chapter 4

Question 1

What is the importance of resource isolation for cloud deployments?

Answer 1

To improve both application security and performance, you should properly place cloud resources within the right region and Availability Zone and carefully set appropriate access controls.

Question 2

What is the the role of autoscaling in a highly available deployment?

Answer 2

The scalability of AWS resources means you can automate the process of increasing or decreasing the scale of a deployment based on need.
Automates application recovery after a crash.

Question 3

What is the role of load balancing in a highly available deployment?

Answer 3

The ability to automatically redirect incoming requests away from a nonfunctioning instance and to a backup replacement is managed by a load balancer.

Question 4

What are the basic the principles of the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?

Answer 4

Customers: What’s IN the Cloud
Customer Data; User Applications, Access Management; Operating System, Network, and Access Configuration; Data Encryption
AWS: The Cloud Itself (OF)
Hardware and Network Maintenance; AWS Global Infrastructure; Managed Services

Question 5

What are the principles of the AWS Acceptable Use Policy?

Answer 5

Using AWS resources to commit crimes or launch attacks against any individual or organization will result in account suspension or termination.