AWS Module 9 Knowledge Check

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the four areas of the performance efficiency pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

• Tradeoffs
• Selection
• Traceability
• Monitoring

Answer 1

Traceability

Question 2

Which of the following is a principle when designing cloud-based systems?

• Build tightly-coupled components
• Make infrequent, large batch changes
• Assume everything will fail
• Use as many services as possible

Answer 2

Assume everything will fail

Question 3

Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architectured Framework? (choose three.)

• Security
• Persistance
• Operational Excellence
• Cost Optimization

Answer 3

Security
Operational Excellence
Cost Optimization

Question 4

Which design principles are recommended when considering performance efficiency? (choose two.)

• Use serverless architectures
• Match supply with demand
• Enable traceability
• Democratize advanced technologies
• Analyze and attribute expediture

Answer 4

Use serverless architectures
Democratize advanced technologies

Question 5

AWS Trusted Advisor provides insight regarding which five categories of an AWS account?

• Security, fault tolerance, high availability, connectivity, service limits
• Performance, cost optimization, security, fault tolerance, service limits
• Performance, cost optimization, access contrlol, connectivity, security
• Security, access control, high availability, performance, service limits

Answer 5

Performance, cost optimization, security, fault tolerance, service limits

Question 6

What is the focus of the sustainability pillar of the Well-Architectured Framework?

• Designing workloads that recover quickly from failures
• Minimizing the environmental impacts of running cloud workloads
• Avoiding unnecessary costs in cloud workloads
• Automating updated to cloud workloads

Answer 6

Minimizing the environmental impacts of running cloud workloads

Question 7

After you move to the AWS Cloud, you want to ensure that the right security settings are put in place. Which online tool can assist in security compliance?

• Amazon Kinesis
• AWS Support
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• Amazon CloudWatch

Answer 7

AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 8

Which of the following is a measure of your system’s ability to provide functionality when desired by the user?

• Availability
• Fault tolerance
• Reliability
• Performance efficiency

Answer 8

Reliability

Question 9

What is defined as the ability for a system to remain operational even if some of the components of that system fail?

• High durability
• Fault tolerance
• High availabilty
• High durability

Answer 9

Fault tolerance

Question 10

Which of the following best describes a system that can withstand some measures of degradation, experiences minimal downtime, and requires minimal human intervention?

• Scalable
• Fault tolerant
• Elastic
• Highly available

Answer 10

Highly available