ACG Exam Questions Flashcards

1
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In Amazon EC2, Which of the follow do you use to log into Linux Instances?

A. IAM
B. Key Pair
C. MFA
D. User name and Password

A

B. Key Pair

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Which of the below are TRUE when running a database in an EC2 Instance? (Pick 3)

A. AWS is responsible for updating the database software
B. The customer is responsible for updating the operating system
C. AWS is responsible for managing access to the database
D. The customer is responsible for managing access to the database
E. AWS is responsible for updating the operating system
F. The customer is responsible for updating the database software

A

B. The customer is responsible for updating the operating system
D. The customer is responsible for managing access to the database
F. The customer is responsible for updating the database software

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You would like to give an application running on one of your EC2 instances access to an S3 Bucket. What is the best way to do this?

A

Assign the instance an IAM role

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4
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You are using a corporate directory to grant your users access to AWS services. What is this called?

A

Federal Access

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5
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Which of the following are components of the AS Assurance Program?

A

A.Certifications/Attestations

B. Compliance with Laws and Regulations

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6
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Which credentials can you access the AWS Management Console?

A

Your Username and Password

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7
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Which if the following are AWS EC2 reserved pricing types?

A. Compute Reserved Instances 
B. Scheduled Reserved Instances 
C. Scalable Reserved Instances 
D. Standard Reserved Instances 
E. Convertable Reserved Instances
A

B. Scheduled Reserved Instances
D. Standard Reserved Instances
E. Convertible Reserved Instances

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Upon Sign-up of an AWS account, How much Amazon Dynamo DB storage will you get?

A

25GB

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9
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Which is generally not billed for on the AWS Platform?

A. Data-out
B. Data- in

A

B. Data- In

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10
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EC2 Demand pricing model means…. (Pick 2)

A. No upfront payment required
B. Guaranteed Cost
C. Unpredictable workloads that cannot be interrupted
D. Discounted cost model compared to RIs

A

A. No upfront payment required

C. Unpredictable workloads that cannot be interrupted

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11
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What is a resource Group?

A

A collection of resources that share on or more tags

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12
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An online education company has customers on four continents. They need to run software functions to customize offerings for students in various locations around the globe based on parameters that each student enters. Which AWS service will provide this capability with the highest performance efficiency?

A. Amazon Elastic Container Service
B. Lambda @ Edge
C. Amazon Cloudfront
D. Amazon API Gateway

A

B. Lambda Edge

Lambda@Edge provides the capability to run Lambda functions at Edge Locations based on events generated by the CloudFront content delivery network, allowing customers to extend their web applications globally

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13
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What is the collection of tools used for developing and managing applications on AWS

A. Software Development Kits
B. AWS Management Console

A

A. Software Development Kits

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14
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Which of the following fall under the AWS compute services category? (Pick 3)

A. Amazon RDS
B. Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
C. Amazon EC2
D. AWS Backup
E. Amazon Elastic File System 
F.Amazon Lightsail
A

B. Elastic Beanstalk
C. EC2
F. Lightsail

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15
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Which of the following tools provides a view of the performance and availability of your AWS services based on your requirements?

A. Trusted Advisor
B. AWS Personal Health Dashboard
C. AWS Systems Manager

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B. AWS Personal health Dashboard

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16
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Which of the below can be specified as an origin when creating a CloudFront distribution? (Pick 3)

A. An RDS Instance
B. A domain name
C. an S3 Bucket
D. An ELB

A

B. A domain name
C. An S3 Bucket
D. an Elastic load balancer

17
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A new System Administrator has started with your organisation and requires a user account so that they can manage you AWS resources. You have AWS resources in multiple regions - what needs to be done to allow the new starter access to manage resources in the regions you operate in?

A. Create an IAM user account in each region that you have resources in - this will enable access in per region

B.Create a single IAM user account - this will enable access in all regions

C. Create a single IAM role - this will enable access in all regions

A

B.
Create a single IAM user account - this will enable access in all regions

Roles will not let users in.

18
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AWS VPC is a component of which of the following overall services categories?

A. Networking and Content Delivery
B. Compute

A

A. Networking and Content Delivery

19
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How can Auto Scaling help your resources handle changes in demand?

A.By adding or removing EC2 instances from your EC2 fleet based on conditions you specify

B. By increasing or decreasing the size of your EC2 instances based on conditions you specify

A

A.By adding or removing EC2 instances from your EC2 fleet based on conditions you specify

20
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Wha is a subnet?

A

A range of IP addresses in the virtual private cloud

21
Q

A telecommunications company has his hired you as a consultant to develop a business case for moving its IT applications and infrastructure to AWS. The company’s leadership understands the agility value of the cloud, but the finance group is not interested in shifting capital expense to operating expense due to the company’s tax structure. What will you include in the business case to attempt to satisfy everyone at the company?

A. Suggest that the company wait to migrate to AWS until the current infrastructure is fully depreciated

B. Show the value of an elastic infrastructure for avoiding wasted capacity

C.Show the company the TCO value of moving to an operating expense model

D. Suggest that the company make reserved instance purchases and capitalize them

A

D. Suggest that the company make reserved instance purchases and capitalize them

22
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Which of the following best describes the ability to scale computing resources up or down easily, while only paying for the resources used?

A. Scalability
B. Elasticity

A

Elasticity

23
Q

Deploying your EC2 instances across multiple AZs will help address which Cloud Concept?

A. Elasticity
B. Scalability
C. Automation
D. High Availability

A

D. High Availability

24
Q

Which of the following best describes a system that will remain operational even in the event of a component failure?

A. Fault- Tolerant
B. Scalable
C. Elastic
D. High Available

A

A. Fault- Tolerant

25
Q

Under the Shared Responsibility Model, for which of the following does AWS not assume responsibility?

A. Networking
B. Physical security of AWS facilities
C. Customer Data
D. Hypervisors

A

C. Customer Data

26
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You have an application load balancer for routing traffic from developers to the EC2 instance that contains a web application being put into operation. To prepare for the application going live for public use, you add an Auto Scaling Group and a second application load balancer to route web traffic from customers to the EC2 instance. The addition is an example of which of the following:

A. Durability
B. Reliability
C. Elasticity
D. Scalability

A

D. Scalability

27
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Which of the following best describes a system that is always online — without the need for human intervention?

A. Elastic
B. Highly Available
C. Scalable
D. Fault Tolerant

A

B. Highly Available

28
Q

Where do you go to for viewing your AWS monthly charges?

A. Monthly Spend by Linked Account View
B. Cost Explorer
C. Budgets
D. Billing and Cost Management

A

D. Billing and Cost Management

29
Q

When would you use the EC2 On Demand pricing model? (Pick 2)

A.Discounted cost model compared to Reserved
B. Instances
C. Guaranteed cost
D. Unpredictable workloads that cannot be interrupted
E. No upfront payments required

A

D. Unpredictable workloads that cannot be interrupted

E. No upfront payments required

30
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When setting up the properties of an S3 bucket, which of the following options should you select to get detailed records for the requests made to the bucket?

A

Server access logging

31
Q

Which of the following are steps you should take in securing your AWS account? (Pick 3)

A. Assign policies directly to your administrative user
B.Create individual IAM users.
C. Activate Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) on your root account.
D. Use groups to delegate access to IAM users

A

B.. Create Individual IAM users

C. Activate MFA on your root account

D. Use Groups to delegate access to IAM

32
Q

Which of the following AWS services should you use to migrate an existing database to AWS?

A

AWS DMS

33
Q

Using Infrastructure as Code is related of which cloud concept?

A. Elasticity
B. Automation
C. High Availability
D. Scalability

A

B. Automation

34
Q

When talking about AWS security, what does “Authentication” refer to?

A. Logging in to the console
B. A user delegating access to another user temporarily
C. Evaluating what permissions a user has
D. Identifying who is accessing the system

A

D. Identifying who is accessing the system

35
Q

When talking about AWS security, what does “Authorization” refer to?

A. Evaluating what permissions a user has
B. Identifying who has access to the system

A

A. Evaluating what permissions a user has

36
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Which of the following Amazon EC2 pricing models automatically adjusts charges as your usage changes?

A. Dedicated Hosts
B. On-Demand
C. Reserved Instances
D. Savings Plan

A

D. Savings Plans

37
Q

Your Project Manager needs to know the daily spend of the company’s AWS account over the last 60 days to consider creating and implementing cost-effective measures. What should you do?

A. Direct him to daily spend view in Cost Explorer
B. Use AWS Budgets

A

A. Direct him to daily spend in Cost Explorer

38
Q

You need an AWS support plan for your production workloads, but want to keep costs to a minimum. Which of the following plans should you choose?

A. Basic
B. Developer
C. Business

A

C. Business -

Anything with production workloads is Business or Enterprise

39
Q
With AWS services, you can use as many resources as you need, as well as use them when you need them. Which of the following terms can be applied to this concept? (Pick 2)
A. Fixed Resources
B. Temporary Resources 
C. Disposable Resources
D. Dedicated Resources
A

B. Temporary Resources

C. Disposable Resources