Module 3 - Global Infrastructure and Reliability

Question 1

What are the four factors to choosing a server region?

Answer 1

• Pricing
• Proximity to customers
• Available services within a region
• Compliance with data governance and legal requirements

Question 2

What is an Edge Location?

Answer 2

A site that Amazon CloudFront uses to store cached copies of your content closer to your customers for faster delivery

Question 3

What are the three ways to interact with AWS resources?

Answer 3

1. AWS Management Console
2. AWS CLI - Command Line Interface
3. SDK - Software Development Kits

Question 4

What is AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Answer 4

A service that lets you provide code and configuration settings. Allows you to perform tasks such as:
- Adjust capacity
- Load balancing
- Automatic scaling
- Application health monitoring

Question 5

What is AWS CloudFormation?

Answer 5

A service that lets you treat your infrastructure as a code - you can build an environment by writing lines of code instead of using the AWS Management Console