ACCP Flashcards
CLF-C02
Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the customer responsible for?
A. Ensuring that disk drives are wiped after use.
B. Ensuring that firmware is updated on hardware devices.
C. Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest.
D. Ensuring that network cables are category six or higher.
C. Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest.
Explanation:
AWS for a self-hosted database that requires a nightly shutdown for maintenance and cost-saving purposes
The use of what AWS feature or service allows companies to track and categorize spending on a detailed level?
A. Cost allocation tags
B. Consolidated billing
C. AWS Budgets
D. AWS Marketplace
C. AWS Budgets
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/startups/how-to-set-aws-budget-when-paying-with-aws-credits/
Which service stores objects, provides real-time access to those objects, and offers versioning and lifecycle
capabilities?
A. Amazon Glacier
B. AWS Storage Gateway
C. Amazon S3
D. Amazon EBS
C. Amazon S3
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/
What AWS team assists customers with accelerating cloud adoption through paid engagements in any of several specialty
practice areas?
A. AWS Enterprise Support
B. AWS Solutions Architects
C. AWS Professional Services
D. AWS Account Managers
C. AWS Professional Services
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/professional-services/
A customer would like to design and build a new workload on AWS Cloud but does not have the AWS-related software technical expertise in-house.
Which of the following AWS programs can a customer take advantage of to achieve that outcome?
A. AWS Partner Network Technology Partners
B. AWS Marketplace
C. AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners
D. AWS Service Catalog
C. AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners
Distributing workloads across multiple Availability Zones supports which cloud architecture design principle?
A. Implement automation.
B. Design for agility.
C. Design for failure.
D. Implement elasticity.
A. Implement automation.
example: (Auto Scaling Group)
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/AWS_Cloud_Best_Practices.pdf
Which AWS services can host a Microsoft SQL Server database? (Select TWO.)
A. Amazon EC2
B. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
C. Amazon Aurora
D. Amazon Redshift
E. Amazon S3
A. Amazon EC2
B. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/sql/
Which of the following inspects AWS environments to find opportunities that can save money for users and also improve system performance?
A. AWS Cost Explorer
B. AWS Trusted Advisor
C. Consolidated billing
D. Detailed billing
A. AWS Cost Explorer
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://wa.aws.amazon.com/wat.pillar.costoptimization.en.html
Which of the following Amazon EC2 pricing models allow customers to use existing server-bound
software licenses?
A. Spot Instances
B. Reserved Instances
C. Dedicated Hosts
D. On-Demand Instances
C. Dedicated Hosts
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/
Which AWS characteristics make AWS cost effective for a workload with dynamic user demand? (Select TWO.)
A. High availability
B. Shared security model
C. Elasticity
D. Pay-as-you-go pricing
E. Reliability
C. Elasticity
D. Pay-as-you-go pricing
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/
Which service enables risk auditing by continuously monitoring and logging account activity, including user actions in the AWS Management Console and AWS SDKs?
A. Amazon CloudWatch
B. AWS CloudTrail
C. AWS Config
D. AWS Health
B. AWS CloudTrail
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
Which of the following are characteristics of Amazon S3? (Select TWO.)
A. A global filesystem
B. An object store
C. A local file store
D. A network file system
E. A durable storage system
A. A global filesystem
B. An object store
Which services can be used across hybrid AWS Cloud architectures? (Select TWO.)
A. Amazon Route53
B. Virtual Private Gateway
C. Classic Load Balancer
D. Auto Scaling
E. Amazon CloudWatch default metrics
A. Amazon Route53
B. Virtual Private Gateway
https://www.stratoscale.com/blog/cloud/building-hybrid-cloud-environment-using-amazon-cloud/
What costs are included when comparing AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with on-premises TCO?
A. Project management
B. Antivirus software licensing
C. Data center security
D. Software development
A. Project management
A company is considering using AWS for a self-hosted database that requires a nightly shutdown for maintenance and cost-saving purposes.
Which service should the company use?
A. Amazon Redshift
B. Amazon DynamoDB
C. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Amazon EC2 instance store
D. Amazon EC2 with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
A. Amazon Redshift
Which of the following is a correct relationship between regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations?
A. Datacenters contain regions.
B. Regions contain Availability Zones.
C. Availability Zones contain edge locations.
D. Edge locations contain regions.
B. Regions contain Availability Zones.
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/#Region_Maps_and_Edge_Networks
Which AWS tools assist with estimating costs? (Select TWO.)
A. Detailed billing report
B. Cost allocation tags
C. AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
D. AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
E. Cost Eliminator
B. Cost allocation tags
D. AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/estimating-aws-resource-costs/
Which of the following are advantages of AWS consolidated billing? (Select TWO.)
A. The ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts
B. Service limits increasing by default in all accounts
C. A fixed discount on the monthly bill
D. Potential volume discounts, as usage in all accounts is combined
E. The automatic extension of the master account’s AWS support plan to all accounts
A. The ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts
D. Potential volume discounts, as usage in all accounts is combined
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/consolidated-billing.html
Which of the following Reserved Instance (RI) pricing models provides the highest average savings compared to On-
Demand pricing?
A. One-year, NoUpfront, Standard RI pricing
B. One-year, All Upfront, Convertible RI pricing
year
C. Three-year, All Upfront, Standard RI pricing
D. Three-year, No Upfront, Convertible RI pricing
C. Three-year, All Upfront, Standard RI pricing
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/reserved-instances/pricing/
Compared with costs in traditional and virtualized datacenters, AWS has:
A. greater variable costs and greater up front costs.
B. fixed usage costs and lower up front costs.
C. lower variable costs and greater upfront costs.
D. lower variable costs and lower upfront costs.
D. lower variable costs and lower upfront costs.
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/introduction-to-aws-cloud-economics-final.pdf (10)
A characteristic of edge locations is that they:
A. host Amazon EC2 instances closer to users.
B. help lower latency and improve performance for users.
C. cache frequently changing data without reaching the origin server.
D. refresh data changes daily.
C. cache frequently changing data without reaching the origin server.
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://www.edureka.co/community/600/what-is-an-edge-location-in-aws
Which of the following can limit Amazon Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket access to specific users?
A. A public and private key-pair
B. Amazon Inspector
C. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies
D. Security Groups
C. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-restrict-amazon-s3-bucket-access-to-a-specific-iam-role/
Which of the following security-related actions are available at no cost?
A. Calling AWS Support
B. Contacting AWS Professional Services to request a workshop
C. Accessing forums, blogs, and whitepapers
D. Attending AWS classes at a local university
C. Accessing forums, blogs, and whitepapers
Which of the Reserved Instance (RI) pricing models can change the attributes of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of RIs of equal or greater value?
A. Dedicated RIs
B. Scheduled RIs
C. Convertible RIs
D. Standard RIs
C. Convertible RIs
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/reserved-instances/