AWS Fundamentals

Question 1

A(n) _____ is a physical location in the world that consists of two or more Availability Zones (AZs)

Answer 1

Region

Question 2

A(n) _____ is one or more discrete data center - each with redundant power, networking, and connectivity - housed in separate facilities.

Answer 2

Availability Zone (AZ)

Question 3

_____ are endpoints for AWS that are used for caching content. Typically, this consists of CloudFront, Amazon’s content delivery network (CDN).

Answer 3

Edge Locations

Question 4

When it comes to the shared responsibility model, a good question to ask is “Can I do this myself in the AWS Management Console”. From the list, choose what actions would be the account owners responsibility:
- Creating Security Group
- Management of Data Centers
- Patching EC2 Operating Systems
- Creating IAM Users
- Patching RDS Operating Systems
- Maintaining Hardware

Answer 4

• Creating Security Group (Yes)
• Management of Data Centers (No)
• Patching EC2 Operating Systems (Yes)
• Creating IAM Users (Yes)
• Patching RDS Operating Systems (No)
• Maintaining Hardware (No)

Question 5

True of False: Encryption is the responsibility of AWS

Answer 5

False. Encryption is a shared responsibility.

Question 6

EC2, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk are examples of _____ services provided by AWS.

Answer 6

Compute

Question 7

S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Storage Gateway are examples of ____ services provided by AWS.

Answer 7

Storage

Question 8

RDS, DynamyDB and Redshift are examples of ____ services provided by AWS.

Answer 8

Database