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Chap1 Flashcards

1
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Which service enables customers to audit API calls in their AWS accounts?

A

AWS CloudTrail

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A company needs real-time guidance to follow AWS best practices to save money, improve system performance, and close security gaps.

A

AWS Trusted Advisor

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Which AWS service decouples application components so that the components run independently?

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Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

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A company needs to process data from satellite communications without managing any infrastructure.

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AWS Ground Station

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5
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Which AWS service provides an isolated virtual network to connect AWS services and resources?

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Amazon VPC

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6
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A developer is working on enhancing applications at AWS. The developer needs a service that can securely host GitHub-based code, repositories, and version controls

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AWS CodeCommit

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A company runs applications that process credit card information. Auditors have asked if the AWS environment has changed since the previous audit. If the AWS environment has changed, the auditors want to know how it has changed.

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AWS Config
AWS Cloud Trail

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8
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What is a benefit of using AWS serverless computing?

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Management of infrastructure is offloaded to AWS.

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9
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Which of the following is an AWS Well-Architected Framework design principle for operational excellence in the AWS Cloud?

A

Make frequent, small, reversible changes.

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10
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Which combination of steps will enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on an AWS account?
(Select TWO.)

A

Activate AWS Shield on an MFA-compatible device.
Acquire an MFA-compatible device

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11
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Which of the following are characteristics of AWS WAF?

A

Acts as a firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic between subnets
Gives users the ability to block traffic that has specific HTTP headers

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12
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A company needs to report on events that involve the specific AWS services that the company uses.
Which AWS service or resource can the company use with Amazon CloudWatch

A

AWS Cloud Trail logs

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13
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Which of the following are characteristics of a serverless application that runs in the AWS Cloud?

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The application has built-in fault tolerance.
The application can scale based on demand.

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14
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Which AWS service can help a company detect an outage of its website servers and redirect users to alternate servers?

A

Amazon Route 53

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15
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A web application is hosted on AWS using an Elastic Load Balancer, multiple Amazon EC2 instances, and Amazon RDS. Which security measures fall under the responsibility of AWS?

A

Protecting against IP spoofing and packet sniffing
Installing the latest security patches on the RDS instance

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16
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A retail company is building a new mobile app. The company is evaluating whether to build the app at an on-premises data center or in the AWS Cloud. Which of the following are benefits of building this app in the AWS Cloud?

A

Increased speed for trying out new projects
Flexibility to scale up in minutes as the application becomes popular

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17
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Who can create and manage access keys for an AWS account root user?

A

The AWS account owner

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18
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Which of the following is an AWS key-value database offering consistent single-digit millisecond performance at any scale?

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Amazon DynamoDB

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19
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Which task can a company complete by using AWS Organizations?

A

Remove unused and underutilized AWS resources across all accounts.

20
Q

A company with AWS Enterprise Support needs help understanding its monthly AWS bill and wants to implement billing best practices

A

AWS Concierge Support team

21
Q

Which AWS service enables the decoupling and scaling of applications?

A

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

22
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Which of the following describes some of the core functionality of Amazon S3?

A

Amazon S3 is an object storage service that provides high-level performance, security, scalability, and data availability.

23
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Which of the following is a way to use Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups to scale capacity in the AWS Cloud?

A

Scale the number of EC2 instances in or out automatically, based on demand.

24
Q

Which cloud computing benefit does AWS demonstrate with its ability to offer lower variable costs as a result of high purchase volumes?

A

Economies of scale

25
Q

Which approach will enhance a user’s security on AWS?

A

Encrypt data by using AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS).

26
Q

A company discovered unauthorized access to resources in its on-premises data center. Upon investigation, the company found that the requests originated from a resource hosted on AWS.
Which AWS team should the company contact to report this issue?

A

AWS Technical Support team

27
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A company wants to secure its consumer web application by using SSL/TLS to encrypt traffic.
Which AWS service can the company use to meet this goal?

A

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

28
Q

Which AWS service should a company use to create a NoSQL database?

A

Amazon DynamoDB

29
Q

What is a benefit of moving to the AWS Cloud in terms of improving time to market?

A

Increased business agility

30
Q

Which task can a user complete by using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)?

A

Grant permissions to applications that run on Amazon EC2 instances.

31
Q

A company wants to analyze streaming user data and respond to customer queries in real time.

A

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics

32
Q

A company wants to migrate its on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database server to the AWS Cloud.
The company has decided to use Amazon EC2 instances to run this database.
Which is the company responsible for managing

A

Security patching of the guest operating system

33
Q

Which AWS service provides storage that can be mounted across multiple Amazon EC2 instances?

A

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

34
Q

Which tasks are responsibilities of AWS, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

A

Provide physical security for Availability Zones.
Patch the operating system of Amazon S3

35
Q

A system automatically recovers from failure when a company launches its workload on the AWS Cloud services platform. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this situation demonstrate?

A

Reliability

36
Q

Which controls are shared under the AWS shared responsibility model?

A

Awareness and training
Configuration management

37
Q

A company needs to schedule the rotation of database credentials in the AWS Cloud.

A

AWS Secrets Manager

38
Q

Which tasks require use of the AWS account root user?

A

Changing an AWS Support plan
Closing an AWS account

39
Q

Which action will provide documentation to help a company evaluate whether its use of the AWS Cloud is compliant with local regulatory standards?

A

Using AWS Artifact

40
Q

A company is using AWS Lambda. Which task is the company’s responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

A

Maintain the networking infrastructure.

41
Q

Which of the following are AWS compute services?

A

Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Inspector

42
Q

A company needs an AWS Support plan that provides programmatic case management through the AWS Support API.

A

AWS Business Support

43
Q

What is an AWS Region?

A

A physical location around the world where data centers are clustered

44
Q

How does consolidated billing help reduce costs for a company that has multiple AWS accounts?

A

It aggregates usage across accounts so that the company can reach volume discount thresholds sooner

45
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A company is moving its office and must establish an encrypted connection to AWS.
Which AWS service will help meet this requirement?

A

AWS VPN

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