AWS EXAM SET 2 Flashcards
A company wants to launch a Microsoft SQL Server database in AWS. The database instance should only be managed by the company’s DBA and must be accessible via RDP. A standard license for SQL Server is required but the company is not yet sure how much CPU and memory to allocate to the database.
Which option gives the most convenience and flexibility to determine the best database size while still being cost-effective?
Use a Windows Server with SQL Server Standard bundled AMI so you won’t need to buy and manage your own license.
A leading company wants to ensure that its cloud services are consistently delivered at the agreed-upon level of its business stakeholders. The company is considering using the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) to guide its cloud operations.
Which capabilities within the AWS CAF’s Operations perspective would be most helpful for the company?
Performance and Capacity Management
Which of the following will allow you to create a data warehouse in AWS for your business intelligence needs?
Amazon Redshift
A customer currently has a Basic support plan and they are planning to use the Infrastructure Event Management, Well-Architected Reviews and Operations Reviews features in AWS. What should they do in order to access these features in the most cost-effective manner?
Upgrade to Enterprise support plan.
What is the best type of instance purchasing option to choose if you will run an EC2 instance for 3 months to perform a job that is uninterruptible?
On-Demand Instance
You are permitted to conduct security assessments and penetration testing without prior approval against which AWS resources? (Select TWO.)
Amazon Aurora
Amazon RDS
A customer is building a cloud architecture in AWS which should scale horizontally or vertically in order to automatically adjust capacity and maintain steady, predictable performance at the lowest possible cost. Which of the following statements are true regarding horizontal and vertical scaling? (Select TWO.)
- Adding more EC2 instances to your resource pool is an example of Horizontal Scaling
- Upgrading to a higher EC2 instance type is an example of Vertical Scaling
The IT Security team of your company needs to conduct a vulnerability analysis on your application servers to ensure that the EC2 instances comply with the annual security IT audit. You need to set up an automated security assessment service to improve the security and compliance of your applications. The solution should automatically assess applications for exposure, vulnerabilities, and deviations from the AWS best practices.
Which of the following options would you implement to satisfy this requirement?
AWS Inspector
Which of the following cloud best practices reinforces the use of the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) design principle?
Decouple your components.
Which of the following is best suited for load balancing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and Transport Layer Security (TLS) traffic and has the capability of handling millions of requests per second while maintaining ultra-low latencies?
Network Load Balancer
Which of the following is the benefit of using Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) over traditional database management?
Lower administrative burden through automatic software patching and maintenance of the underlying operating system
Which of the following is the most cost-effective payment option when you purchase either a Standard or Convertible Reserved Instance for a 1-year term?
All Upfront
A customer needs to retrieve the instance ID, instance profile permissions, and kernel information of their EC2 instance for an app that is running within the same instance. Where can the customer find this information?
Instance metadata
Which among the services below can you use to test and troubleshoot IAM and resource-based policies?
IAM Policy Simulator
Which service allows you to add powerful visual analysis feature to your applications that enables you to search, verify, and organize millions of images?
Amazon Rekognition
Which of the following services are part of the AWS serverless platform that does not require provisioning, maintaining, and administering servers for backend components? (Select TWO.)
- Amazon API Gateway
- Lambda@Edge
A customer has a number of on-demand instances running simultaneously to serve customer transactions. Occasionally, most of these instances do not perform any tasks when demand is low. What is a good cost optimization strategy to implement for this case?
Implement an auto scaling group to control the number of running instances at a time
A space agency is using Amazon S3 to store their high-resolution satellite images and videos everyday. Which of the following should they do to minimize the upload time?
Use the Multipart upload API
When a company uses AWS and decouple from their on-premises data center, they will be able to have which of the following benefits? (Select TWO.)
- Decrease your TCO.
- Reduce time to market.
Which of the following provides software solutions that are either hosted on or integrated with the AWS platform which may include Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), SaaS, PaaS, developer tools, management, and security vendors?
AWS Partner Network Technology Partners
Which of the following are the characteristics of Amazon EC2 Convertible Reserved Instances? (Select TWO.)
- Has the capability to change the attributes of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of Reserved Instances of equal or greater value
- Allows the change of instance family, operating system, tenancy, and payment option
Which of the following is not required when launching an EBS-backed EC2 instance?
Elastic IP address
Which of the following should you use to automatically transfer your infrequently accessed data in your S3 bucket to a more cost-effective storage class?
Amazon S3 Lifecycle Policy
In compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) federal law, a US-based company is required to provide SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports of their cloud resources. Where are these AWS compliance documents located?
AWS Artifact
Which of the following is a fully managed database in AWS that can be used to store JSON documents?
Amazon DynamoDB
Which of the following are the best practices that can help secure your AWS resources using the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service? (Select TWO.)
- Lock away your AWS account root user access keys.
- Grant least privilege.