AWS Quest 2 Test Flashcards
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)
True
Which of the following instance types does not exist?
Instance types starting with a Q
Which of the following does not impact EC2 pricing?
Security Groups
How much notice do you receive before AWS will turn take back Spot instance resources
2 minutes
Which EC2 storage type is physically attached to the host computer?
Instance store volumes
Which of the following services allows us to audit user activity in our AWS account?
CloudTrail
Which of the following is not a default CloudWatch metric?
Percent memory utilization
What is the difference between CloudWatch basic monitoring and detailed monitoring?
Basic monitors metrics every 5 minutes while detailed monitors metrics every minute
Which EC2 pricing model is best for cost savings on interruptible workloads?
Spot
Which of the following is not a custom CloudWatch metric?
Percent CPU utilization
What is a secure way of connecting to a private EC2 instance?
Connecting to a public instance using a key and using ssh agent forwarding to connect to the private instance
Which port is used to SSH into an EC2 instance?
Port 22
Who do you always log in to EC2 instances as by default?
ec2-user
What command do you run in order to authenticate yourself to AWS on the command line and use the AWS CLI?
AWS configure
The ___ placement group is ideal for large, distributed workloads
Partitioned