Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

AWS Practitioner Practice Qs > AWS Practitioner Practice Qs from training > Flashcards

AWS Practitioner Practice Qs from training Flashcards

1
Q

What is cloud computing?

A

On-demand delivery of IT resources and applications through the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is another name for on-premises deployment?

A

Private cloud deployment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

How does the scale of cloud computing help you to save costs?

A

The aggregated cloud usage from a large number of customers results in lower pay-as-you-go prices.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Which Amazon EC2 instance type is suitable for data warehousing applications?

A

Storage optimized

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Which Amazon EC2 instance type balances compute, memory, and networking resources?

A

General purpose

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Which Amazon EC2 instance type is ideal for high-performance databases?

A

Memory optimized

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Which Amazon EC2 instance type offers high-performance processors?

A

Compute optimized

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Which Amazon EC2 pricing option provides a discount when you specify a number of EC2 instances to run a specific OS, instance family and size, and tenancy in one Region?

A

Standard Reserved Instances - require you to specify:
- Instance family and size
- Platform description
- Tenancy
- Region
Your specified amount of EC2 instances are covered over a 1-year or 3-year term.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Which Amazon EC2 pricing option provides a discount when you make an hourly spend commitment to an instance family and Region for a 1-year or 3-year term?

A

EC2 Instance Savings Plans reduce your EC2 instance costs when you make an hourly spend commitment to an instance family and Region for a 1-year or 3-year term.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Which AWS service is the best choice for publishing messages to subscribers?

A

Amazon SNS - is a publish/subscribe service. Using Amazon SNS topics, a publisher publishes messages to subscribers.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

You want to use an Amazon EC2 instance for a batch processing workload. What would be the best Amazon EC2 instance type to use?

A

Compute optimized

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What are the contract length options for Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances?

A

1 & 3 years

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

You have a workload that will run for a total of 6 months and can withstand interruptions. What would be the most cost-efficient Amazon EC2 purchasing option?

A

Spot Instance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Which process is an example of Elastic Load Balancing?

A

Ensuring that no single Amazon EC2 instance has to carry the full workload on its own.

Elastic Load Balancing is the AWS service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple resources, such as Amazon EC2 instances. This helps to ensure that no single resource becomes overutilized.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

You want to deploy and manage containerized applications. Which service should you use?

A

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS).

Amazon EKS is a fully managed Kubernetes service. Kubernetes is open-source software that enables you to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Which statement best describes an Availability Zone?

A

A single data center or group of data centers within a Region

17
Q

How many availability zones are in a region?

A

A Region consists of three or more Availability Zones.

For example, the South America (São Paulo) Region is sa-east-1. It includes three Availability Zones: sa-east-1a, sa-east-1b, and sa-east-1c.

18
Q

Which factors should be considered when selecting a Region?

A
  • Compliance with data governance and legal requirements
  • Proximity to your customers
19
Q

Which statement best describes Amazon CloudFront?

A

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery service. It uses a network of edge locations to cache content and deliver content to customers all over the world. When content is cached, it is stored locally as a copy. This content might be video files, photos, webpages, and so on.

20
Q

Which site does Amazon CloudFront use to cache copies of content for faster delivery to users at any location?

A

Edge location

21
Q

Which action can you perform with AWS Outposts?

A

Extend AWS infrastructure and services to different locations including your on-premises data center.

22
Q

Which statement best describes an AWS account’s default network access control list?

A

It is stateless and allows all inbound and outbound traffic.

23
Q

Which statement best describes DNS resolution?

A

Translating a domain name to an IP address

24
Q

Your company has an application that uses Amazon EC2 instances to run the customer-facing website and Amazon RDS database instances to store customers’ personal information. How should the developer configure the VPC according to best practices?

A

Place the Amazon EC2 instances in a public subnet and the Amazon RDS database instances in a private subnet.

25
Q

What is a subnet?

A

A subnet is a section of a VPC in which you can group resources based on security or operational needs. Subnets can be public or private.

Public subnets contain resources that need to be accessible by the public, such as an online store’s website.

Private subnets contain resources that should be accessible only through your private network, such as a database that contains customers’ personal information and order histories.

26
Q

Which component can be used to establish a private dedicated connection between your company’s data center and AWS?

A

AWS Direct Connect

27
Q

Which statement best describes security groups?

A

They are stateful and deny all inbound traffic by default.

28
Q

Which component is used to connect a VPC to the internet?

A

Internet gateway

29
Q

Which service is used to manage the DNS records for domain names?

A

Amazon Route 53 - is a DNS web service. It gives developers and businesses a reliable way to route end users to internet applications that host in AWS.

30
Q

Which 2 are characteristics of the Amazon EBS service?

A

Best for data that requires retention

Separate drives from the host computer of an EC2 instance

31
Q
A

AWS Practitioner Practice Qs (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions