benefit of accessing AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud services through an API?

Options are :

  • Ability to manage AWS(Amazon Web Service) services programmatically
  • Improved performance of AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources
  • Reduction in time needed to provision resources from minutes to seconds
  • Reduction in the number of programmers

Answer :Ability to manage AWS(Amazon Web Service) services programmatically

AWS ANS-C00 Certified Advanced Networking Practical Exam Set 6

Data security is one of the top priorities of AWS. How does AWS(Amazon Web Service) deal with the old storage devices that have reached the end of their useful life?

Options are :

  • AWS sends the old devices for remanufacturing.
  • AWS destroys the old devices in accordance with industry-standard practices.
  • AWS stores the old devices in a secure place.
  • AWS sells the old devices to other hosting providers.

Answer :AWS destroys the old devices in accordance with industry-standard practices.

What is the AWS(Amazon Web Service) IAM feature that adds an extra layer of protection on top of your user name and password?

Options are :

  • Key Pair
  • MFA
  • Access Keys
  • SDK

Answer :MFA

What are the main benefits of using the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Service Catalog?

Options are :

  • Quickly find descriptions and use cases for any service
  • Centrally manage commonly deployed IT services
  • Allows you to model and provision all your cloud infrastructure resources using code
  • Discover machine learning services quickly

Answer :Centrally manage commonly deployed IT services

AWS Solutions Architect Associate 2019 with Practice Test Set 2

What are the benefits of using DynamoDB? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Automatic scaling to meet the required throughput capacity
  • Supports both relational and non-relational data models
  • Single-digit millisecond latency
  • Supports the most popular NoSQL database engines such as CouchDB and MongoDB
  • Resizable instances

Answer :Automatic scaling to meet the required throughput capacity Single-digit millisecond latency

Which of the following can be used to protect data at rest on Amazon S3? (Choose two)

Options are :

  • Conversion
  • Versioning
  • Automatic backups
  • Decryption
  • Permissions

Answer :Versioning Permissions

Practice Exams | AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C01 Set 5

Which of the following can help secure your sensitive data in Amazon S3?

Use encryption to protect your data If your use case requires encryption during transmission, Amazon S3 supports the HTTPS protocol, which encrypts data in transit to and from Amazon S3. All AWS SDKs and AWS tools use HTTPS by default.

What are two security options used within Amazon S3 that can be used for preventing accidental delete action?

Protect data in S3 from accidental deletion using S3 Versioning and S3 Object Lock. Amazon S3 is designed for durability of 99.999999999 percent of objects across multiple Availability Zones, is resilient against events that impact an entire zone, and designed for 99.99 percent availability over a given year.

Which of the following are S3 security Best Practices?

What are the top 5 Amazon S3 storage security best practices?.
Secure S3 buckets. The most common S3 storage security mistake organizations make is accidentally granting public access to buckets. ... .
Identity and access management. ... .
Encryption. ... .
Multi-factor authentication. ... .
Monitoring..

Which AWS Service protect sensitive data?

An existing method for sensitive data protection in AWS is to use the field-level encryption feature offered by Amazon CloudFront. This CloudFront feature protects sensitive data fields in requests at the AWS network edge.