AWS Quest 1 Test Flashcards
What are some benefits of using cloud computing vs traditional on premises computing?
Reduced responsibility of maintenance
What is an availability zone comprised of?
One or more data centers
What is the root account?
The email address used to create the AWS account
What is the point of creating groups in IAM (choose 2)
- Groups can be associated with with a policy document and any users in the group will inherit those permissions
- Groups allow you to organize users into logical groups and apply permissions to them easily
How do people receive Simple Notification Service emails?
People will get an email asking them to subscribe to an SNS topic
What does the simple monthly calculator allow us to do? (choose 2)
- Helps customers estimate their monthly AWS bill more efficiently
- Calculate the potential cost savings between using different AWS services
True or false: IAM roles can be used to log in to the AWS console
false
What does identity federation with AWS Cognito allow users to do?
Sign into services with their other accounts such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, etc
IAM is a _____ service
Globally scoped
True or False: You can apply a policy document to user groups AND organizational units
true
What’s the largest single file size that can be uploaded into S3?
5 GB
True or False: you can create two buckets with the same name
false
What are some methods of preventing accidental deletion on S3 objects? (select all that apply)
- Turning on MFA delete
2. Turning on object versioning
True or False: objects and buckets are not accessible to the internet by default
true
Which of the following storage gateway types supports iSCSI block storage?
Volume Gateways
Which of the following gateways are ideal for when you need low latency access to your entire dataset and asynchronously back up snapshots to S3?
Volume Gateway stored volumes
What is a potential drawback of enabling object versioning?
New objects are created each time a new version of a file is uploaded which can lead to the amount of objects in the bucket increasing quickly
True or false: S3 is a key-value database
true
A response code ____ indicates a successful request for an object in S3
200
Which of the following storage tiers is ideal for low cost storage of easily re-creatable files
Infrequent access storage
Which of the following are true regarding S3 costs?
Data transferred into S3 from the internet is free
True or False: Athena is an S3 querying service and Macie is a security service that uses AI to identify personally identifiable information.
true
Which of the following lifecycle transitions are not allowed? (select all that apply)
all
How long does it take to retrieve files from glacier using the standard retrieval option?
3 to 5 hours
What does enabling CORS do for S3?
It allows other domains other than the host to request and receive objects
