AWS Fundamentals

Question 1

What is a region?

Answer 1

Geographical area consisting of 2 or more availability zones

Question 2

What is an availability zone?

Answer 2

One or more data centers physically close together (within 100 miles)

Question 3

What is an edge location?

Answer 3

Endpoints for AWS used for caching content. Lots more edge locations than regions.

Question 4

T/F: The customer is responsible for security IN the cloud, while AWS is responsible for security OF the cloud

Answer 4

True
customer: customer data, OS config, IAM, encryption config, network config (can I do this myself?)
AWS: hardware, software, database, network, regions/AZs/Edge locations, encryption (on their end)

Question 5

What are the six pillars of the Well-Architected Framework?

Answer 5

1. Operation excellence
2. Performance efficiency
3. Security
4. Cost optimization
5. Reliability
6. Sustainability