EC2 Instance Management

Question 1

Which port is used when managing Windows EC2 instances?

389

22

3389

25

Answer 1

3389

Question 2

You need to create an EBS volume that will run a disk I/O intensive workload. Which volume type should you configure?

Provisioned IOPS

Magnetic

Cold HDD

General Purpose

Answer 2

Provisioned IOPS

Question 3

You are attempting to attach an EBS volume to an EC2 instance, but the Attach option is greyed out. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

The volume has not been backed up

The volume does not contain a valid file system

The volume does not have a snapshot

The volume is already attached to an instance

Answer 3

The volume is already attached to an instance

Question 4

What is the default username when launching Amazon Linux instances?

ec2-user

root

linux-user

admin

Answer 4

ec2-user

Question 5

Which AWS CLI command is used to launch a new instance?

aws ec2 create-instances

aws ec2 new-instances

aws ec2 run-instances

aws ec2 add-instances

Answer 5

aws ec2 run-instances

Question 6

Which PowerShell cmdlet is used to add a new EC2 instance?

Run-EC2Instance

Create-EC2Instance

New-EC2Instance

Add-EC2Instance

Answer 6

New-EC2Instance

Question 7

Which port does SSH use?

22

389

25

3389

Answer 7

22

Question 8

You are using the AWS management console to launch a new EC2 Windows instance. You would like to have a script execute when the instance is launched. Into which field should you place the launch script commands?

User data

Tag

VPC

Tenancy

Answer 8

User data

Question 9

You need to tag a Windows EC2 instance using the AWS CLI. What is wrong with the following command?

aws ec2 create-tags –resources i-0042a2754e7ce430f –tags Key=Name,Value=WinSrv2019-1

The command should be “aws instance create-tags”

Nothing.

“–tags” should be “–metadata”

“–resources” should be “–instances”

Answer 9

Nothing.

Question 10

Which PowerShell cmdlet is used to tag an EC2 instance?

New-EC2Tag

Add-EC2Tag

Create-EC2Tag

Set-EC2Tag

Answer 10

New-EC2Tag

Question 11

Which key must you have in your possession to manage a Windows instance?

Private

Asymmetric

Public

Symmetric

Answer 11

Private

Question 12

You need to change an existing EC2 instance type. What must you do first?

Start the instance

Take an instance snapshot

Enable instance replication

Stop the instance

Answer 12

Stop the instance

Question 13

Which of the following are valid EBS volume snapshot sources? Choose two.

Network ACL

Volume

Instance

Security group

Answer 13

Volume

Instance

Question 14

You have selected a launch template. You need to create an instance from the template. What should you click on?

Launch/Instance from template

Actions / Launch instance from template

Quickstart

Quicklaunch

Answer 14

Actions / Launch instance from template

Question 15

Your software developers require an easy way to launch new instances that are customized with developer tools and settings. What should you do?

Create a VPC

Create a CloudFormation stack

Create a volume snapshot

Create a custom AMI

Answer 15

Create a custom AMI