Module 3: Global Infrastructure and Reliability

Question 1

When determining the right Region for your services, data, and applications, what are the four business factors you need to consider?

Answer 1

1. Compliance with data governance and legal requirements
2. Proximity to your customers
3. Available services within a Region
4. Pricing

Question 2

What is an Availability Zone?

Answer 2

An Availability Zone is a single data center or a group of data centers within a Region.

Question 3

How many Availability Zone exist within a Region?

Answer 3

Regions consist of two or more Availability Zones.

Question 4

What is Amazon CloudFront?

Answer 4

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network that speeds up the distribution of static and dynamic web content to customers

Question 5

What is AWS Outposts?

Answer 5

AWS Outposts is a service that you can use to run AWS infrastructure, services, and tools within your own on-premises data center in a hybrid cloud approach.

Question 6

What is an API Request?

Answer 6

Application Programming Interface (API) requests are predetermined ways for you to interact with AWS services. You can use API requests to provision, manage, and configure your AWS resources.

Question 7

What is the AWS Management Console?

Answer 7

The AWS Management Console is a web-based interface for accessing and managing
AWS services

Question 8

What are the three ways you can interact with AWS Services?

Answer 8

1. AWS Management Console
2. AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
3. Software development kits (SDKs)

Question 9

What is an edge location?

Answer 9

Site that CloudFront uses to store cached copied on content for faster delivery

Question 10

What is AWS Local Zones?

Answer 10

Service that allows you to select AWS services closer to more end users

Question 11

What is AWS Global Accelerator?

Answer 11

Global service that supports endpoints in multiple AWS regions - improves traffice