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1A company is planning to run a global marketing application in the AWS Cloud. The application will feature videos that can be viewed by users. The company must ensure that all users can view these videos with low latency.
Which AWS service should the company use to meet this requirement?- AAWS Auto Scaling
- BAmazon Kinesis Video Streams
- CElastic Load Balancing
- DAmazon CloudFront
2Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework refers to the ability of a system to recover from infrastructure or service disruptions and dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand?
- ASecurity
- BReliability
- CPerformance efficiency
- DCost optimization
3A company is planning to replace its physical on-premises compute servers with AWS serverless compute services. The company wants to be able to take advantage of advanced technologies quickly after the migration.
Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this plan represent?- ASecurity
- BPerformance efficiency
- COperational excellence
- DReliability
4Which of the following are benefits of migrating to the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)
- AOperational resilience Most Voted
- BDiscounts for products on Amazon.com
- CBusiness agility
- DIncreased staff retention
5A company is planning to replace its physical on-premises compute servers with AWS serverless compute services. The company wants to be able to take advantage of advanced technologies quickly after the migration. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this plan represent?
- ASecurity
- BPerformance efficiency
- COperational excellence
- DReliability
6A large company has multiple departments. Each department has its own AWS account. Each department has purchased Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances.
Some departments do not use all the Reserved Instances that they purchased, and other departments need more Reserved Instances than they purchased.
The company needs to manage the AWS accounts for all the departments so that the departments can share the Reserved Instances.
Which AWS service or tool should the company use to meet these requirements?- AAWS Systems Manager
- BCost Explorer
- CAWS Trusted Advisor
- DAWS Organizations
7Which component of the AWS global infrastructure is made up of one or more discrete data centers that have redundant power, networking, and connectivity?
- AAWS Region
- BAvailability Zone
- CEdge location
- DAWS Outposts
8Which duties are the responsibility of a company that is using AWS Lambda? (Choose two.)
- ASecurity inside of code
- BSelection of CPU resources
- CPatching of operating system
- DWriting and updating of code
- ESecurity of underlying infrastructure
9Which AWS services or features provide disaster recovery solutions for Amazon EC2 instances? (Choose two.)
- A2 Reserved Instances
- BEC2 Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
- CAmazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots
- DAWS Shield
- EAmazon GuardDuty
10A company is migrating to the AWS Cloud instead of running its infrastructure on premises.
Which of the following are advantages of this migration? (Choose two.)- AElimination of the need to perform security auditing
- BIncreased global reach and agility
- CAbility to deploy globally in minutes
- DElimination of the cost of IT staff members
- ERedundancy by default for all compute services
11A company wants to review its monthly costs of using Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS for the past year.
Which AWS service or tool provides this information?- AAWS Trusted Advisor
- BCost Explorer
- CAmazon Forecast
- DAmazon CloudWatch
12A company wants to migrate a critical application to AWS. The application has a short runtime. The application is invoked by changes in data or by shifts in system state. The company needs a compute solution that maximizes operational efficiency and minimizes the cost of running the application. Which AWS solution should the company use to meet these requirements?
- AAmazon EC2 On-Demand Instances
- BAWS Lambda
- CAmazon EC2 Reserved Instances
- DAmazon EC2 Spot Instances
13Which AWS service or feature allows users to connect with and deploy AWS services programmatically?
- AAWS Management Console
- BAWS Cloud9
- CAWS CodePipeline
- DAWS software development kits (SDKs)
14A company plans to create a data lake that uses Amazon S3.
Which factor will have the MOST effect on cost?- AThe selection of S3 storage tiers
- BCharges to transfer existing data into Amazon S3
- CThe addition of S3 bucket policies
- DS3 ingest fees for each request
15A company is launching an ecommerce application that must always be available. The application will run on Amazon EC2 instances continuously for the next
12 months.
What is the MOST cost-effective instance purchasing option that meets these requirements?- ASpot Instances
- BSavings Plans
- CDedicated Hosts
- DOn-Demand Instances
16Which AWS service or feature can a company use to determine which business unit is using specific AWS resources?
- ACost allocation tags
- BKey pairs
- CAmazon Inspector
- DAWS Trusted Advisor
17A company wants to migrate its workloads to AWS, but it lacks expertise in AWS Cloud computing.
Which AWS service or feature will help the company with its migration?- AAWS Trusted Advisor
- BAWS Consulting Partners
- CAWS Artifacts
- DAWS Managed Services
18Which AWS service or tool should a company use to centrally request and track service limit increases?
- AAWS Config
- BService Quotas
- CAWS Service Catalog
- DAWS Budgets
19Which documentation does AWS Artifact provide?
- A. Amazon EC2 terms and conditions
- BAWS ISO certifications
- CA history of a company's AWS spending
- DA list of previous-generation Amazon EC2 instance types
20Which task requires using AWS account root user credentials?
- AViewing billing information
- BChanging the AWS Support plan
- CStarting and stopping Amazon EC2 instances
- DOpening an AWS Support case
21A company needs to simultaneously process hundreds of requests from different users.
Which combination of AWS services should the company use to build an operationally efficient solution?- AAmazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) and AWS Lambda
- BAWS Data Pipeline and Amazon EC2
- C. Amazon Kinesis and Amazon Athena
- DAWS Amplify and AWS AppSync
22What is the scope of a VPC within the AWS network?
- AA VPC can span all Availability Zones globally.
- BA VPC must span at least two subnets in each AWS Region
- CA VPC must span at least two edge locations in each AWS Region.
- DA VPC can span all Availability Zones within an AWS Region.
23Which of the following are components of an AWS Site-to-Site VPN connection? (Choose two.)
- AAWS Storage Gateway
- BVirtual private gateway
- CNAT gateway
- DCustomer gateway
- EInternet gateway
24A company needs to establish a connection between two VPCs. The VPCs are located in two different AWS Regions. The company wants to use the existing infrastructure of the VPCs for this connection.
Which AWS service or feature can be used to establish this connection?- AAWS Client VPN
- BVPC peering
- CAWS Direct Connect
- DVPC endpoints
25According to the AWS shared responsibility model, what responsibility does a customer have when using Amazon RDS to host a database?
- A. Manage connections to the database
- BInstall Microsoft SQL Server
- CDesign encryption-at-rest strategies
- DApply minor database patches
26What are some advantages of using Amazon EC2 instances to host applications in the AWS Cloud instead of on premises? (Choose two.)
- AEC2 includes operating system patch management
- BEC2 integrates with Amazon VPC, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- CEC2 has a 100% service level agreement (SLA).
- DEC2 has a flexible, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- EEC2 has automatic storage cost optimization.
27A user needs to determine whether an Amazon EC2 instance's security groups were modified in the last month.
How can the user see if a change was made?- AUse Amazon EC2 to see if the security group was changed.
- BUse AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to see which user or role changed the security group
- CUse AWS CloudTrail to see if the security group was changed.
- DUse Amazon CloudWatch to see if the security group was changed.
28Which AWS service will help protect applications running on AWS from DDoS attacks?
- AAmazon GuardDuty
- BAWS WAF
- CAWS Shield
- DAmazon Inspector
29Which AWS service or feature acts as a firewall for Amazon EC2 instances?
- ANetwork ACL
- BElastic network interface
- CAmazon VPC
- DSecurity group
30How does the AWS Cloud pricing model differ from the traditional on-premises storage pricing model?
- AAWS resources do not incur costs
- BThere are no infrastructure operating costs
- CThere are no upfront cost commitments
- DThere are no software licensing costs
31A company has a single Amazon EC2 instance. The company wants to adopt a highly available architecture.
What can the company do to meet this requirement?- AScale vertically to a larger EC2 instance size.
- BScale horizontally across multiple Availability Zones.
- CPurchase an EC2 Dedicated Instance.
- DChange the EC2 instance family to a compute optimized instance.
32A company's on-premises application deployment cycle was 3-4 weeks. After migrating to the AWS Cloud, the company can deploy the application in 2-3 days.
Which benefit has this company experienced by moving to the AWS Cloud?- AElasticity
- BFlexibility
- CAgility
- DResilience
33Which of the following are included in AWS Enterprise Support? (Choose two.)
- AAWS technical account manager (TAM)
- BAWS partner-led support
- CAWS Professional Services
- DSupport of third-party software integration to AWS
34A global media company uses AWS Organizations to manage multiple AWS accounts.
Which AWS service or feature can the company use to limit the access to AWS services for member accounts?- AAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- BService control policies (SCPs)
- C. Organizational units (OUs)
- DAccess control lists (ACLs)
35A company wants to limit its employees' AWS access to a portfolio of predefined AWS resources.
Which AWS solution should the company use to meet this requirement?- AAWS Config
- BAWS software development kits (SDKs)
- CAWS Service Catalog
- DAWS AppSync
36An online company was running a workload on premises and was struggling to launch new products and features. After migrating the workload to AWS, the company can quickly launch products and features and can scale its infrastructure as required.
Which AWS Cloud value proposition does this scenario describe?- ABusiness agility
- BHigh availability
- CSecurity
- DCentralized auditing
37Which of the following are advantages of the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)
- AAWS management of user-owned infrastructure
- BAbility to quickly change required capacity
- CHigh economies of scale
- DIncreased deployment time to market
- EIncreased fixed expenses
38AWS has the ability to achieve lower pay-as-you-go pricing by aggregating usage across hundreds of thousands of users.
This describes which advantage of the AWS Cloud?- ALaunch globally in minutes.
- BIncrease speed and agility.
- CHigh economies of scale
- DNo guessing about compute capacity
39A company has a database server that is always running. The company hosts the server on Amazon EC2 instances. The instance sizes are suitable for the workload. The workload will run for 1 year.
Which EC2 instance purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?- AStandard Reserved Instances
- BOn-Demand Instances
- CSpot Instances
- DConvertible Reserved Instances
40A company is developing a mobile app that needs a high-performance NoSQL database.
Which AWS services could the company use for this database? (Choose two.)- AAmazon Aurora
- BAmazon RDS
- CAmazon Redshift
- DAmazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)
- EAmazon DynamoDB
41Which tasks are the responsibility of AWS, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)
- APatch the Amazon EC2 guest operating system.
- BUpgrade the firmware of the network infrastructure.
- CApply password rotation for IAM users.
- DMaintain the physical security of edge locations.
- EMaintain least privilege access to the root user account.
42Which of the following are features of network ACLs as they are used in the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)
- AThey are stateless.
- BThey are stateful.
- CThey evaluate all rules before allowing traffic.
- DThey process rules in order, starting with the lowest numbered rule, when deciding whether to allow traffic.
- EThey operate at the instance level.
43A company has designed its AWS Cloud infrastructure to run its workloads effectively. The company also has protocols in place to continuously improve supporting processes.
Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this scenario represent?- ASecurity
- BPerformance efficiency
- CCost optimization
- DOperational excellence
44Which AWS service or feature can be used to create a private connection between an on-premises workload and an AWS Cloud workload?
- AAmazon Route 53
- BAmazon Macie
- CAWS Direct Connect
- DAWS PrivateLink
45A company needs to graphically visualize AWS billing and usage over time. The company also needs information about its AWS monthly costs.
Which AWS Billing and Cost Management tool provides this data in a graphical format?- AAWS Bills
- BCost Explorer
- CAWS Cost and Usage Report
- DAWS Budgets
46A company wants to run production workloads on AWS. The company needs concierge service, a designated AWS technical account manager (TAM), and technical support that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Which AWS Support plan will meet these requirements?- AAWS Basic Support
- BAWS Enterprise Support
- CAWS Business Support
- DAWS Developer Support
47Which architecture design principle describes the need to isolate failures between dependent components in the AWS Cloud?
- AUse a monolithic design.
- BDesign for automation.
- CDesign for single points of failure.
- DLoosely couple components.
48Which AWS services are managed database services? (Choose two.)
- AAmazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
- BAmazon S3
- CAmazon RDS
- DAmazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
- EAmazon DynamoDB
49A company is using the AWS Free Tier for several AWS services for an application.
What will happen if the Free Tier usage period expires or if the application use exceeds the Free Tier usage limits?- AThe company will be charged the standard pay-as-you-go service rates for the usage that exceeds the Free Tier usage.
- BAWS Support will contact the company to set up standard service charges.
- CThe company will be charged for the services it consumed during the Free Tier period, plus additional charges for service consumption after the Free Tier period.
- DThe company's AWS account will be frozen and can be restarted after a payment plan is established.
50A company recently deployed an Amazon RDS instance in its VPC. The company needs to implement a stateful firewall to limit traffic to the private corporate network.
Which AWS service or feature should the company use to limit network traffic directly to its RDS instance?- ANetwork ACLs
- BSecurity groups
- CAWS WAF
- DAmazon GuardDuty
51Which AWS service uses machine learning to help discover, monitor, and protect sensitive data that is stored in Amazon S3 buckets?
- AAWS Shield
- BAmazon Macie
- CAWS Network Firewall
- DAmazon Cognito
52A company wants to improve the overall availability and performance of its applications that are hosted on AWS.
Which AWS service should the company use?- AAmazon Connect
- BAmazon Lightsail
- CAWS Global Accelerator
- DAWS Storage Gateway
53Which AWS service or feature identifies whether an Amazon S3 bucket or an IAM role has been shared with an external entity?
- AAWS Service Catalog
- BAWS Systems Manager
- CAWS IAM Access Analyzer
- DAWS Organizations
54A company does not want to rely on elaborate forecasting to determine its usage of compute resources. Instead, the company wants to pay only for the resources that it uses. The company also needs the ability to increase or decrease its resource usage to meet business requirements.
Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework aligns with these requirements?- AOperational excellence
- BSecurity
- CReliability
- DCost optimization
55A company wants to launch its workload on AWS and requires the system to automatically recover from failure.
Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework includes this requirement?- ACost optimization
- BOperational excellence
- CPerformance efficiency
- DReliability
56A large enterprise with multiple VPCs in several AWS Regions around the world needs to connect and centrally manage network connectivity between its VPCs.
Which AWS service or feature meets these requirements?- AAWS Direct Connect
- BAWS Transit Gateway
- CAWS Site-to-Site VPN
- DVPC endpoints
57Which AWS service supports the creation of visual reports from AWS Cost and Usage Report data?
- AAmazon Athena
- BAmazon QuickSight
- CAmazon CloudWatch
- DAWS Organizations
58Which AWS service should be used to monitor Amazon EC2 instances for CPU and network utilization?
- AAmazon Inspector
- BAWS CloudTrail
- CAmazon CloudWatch
- DAWS Config
59A company is preparing to launch a new web store that is expected to receive high traffic for an upcoming event. The web store runs only on AWS, and the company has an AWS Enterprise Support plan.
Which AWS resource will provide guidance about how the company should scale its architecture and operational support during the event?- AAWS Abuse team
- BThe designated AWS technical account manager (TAM)
- CAWS infrastructure event management
- DAWS Professional Services
60A user wants to deploy a service to the AWS Cloud by using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles.
Which AWS service can be used to meet this requirement?- AAWS Systems Manager
- BAWS CloudFormation
- CAWS CodeCommit
- DAWS Config
61A company that has multiple business units wants to centrally manage and govern its AWS Cloud environments. The company wants to automate the creation of
AWS accounts, apply service control policies (SCPs), and simplify billing processes.
Which AWS service or tool should the company use to meet these requirements?- AAWS Organizations
- BCost Explorer
- CAWS Budgets
- DAWS Trusted Advisor
62Which IT controls do AWS and the customer share, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)
- APhysical and environmental controls
- BPatch management
- CCloud awareness and training
- DZone security
- EApplication data encryption
63A company is launching an application in the AWS Cloud. The application will use Amazon S3 storage. A large team of researchers will have shared access to the data. The company must be able to recover data that is accidentally overwritten or deleted.
Which S3 feature should the company turn on to meet this requirement?- AServer access logging
- BS3 Versioning
- CS3 Lifecycle rules
- DEncryption in transit and at rest
64A manufacturing company has a critical application that runs at a remote site that has a slow internet connection. The company wants to migrate the workload to
AWS. The application is sensitive to latency and interruptions in connectivity. The company wants a solution that can host this application with minimum latency.
Which AWS service or feature should the company use to meet these requirements?- AAvailability Zones
- BAWS Local Zones
- CAWS Wavelength
- DAWS Outposts
65A company wants to migrate its applications from its on-premises data center to a VPC in the AWS Cloud. These applications will need to access on-premises resources.
Which actions will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)- AUse AWS Service Catalog to identify a list of on-premises resources that can be migrated.
- BCreate a VPN connection between an on-premises device and a virtual private gateway in the VPC
- CUse an Amazon CloudFront distribution and configure it to accelerate content delivery close to the on-premises resources.
- DSet up an AWS Direct Connect connection between the on-premises data center and AWS.
- EUse Amazon CloudFront to restrict access to static web content provided through the on-premises web servers.
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- Quiz on AWS Practitioner, created by Roberto Otero on 15/12/2021.
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