AWS Cloud Practitioner Flashcards

1
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The ability to acquire resources as you need them and release resources when you no longer need them.

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Elasticity

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A ______ is a set of permissions that grant access to actions and resources in AWS. They are temporary.

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Role

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A ____ in AWS is a permission.

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Policy

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The ability to horizontally scale Amazon EC2 instances based on demand is an example of which concept in the AWS Cloud Value proposition?

a. Economy of scale
b. Elasticity
c. High availability
d. Agility

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b. Elasticity

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The following are ____ of cloud computing.

avoid upfront expenses, stop spending money to run and maintain data centers, not guessing capacity, benefit from massive economies of scale, increased speed/agility, going global in minutes.

A

benefits

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On-demand delivery of IT resources and applications through the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing is called ____ ____.

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cloud computing

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What is another name for on-premises deployment?

a. Private cloud deployment

b. Cloud-based application

c. Hybrid deployment

d. AWS Cloud

A

a. Private cloud deployment

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8
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How does the scale of cloud computing help you to save costs?

a. You do not have to invest in technology resources before using them.

b. The aggregated cloud usage from a large number of customers results in lower pay-as-you-go prices.

c. Accessing services on-demand helps to prevent excess or limited capacity.

d. You can quickly deploy applications to customers and provide them with low latency.

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b. The aggregated cloud usage from a large number of customers results in lower pay-as-you-go prices.

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Which type of EC2 instances are ideal for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors?

a. compute optimized
b. storage optimized
c. accelerated computing
d. general purpose
e. memory optimized

A

a. compute optimized

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Which type of EC2 instance use hardware accelerators, or coprocessors, to perform some functions more efficiently than is possible in software running on CPUs?

a. compute optimized
b. storage optimized
c. accelerated computing
d. general purpose
e. memory optimized

A

c. accelearated computing

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This type of EC2 instance is Ideal for high-performance databases.

a. compute optimized
b. storage optimized
c. accelerated computing
d. general purpose
e. memory optimized

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e. memory optimized

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This type of EC2 instance is suitable for data warehousing applications.

a. compute optimized
b. storage optimized
c. accelerated computing
d. general purpose
e. memory optimized

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b. storage optimized

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13
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This type of EC2 instance balances compute, memory, and networking resources.

a. compute optimized
b. storage optimized
c. accelerated computing
d. general purpose
e. memory optimized

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d. general purpose

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This type of EC2 instance offers high-performance processors.

a. compute optimized
b. storage optimized
c. accelerated computing
d. general purpose
e. memory optimized

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a. compute optimized

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15
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The following are five options for Amazon EC2 ____.

On-Demand
Amazon EC2 Savings Plan
Reserved Instances
Spot Instances
Dedicated Hosts

A

pricing

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Which Amazon EC2 pricing option is ideal for short-term, irregular workloads that cannot be interrupted and run continuously until you stop them?

a. Reserved Instances
b. Dedicated Hosts
c. On-Demand
d. Spot Instances
e. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan

A

c. On-Demand

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Which Amazon EC2 pricing option enables you to reduce your compute costs by committing to a consistent amount of compute usage for a 1-year or 3-year term?

a. Reserved Instances
b. Dedicated Hosts
c. On-Demand
d. Spot Instances
e. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan

A

e. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan

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Which Amazon EC2 pricing option offers a billing discount applied to the use of On-Demand Instances in your account that provide 1 year or 3 year options?

a. Reserved Instances
b. Dedicated Hosts
c. On-Demand
d. Spot Instances
e. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan

A

a. Reserved Instances

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19
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Which Amazon EC2 pricing option is ideal for workloads with flexible start and end times, or that can withstand interruptions?

a. Reserved Instances
b. Dedicated Hosts
c. On-Demand
d. Spot Instances
e. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan

A

d. Spot Instances

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Which Amazon EC2 pricing option offers physical servers with Amazon EC2 instance capacity that is fully dedicated to your use?

a. Reserved Instances
b. Dedicated Hosts
c. On-Demand
d. Spot Instances
e. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan

A

b. Dedicated Hosts

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____ involves beginning with only the resources you need and designing your architecture to automatically respond to changing demand by scaling out or in.

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scalability

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Amazon EC2 auto ____ enables you to automatically add or remove Amazon EC2 instances in response to changing application demand. By automatically scaling your instances in and out as needed, you are able to maintain a greater sense of application availability.

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scaling

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There are two types of auto scaling. _____ scaling which responds to changing demand, and ____ scaling which automatically schedules the right number of Amazon EC2 instances based on predicted demand.

a. predictive
b. dynamic

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b. dynamic
a. predictive

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______ _____ ______ is the AWS service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple resources, such as Amazon EC2 instances.

A

Elastic Load Balancing

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25
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EC2 stands for Amazon ____ _____ _____.

A

Elastic Compute Cloud

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Applications are made of multiple components. If you have an application with tightly coupled components including things like databases, servers, the user interface, and business logic, this type of architecture can be considered a ______ application.

In this type of architecture, if a single component fails, other components and possibly the entire application can fail.

a. microservices
b. monolithic

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b. monolithic

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27
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In a _____ approach to the components of an application, components are loosely coupled.

a. microservices
b. monolithic

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a. microservices

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28
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There are two services that facilitate application integration:

  1. _____ which is a publish/subscribe service. Using Amazon SNS topics, a publisher publishes messages to subscribers. Subscribers can be web servers, email addresses, AWS Lambda functions, or other options.
  2. _____ which allows the sending, storing, and receiving of messages between software components, without losing messages or requiring other services to be available.

An application sends a message to the queue. Then a user or service retrieves, processes, processes and deletes the message from the queue.

a. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

b. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

A

a. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

b. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

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29
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Which AWS service is the best choice for publishing messages to subscribers?

a. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

b. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

c. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

d. Elastic Load Balancing

A

c. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

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30
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____ means that your code runs on servers, but you do not need to provision or manage these servers.

A

serverless

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31
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AWS _____ is a service that lets you run code without needing to provision or manage servers.

A

Lambda

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32
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With AWS ______ you pay for the compute time that you consume (meaning that charges only apply when your code is running).

A

Lambda

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_______ provide you with a standard way to package your application’s code and dependencies into a single object.

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containers

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34
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Amazon ______ is a fully managed service that you can use to run _____ (which is an open-source software that enables you to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale on AWS).

a. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

b. Elastic Container Service (ECS)

A

a. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

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35
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Amazon Elastic Container service supports ____ containers. A ____ is a software platform that enables you to build, test, and deploy applications quickly.

*Note: Same answer for both blanks.

A

Docker

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36
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You want to use an Amazon EC2 instance for a batch processing workload. What would be the best Amazon EC2 instance type to use?

a. General purpose
b. Memory optimized
c. Compute optimized
d. Storage optimized

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c. Compute optimized

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37
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What are the contract length options for Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances? (Select TWO.)

a. 5 years
b. 1 year
c. 7 years
d. 2 years
e. 3 years

A

b. 1 year
e. 3 years

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38
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You have a workload that will run for a total of 6 months and can withstand interruptions. What would be the most cost-efficient Amazon EC2 purchasing option?

a. Reserved Instance
b. Spot Instance
c. Dedicated Instance
d. On-Demand Instance

A

b. Spot Instance

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39
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Like spot instances, _____ instances fulfill the requirements of running for only 6 months and withstanding interruptions. However, a spot instance would be the best choice because it does not require a minimum contract length, is able to withstand interruptions, and costs less than an ______ Instance.

a. Reserved Instance
b. Spot Instance
c. Dedicated Instance
d. On-Demand Instance

A

d. On-Demand Instance

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40
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You want to deploy and manage containerized applications. Which service should you use?

a. AWS Lambda

b. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

c. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

d. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

A

d. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

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41
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Which type of instance provides a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources?

a. General purpose
b. Memory optimized
c. Compute optimized
d. Storage optimized
e. Accelerated computing
f. Storage optimized instances

A

a. General purpose

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42
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Which type of instance is ideal for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors? You can use them for workloads such as web, application, and gaming servers.

a. General purpose
b. Memory optimized
c. Compute optimized
d. Storage optimized
e. Accelerated computing
f. Storage optimized instances

A

c. Compute optimized

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43
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_____ instances are designed to deliver fast performance for workloads that process large datasets in memory.

a. General purpose
b. Memory optimized
c. Compute optimized
d. Storage optimized instances
e. Accelerated computing

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b. Memory optimized

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44
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Which instance uses hardware accelerators, or coprocessors, to perform some functions more efficiently than is possible in software running on CPUs?

a. General purpose
b. Memory optimized
c. Compute optimized
d. Storage optimized
e. Accelerated computing
f. Storage optimized instances

A

e. Accelerated computing

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45
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These type of instances are designed for workloads that require high, sequential read and write access to large datasets on local storage. Workloads that are suitable for these instances include distributed file systems, data warehousing applications, and high-frequency online transaction processing.

a. General purpose
b. Memory optimized
c. Compute optimized
d. Storage optimized instances
e. Accelerated computing

A

d. Storage optimized instances

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46
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Amazon ______ ______ ____ is a highly scalable, high-performance container management system that enables you to run and scale containerized applications on AWS.

A

Elastic Container Service

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47
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The following are the _____ of cloud computing.

Trade upfront expense for variable expense, stop spending money to run and maintain data centers, stop guessing capacity, benefit from massive economies of scale, increase speed and agility, go global in minutes

A

benefits

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48
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Upfront expenses refer to data centers, physical servers, and other resources that you would need to invest in before using them.

______ expense means you only pay for computing resources you consume instead of investing heavily in data centers and servers before you know how you’re going to use them.

A

variable

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49
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What is NOT a benefit of using cloud computing services?

a. Go global in minutes

b. Benefit from massive economies of scale

c. Trade upfront expense for variable expense

d. Stop guessing capacity

e. Increase speed and agility

f. Track changes

g. Stop spending money to run and maintain data centers

A

f. Track changes

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50
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An ____ _____ is a single data center or a group of data centers within a Region. They are located tens of miles apart from each other.

a. Region
b. Availability Zone

A

b. Availability Zone

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51
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____ refers to the time between when content is requested and received.

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Latency

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52
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If a disaster occurs in one part of a Region, ____ ____ are distant enough to reduce the chance that multiple ____ ___ are affected.

  • Note: Same answer for both
A

Availability Zones

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53
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Which statement best describes an Availability Zone?

a. A geographical area that contains AWS resources

b. A single data center or group of data centers within a Region

c. A data center that an AWS service uses to perform service-specific operations

d. A service that you can use to run AWS infrastructure within your own on-premises data center in a hybrid approach

A

b. A single data center or group of data centers within a Region

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54
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A(n) _____ _____ is a site that Amazon CloudFront uses to store cached copies of your content closer to your customers for faster delivery.

a. Region Cloud
b. Edge Location
c. Availability Zone

A

b. Edge Location

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55
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Depending on your company and location, you might need to run your data out of specific areas. For example, if your company requires all of its data to reside within Germany, you would choose the ____ in Germany.

a. Region
b. Edge Location
c. Availability Zone

A

a. Region

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56
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_____ ____ are single data centers or a group of data centers within a Region.

a. Region Clouds
b. Edge Locations
c. Availability Zones

A

c. Availability Zones

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57
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Let’s say you have a company in Brazil and a customer base in China. Instead of requiring your customers in China to get their data from Brazil, you can cache a copy locally at ____ ____ that are close to your customers in China.

A

Edge Locations

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58
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_____ _____ ____ is a web-based interface for accessing and managing AWS services.

a. AWS Command Line Interface
b. AWS Management Console
c. Software development kit (SDKs)

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b. AWS Management Console

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59
Q

AWS _____ ______ ____ enables you to control multiple AWS services directly from the command line within one tool.

a. AWS Command Line Interface
b. AWS Management Console
c. Software development kit (SDKs)

A

a. AWS Command Line Interface

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60
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_____ make it easier for you to use AWS services through an API designed for your programming language or platform. _____ enable you to use AWS services with your existing applications or create entirely new applications that will run on AWS.

a. AWS Command Line Interface
b. AWS Management Console
c. Software development kit (SDKs)

A

c. Software development kit (SDKs)

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61
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AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and software development kits (SDKs) are the ways to ____ with AWS services.

A

interact

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62
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_________ , allows you provide code and configuration settings. It then deploys the resources necessary to perform the following: adjust capacity, load balancing, automatic scaling, application health monitoring.

a. AWS Elastic Beanstalk
b. AWS CloudFormation

A

a. AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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63
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____ ____ ___ allows you to treat your infrastructure as code. That means that you can build an environment by writing lines of code instead of using the AWS Management Console.

a. AWS Elastic Beanstalk
b. AWS CloudFormation

A

b. AWS CloudFormation

64
Q

Which statement is TRUE for the AWS global infrastructure?

a. A Region consists of a single Availability Zone.

b. An Availability Zone consists of two or more Regions.

c. A Region consists of two or more Availability Zones.

d. An Availability Zone consists of a single Region.

A

c. A Region consists of two or more Availability Zones.

65
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Which factors should be considered when selecting a Region? (Select TWO.)

a. Compliance with data governance and legal requirements

b. Proximity to your customers

c. Access to 24/7 technical support

d. Ability to assign custom permissions to different users

e. Access to the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)

A

a. Compliance with data governance and legal requirements

b. Proximity to your customers

66
Q

AWS _________ is a service that enables you to establish a dedicated private connection between your data center and a VPC.

A

Direct Connect

67
Q

Which site does Amazon CloudFront use to cache copies of content for faster delivery to users at any location?

a. Region
b. Availability Zone
c. Edge location
d. Origin

A

c. Edge location

68
Q

Which action can you perform with AWS Outposts?

a. Automate actions for AWS services and applications through scripts.

b. Access wizards and automated workflows to perform tasks in AWS services.

c. Develop AWS applications in supported programming languages.

d. Extend AWS infrastructure and services to your on-premises data center.

A

d. Extend AWS infrastructure and services to your on-premises data center.

69
Q

To access private resources in a VPC, you can use a __________. The ________ is the component that allows protected internet traffic to enter into the VPC.

*Note: Same answer for both.

A

virtual private gateway

70
Q

AWS _______ _____ is a service that enables you to establish a dedicated private connection between your data center and a VPC.

A

AWS Direct Connect

71
Q

Many customers use AWS resources. Without boundaries around all of the resources, network traffic would be able to flow between them unrestricted.

A networking service that you can use to establish boundaries around your AWS resources is Amazon ________.

A

Virtual Private Cloud

72
Q

To allow public traffic from the internet to access your virtual private cloud, you attach an ________ to the VPC.

A

internet gateway

73
Q

To access private resources in a Virtual Private Cloud, you can use a __________.

A

virtual private gateway

74
Q

A _______ is a section of a VPC in which you can group resources based on security or operational needs. They can either be public or private.

A

subnet

75
Q

When a customer requests data from an application hosted in the AWS Cloud, this request is sent as a _____. A ______ is a unit of data sent over the internet or a network.

*Note: Same answer for both.

A

packet

76
Q

A _______ is a virtual firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic for an Amazon EC2 instance.

A

security group

77
Q

There are two types of packet filtering: stateful and stateless. Network ACLs perform _____ packet filtering, while security groups perform ____ packet filtering.

_____ packet filtering remembers previous decisions made for incoming packets. _____ packet filtering remembers nothing and check packets that cross the subnet border each way: inbound and outbound.

A
  1. stateless
  2. stateful
  3. stateful
  4. stateless
78
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A network _______ (ACL) is a virtual firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic at the subnet level.

A

access control list

79
Q

____ ____ are isolated databases containing customers’ personal information.

a. virtual private gateway
b. public subnet
c. AWS Direct Connect
d. private subnet

A

d. private subnet

80
Q

_________ creates a VPN connection between the VPC and the internal corporate network.

a. virtual private gateway
b. public subnet
c. AWS Direct Connect
d. private subnet

A

a. virtual private gateway

81
Q

____ ___ support the customer-facing website.

a. virtual private gateway
b. public subnet
c. AWS Direct Connect
d. private subnet

A

b. public subnet

82
Q

_________ establishes a dedicated connection between the on-premises data center and the VPC.

a. virtual private gateway
b. public subnet
c. AWS Direct Connect
d. private subnet

A

c. AWS Direct Connect

83
Q

Which statement best describes an AWS account’s default network access control list?

a. It is stateless and denies all inbound and outbound traffic.

b. It is stateful and allows all inbound and outbound traffic.

c. It is stateless and allows all inbound and outbound traffic.

d. It is stateful and denies all inbound and outbound traffic.

A

c. It is stateless and allows all inbound and outbound traffic.

84
Q

A company has a website hosted in the AWS Cloud. Customers enter the web address into their browser, and they are able to access the website. This happens because of _______ (DNS) resolution.

A

Domain name system

85
Q

DNS or _______ resolution is the process of translating a domain name to an IP address.

A

Domain name system

86
Q

Amazon ______ is a DNS web service. It gives developers and businesses a reliable way to route end users to internet applications hosted in AWS.

A

Amazon Route 53

87
Q

Which statement best describes DNS resolution?

a. Launching resources in a virtual network that you define

b. Storing local copies of content at edge locations around the world

c. Connecting a VPC to the internet

d. Translating a domain name to an IP address

A

d. Translating a domain name to an IP address

88
Q

Your company has an application that uses Amazon EC2 instances to run the customer-facing website and Amazon RDS database instances to store customers’ personal information. How should the developer configure the VPC according to best practices?

a. Place the Amazon EC2 instances in a private subnet and the Amazon RDS database instances in a public subnet.

b. Place the Amazon EC2 instances in a public subnet and the Amazon RDS database instances in a private subnet.

c. Place the Amazon EC2 instances and the Amazon RDS database instances in a public subnet.

d. Place the Amazon EC2 instances and the Amazon RDS database instances in a private subnet.

A

b. Place the Amazon EC2 instances in a public subnet and the Amazon RDS database instances in a private subnet.

89
Q

Which component or service can be used to establish a private dedicated connection between your company’s data center and AWS?

a. Private subnet
b. DNS
c. AWS Direct Connect
d. Amazon CloudFront

A

c. AWS Direct Connect

90
Q

Which statement best describes security groups?

a. They are stateful and deny all inbound traffic by default.

b. They are stateful and allow all inbound traffic by default.

c. They are stateless and deny all inbound traffic by default.

d. They are stateless and allow all inbound traffic by default.

A

a. They are stateful and deny all inbound traffic by default.

91
Q

Which component is used to connect a VPC to the internet?

a. Public subnet
b. Edge location
c. Security group
d. Internet gateway

A

d. Internet gateway

92
Q

Which service is used to manage the DNS records for domain names?

a. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
b. AWS Direct Connect
c. Amazon CloudFront
d. Amazon Route 53

A

d. Amazon Route 53

93
Q

An ____ ___ is a form of storage for an Amazon EC2 instance. It provides temporary block-level storage for an EC2 instance. It is disk storage that is physically attached to the host computer for an EC2 instance, and therefore has the same lifespan as the instance.

a. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

b. instance store
c. EBS snapshot

A

b. instance store

94
Q

True or False. When EC2 instances that have attached instance stores are terminated, all data on the attached instance store is NOT deleted.

A

False. It is deleted.

95
Q

Because Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes are for data that needs to persist, it’s important to back up the data. You can take incremental backups of EBS volumes by creating Amazon ________.
This means that the first backup taken of a volume copies all the data. For subsequent backups, only the blocks of data that have changed since the most recent snapshot are saved.

a. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

b. instance store
c. EBS snapshot

A

c. EBS snapshot

96
Q

Amazon ________ (Amazon EBS) is a service that provides block-level storage volumes that you can use with Amazon EC2 instances. If you stop or terminate an Amazon EC2 instance, all the data on the attached EBS volume remains available.

a. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

b. instance store
c. EBS snapshot

A

a. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

97
Q

Which type of storage is best for temporary data that is not kept long term?

a. instance store
b. Amazon EBS

A

a. instance store

98
Q

Data is deleted when you stop or terminate an EC2 instance with this type of storage.

a. instance store
b. Amazon EBS

A

a. instance store

99
Q

When stopping or terminating an EC2 instance with this type of storage, data remains available.

a. instance store
b. Amazon EBS

A

b. Amazon EBS

100
Q

Which type of storage is best for data that requires retention?

a. instance store
b. Amazon EBS

A

b. Amazon EBS

101
Q

In _____ _____, each object consists of data, metadata, and a key.

The data might be an image, video, or any other type of file. Metadata contains information about what the data is, how it is used, the object size, and so on. An object’s key is its unique identifier.

A

object storage

102
Q

Amazon _______ (Amazon S3) is a service that provides object-level storage. Amazon S3 stores data as objects in buckets.

You can upload any type of file to Amazon S3, such as images, videos, text files, and so on.

A

Amazon Simple Storage Service

103
Q

True or False. With Amazon S3, you pay a flat fee.

A

False. You pay only for what you use.

104
Q

True or False. When using the Amazon Simple Storage Service you can choose from a range of storage classes to select a fit for your business and cost needs.

A

True

105
Q

There are six storage classes in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). One of them is ______. This storage class is designed for frequently accessed data and stores data in a minimum of three Availability Zones.

a. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

b. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

c. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

d. S3 Standard

e. S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)

f. S3 Glacier

A

d. S3 Standard

106
Q

There are six storage classes in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). One of them is ______. This storage class is ideal for infrequently used data. Like the S3 Standard, data is stored in a minimum of three Availability Zones. The difference is that the storage price is lower and the retrieval price is higher.

a. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

b. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

c. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

d. S3 Standard

e. S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)

f. S3 Glacier

A

c. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

107
Q

There are six storage classes in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). One of them is ______. This is a good storage class to consider if you want to save cost on storage, and you can easily reproduce your data in the event of an Availability Zone failure.

Also, this storage class only stores data in one Availability Zone.

a. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

b. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

c. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

d. S3 Standard

e. S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)

f. S3 Glacier

A

e. S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)

108
Q

There are six storage classes in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). One of them is ______. This storage class is ideal for data with unknown or changing access patterns. It requires a small monthly monitoring and automation fee per object.

a. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

b. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

c. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

d. S3 Standard

e. S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)

f. S3 Glacier

A

b. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

109
Q

Which Amazon Simple Storage Services (S3) monitors objects’ access patterns?

a. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

b. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

c. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

d. S3 Standard

e. S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)

f. S3 Glacier

A

b. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

110
Q

Two Amazon Simple Storage Services (S3) that are similar are _____ which is low-cost storage designed for data archiving and _____ which is the lowest-cost object storage class ideal for archiving. The main difference between the two is that _____ is able to retrieve objects within a few minutes to hours, while ______ is able to retrieve objects within 12 hours.

a. S3 Glacier
b. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

A

a. S3 Glacier
b. S3 Glacier Deep Archive
a. S3 Glacier
b. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

111
Q

You want to store data that is infrequently accessed but must be immediately available when needed. Which Amazon S3 storage class should you use?

a. S3 Intelligent-Tiering
b. S3 Glacier Deep Archive
c. S3 Standard-IA
d. S3 Glacier

A

c. S3 Standard-IA

112
Q

An Amazon ______ volume stores data in a SINGLE Availability Zone, while Amazon _______ stores data in and across MULTIPLE Availability Zones.

The duplicate storage enables you to access data concurrently from all the Availability Zones in the Region where a file system is located. Additionally, on-premises servers can access Amazon EFS using AWS Direct Connect.

a. Amazon Elastic File System
b. Amazon Elastic Block Store

A

b. Amazon Elastic Block Store
a. Amazon Elastic File System

113
Q

Compared to Amazon Elastic Block Storage and object storage, the Amazon ________ is ideal for use cases in which a large number of services and resources need to access the same data at the same time.

A

Amazon Elastic File System

114
Q

Amazon ________ is a scalable file system used with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources. As you add and remove files, Amazon EFS grows and shrinks automatically.

a. Amazon Elastic Block Storage
b. object storage
c. Amazon Elastic File System

A

c. Amazon Elastic File System

115
Q

In a _____ database, data is stored in a way that relates it to other pieces of data. For example, in McDonald’s, there is a record (or inventory) of each product on the menu. The record of that product in the database would include data for each item, such as product name, size, price, and so on.

A

relational

116
Q

_____ databases use structured query language (SQL) to store and query data. This approach allows data to be stored in an easily understandable, consistent, and scalable way.

For example, at McDonald’s, the owner can write a SQL query to identify all the customers who most frequently purchased a large fry. The ID # of the large fry, the product name, the size, and the price would all make up a ________ database.

*Same answer for both blanks.

A

relational

117
Q

_______ is a service that enables you to run relational databases in the AWS Cloud.

a. Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)

b. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

C. Amazon Elastic File System

A

b. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

118
Q

Amazon ______ is available on six database engines, which optimize for memory, performance, or input/output (I/O). Supported database engines include:

Amazon Aurora
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MariaDB
Oracle Database
Microsoft SQL Server

A

Amazon Relational Database Service

119
Q

Unlike ______ databases that use structured query language (SQL) to store and query data, tables are used in _______ databases. However structures other than rows and columns are used. The structures that are used are key-value pairs. With key-value pairs, data is organized into items (keys), and items have attributes (values).

A

relational
nonrelational

120
Q

Which type of database uses key-value pairs to structure data?

a. relational database
b. nonrelational database

A

b. nonrelational database

121
Q

One type of structural approach for nonrelational databases is key-value pairs. With key-value pairs, data is organized into items (which are called _____) and items have attributes (which are called _____). You can think of attributes as being different features of your data.

*Note: Choose from the term key and value

A

key
value

122
Q

Amazon ______ is a key-value database service. It delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale.

A

Amazon DynamoDB

123
Q

DynamoDB is ______, which means that you do not have to provision, patch, or manage servers.

You also do not have to install, maintain, or operate software.

A

serverless

124
Q

What are the scenarios in which you should use Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? (Select TWO.)

a. Running a serverless database

b. Using SQL to organize data

c. Storing data in a key-value database

d. Scaling up to 10 trillion requests per day

e. Storing data in an Amazon Aurora database

A

b. Using SQL to organize data
e. Storing data in an Amazon Aurora database

125
Q

________ is a data warehousing service that you can use for big data analytics. It offers the ability to collect data from many sources and helps you to understand relationships and trends across your data.

a. Amazon Relational Database Service

b. Amazon Redshift
c. Amazon DynamoDB

A

b. Amazon Redshift

126
Q

Amazon _____ is a key-value database service. It delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale.

a. Amazon Relational Database Service

b. Amazon Redshift
c. Amazon DynamoDB

A

c. Amazon DynamoDB

127
Q

AWS ______ enables you to migrate relational databases, nonrelational databases, and other types of data stores. With this service, you move data between a source database and a target database. The source and target databases can be of the same type or different types.

a. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

b. Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

c. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

A

c. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

128
Q

Which Amazon S3 storage classes are optimized for archival data? (Select TWO.)

a. S3 Standard
b. S3 Glacier
c. S3 Intelligent-Tiering
d. S3 Standard-IA
e. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

A

b. S3 Glacier
e. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

129
Q

Which statement or statements are TRUE about Amazon EBS volumes and Amazon EFS file systems?

a. EBS volumes store data within a single Availability Zone. Amazon EFS file systems store data across multiple Availability Zones.

c. EBS volumes store data across multiple Availability Zones. Amazon
EFS file systems store data within a single Availability Zone.

d. EBS volumes and Amazon EFS file systems both store data within a single Availability Zone.

e. EBS volumes and Amazon EFS file systems both store data across multiple Availability Zones.

A

a. EBS volumes store data within a single Availability Zone. Amazon EFS file systems store data across multiple Availability Zones.

130
Q

You want to store data in an object storage service. Which AWS service is best for this type of storage?

a. Amazon Managed Blockchain

b. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

c. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

d. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

A

d. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

131
Q

Which statement best describes Amazon DynamoDB?

a. A service that enables you to run relational databases in the AWS Cloud

b. A serverless key-value database service

c. A service that you can use to migrate relational databases, nonrelational databases, and other types of data stores

d. An enterprise-class relational database

A

b. A serverless key-value database service

132
Q

Which service is used to query and analyze data across a data warehouse?

a. Amazon Redshift
b. Amazon Neptune
c. Amazon DocumentDB
d. Amazon ElastiCache

A

a. Amazon Redshift

133
Q

Which tasks are the responsibilities of customers? (Select TWO.)

a. Maintaining network infrastructure

b. Patching software on Amazon EC2 instances

c. Implementing physical security controls at data centers

d. Setting permissions for Amazon S3 objects

e. Maintaining servers that run Amazon EC2 instances

A

b. Patching software on Amazon EC2 instances

d. Setting permissions for Amazon S3 objects

134
Q

AWS ______ (IAM) enables you to manage access to AWS services and resources securely.

A

Identity and Access Management

135
Q

An _____ user is an identity that you create in AWS. It represents the person or application that interacts with AWS services and resources.

A

Identity Access Manager

136
Q

An IAM ____ is a document that allows or denies permissions to AWS services and resources.

a. policy
b. group
c. user
d. role

A

a. policy

137
Q

An IAM _____ is a collection of IAM users.

a. policy
b. group
c. user
d. role

A

b. group

138
Q

An IAM ______ is an identity that you can assume to gain temporary access to permissions.

a. policy
b. group
c. user
d. role

A

d. role

139
Q

This type of Amazon EC2 pricing enables you to reduce your compute costs by committing to a consistent amount of compute usage for a 1-year or 3-year term.

a. On-Demand
b. Spot Instances
c. Reserved Instances
d. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan
e. Dedicated Hosts

A

d. Amazon EC2 Savings Plan

140
Q

Amazon ______ is a highly scalable, high-performance container management system that enables you to run and scale containerized applications on AWS. It supports Docker containers.

a. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

b. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

A

a. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

141
Q

Which statement best describes Amazon CloudFront?

a. A service that enables you to run infrastructure in a hybrid cloud approach

b. A serverless compute engine for containers

c. A service that enables you to send and receive messages between software components through a queue

d. A global content delivery service

A

d. A global content delivery service

142
Q

Which site does Amazon CloudFront use to cache copies of content for faster delivery to users at any location?

a. Region
b. Availability Zone
c. Edge location
d. Origin

A

c. Edge location

143
Q

Which statement best describes an Availability Zone?

a. A geographical area that contains AWS resources

b. A single data center or group of data centers within a Region

c. A data center that an AWS service uses to perform service-specific operations

d. A service that you can use to run AWS infrastructure within your own on-premises data center in a hybrid approach

A

b. A single data center or group of data centers within a Region

144
Q

AWS has a “Well-Architected Framework” that is based on six pillars. Which pillar refers to the ability to run and monitor systems to deliver business value and to continually improve supporting processes and procedures?

a. Performance efficiency
b. Operational excellence
c. Reliability
d. Security
e. Sustainability
f. Cost optimization

A

b. Operational excellence

145
Q

AWS has a “Well-Architected Framework” that is based on six pillars. Which pillar refers to the ability to protect information, systems, and assets while delivering business value through risk assessments and mitigation strategies?

a. Performance efficiency
b. Operational excellence
c. Reliability
d. Security
e. Sustainability
f. Cost optimization

A

d. Security

146
Q

AWS has a “Well-Architected Framework” that is based on six pillars. Which pillar refers to the ability of a system to recover from infrastructure or service disruptions, dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand, and mitigate disruptions such as misconfigurations or transient network issues?

a. Performance efficiency
b. Operational excellence
c. Reliability
d. Security
e. Sustainability
f. Cost optimization

A

c. Reliability

147
Q

AWS has a “Well-Architected Framework” that is based on six pillars. Which pillar refers to the ability to use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements and to maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve?

a. Performance efficiency
b. Operational excellence
c. Reliability
d. Security
e. Sustainability
f. Cost optimization

A

a. Performance efficiency

148
Q

AWS has a “Well-Architected Framework” that is based on six pillars. Which pillar refers to the ability to run systems to deliver business value at the lowest price point?

a. Performance efficiency
b. Operational excellence
c. Reliability
d. Security
e. Sustainability
f. Cost optimization

A

f. Cost optimization

149
Q

AWS has a “Well-Architected Framework” that is based on six pillars. Which pillar refers to the ability to continually improve sustainability impacts by reducing energy consumption and increasing efficiency across all components of a workload by maximizing the benefits from the provisioned resources and minimizing the total resources required?

a. Performance efficiency
b. Operational excellence
c. Reliability
d. Security
e. Sustainability
f. Cost optimization

A

e. Sustainability

150
Q

AWS _______ is a web service that enables you to monitor and manage various metrics and configure alarm actions based on data from those metrics.

a. AWS CloudTrail
b. AWS CloudWatch
c. AWS Trusted Advisor
d. AWS Cost Explorer
e. AWS Budgets
f. AWS Marketplace

A

b. AWS CloudWatch

151
Q

AWS ______ records API calls for your account. The recorded information includes the identity of the API caller, the time of the API call, the source IP address of the API caller, and more. You can think of it as a series of breadcrumbs (or a log of actions) that someone has left behind them.

a. AWS CloudTrail
b. AWS CloudWatch
c. AWS Trusted Advisor
d. AWS Cost Explorer
e. AWS Budgets
f. AWS Marketplace

A

a. AWS CloudTrail

152
Q

AWS _______ is a web service that inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time recommendations in accordance with AWS best practices. It compares its findings to AWS best practices in five categories: cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits.

a. AWS CloudTrail
b. AWS CloudWatch
c. AWS Trusted Advisor
d. AWS Cost Explorer
e. AWS Budgets
f. AWS Marketplace

A

c. AWS Trusted Advisor

153
Q

With AWS _____ you can create budgets to plan your service usage, service costs, and instance reservations.

a. AWS Cost Explorer
b. AWS CloudTrail
c. AWS Budgets
d. AWS CloudWatch
e. AWS Marketplace
f. AWS Trusted Advisor

A

c. AWS Budgets

154
Q

AWS ______ is a tool that enables you to visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time. It includes a default report of the costs and usage for your top five cost-accruing AWS services.

a. AWS Cost Explorer
b. AWS CloudTrail
c. AWS Budgets
d. AWS CloudWatch
e. AWS Marketplace
f. AWS Trusted Advisor

A

a. AWS Cost Explorer

155
Q

AWS ______ is a digital catalog that includes thousands of software listings from independent software vendors.

a. AWS Cost Explorer
b. AWS CloudTrail
c. AWS Budgets
d. AWS CloudWatch
e. AWS Marketplace
f. AWS Trusted Advisor

A

e. AWS Marketplace

156
Q

Depending on your company’s industry, you may need to uphold specific standards. An audit or inspection will ensure that the company has met those standards.

______ is a service that provides on-demand access to AWS security and compliance reports and select online agreements.

a. AWS Cost Explorer
b. AWS Artifacts
c. AWS CloudTrail
d. AWS Budgets

A

b. AWS Artifacts

157
Q

The ____ _____ model is a model in which AWS is responsible for some parts of an AWS environment and you (the customer) are responsible for other parts.

Customers are responsible for security ___ the cloud, while AWS is responsible for security ____ the cloud. (Answer here: choose from of or in)

A

shared responsibility
in
of