AWS Quest 2 Test Flashcards

1
Q

True or False: After an EC2 instance is provisioned, you can change compute capacity (for example, changing an EC2 from a T2.micro to an m5.large)

A

True

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2
Q

Which of the following instance types does not exist?

A

Instance types starting with a Q

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3
Q

Which of the following does not impact EC2 pricing?

A

Security Groups

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4
Q

How much notice do you receive before AWS will turn take back Spot instance resources

A

2 minutes

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5
Q

Which EC2 storage type is physically attached to the host computer?

A

Instance store volumes

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6
Q

Which of the following services allows us to audit user activity in our AWS account?

A

CloudTrail

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7
Q

Which of the following is not a default CloudWatch metric?

A

Percent memory utilization

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8
Q

What is the difference between CloudWatch basic monitoring and detailed monitoring?

A

Basic monitors metrics every 5 minutes while detailed monitors metrics every minute

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9
Q

Which EC2 pricing model is best for cost savings on interruptible workloads?

A

Spot

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10
Q

Which of the following is not a custom CloudWatch metric?

A

Percent CPU utilization

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11
Q

What is a secure way of connecting to a private EC2 instance?

A

Connecting to a public instance using a key and using ssh agent forwarding to connect to the private instance

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12
Q

Which port is used to SSH into an EC2 instance?

A

Port 22

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13
Q

Who do you always log in to EC2 instances as by default?

A

ec2-user

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14
Q

What command do you run in order to authenticate yourself to AWS on the command line and use the AWS CLI?

A

AWS configure

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15
Q

The ___ placement group is ideal for large, distributed workloads

A

Partitioned

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16
Q

True or False: The primary ENI attached to an EC2 instance can be detached and reassigned to another instance

A

false

17
Q

Operating system bypass is supported on:

A

Linux

18
Q

Which of the following does an ENI grant an EC2 instance?

A
  1. one public IP address
  2. A MAC address
  3. one or more private IP address
19
Q

True or False: When your NFS file system is running low on space, you can allocate more storage without pausing the service.

A

false

20
Q

Which of the following protocols does FSx for Windows and Lustre support for communication?

A

SMB

21
Q

If you receive a capacity error when trying to launch instances in a cluster placement group, what does that mean?

A

The availability zone doesn’t currently have the resources to satisfy your demand

22
Q

True or False: You can add EC2 instances into an existing placement group if there are instances available of the correct type in that availability zone

A

true