Amazon S3 Introduction

Question 1

What are Amazon S3 use cases?

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Question 2

What are S3 Buckets?

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Question 3

Is S3 a global or regional service?

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It is a regional service

Question 4

What are S3 Objects? And what is the key to an object?

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Question 5

What is the Key of an Object in S3?

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Question 6

What are the parts of a Key of an Object in S3?

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Question 7

What is the Value of an Object in S3? And what is the maximum size allowed?

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Question 8

What is the Metadata of an Object in S3?

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Question 9

What are the types of security available in S3?

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Question 10

What are the three types of resource-based (bucket) security available in S3?

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Question 11

What are the conditions where an IAM principal can access an object in S3?

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Question 12

Is encryption available in S3?

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Question 13

What are S3 Bucket Policies?

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Question 14

What are the reasons to create an S3 Bucket Policy?

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Question 15

How would you give public access to a Bucket in S3?

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First change the bucket settings to unblock public access to the bucket

Then create a bucket policy to allow s3:GetObject access to everyone for all objects in the bucket (add “/*” after the ARN)

Question 16

How would you give an IAM user access to a bucket in S3?

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Question 17

How would you give a EC2 instance access to a bucket in S3?

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Question 18

How would you give an IAM user in another account (cross-account) access to a bucket in S3?

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Question 19

What are the bucket settings to block public access in S3?

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Question 20

How can S3 be used to host a static website?

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Question 21

What is bucket versioning in S3?

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Question 22

If bucket versioning is not enabled in S3, what is the version of an object?

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null

Question 23

If you suspend bucket versioning in S3, what happens to the object versions?

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They are not deleted

Question 24

What are the options for replication in S3?

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Question 25

What must be done in order to enable replication in S3?

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Must enable Versioning in source and destination buckets Must give proper IAM permissions to S3 NOTE: After you enable Replication, only new objects are replicated

Question 26

Is replication in S3 sync or async?

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Async

Question 27

Can you replicate across accounts in S3?

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Yes

Question 28

What are the use cases for replication in S3?

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Question 29

How can you replicate existing objects in S3?

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Question 30

How does replication in S3 work with DELETES?

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Question 31

Can you chain replication in S3?

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Question 32

What are the Storage Classes in S3?

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Question 33

How can you change the storage class in S3?

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Question 34

What is the durability of S3?

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Question 35

What is the availability of S3?

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Question 36

What is "S3 Standard - General Purpose" storage class in S3?

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Question 37

What is "S3 Standard - Infrequent Access" storage classes in S3?

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Question 38

What are the "S3 Glacier" storage classes in S3?

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Question 39

What is "S3 Intelligent Tiering" storage class in S3?

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Question 40

Do you set the storage class for buckets or objects in S3?

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Objects (but you can automate moving objects between tiers using Lifecycle Rules