Content and Network Delivery Services Flashcards

1
Q

A logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define.

A

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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2
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______ - A cloud service solution that makes it easy to establish a dedicated network connection from your data center to AWS.

A

AWS Direct Connect

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3
Q

Amazon Route 53 is a __________service (meaning it does not require region selection).

A

global

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4
Q

Elastic Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple _________. Integrates with __________, ________________, and ______________

A

targets
EC2
ECS
Lambda

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5
Q

Types of load balancers (3):

A
  1. Application Load Balancer (ALB)
  2. Network Load Balancer (NLB)
  3. Classic Load Balancer
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6
Q

_____ Scaling - You “scale up” your instance type to a larger instance type with additional resources

A

Vertical

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7
Q

______ Scaling - You “scale out” and add additional instances to handle the demand of your application

A

Horizontal

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8
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CloudFront utilizes AWS _____. Supports both ________ and _______ content.

A

edge locations
static
dynamic

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9
Q

_______ is a fully managed API management service.

A

Amazon API Gateway

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10
Q

Company maintains two corporate data centers. They want their data centers to work alongside AWS for specific workloads. They are wondering if there is a way to have a persistent connection to AWS. What service from AWS would you recommend her company implement?

A

AWS Direct Connect

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11
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Company serves content through their site to users around the globe. They are looking to optimize performance to users around the world. They want to leverage a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Which service would enable optimized performance globally for their content?

A

Amazon CloudFront

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12
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Company has an internal application that runs on an EC2 server. Currently there is downtime as demand is greater than capacity for the server. Company is trying to decide if they should use bigger servers or more servers. Which scaling approach would you recommend and what services should they use?

A

Horizontal Scaling using Elastic Load Balancing

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