ASA Flashcards
In 2020, Amazon became - and remains - the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy, reaching _________renewable energy across its business.
65%
In addition to providing the broadest choice of services and capabilities for building any application, we have solutions that are purpose-built for horizontal application areas and for specific vertical industries. In 2021, at re:Invent, we announced several new features specifically for these industries. Which of the below statements was NOT included in the 2021 re:Invent keynote messaging. These 3: Industry Solutions Document?
Nasa Open Source Geospatial Database
What is an “active customer” Select best answer:
Non-amazon customers with AWS Account usage activity in the past month
What tool can you use to ensure your slides accessible?
MS PowerPoint Accessibility Checker
Select the countries in the list below where AWS has announced plans for AWS Regions.
Select all that apply based on the Core Messaging document.
Australia
Canada
India
Do not include or display _______ (PII) of a person without their written permission.
personal identity information
How do you determine whether or not a customer logo can be used?
Check AWS Reference Finder to determine if the customer has given AWS permission to use their logo
Match the AWS features and services and their functionality
AWS Config
AWS SageMaker
AWS Tranium
AWS Rekognition
AWS Polly
AWS Config - Allows CIO to see exactly what clouse assets their company is using at any time.
AWS SageMaker - End-to-end solution for ML
AWS Tranium - High-Performance ML training chip
AWS Rekognition - Video Recognition
AWS Polly - Translating text to speech
AWS continues to focus on building out all critical capabilities needed for a modern data strategy which includes the following:
Databases
Data lakes
Analytics tools
Machine Learning and AI
Security and governance
Databases to store and proess data that powers applications
Data lakes to unite date stored in different places
Analytics tools to develop insights and understand trends
Machine Learning and AI to build models and make predictions
Security and governance to control data locations and access
AWS innovates faster than anyone else. In year 2011 and 2020, how many services and features were released respectively?
over 80 in 2011, 2,757 in 2020
Why do customers choose AWS over other cloud providers?
AWS has more services, and more features within those services, than any other cloud provider.
AWS innovates faster than anyone else.
AWS the largest and most dynamic community with millions of active customers every month and more than 100,000 partners globally.
AWS has unmatched experience, maturity, reliability, security, and performance.
How much did Dow Jones estimate that migrating its data centers to AWS will contribute to a global savings in infrastructure costs?
100 million
What is the number one reason governments are moving to the cloud (according to the Core Messaging FAQ document)?
Agility and speed with which they can change their customer experience.
How is AWS approaching diversity, equity, and inclusion?
We believe our future is inclusive, diverse, and equitable across every race, gender identity, belief, origin, and community……(long answer).
Which speaking engagements require Speaker Certification?
Breakout sessions at an AWS Summit
Chalk talk at an AWS re:Inforce
Webinar at an AWSome Day
Workshop at AWS re:Invent
What are the reasons enterprises are moving so quickly to the cloud?
All of the above
What is the responsibility of AWS under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?
Manages and controls the components from the host operating system and virtualization layer down to the physical security of the infrastructure of the facilities in which the service operates.
What is the definition of “falling action” in the narrative structure?
Major events leading to the resolution of conflict
If a speaker includes imagery in their public presentation that is copyrighted, but the speaker only received personal permissions from the image owner, AWS cannot be liable for copyright infringement?
False
Customers have accumulated a lot of data across a lot of different systems and most of that data is pulled together in a data lake. Match the data lake and analytics AWS service with the correct description.
AWS Lake Formation - Use to build a secure data lake in Amazon S3 in days.
AWS EMR - Supports 21 different open source processing projects.
AWS QuickSight - Use for business intelligence with great visualizations and embedded machine learining.
AWS Redshift - Scalable data warehouse service.
AWS Kinesis Video Streams - Securely stream video from millions of connected devices for analytics, ML, etc.
AWS Athena - Use to instantly analyze data stored in S3 using standard SQL
How does a live silent session differ from a regular breakout session?
Audience tunes in using headphones in a live silent sessions, regular breakout sessions do not.
In which of the scenarios can you lose your speak certification?
If you fail to finish the required annual Speaker Messaging assessment
If you violate AWS messaging on stage
If you do not speak on an event at least once every two years
If you do not uphold Amazonian values on stage
What separates those customers that are successfully migrated to the cloud from those that are not?
Senior leadership is aligned and committed to cloud migration
There is an aggressive top-down goal that forced the organization to move faster that it would organically.
The organization is trained on the cloud and comfortable with the cloud
The organization doesn’t get paralyzed when they cant figure out how to move every workload.
How many employees does AWS have?
Thousands, and we are hiring globally across our business as quickly as we can to keep up with the growth that we are experiencing,
What is an AZ?
A Group of logical data centers.
AWS began after over a decade of building and running the highly scalable web application ________, the company realized it had developed a core competency in operating massive scale technology infrastructure and data centers.
Amazon.com
What are the two main trends that we are currently seeing with databases?
Customers have felt constrained by their commercial-grade database options
Customers are leaving relational databases and looking for purpose-built databases to give developers the right tool for the job.
Is the AWS Cloud Secure?
Yes, and security will always be our top priority. AWS has been architected to be the most flexible and secure cloud computing environment available today.
At AWS, we think of hybrid as including the cloud along with other edge nodes, on-premises data centers being one of them. Customers have told us they want to consume our hybrid offering i nthe same way they’re used to using our tools in AWS regions. So we’ve built solutions from some of our biggest use cases. Of the solutions deceptions below, which states are incorrect?
AWS Access Global Zones, a type of AWS infrastructure deployment that places AWS compute, storage, database, and other services close to the locations where no AWS region exists.
AWS Wavelength extends AWS infrastructure to the 4G edge so you can go from the device to 4G aggregation on site.
What’s an example of service that AWS built from a customer ask?
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Redshift
________ refers to the on-demand delivery of IT resources via the internet with a pay-as-you-go pricing. Instead of buying, owning, and maintaining your own data and servers, organizations can acquire technology such as compute power, storage, databases, and other services as on as-needed basis?
Cloud computing
At re:Invent 2021, we announced more innovations for instances. Match the instance type tp the description.
C7g - The first of a new generation of EC2 instances powered by Gravitron3, ideal for compute
Gravitron3 - The next-generation AWS-designed ARM processors
Trn1 - Expected to deliver best price performance for training deep learning models in the cloud
EC2 M1 Mac - First instance using the new Apple designed M1 system
______ is the fastest growing service in the history of AWS and tens of thousands of AWS customer use it for their relational databases.
Amazon Aurora
How do you grab your audience’s attention at the beginning of your presentation?
Customer quote, customer example, statistic, or personal story.
Match AWS product with the technology catagory
Amazon EC2 - Compute
Amazon Aurora - Databases
Amazon Recognition - Machine Learning
Amazon S3 - Data Lakes & Analytics
What steps has Amazon taken to respond to the climate crisis?
Amazon and Global Optimism co-founded the climate pledge, a commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040..
In 2020, Amazon became the world’s largest corporate purchasers of renewable energy.
AWS in investing in AWS chips. EC2 compute instances powered by Gravitron3 ARM processors use up to 60% less energy than comparable x86 based EC2 instances.
Which of the following session titles best displays the best practices for writing presentation titles?
Take AI/ML from theory to practice with intel technologies on AWS
Which of the below statements is NOT an advantage of moving to the AWS cloud, as stated in the CM FAQ doc?
Trade variable expense for capital expense
Match the content type with the description
Chalk Talk - 60 minute classroom or theatre style session with whiteboarding and integrated Q&A
Builder sessions - 60 minutes small group hands-one session with one AWS expert to provide guidance
Breakout sessions - 60 minute lecture-style session
Workshop - 2 hour hands-one session where you work in teams to solve problems using AWS
What tool can you use to find customer examples that can be used in your presentation?
Reference Finder
What are the roles of a Speaker Bar Raiser?
Uphold Amazon messaging and Amazon voice on stage
Teach and mentor other AWS speakers
Promote public speaking best practices
Advocate for the Speaker Program
What questions affects your speaker score on the customer session surveys?
How effective was the speaker presenting the content?
Is AWS working to become more energy efficient?
Yes, AWS has always been focused on improving efficiency in every aspect of our infrastructure (long answer).
in 2019, Amazon and Global Optimism co-founded the Climate pledge, a cross-sector community of companies and organizations working together to address the climate crisis and solve the challenges of decarbonizing our economy. Amazon is on the path to power its operations with 100% renewable energy by _______, five years before their original target date.
2025
As a reminder, never speak with press unless someone from ______ has coordinated the meeting.
pr team
Does AWS provide customers with tools to help them meet their sustainability goals?
Yes, for example, the AWS customer carbon footprint tool calculated the carbon emissions generated from AWS usage, enabling customers to incorporate their AWS carbon footprint into their own sustainability reporting.
Are you going to spin off the AWS business?
We have no plans to do so.
Once you are speaker certified, you can immediately speak to the press and analysts.
False.
AWS Communications mistakes are highly _____ and impossible to unwind.
visibile