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JAN5 QUESTIONS Flashcards

TO PASS AWS SA FIRS TIME UP!

1
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AUDITS AWS RESOURCES

A

AWS CONFIG

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API MONITORING SERVICE

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AWS CLOUD TRAIL

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EVERY TIME A RESOURCE A CHANGED, WHERE DOES CONFIG RECORD THE CHANGE?

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S3 BUCKET

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LOGGING SERVICE THAT RECORDS ALL API CALLS TO ANY AWS SERVICE

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AWS CLOUDTRAIL

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RECORDS DETAILS OF A CALL, LIKE WHICH USER OR APPLICATION MADE THE CALL, WHEN IT WAS MADE AND WHAT IP ADDRESS IT WAS MADE FROM

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AWS CLOUD TRAIL

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REPORTS ON WHAT HAS CHANGED

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CONFIG

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REPORTS ON WHO MADE THE CHANGE, WHEN AND FROM WHICH LOCATION

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CLOUDTRAIL

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[TERM LINK] RESOURCE AUDIT

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CONFIG

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[TERM LINK] API CALL AUDIT

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CLOUDWATCH

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TYPICALLY USED FOR AUDITING AND COMPLIANCE PURPOSES ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS

A

AWS CONFIG

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11
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WHAT ARE THE TWO DELETEONTERMINATION VALUES?

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TRUE / FALSE

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12
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IF A DELETEONTERMINATION IS SET TO FALSE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN INSTANCE IS TERMINATED?

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IT PRESERVES THE ROOT VOLUME AND ENSURES IT REMAINS INTACT

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YOUR DB INSTANCE MUST BE IN THE ______ STATE FOR AUTOMATED BACKUPS TO OCCUR

A

ACTIVE STATE

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14
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YOU CREATE A SNAPSHOT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO

A

COPY IT TO ANOTHER REGION

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15
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SNS TOPICS ARE USED FOR

A

NOTIFICATION PURPOSES

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UNDERLYING STORAGE FOR A DB INSTANCE, AUTOMATED BACKUPS, READ REPLICAS, AND SNAPSHOTS ARE ALL ….

A

DATA THAT IS ENCRYPTED AT REST

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17
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_____ CAN BE CONFIGURED TO USE SERVICE AUTO SCALING TO ADJUST ITS DESIRED COUNT UP OR DOWN IN RESPONSE TO CLOUDWATCH ALARMS

A

AMAZON ECS

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18
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_______ FOR LAMBDA FUNCTIONS ENABLE YOU TO DYNAMICALLY PASS SETTINGS TO YOUR FUNCTION CODE AND LIBRARIES, WITHOUT MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR CODE

A

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

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YOU CAN USE _____ TO HELP LIBRARIES KNOW WHAT DIRECTORY TO INSTALL FILES IN, WHERE TO STORE OUTPUTS, STORE CONNECTION AND LOGGING SETTINGS, AND MORE

A

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

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______POWERED BY AWS PRIVATELINK, AN AWS TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES PRIVATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AWS SERVICES USING AN ELASTIC NETWORK

A

VPC ENDPOINTS

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21
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WHEN YOU CREATE A TRAIL THAT APPLIES TO ____ _____ CLOUDTRAIL RECORDS EVENTS IN EACH REGIION AND DELIVERS THE CLOUDTRAIL EVENT LOG FILES TO AN S3 BUCKET THAT YOU SPECIFY

A

ALL REGIONS

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22
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IF A REGION IS ADDED AFTER YOU CREATE A TRAIL THAT APPLIES TO ALL REGIONS, THAT NEW REGION IS _____

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AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDED AND EVENTS IN THAT REGION IS LOGGED

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23
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YOU CAN CONFIGURE AMAZON REDSHIFT TO AUTOMATICALLY _____

A

COPY SNAPSHOTS TO ANOTHER REGION

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24
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BASTION HOSTS NEED TO BE IN A _____ SUBNET

A

PUBLIC

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25
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BASTION HOST PURPOSE IS TO

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PROVIDE ACCESS TO A PRIVATE NETWORK FROM AN EXTERNAL NETWORK

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VPC ENDPOINT INTERFACES HAVE TO BE

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IN THE SAME REGION

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27
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______ IS A CLOUD SERVICE SOLUTION THAT MAKES IT EASY TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED NETWORK CONNECTION FROM YOUR PREMISES TO AWS

A

AWS DIRECT CONNECT

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28
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____ IS A WEB SERVICE THAT YOU CAN USE TO AUTOMATE THE MOVEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION OF DATA

A

AWS DATA PIPELINE

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29
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COMMONLY USED TO TAKE METADATA AND STORE THE METADATA IN DYNAMODB

A

AWS LAMBDA

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30
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YOU CAN USE _____ TO DELEGATE ACCESS TO USERS, APPLICATIONS, OR SERVICES THAT DON’T NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR AWS RESOURCES

A

IAM ROLES

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31
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DATA IN DYNAMODB IS STORED IN _____ FORMAT

A

JSON

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32
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WHEN AN EC2-CLASSIC INSTANCE IS STOPPED, AWS ______ ANY ELASTIC IP ADDRESS THATS ASSOCIATED WITH INSTANCE

A

DISASSOCIATES

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33
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WHEN AN EC2-CLASSIC INSTANCE IS STOPPED, AWS RELEASES THE

A

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IPV4 ADDRESSES

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34
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IF YOU USE PuTTY TO CONNECT TO YOUR INSTANCE VIA SSH YOU NEED TO VERIFY THAT YOUR PRIVATE KEY (.pem) HAS BEEN CORRECTLY CONVERTED TO

A

.ppk (PuTTY FORMAT)

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35
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EC2 BASIC DATA AVAILABLE AFTER

A

5 MINS

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36
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EC2 DETAILED MONITORING DATA AVAILABLE AFTER

A

1 MIN

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37
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_____ LAUNCHES A NUMBER OF EC2 INSTANCES FOR ITS HADOOP DATA PROCESSING ENGINE, IS MANAGED BY THE CUSTOMER AND IS USED TO PROCESS VAST AMOUNTS OF DATA

A

EMR

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38
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AVAILABLE AMAZON EC2 METRICS

A

CPU UTILIZATION, NETWORK UTILIZATION, DISK PERFORMANCE AND DISK READ/WRITES

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39
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[TERM LINK] OBJECT BASED

A

S3

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40
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S3 FILE SIZE

A

0 BT - 5TB

41
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minimal replical lag, usually less than 100 millisecods

A

aws aurora

42
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___ ____ component can be used to create web server environments and work environments

A

elastic beanstalk

43
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_____ provides scalable file storage

A

EFS

44
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[TERM LINK]

EPHEMERAL

A

INSTANCE STORES

45
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_______ HELPS TO ENSURE THAT YOUR AUTO SCALING GROUP DOESN’T LAUNCH OR TERMINATE ADDITIONAL INSTANCES BEFORE THE PREVIOUS SCALING ACTIVITY TAKES EFFECT

A

AWS SCALING COOLDOWN PERIOD

46
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IAM ROLES IS USED TO DELEGATE ACCESS TO..

A

USERS, APPLICATIONS OR SERVICES

47
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USED FOR ISSUING TOKENS WHILE USING THE API GATEWAY FOR TRAFFIC IN TRANSIT

A

API GATEWAY WITH STS

48
Q

REDSHIFT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE S3 VPC ENDPOINTS WITHOUT

A

ENHANCED VPC ROUTING

49
Q

IF LANGUAGE IS SPECIFIED IN THE QUERY STRING PARAMETERS THEN

A

CLOUDFRONT SHOULD BE CONFIGURED

50
Q

AWS KINESES DATA FIREHOSE CAN CAPTURE, TRANSFORM AND LOAD STREAMING DATA INTO

A
  • AMAZON REDSHIFT (NOT REDSHIFT SPECTRUM)
  • AMAZON ELASTICSEARCH SERVICE
  • SPLUNK
51
Q

AN INSTANCE STORE-BACKED INSTANCE IS EITHER

A

RUNNING OR TERMINATED , CAN NOT BE STOPPED !

52
Q

AWS REDSHIFT USES TWO FORMS OF ENCRYPTION

A

AWS KMS OR AWS HSM

53
Q

ON PREMISE —-> AWS RESOURCES

A

VPN CONNECTION

54
Q

PRIVATE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE INTERNET?

A

UTILIZE NAT INSTANCE OR NAT GATEWAY

55
Q

BOTTLENECK

A

NAT INSTANCE

56
Q

ONCE YOU CONVERT FROM NAT INSTANCE TO NAT GATEWAY YOUR NEXT STEP IS TO

A

MOVE NAT GATEWAY TO PUBLIC SUBNET

57
Q

SERVICE WHERE YOU ONLY PAY FOR THE TIME THE FUNCTION RUNS AND NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ALSO SAME SERVICE WHEN THE CUSTOMER HAS OWNERSHIP OF THE API

A

AWS LAMBDA

58
Q

MONITOR API ACTIVITY

A

CLOUD TRAIL

59
Q

CLOUD TRAIL MONITORS _____ ACTIVITY

A

API

60
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[TERM LINK] API ACTIVITY

A

CLOUD TRAIL

61
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[TERM LINK] CLOUD TRAIL

A

MONITOR API ACTIVITYC

62
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YOU CAN TURN ON A _____ACROSS ALL REGIONS

A

CLOUD TRAIL

63
Q

CLOUDTRAIL DELIVERS LOG FILES TO

A

S3 BUCKET AND OPTIONAL CLOUDWATCH LOG FILES

64
Q

OFFLOAD DATABASE READS

A

READ REPLICAS

65
Q

READ REPLICAS

A

OFFLOAD DB READS

66
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HIGH AVAILABILITY

A

MULTI AZ

67
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MULTI AZ MEANS

A

HIGH AVAILABILITY

68
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RDS HIGH AVAILABILITY

A

MULTI AZ

69
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RDS READ REPLICAS

A

OFFLOAD DB READS

70
Q

BATCH PROCESSING

A

SPOT INSTANCES

71
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SPOT INSTANCES

A

BATCH PROCESSING

72
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AMIS ARE NOT ______ AT REST

A

ENCRYPTED AT REST

73
Q

ROUTE 53 ROUTES USER TRAFFIC TO RANDOM WEB SERVERS

A

MULTIVALUE ANSWER

74
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MULTIVALUE ANSWER

A

ROUTE 53 ROUTES USER TRAFFIC TO RANDOM WEB SERVERS

75
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RANDOM WEB SERVERS

A

MULTIVALUE ANSWER

76
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INCREASE WRITE PERFORMANCE OF DB HOSTED ON EC2

A

INCREASE EC2 INSTANCE AND OR USE STANDARD RAID CONFIGURATION

77
Q

NO COST FOR TRANSFERRING DATA FROM

A

EC2 INSTANCE TO AN S3 BUCKET

78
Q

____ PROVIDES MULTIPLE WAYS TO USE AMAZON CLOUD DIRECTORY AND MICROSOFT ACTIVE DIRECTORY

A

AWS DIRECTORY SERVICE

79
Q

AWS DIRECTORY SERVICE

A

LINK BETWEEN CLOUD DIRECTORY AND MICROSOFT AD

80
Q

SNS SENDS NOTIFICATIONS OVER

A

HTTP, HTTPS, EMAIL, EMAIL-JSON, SQS AND SMS

81
Q

HTTP, HTTPS, EMAIL, EMAIL-JSON, SQS AND SMS

A

WHAT IS SENT OVER FROM SNS

82
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STORE SESSION DATA ON BOTH

A

DYNAMO DB AND ELASTICACHE

83
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IF AN INSTANCE IS STOPPED

A

DATA IS DELETED

84
Q

DATA IS DELETED WHEN

A

AN INSTANCE IS STOPPED

85
Q

TO IMPLEMENT STICKY SESSION YOU NEED TWO THINGS

A
  • HTTP/HTTPS LOAD BALANCER

* AT LEAST ONE HEALTHY INSTANCE

86
Q

instance metadata provides

A

instance ID, public keys, public IP address

87
Q

how to you find instance meta data

A

fire a URL command

88
Q

S3 Standard IA storage class is designed for

A

data that is accessed less frequently, but requires rapid access when needed

89
Q

managed cloud service that lets devices (IoT) easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices

A

AWS IoT Core

90
Q

perfect forward secrecy is provided to two aws services

A

CLOUDFRONT AND ELB

91
Q

AWS MANAGES SECURITY OF:

A
  • FACILITIES
  • PHYSICAL SECURITY OF HARDWARE
  • NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
  • VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE
92
Q

THE DATA IN_____ IS STORED IN JSON FORMAT FOR THE 100TH FUCKING TIME

A

DYNAMODB

93
Q

DYNAMODB FUCKING STORES DATA IN _____ FORMAT

A

FUCKING JSON

94
Q

SINCE DYNAMODB WORKS WITH IoTs, gaming, ad tech and mobile applications IT IS USED TO STORE

A

SESSION DATA

95
Q

THIS AWS FEATURE IS REALLY FUCKING GOOD BECAUSE IT IS DURABLE, ACID COMPLIANT AND ALLOWS SCHEMA FUCKING CHANGES

A

AURORA

96
Q

REDSHIFT CLUSTER DISASTER RECOVERY ???

A

CROSS-REGION SNAPSHOT

97
Q

FUCKING REDSHIFT HAS TWO FUCKING FORMS OF ENCRYPTION

A

AWS KMS AND HSM . HOLY FUCK ITS NOT THAT HARD

98
Q

IN ORDER TO HOST A STATIC WEBSITE IN S3 YOU NEED TO NEED TO ____________ IN THE DOMAIN REGRISTAR

A

ENTER THE FUCKING NS RECORDS

99
Q

HOLY FUCK MAN, CLOUD TRAIL MONITORS

A

API FUCKING ACTIVITY

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