Compute Services

Question 1

________ is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

Answer 1

Amazon EC2

Question 2

The four concepts that we need to know to launch an EC2 instance are:

Answer 2

1. Instance Types
2. Root Device Type
3. Amazon Machine Image
4. Purchase Option

Question 3

The instance type defines the _________, memory, and _______ .

Answer 3

processor

storage type

Question 4

The two root device types for an EC2 instance are:

Answer 4

1. instance store

2. Elastic Block Store

Question 5

_______ - Ephemeral storage that is physically attached to the host the virtual server is running on

Answer 5

Instance Store

Question 6

_____ - Persistent storage that exists separately from the host the virtual server is running on

Answer 6

Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Question 7

______ - You pay by the second for the instances that are launched

Answer 7

On-Demand

Question 8

______ - You purchase at a discount instances in advance for 1-3 years

Answer 8

Reserved

Question 9

______ - You can leverage unused EC2 capacity in a region for a large discount

Answer 9

Spot

Question 10

Reserved Instance Cost Models (3):

Answer 10

1. All Upfront
2. Partial Upfront
3. No Upfront

Question 11

____ - Entire cost for the 1 or 3 year period is paid upfront

Answer 11

All Upfront

Question 12

_______ - Part of 1 or 3 year cost is paid upfront along with a reduced monthly cost

Answer 12

Partial Upfront

Question 13

_______ - No upfront payment is made, but there will be a reduced monthly cost

Answer 13

No Upfront

Question 14

Elastic Beanstalk is a _______as a service solution on AWS.

Answer 14

Platform

Question 15

________ lets you run code without ________or ________servers. You pay only for the compute time you consume. You can run code for virtually any type of application or backend service - all with zero administration.

Answer 15

AWS Lambda
provisioning
managing

Question 16

AWS Lambda is the primary service for _________ architectures.

Answer 16

serverless

Question 17

Company is in the process of moving multiple workloads into AWS. One workload is an application that will be leveraged for at least 5 more years. The organization is looking to be as cost efficient as possible for its EC2 usage. What EC2 purchase option should be chosen for this application?

Answer 17

All Upfront Reserved - 3 Years

Question 18

Company is looking to deploy his PHP web application to a virtual server. They don’t have experience managing EC2 instances on AWS. They need the ability to scale this application to meet user demand. What is the best compute option for the company based on this criteria?

Answer 18

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Question 19

Company is transitioning to the cloud for its data processing workloads. These workloads happen daily and can start or stop without a problem. This workload will be leveraged for at least one year. What EC2 purchase option would be the most cost efficient choice?

Answer 19

Spot Instances