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1What does Amazon S3 stand for?
- ASimple Storage Solution.
- BStorage Storage Storage (triple redundancy Storage).
- CStorage Server Solution.
- DSimple Storage Service.
2You must assign each server to at least _____ security group
- A3
- B2
- C4
- D1
3Before I delete an EBS volume, what can I do if I want to recreate the volume later?
- ACreate a copy of the EBS volume (not a snapshot)
- BStore a snapshot of the volume
- CDownload the content to an EC2 instance
- DBack up the data in to a physical disk
4Select the most correct answer: The device name /dev/sda1 (within Amazon EC2 ) is _____
- APossible for EBS volumes
- BReserved for the root device
- CRecommended for EBS volumes
- DRecommended for instance store volumes
5If I want an instance to have a public IP address, which IP address should I use?
- AElastic IP Address
- BClass B IP Address
- CClass A IP Address
- DDynamic IP Address
6What does RRS stand for when talking about S3?
- ARedundancy Removal System
- BRelational Rights Storage
- CRegional Rights Standard
- DReduced Redundancy Storage
7All Amazon EC2 instances are assigned two IP addresses at launch, out of which one can only be reached from within the Amazon EC2 network?
- AMultiple IP address
- BPublic IP address
- CPrivate IP address
- DElastic IP Address
8What does Amazon SWF stand for?
- ASimple Web Flow
- BSimple Work Flow
- CSimple Wireless Forms
- DSimple Web Form
9What is the Reduced Redundancy option in Amazon S3?
- ALess redundancy for a lower cost.
- BIt doesn't exist in Amazon S3, but in Amazon EBS.
- CIt allows you to destroy any copy of your files outside a specific jurisdiction.
- DIt doesn't exist at all
10Fill in the blanks: Resources that are created in AWS are identified by a unique identifier called an _____
- AAmazon Resource Number
- BAmazon Resource Nametag
- CAmazon Resource Name
- DAmazon Resource Namespace
11If I write the below command, what does it do? ec2-run ami-e3a5408a -n 20 -g appserver
- AStart twenty instances as members of appservergroup.
- BCreates 20 rules in the security group named appserver
- CTerminate twenty instances as members ofappservergroup.
- DStart 20 security groups
12While creating an Amazon RDS DB, your first task is to set up a DB ______ that controls what IP addresses or EC2 instances have access to your DB Instance.
- ASecurity Pool
- BSecure Zone
- CSecurity Token Pool
- DSecurity Group
13When you run a DB Instance as a Multi-AZ deployment, the "_____" serves database writes and reads
- Asecondary
- Bbackup
- Cstandby
- Dprimary
14Every user you create in the IAM system starts with ______.
- Apartial permissions
- Bfull permissions
- Cno permissions
15Can you create IAM security credentials for existing users?
- AYes, existing users can have security credentials associated with their account.
- BNo, IAM requires that all users who have credentials set up are not existing users
- CNo, security credentials are created within GROUPS, and then users are associated to GROUPS at a later time.
- DYes, but only IAM credentials, not ordinary security credentials.
16What does Amazon EC2 provide?
- AVirtual servers in the Cloud.
- BA platform to run code (Java, PHP, Python), paying on an hourly basis.
- CComputer Clusters in the Cloud.
- DPhysical servers, remotely managed by the customer.
17Amazon SWF is designed to help users...
- ADesign graphical user interface interactions
- BManage user identification and authorisation
- CStore Web content
- DCoordinate synchronous and asynchronous tasks which are distributed and fault tolerant.
18Can I control if and when MySQL based RDS Instance is upgraded to new supported versions?
- ANo
- BOnly in VPC
- CYes
19If I modify a DB Instance or the DB parameter group associated with the instance, should I reboot the instance for the changes to take effect?
- ANo
- BYes
20When you view the block device mapping for your instance, you can see only the EBS volumes, not the instance store volumes.
- ADepends on the instance type
- BFALSE
- CDepends on whether you use API call
- DTRUE
21By default, EBS volumes that are created and attached to an instance at launch are deleted when that instance is terminated. You can modify this behavior by changing the value of the flag_____ to false when you launch the instance
- ADeleteOnTermination
- BRemoveOnDeletion
- CRemoveOnTermination
- DTerminateOnDeletion
22What are the initial settings of an user created security group?
- AAllow all inbound traffic and Allow no outbound traffic
- BAllow no inbound traffic and Allow no outbound traffic
- CAllow no inbound traffic and Allow all outbound traffic
- DAllow all inbound traffic and Allow all outbound traffic
23Will my standby RDS instance be in the same Region as my primary?
- AOnly for Oracle RDS types
- BYes
- COnly if configured at launch
- DNo
24What does Amazon Elastic Beanstalk provide?
- AA scalable storage appliance on top of Amazon Web Services.
- BAn application container on top of Amazon Web Services.
- CA service by this name doesn't exist.
- DA scalable cluster of EC2 instances.
25True or False: When using IAM to control access to your RDS resources, the key names that can be used are case sensitive. For example, aws:CurrentTime is NOT equivalent to AWS:currenttime.
- ATRUE
- BFALSE
26What will be the status of the snapshot until the snapshot is complete.
- Arunning
- Bworking
- Cprogressing
- Dpending
27Can we attach an EBS volume to more than one EC2 instance at the same time?
- ANo
- BYes
- COnly EC2-optimized EBS volumes.
- DOnly in read mode.
28True or False: Automated backups are enabled by default for a new DB Instance.
- ATRUE
- BFALSE
29What does the AWS Storage Gateway provide?
- AIt allows to integrate on-premises IT environments with Cloud Storage.
- BA direct encrypted connection to Amazon S3.
- CIt's a backup solution that provides an on-premises Cloud storage.
- DIt provides an encrypted SSL endpoint for backups in the Cloud.
30Amazon RDS automated backups and DB Snapshots are currently supported for only the ______ storage engine
- AInnoDB
- BMyISAM
31How many relational database engines does RDS currently support?
- AThree: MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
- BJust two: MySQL and Oracle.
- CFive: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra and SQLite.
- DJust one: MySQL.
32Fill in the blanks: The base URI for all requests for instance metadata is _____
- Ahttp://254.169.169.254/latest/
- Bhttp://169.169.254.254/latest/
- Chttp://127.0.0.1/latest/
- Dhttp://169.254.169.254/latest/
33While creating the snapshots using the the command line tools, which command should I be using?
- Aec2-deploy-snapshot
- Bec2-fresh-snapshot
- Cec2-create-snapshot
- Dec2-new-snapshot
34Typically, you want your application to check whether a request generated an error before you spend any time processing results. The easiest way to find out if an error occurred is to look for an______node in the response from the Amazon RDS API.
- AIncorrect
- BError
- CFALSE
35What are the two permission types used by AWS?
- AResource-based and Product-based
- BProduct-based and Service-based
- CService-based
- DUser-based and Resource-based
36In the Amazon cloudwatch, which metric should I be checking to ensure that your DB Instance has enough free storage space?
- AFreeStorage
- BFreeStorageSpace
- CFreeStorageVolume
- DFreeDBStorageSpace
37Amazon RDS DB snapshots and automated backups are stored in...
- AAmazon S3
- BAmazon ECS Volume
- CAmazon RDS
- DAmazon EMR
38What is the maximum key length of a tag?
- A512 Unicode characters
- B64 Unicode characters
- C256 Unicode characters
- D128 Unicode characters
39Groups can't _____.
- Abe nested more than 3 levels
- Bbe nested at all
- Cbe nested more than 4 levels
- Dbe nested more than 2 levels
40You must increase storage size in increments of at least _____ %
- A40
- B20
- C50
- D10
41Changes to the backup window take effect ______.
- Afrom the next billing cycle
- Bafter 30 minutes
- Cimmediately
- Dafter 24 hours
42Using Amazon CloudWatch's Free Tier, what is the frequency of metric updates which you receive?
- A5 minutes
- B500 milliseconds.
- C30 seconds
- D1 minute
43Which is the default region in AWS?
- Aeu-west-1
- Bus-east-1
- Cus-east-2
- Dap-southeast-1
44What are the Amazon EC2 API tools?
- AThey don't exist. The Amazon EC2 AMI tools, instead, are used to manage permissions.
- BCommand-line tools to the Amazon EC2 web service.
- CThey are a set of graphical tools to manage EC2 instances.
- DThey don't exist. The Amazon API tools are a client interface to Amazon Web Services.
45What are the two types of licensing options available for using Amazon RDS for Oracle?
- ABYOL and Enterprise License
- BBYOL and License Included
- CEnterprise License and License Included
- DRole based License and License Included
46What does a "Domain" refer to in Amazon SWF?
- AA security group in which only tasks inside can communicate with each other
- BA special type of worker
- CA collection of related Workflows
- DThe DNS record for the Amazon SWF service
47EBS Snapshots occur _____
- AAsynchronously
- BSynchronously
- CWeekly
48Disabling automated backups ______ disable the point-in-time recovery.
- Aif configured to can
- Bwill never
- Cwill
49Out of the stripping options available for the EBS volumes, which one has the following disadvantage : 'Doubles the amount of I/O required from the instance to EBS compared to RAID 0, because you're mirroring all writes to a pair of volumes, limiting how much you can stripe.' ?
- ARaid 0
- BRAID 1+0 (RAID 10)
- CRaid 1
- DRaid 2
50Is creating a Read Replica of another Read Replica supported?
- AOnly in certain regions
- BOnly with MSSQL based RDS
- COnly for Oracle RDS types
- DNo
51Can Amazon S3 uploads resume on failure or do they need to restart?
- ARestart from beginning
- BYou can resume them, if you flag the "resume on failure" option before uploading.
- CResume on failure
- DDepends on the file size
52Which of the following cannot be used in Amazon EC2 to control who has access to specific Amazon EC2 instances?
- ASecurity Groups
- BIAM System
- CSSH keys
- DWindows passwords
53Fill in the blanks : _____ let you categorize your EC2 resources in different ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment.
- Awildcards
- Bpointers
- CTags
- Dspecial filters
54How can I change the security group membership for interfaces owned by other AWS, such as Elastic Load Balancing?
- ABy using the service specific console or API\CLI commands
- BNone of these
- CUsing Amazon EC2 API/CLI
- Dusing all these methods
55What is the maximum write throughput I can provision for a single DynamoDB table?
- A1,000 write capacity units
- B100,000 write capacity units
- CDynamoDB is designed to scale without limits, but if you go beyond 10,000 you have to contact AWS first
- D10,000 write capacity units
56What does the following command do with respect to the Amazon EC2 security groups?
ec2-revoke RevokeSecurityGroupIngress- ARemoves one or more security groups from a rule.
- BRemoves one or more security groups from an Amazon EC2 instance.
- CRemoves one or more rules from a security group.
- DRemoves a security group from our account.
57Can a 'user' be associated with multiple AWS accounts?
- ANo
- BYes
58Manually created DB Snapshots are deleted after the DB Instance is deleted.
- ATrue
- BFalse
59Can I move a Reserved Instance from one Region to another?
- ANo
- BOnly if they are moving into GovCloud
- CYes
- DOnly if they are moving to US East from another region
60What is Amazon Glacier?
- AYou mean Amazon "Iceberg": it's a low-cost storage service.
- BA security tool that allows to "freeze" an EBS volume and perform computer forensics on it.
- CA low-cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for data archiving and backup.
- DIt's a security tool that allows to "freeze" an EC2 instance and perform computer forensics on it.
61What is the durability of S3 RRS?
- A99.99%
- B99.95%
- C99.995%
- D99.999999999%
62What does specifying the mapping /dev/sdc=none when launching an instance do?
- APrevents /dev/sdc from creating the instance.
- BPrevents /dev/sdc from deleting the instance.
- CSet the value of /dev/sdc to 'zero'.
- DPrevents /dev/sdc from attaching to the instance.
63Is Federated Storage Engine currently supported by Amazon RDS for MySQL?
- ANo
- BYes
- COnly in VPC
64Is there a limit to how many groups a user can be in?
- AYes for all users
- BYes for all users except root
- CNo
- DYes unless special permission granted
65When you perform a restore operation to a point in time or from a DB Snapshot, a new DB Instance is created with a new endpoint.
- ATrue
- BFalse
66A/An _____ acts as a firewall that controls the traffic allowed to reach one or more instances.
- Asecurity group
- BACL
- CIAM
- DPrivate IP Addresses
67Will my standby RDS instance be in the same Availability Zone as my primary?
- AOnly for Oracle RDS types
- BYes
- COnly if configured at launch
- DNo
68While launching an RDS DB instance, on which page I can select the Availability Zone?
- AREVIEW
- BDB INSTANCE DETAILS
- CMANAGEMENT OPTIONS
- DADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION
69What does the following command do with respect to the Amazon EC2 security groups?
ec2-create-group CreateSecurityGroup- AGroups the user created security groups in to a new group for easy access.
- BCreates a new security group for use with your account.
- CCreates a new group inside the security group.
- DCreates a new rule inside the security group.
70In the Launch Db Instance Wizard, where can I select the backup and maintennance options?
- AUnder DB INSTANCE DETAILS
- BUnder REVIEW
- CUnder MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
- DUnder ENGINE SELECTION
71What happens to the data on an instance if the instance reboots (intentionally or unintentionally)?
- AData will be lost
- BData persists
- CData may persist however cannot be sure
72How many types of block devices does Amazon EC2 support?
- A2
- B3
- C4
- D1
73Provisioned IOPS Costs: you are charged for the IOPS and storage whether or not you use them in a given month. True or False?
- ATrue
- BFalse
74IAM provides several policy templates you can use to automatically assign permissions to the groups you create. The _____ policy template gives the Admins group permission to access all account resources,except your AWS account information
- ARead Only Access
- BPower User Access
- CAWS CloudFormation Read Only Access
- DAdministrator Access
75Can Amazon S3 uploads resume on failure or do they need to restart?
- AResume on failure
- BYou can resume them, if you flag the "resume on failure" option before uploading.
- CRestart from beginning
- DThis question doesn't make sense
76While performing the volume status checks, if the status is insufficient-data, what does it mean?
- Athe checks may still be in progress on the volume
- Bthe check has passed
- Cthe check has failed
77IAM's Policy Evaluation Logic always starts with a default ______ for every request, except for those that use the AWS account's root security credentials
- APermit
- BDeny
- CCancel
78By default, when an EBS volume is attached to a Windows instance, it may show up as any drive letter on the instance. You can change the settings of the _____ Service to set the drive letters of the EBS volumes per your specifications.
- AEBSConfig Service
- BAMIConfig Service
- CEc2Config Service
- DEc2-AMIConfig Service
79For each DB Instance class, what is the maximum size of associated storage capacity?
- A5GB
- B1TB
- C2TB
- D500GB
80SQL Server _____ store logins and passwords in the master database.
- Acan be configured to but by default does not
- Bdoesn't
- Cdoes
81What is Oracle SQL Developer?
- AAn AWS developer who is an expert in Amazon RDS using both the Oracle and SQL Server DB engines
- BA graphical Java tool distributed without cost by Oracle.
- CIt is a variant of the SQL Server Management Studio designed by Microsoft to support Oracle DBMS functionalities
- DA different DBMS released by Microsoft free of cost
82Does Amazon RDS allow direct host access via Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH), or Windows Remote Desktop Connection?
- AYes
- BNo
- CDepends on if it is in VPC or not
83To view information about an Amazon EBS volume, open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/, click _____ in the Navigation pane.
- AEBS
- BDescribe
- CDetails
- DVolumes
84You must increase storage size in increments of at least _____ %
- A40
- B30
- C10
- D20
85Using Amazon IAM, can I give permission based on organizational groups?
- AYes but only in certain cases
- BNo
- CYes always
86What is an isolated database environment running in the cloud (Amazon RDS) called?
- ADB Instance
- BDB Server
- CDB Unit
- DDB Volume
87While signing in REST/ Query requests, for additional security, you should transmit your requests using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) by using _____
- AHTTP
- BInternet Protocol Security(IPsec)
- CTLS (Transport Layer Security)
- DHTTPS
88What happens to the I/O operations while you take a database snapshot?
- AI/O operations to the database are suspended for a few minutes while the backup is in progress.
- BI/O operations to the database are sent to a Replica (if available) for a few minutes while the backup is in progress.
- CI/O operations will be functioning normally
- DI/O operations to the database are suspended for an hour while the backup is in progress
89Read Replicas require a transactional storage engine and are only supported for the _____ storage engine
- AOracleISAM
- BMSSQLDB
- CInnoDB
- DMyISAM
90When running my DB Instance as a Multi-AZ deployment, can I use the standby for read or write operations?
- AYes
- BOnly with MSSQL based RDS
- COnly for Oracle RDS instances
- DNo
91When should I choose Provisioned IOPS over Standard RDS storage?
- AIf you have batch-oriented workloads
- BIf you use production online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads.
- CIf you have workloads that are not sensitive to consistent performance
92In the 'Detailed' monitoring data available for your Amazon EBS volumes, Provisioned IOPS volumes automatically send _____ minute metrics to Amazon CloudWatch.
- A3
- B1
- C5
- D2
93What is the minimum charge for the data transferred between Amazon RDS and Amazon EC2 Instances in the same Availability Zone?
- AUSD 0.10 per GB
- BNo charge. It is free.
- CUSD 0.02 per GB
- DUSD 0.01 per GB
94Are Reserved Instances available for Multi-AZ Deployments?
- AOnly for Cluster Compute instances
- BYes
- COnly for M3 instance types
- DNo
95Which service enables AWS customers to manage users and permissions in AWS?
- AAWS Access Control Service (ACS)
- BAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- CAWS Identity Manager (AIM)
96Which Amazon Storage behaves like raw, unformatted, external block devices that you can attach to your instances?
- ANone of these.
- BAmazon Instance Storage
- CAmazon EBS
- DAll of these
97Which Amazon service can I use to define a virtual network that closely resembles a traditional data center?
- AAmazon VPC
- BAmazon ServiceBus
- CAmazon EMR
- DAmazon RDS
98Amazon RDS automated backups and DB Snapshots are currently supported for only the ______ storage engine
- AMyISAM
- BInnoDB
99MySQL installations default to port _____.
- A3306
- B443
- C80
- D1158
100If you have chosen Multi-AZ deployment, in the event of a planned or unplanned outage of your primary DB Instance, Amazon RDS automatically switches to the standby replica. The automatic failover mechanism simply changes the ______ record of the main DB Instance to point to the standby DB Instance.
- ADNAME
- BCNAME
- CTXT
- DMX
101If I want to run a database in an Amazon instance, which is the most recommended Amazon storage option?
- AAmazon Instance Storage
- BAmazon EBS
- CYou can't run a database inside an Amazon instance.
- DAmazon S3
102In regards to IAM you can edit user properties later, but you cannot use the console to change the _____.
- Auser name
- Bpassword
- Cdefault group
103Can I test my DB Instance against a new version before upgrading?
- ANo
- BYes
- COnly in VPC
104 If you add a tag that has the same key as an existing tag on a DB Instance, the new value overwrites the old value.
- ATrue
- BFalse
105Can I use Provisioned IOPS with VPC?
- AOnly Oracle based RDS
- BNo
- COnly with MSSQL based RDS
- DYes for all RDS instances
106Making your snapshot public shares all snapshot data with everyone. Can the snapshots with AWS Marketplace product codes be made public?
- ATrue
- BFalse
107Fill in the blanks: "To ensure failover capabilities, consider using a _____ for incoming traffic on a network interface".
- Aprimary public IP
- Bsecondary private IP
- Csecondary public IP
- Dadd on secondary IP
108If I have multiple Read Replicas for my master DB Instance and I promote one of them, what happens to the rest of the Read Replicas?
- AThe remaining Read Replicas will still replicate from the older master DB Instance
- BThe remaining Read Replicas will be deleted
- CThe remaining Read Replicas will be combined to one read replica
109What does Amazon CloudFormation provide?
- AThe ability to setup Autoscaling for Amazon EC2 instances.
- BNone of these.
- CA templated resource creation for Amazon Web Services.
- DA template to map network resources for Amazon Web Services.
110Can I encrypt connections between my application and my DB Instance using SSL?
- ANo
- BYes
- COnly in VPC
- DOnly in certain regions
111What are the four levels of AWS Premium Support?
- ABasic, Developer, Business, Enterprise
- BBasic, Startup, Business, Enterprise
- CFree, Bronze, Silver, Gold
- DAll support is free
112What can I access by visiting the URL: http://status.aws.amazon.com/ ?
- AAmazon Cloud Watch
- BStatus of the Amazon RDS DB
- CAWS Service Health Dashboard
- DAWS Cloud Monitor
113Please select the Amazon EC2 resource which cannot be tagged.
- Aimages (AMIs, kernels, RAM disks)
- BAmazon EBS volumes
- CElastic IP addresses
- DVPCs
114Because of the extensibility limitations of striped storage attached to Windows Server, Amazon RDS does not currently support increasing storage on a _____ DB Instance.
- ASQL Server
- BMySQL
- COracle
115Through which of the following interfaces is AWS Identity and Access Management available?
A) AWS Management Console;
B) Command line interface (CLI);
C) IAM Query API;
D) Existing libraries- AOnly through Command line interface (CLI)
- BA, B and C
- CA and C
- DAll of the above
116Select the incorrect statement
- AIn Amazon EC2, the private IP address is only returned to Amazon EC2 when the instance is stopped or terminated
- BIn Amazon VPC, an instance retains its private IP addresses when the instance is stopped.
- CIn Amazon VPC, an instance does NOT retain its private IP addresses when the instance is stopped.
- DIn Amazon EC2, the private IP address is associated exclusively with the instance for its lifetime
117How are the EBS snapshots saved on Amazon S3?
- AExponentially
- BIncrementally
- CEBS snapshots are not stored in the Amazon S3
- DDecrementally
118What is the type of monitoring data (for Amazon EBS volumes) which is available automatically in 5-minute periods at no charge called?
- ABasic
- BPrimary
- CDetailed
- DLocal
119The new DB Instance that is created when you promote a Read Replica retains the backup window period.
- ATrue
- BFalse
120What happens when you create a topic on Amazon SNS?
- AThe topic is created, and it has the name you specified for it.
- BAn ARN (Amazon Resource Name) is created.
- CYou can create a topic on Amazon SQS, not on Amazon SNS.
- DThis question doesn't make sense.
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