Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

AWS Compute Cloud Practitioner 2022 > Foundations of Cloud Computing/AWS Services > Flashcards

Foundations of Cloud Computing/AWS Services Flashcards

1
Q

High Availability refers to systems that are

A

durable and likely to operate continuously without failure for a long time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Agility in the cloud allows you to

A

innovate faster, giving you speed to market via all the services available

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Durability in the cloud is all about long-term data protection. This means

A

your data will remain intact without corruption.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What are the 6 Major Advantages of AWS?

A
  1. Benefit from massive economies of scale
  2. Trade Fixed Capital expense for Variable Expenses
  3. Increased Speed & Agility
  4. Global in minutes
  5. No need to maintain a data center
  6. Your capacity matches your growth.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Elaborate on the AWS advantage Increased Speed & Agility:

A

AWS Services allow you to innovate and deliver your applications faster.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Explain the difference between Region, AZ, and data center?

A

Regions are geographically isolated locations around the globe that has 2 or more AZ’s within it
-An AZ has one or more data centers within it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Elaborate on the AWS advantage “Benefit from massive economies of scale”

A

Volume discounts are passed on to you, which provides lower pay-as-you-go prices.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Some features of Route 53 (2)

A
  • Performs health checks on AWS resources
  • Supports hybrid cloud architectures
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Route 53 is a ________ that routes users to applications.

A

DNS service

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

AWS Direct Connect is a dedicated

A

physical network connection from your on-premises data center to AWS.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

When AWS Direct Connect Features your data travels over a

A

physical private network directly to AWS from your on-premises data center, not the public internet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Using Direct Connect in the Real World allows you to transfer

A

business-critical data directly to AWS, bypassing your internet service provider

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

AWS VPN Site-to-Site VPN creates a secure connection
between your internal networks and your AWS VPCs. How is this different from AWS Direct Connect?

A

Similar to Direct Connect, but data travels over the public internet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

AWS VPN Site-to-Site Features (3)

A
  • Data is automatically encrypted
  • Connects your on-premises data center to AWS
  • Supports hybrid cloud architectures
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

A benefit of using Batch is it dynamically provisions instances based on _______.

A

Volume

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Outpost allows to run cloud services in your ________/

A

internal data center.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

When using AWS Outpost Amazon will

A

deliver and install servers in your internal data center.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Outpost supports workloads that need to remain on-premises due to _________________.

A

latency or data sovereignty needs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Athena and Redshift fall under which category

A

Analytics

20
Q

AWS Batch is a compute service that is used to _______________.

A

process large workloads in smaller batches.

21
Q

Batch manages compute environments and job queues, allowing you to

A

run thousands of jobs using EC2 and EC2 Spot.

22
Q

CLOUD9, CLOUD COMMIT fall under which category

A

Development

23
Q

RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, DocumentDB, ElastiCache, Neptune fall under which category

A

Databases:

24
Q

AWS Lightsail is a cloud-based

A

virtual private server (VPS) solution.

25
Q

AWS Lightsail includes everything you need to jumpstart your project i.e a

A
  1. virtual machine
  2. SSD-based storage
  3. DNS management
  4. Static IP address
26
Q

4 cloud architectures design principle in AWS

A

Design for failure.

Decouple your components

Implement elasticity

Think parallel

27
Q

Loose coupling Application design is when

A

a change or a failure in one component should not cascade to other components.

28
Q

You need to enable your Amazon EC2 instances in the public subnet to connect to the public Internet.

A

Internet Gateway

29
Q

You need to enable your EC2 instances in the private subnet to connect to the public Internet. Which service would help you accomplish this?

A

Network Address Translation (NAT) service

30
Q

4 Key Business Factors to consider when choosing a region to host your applications

A
  1. Proximity to Customers
  2. Available services within a Region
  3. Pricing of Services in that Region
  4. Compliance with data governance and legal requirements

It cost more to run AWS in some regions over others

31
Q

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a fully managed service that you can use to

A

run Kubernetes on AWS

32
Q

Network Address Translation (NAT) service allows EC2 instances in a private subnet to connect to services outside your VPC but external services

A

cannot initiate a connection with those instances

33
Q

Kubernetes is open-source software that enables you to deploy and manage

A

containerized applications at scale

34
Q

Amazon Textract is a machine learning service that automatically

A

extracts text and data from scanned documents

35
Q

Amazon Augmented AI is a machine learning service that makes it easy to build

A

workflows that require human review

36
Q

Amazon SageMaker is a service that

A

enables you to quickly build, train, and deploy machine learning models

37
Q

AWS KMS is integrated with AWS CloudTrail which provides you the ability to audit

A

who used which keys, on which resources, and when.

38
Q

There are 3 common types of cloud computing model that come up in the exam:

A

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS).

Platform as a service (PaaS).

Software as a service (SaaS).

39
Q

Platform as a Service (PaaS) removes the need for your organization to manage the underlying infrastructure and allows you to focus on

A

deployment and management of your applications.

40
Q

Software as a Service (SaaS) provides you with a completed product that is run and managed

A

by the service provider.

41
Q

AWS Snowball is best used for (3)

A

Bulk data transfer, edge storage, and edge compute

42
Q

AWS WAF is a web application firewall that protects against common exploits that could (3)

A
  • Compromise Application Availability
  • Security
  • Or consume excessive resources
43
Q

AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) lets you create rules to filter web traffic based on (3)

A
  1. IP addresses
  2. HTTP headers and body
  3. Specific URL’s
44
Q

AWS Key Management Service gives you centralized control over the

A

encryption keys used to protect your data.

45
Q

AWS Key Management Service is integrated with most other AWS services making it easy to

A

encrypt the data you store in these services with encryption keys you control.

AWS Compute Cloud Practitioner 2022 (10 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions