AWS Fundamentals

Question 1

How should I think of availability zones as?

Answer 1

A data center

Question 2

What is a data center?

Answer 2

A building filled with servers

Question 3

What is a region?

Answer 3

A region is a geographical area.

Question 4

How many availability zones are guaranteed in a region?

Answer 4

At least 2

Question 5

What are edge locations?

Answer 5

Endpoints for AWS that are used for caching content

Question 6

Are there more edge locations or regions?

Answer 6

Edge locations

Question 7

What is AWS responsible for?

Answer 7

Security of the cloud

Question 8

What is the customer responsible for in the shared responsibility model?

Answer 8

Security in the cloud

Question 9

What’s a good question to ask to see if it is your responsibility in the shared responsibility model?

Answer 9

Can you do this yourself in the AWS management console? Then yes

Question 10

What are the 5 pillars of a well architected framework?

Answer 10

Operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization