Exam Questions I Got Wrong! Flashcards
Which component of the AWS global infrastructure is made up of one or more discrete data centers that have redundant power, networking, and connectivity?
A. AWS Region
B. Availability Zone
C. Edge location
D. AWS Outposts
B
Which AWS services or features provide disaster recovery solutions for Amazon EC2 instances? (Choose two.)
A. Reserved Instances
B. EC2 Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
C. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots
D. AWS Shield
E. Amazon GuardDuty
B & C
A company is launching an ecommerce application that must always be available. The application will run on Amazon EC2 instances continuously for the next
12 months.
What is the MOST cost-effective instance purchasing option that meets these requirements?
A. Spot Instances
B. Savings Plans
C. Dedicated Hosts
D. On-Demand Instances
B
How does the AWS Cloud pricing model differ from the traditional on-premises storage pricing model?
A. AWS resources do not incur costs
B. There are no infrastructure operating costs
C. There are no upfront cost commitments
D. There are no software licensing costs
C
Which of the following are included in AWS Enterprise Support? (Choose two.)
A. AWS technical account manager (TAM)
B. AWS partner-led support
C. AWS Professional Services
D. Support of third-party software integration to AWS
E. 5-minute response time for critical issues
A & D
Which of the following are advantages of the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)
A. AWS management of user-owned infrastructure
B. Ability to quickly change required capacity
C. High economies of scale
D. Increased deployment time to market
E. Increased fixed expenses
B & C
A company has designed its AWS Cloud infrastructure to run its workloads effectively. The company also has protocols in place to continuously improve supporting processes.
Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this scenario represent?
A. Security
B. Performance efficiency
C. Cost optimization
D. Operational excellence
D
A company needs to graphically visualize AWS billing and usage over time. The company also needs information about its AWS monthly costs.
Which AWS Billing and Cost Management tool provides this data in a graphical format?
A. AWS Bills
B. Cost Explorer
C. AWS Cost and Usage Report
D. AWS Budgets
B
Which architecture design principle describes the need to isolate failures between dependent components in the AWS Cloud?
A. Use a monolithic design.
B. Design for automation.
C. Design for single points of failure.
D. Loosely couple components.
D
Which AWS services are managed database services? (Choose two.)
A. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
B. Amazon S3
C. Amazon RDS
D. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
E. Amazon DynamoDB
C & E
A company is using the AWS Free Tier for several AWS services for an application.
What will happen if the Free Tier usage period expires or if the application use exceeds the Free Tier usage limits?
A. The company will be charged the standard pay-as-you-go service rates for the usage that exceeds the Free Tier usage.
B. AWS Support will contact the company to set up standard service charges.
C. The company will be charged for the services it consumed during the Free Tier period, plus additional charges for service consumption after the Free Tier period.
D. The company’s AWS account will be frozen and can be restarted after a payment plan is established.
A
A retail company needs to build a highly available architecture for a new ecommerce platform. The company is using only AWS services that replicate data across multiple Availability Zones.
Which AWS services should the company use to meet this requirement? (Choose two.)
A. Amazon EC2
B. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
C. Amazon Aurora
D. Amazon DynamoDB
E. Amazon Redshift
C & D
A company has several departments. Each department has its own AWS accounts for its applications. The company wants all AWS costs on a single invoice to simplify payment, but the company wants to know the costs that each department is incurring.
Which AWS tool or feature will provide this functionality?
A. AWS Cost and Usage Reports
B. Consolidated billing
C. Savings Plans
D. AWS Budgets
B
A company runs its workloads on premises. The company wants to forecast the cost of running a large application on AWS.
Which AWS service or tool can the company use to obtain this information?
A. AWS Pricing Calculator
B. AWS Budgets
C. AWS Trusted Advisor
D. Cost Explorer
A
In which situations should a company create an IAM user instead of an IAM role? (Choose two.)
A. When an application that runs on Amazon EC2 instances requires access to other AWS services
B. When the company creates AWS access credentials for individuals
C. When the company creates an application that runs on a mobile phone that makes requests to AWS
D. When the company needs to add users to IAM groups
E. When users are authenticated in the corporate network and want to be able to use AWS without having to sign in a second time
B & D
