Cloud Guru Knowledge Check Flashcards
Which of the following CANNOT be used to access your AWS resources?
a. The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
b. Software Development Kits (SDKs)
c. Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
d. Application code
c. Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- You have just had your whole AWS account deleted by an attacker. You are creating a new AWS account. How can you ensure that the same thing will not happen again?
a. Use a stronger password.
b. Change your password frequently.
c. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on the root user.
d. Seek them out and get justice.
c. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on the root user.
Which service category is not offered by AWS?
a. Compute
b. Data Center
c. Database
d. Developer Tools
b. Data Center
You need to deploy your cloud environment across AWS and your on-premises data center using Direct Connect. Which cloud deployment model can accomplish this?
a. Private
b. Hybrid
c. On-premises
d. Public
b. Hybrid
You need to implement low latency. What can you utilize to achieve this?
a. Availability Zones (AZs) and/or Regions
b. Local Zones and/or Edge Locations
c. Local Zones and EC2
d. Data Centers and/or Regions
b. Local Zones and/or Edge Locations
You are paying a monthly subscription to a company to host your website. Which cloud computing model is this an example of?
a. Platform as a Service
b. Software as a Service
c. Infrastructure as a Service
d. Cloud as a Service
c. Infrastructure as a Service
Which of the following are considered advantages of the cloud?
a. Software as a Service
b. Hybrid models
c. Local Zones
d. Going global in minutes
d. Going global in minutes
You are verifying the latency on a newly released website. You notice it is loading really quickly. What type of latency would this be?
a. High latency
b. Elastic latency
c. Low latency
d. Medium latency
c. Low latency
You need to create a highly available application in the cloud. How can you accomplish this?
a. Make sure to use a private deployment model.
b. Make sure that resources are utilizing multiple Availability Zones (AZs).
c. Make sure that resources are using one Availability Zone (AZ).
d. Make sure to secure the root user.
b. Make sure that resources are utilizing multiple Availability Zones (AZs).
You need to create a highly available application in the cloud. How can you accomplish this?
a. Make sure to use a private deployment model.
b. Make sure that resources are utilizing multiple Availability Zones (AZs).
c. Make sure that resources are using one Availability Zone (AZ).
d. Make sure to secure the root user.
c. Make sure that resources are using one Availability Zone (AZ).
- You need to send out 50,000 newsletters by email today. How can you limit the number of messages sent at one time efficiently?
a. Use Batch
b. Use Lambda
c. Use EC2
d. Use Outposts
a. Use Batch
You have been tasked with improving the availability of your application and curb costs when peak hours subside. What can you implement to accomplish this?
a. An Elastic Load Balancer
b. Compute Optimizer
c. An additional EC2 instance in a different Availability Zone (AZ)
d. Auto Scaling
d. Auto Scaling
You have been tasked with deploying a database and hosting a web application. What service can you select to achieve both?
a. Elastic Load Balancer
b. Elastic Compute Cloud
c. Lambda
d. Elastic Container Registry
b. Elastic Compute Cloud
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Fargate is NOT a serverless service.
b. AWS Batch provides fully managed batch processing at any scale.
c. AWS Savings Plan offers a flexible pricing model.
d. Amazon EC2 provides secure and resizeable compute capacity in the cloud.
a. Fargate is NOT a serverless service.
You need to utilize a service that allows users to reach application servers over the mobile network. Which service provides this ability?
a. Batch
b. Wavelength
c. Lightsail
d. Outposts
b. Wavelength
You are explaining to a newly hired team member how to connect to an EC2 instance. Which is not a way to connect to an EC2 instance?
a. Secure Shell (SSH)
b. AWS Management Console
c. EC2 Instance Connect (EIC)
d. Lambda
d. Lambda
You need to ensure that the load balancer you select can support extreme performance and TCP protocol. Which load balancer can meet these requirements?
a. Application Load Balancer
b. Gateway Load Balancer
c. Classic Load Balancer
d. Network Load Balancer
d. Network Load Balancer
You need to suggest the cheapest pricing option for EC2 instances. There are no requirements that need to be met. What pricing option can you suggest?
a. Reserved Instances
b. Savings Plans
c. On-Demand
d. Spot Instance
d. Spot Instance
You need to launch a test environment quickly. Which service can accomplish this?
a. Lightsail
b. EC2
c. Lambda
d. Wavelength
a. Lightsail
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Amazon Lightsail is a cloud platform offering you everything you need to build an application or website.
b. Elastic Container Service and Elastic Kubernetes Service support Kubernetes.
c. With AWS Lambda, you pay only for the compute time you consume.
d. AWS Fargate is serverless.
b. Elastic Container Service and Elastic Kubernetes Service support Kubernetes.
Which storage class should you choose for data that is accessed infrequently, but must be retained and accessed quickly when needed, at a lower cost?
a. S3 One Zone-IA
b. S3 Glacier
c. S3 Standard
d. S3 Standard-IA
d. S3 Standard-IA
Which S3 storage class is designed for data that is accessed less frequently, but requires rapid access when needed?
a. S3 Intelligent-Tiering
b. S3 One Zone-IA
c. S3 Glacier
d. S3 Standard-IA
d. S3 Standard-IA
What is Amazon FSx primarily used for?
a. Connecting on-premises storage with AWS Cloud
b. Providing fully managed third-party file systems
c. Automating and managing backups across AWS services
d. Encrypting data in transit and at rest
b. Providing fully managed third-party file systems
What does AWS Storage Gateway’s Tape Gateway offer?
a. Block storage for EC2
b. High-performance file systems
c. Archiving data as virtual tapes
d. File storage directly in S3
c. Archiving data as virtual tapes
Which EC2 storage option is best suited for temporary storage of information that changes frequently, such as buffers, caches, or scratch data?
a. Instance store
b. Amazon EBS
c. AWS Storage Gateway
d. Amazon EFS
a. Instance store
What feature of Amazon S3 allows you to manage user access to specific buckets and objects?
a. EBS snapshots
b. Cross-Region Replication
c. Bucket policies
d. S3 Versioning
c. Bucket policies
Which of the following is a durable, block-level storage solution designed for use with Amazon EC2 instances?
a. Amazon EBS
b. Amazon Glacier
c. Amazon S3
d. AWS Storage Gateway
a. Amazon EBS
What is a key feature of Amazon S3?
a. Offers fully managed file systems
b. Serves as a virtual tape library
c. Provides block-level storage for EC2
d. Stores objects in the cloud with high durability
d. Stores objects in the cloud with high durability
Which type of Amazon EBS volume offers the highest performance for mission-critical low-latency or high-throughput workloads?
a. Cold HDD
b. Throughput Optimized HDD
c. General Purpose SSD
d. Provisioned IOPS SSD
d. Provisioned IOPS SSD
Which of the following is a primary use case for AWS Backup?
a. Managing file shares for Windows workloads
b. Providing a hybrid cloud storage service
c. Automating and centralizing backups across AWS services
d. Storing data for infrequent access
c. Automating and centralizing backups across AWS services
Which feature is unique to AWS Database Migration Service (DMS
a. Automatic scaling for database storage.
b. Built-in data analytics capabilities.
c. Continuous data replication during migration.
d. In-memory data caching.
c. Continuous data replication during migration.
Amazon DynamoDB is best suited for which scenario?
a. Traditional transactional processing.
b. Data warehousing.
c. Unstructured data with flexible data models.
d. Structured data with complex queries.
c. Unstructured data with flexible data models.
Amazon RDS differs from Amazon DynamoDB in that RDS:
a. Is used for real-time analytics
b. Supports NoSQL data models.
c. Offers in-memory data storage.
d. Provides managed relational database services.
d. Provides managed relational database services.
AWS SCT is primarily used for what purpose?
a. Real-time data processing.
b. Schema conversion in database migration.
c. Database backup and restoration.
d. Data encryption and security.
b. Schema conversion in database migration.
What is a key advantage of using Amazon DynamoDB for web applications?
a. Traditional relational data modeling.
b. Low-latency data access.
c. High transactional processing.
d. Automatic data warehousing.
b. Low-latency data access.
What feature distinguishes Amazon RDS from other database services?
a. It’s used for real-time analytics.
b. It primarily focuses on in-memory data storage.
c. It is a managed relational database service.
d. It is a NoSQL database service.
c. It is a managed relational database service.