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Which two operating systems are supported with AWS cloud9?

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Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS and Amazon Linux 2

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What command is used to check AWS Command Line Interface version?

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aws –version

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Which command is used to configure the AWS CLI for a profile called “skillsoft”?

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aws configure –profile skillsoft

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Which command will list all users in the Identity Access Management service with profile called “skillsoft”?

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aws iam list-users –profile skillsoft

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Which command is used to run the AWS CLI with docker to check the version?

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docker run –rm -it amazon/aws-cli –version

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Which command must be run after you unzip the AWS CLI folder to finish installing the AWS CLI?

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sudo ./aws/install

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Which command is used to install the AWS CLI on windows?

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msiexec.exe / i https: //awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi

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Which two pieces of information are used by the AWS CLI to determine a user identity?

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Access Key ID and Secret Access Key

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8
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Which AWS service is provisioned when cloud9 is provisioned?

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EC2 instance

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9
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Which AWS service captures logs for API gateway?

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AWS Cloudtrail

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10
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Which API is used to open a long-lasting connection?

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Web Socket API

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11
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What must be added to the end of the invoking URL to run your endpoint?

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API Route

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12
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Which cloud service model is geared towards developers?

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Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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13
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Which feature of CloudFormation stacks functions as a precaution to ensure you understand what will happen to your resources when you update a stack?

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Change Sets

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When preparing a template for a stack update, which options do you have available to you?

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Use the Current Template, Replace the Current Template, or Edit the Template in Designer

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15
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Which section is used to pass commands to an EC2 instance upon boot?

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User Data

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16
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Which component of CloudFormation will provide users with valuable information about resources after creation?

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Outputs

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17
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Which is a major risk when adopting an Infrastructure as Code solution?

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Additional developer responsibilities

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17
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Which feature of the CloudFormation designer allows you to check that your code is written correctly?

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Validate template

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18
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Every pipeline contains which one of these actions?

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Deploy

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19
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StackSets can only be created via which type of account?

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Admin

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19
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Which security technique relies on a secondary authentication mechanism in addition to a username and password?

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MFA (Multi Factor Authentication)

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Which aspect of an AWS CodePipeline includes the details of the integration step?

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AWS CodeBuild

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20
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Which programming languages are used to create a CloudFormation template?

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JSON/YAML

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21
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What are the valid stages of an AWS CodePipeline?

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Source / Test / Build

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22
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Which best describes an Amazon Resource Name (ARN)?

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A globally unique identifier for an AWS resource

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23
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Which AWS service can be used to manage CI/CD for an AWS Lambda application?

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AWS CodePipeline

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23
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Which CloudFormation component allows users to define inputs of the template when it runs?

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Parameters

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23
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Which built-in identity profile grants the ability to delete Lambda functions?

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AWSLambda_FullAccess

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24
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Which are example features of AWS Lambdas?

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Code Signing / Concurrency and Scaling

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25
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About how many AWS service integrations are available for mocking with the AWS Step Functions feature?

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200

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25
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Which are examples of supported runtimes for AWS Lambda?

26
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Which best describes the relationship between Lambda versions and aliases?

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A version may have many aliases but an alias may only be associated with one version

27
Q

Who is responsible for managing the physical servers in a serverless compute model?

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Cloud provider (e.g. AWS)

28
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Which tool would be used to invoke a Lambda function from the command line?

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AWS Command Line Interface

29
Q

Which best describes an AWS Lambda blueprint?

A

A “getting started” package with a functional AWS Lambda function

30
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Which file is required when creating a custom runtime for an AWS Lambda function?

31
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Which key feature does ElastiCache for Redis offer to deal with data availability?

A

Flexible zone placement

31
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Which command is used in the AWS CLI to list tables in a dynamodb?

A

aws dynamodb list-tables

32
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Which are examples of configurable aspects of an API Gateway stage?

A

Monitoring and Logging

33
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Which best describes the criteria upon which AWS Lambdas are invoiced?

A

Compute power used

33
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Which command is used to connect to a Redis instance in cluster mode?

A

redis-cli -h <host-name> -c -p <port></port></host-name>

34
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Which port is needed to open an incoming connection to an EFS instance?

35
Q

Which capacity does the elastic file system store?

A

It is dynamic and can increase and shrink in size

35
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Which kind of data is best used with a data storage service like Memcached?

A

Static Data

36
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Which is an advantage offered by an ElastiCache Cluster?

A

Fault Tolerance of Data

36
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What is used for efficient sorting and searching of items in a dynamodb table?

37
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Which is used to uniquely identify an entry in a dynamodb table?

A

Partition Key

38
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What is meant as a shard in Elasticache?

A

A collection of nodes aligned in a hierarchy

38
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Which advantages do stateless applications offer over stateful applications?

A

Easy to create/maintain and scale

39
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Which best describes the dependency between infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration as code (CaC)

A

CaC depends on IaC

40
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Which is the default port used in an ElastiCache Cluster?

41
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Which best describes the authentication and authorization model for the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)?

A

Authentication is managed through IAM and authorization is handled within EKS

41
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Which best describes what must be done before a task can be associated with an ECS cluster as a service?

A

The task must be registered

42
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Which main advantage does caching offer?

A

Fast retrieval of data

43
Q

Which values are required when connecting the AWS CLI to an AWS account?

A

Access Key ID and Secret

43
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Which are features of an ECS cluster?

A

Cluster security is managed through IAM policies, Clusters are region-specific

44
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Which Docker command would be used to retrieve an image from the repository “example.org” with the tag “latest”?

A

docker pull example.org:latest

45
Q

Which AWS OpsWorks strategy is exclusive to AWS?

A

OpsWorks Stacks

46
Q

Which best describes the AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS)?

A

A container management service for running containers in the cloud

47
Q

Which file produced by Amazon App2Container can be used to configure the container before it is actually generated?

A

analysis.json

48
Q

Which best describes the AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR)?

A

A repository for storing container images in the cloud

49
Q

Which two credential values are required when establishing a connection to AWS using the AWS SDK?

A

Key ID, Secret Value

50
Q

Which are examples of items that can be placed in an Amazon S3 bucket?

A

Objects and Folders

51
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By default, which location is an EFS file system mounted to a Linux EC2 system?

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/mnt/efs/fs1