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1
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How many copies of Aurora for High AVailability

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2 per AZ, 3 AZ minimum

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How many copies for Aurora’s databases can be lost before affecting: a) Write b) Read

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a) 2
b) 3

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How does Aurora know there’s a failure

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Continuous scans for data block errors

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In Route53, what happens to a node with a failed health check

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The node is removed until it becomes heathy

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What is the retention window for Kinesis Streams

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1 - 7 days; the default is 1

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6
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Which can run in multi-AZ: Memcached or Redis

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Redis

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7
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In Cognito, what are Identity Pools

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A store of Identity data, providing temporary AWS credentials

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Describe the Backup and Restore strategy of RDS

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Full backup, with Transaction logs during the day, stored in S3
Restore specified day, along with Transaction logs

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9
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What happens to RDS during backups

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I/O may be suspended or there may be latency

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10
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In DNS, what is a PTR record

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It is a reverse A record (ie: an IP address to a domain)

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What are 3 levels of Flow Logs

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VPC
Subnet
Network Interface

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12
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What are 4 types of S3 Encryption

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SSE-S3
SSE-KMS
SSE-C
Client Library

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13
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What are 3 ways to add scale to a MySQL RDS instance

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Add Read Replicas
Provision a larger EC2 instance
Use Elasticache for frequently read, static data

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What are 2 types of CloudWatch Dashboards

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Global
Regional

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15
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What are 3 types of Placement Groups

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Clustered: Instances in a single AZ
Spread: Instances in multiple AZs
Partitioned: Instances spread across multiple partitions in each AZ

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16
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Which scales Horizontally: Memcached or Redis

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Memcached

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17
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In Cognito, what are User Portals

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User Directories, allowing users to Sign Up and Log into apps using a JSON Web Token (JWT)

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18
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Do Elastic Load Balancers have an IP Address

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No, they have a DNS Name

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19
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What Statuses do Instances have in an Elastic Load Balancer

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In Service
Out of Service

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20
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What are the Task/Message differences in SWF and SQS

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SWF is Task-based
SQS is Message-based

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What are the Assigned/Process differences in SWF and SQS

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SWF Tasks are assigned only once and never duplicated
SQS Messages may be processed multiple times

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What are the Tracking differences in SWF and SQS

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SWF tracks Tasks and Events
SQS doesn’t track anything

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23
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Given the choice, should I use a CNAME or an Alias record

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Always use an Alias; they are cheaper and can be used on an Elastic Load Balancer

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24
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In SQS, what does the attribute DelaySeconds do

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SQS will hide a new message for the specified time

25
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In SWF, what is the maximum time a Task can remain in a workflow

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One year

26
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In Route53, what is MultiValue routing

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Send traffic from a random set of healthy nodes to a single resource

27
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What three ways can you allow communication between a VPC and On-Premises

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1) Configure a VPC subnet that doesn’t conflict with subnets on the On-Premises network
2) Add an Internet Gateway to the VPC for VPN connectivity
3) Configure Direct Connect

28
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What are the rules for AMI publication

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1) Disable Services and Protocols that authenticate in cleartext (ie: FTP)
2) Don’t start unnecessary services (ie: only SSH and RDP)
3) Securely delete:
- AWS credentials
- Third party credentials
- Any certificates and keys
4) Ensure installed software doesn’t use default credentials

29
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What parts of the AWS Infrastructure does AWS secure

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Data Centers
Hardware
MFA Appliances
24x7 Site Security
Least Access

30
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What are your responsibilities for securing AWS resources

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Anything you put on or connect to the cloud

31
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What are 2 ways you can revert from Dedicated to Default hosting

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Use the AWS CLI to change the VPC’s Tenancy
Use the AWS CLI to change the Instance Placement attribute

32
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What happens when a Spot instance’s Bid Price is exceeded

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The Instance-Action variable is created
The Action variable is set to Terminate
The time value is set to 2 minutes in the future

33
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In SQS, what is the maximum Visibility Timeout

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14 days

34
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In SQS, what does WaitTimeSeconds do

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The amount of time to wait for messages

35
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Do you create Roles for Users, Groups or Services

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Services

36
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Describe Disk and Memory security for instances

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No access to raw disk
Virtual drives are auto-reset for all blocks
Memory is zero set before release

37
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What are the 3 Actors for SWF

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Workflow Starter: app that initiates the workflow
Activity Workers: Carry out tasks (can be a human)
Decider: Controls the flow of Activity Workers

38
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What are the 5 areas checked by Trusted Advisor

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Cost Optimization
Performance
Security
Fault Tolerance
Service Limits

39
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How long can a SQS message remain in the queue

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1 - 14 days; default is 4 days

40
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What type of storage is used in RedShift

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Columnar storage

41
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What type of compression is used in RedShift

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Advanced Compression based upon data

42
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How does RedShift distribute processing

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Massively Parallel Processing

43
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What are the 4 support options

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Basic
Developer
Business
Enterprise

44
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What are the 4 parts of CloudWatch

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1) Alarms: Notification when threshold is reached
2) Events: Respond to state changes (ie: EC2 start up)
3) Logs: Aggregate, Monitor and Store logs (requires EC2 Agent)
4) Dashboards: Customized display

45
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How do you make an EC2 instance publicly available when you’ve forgotten to assign a public IP Address

A

Create an Internet Gateway
Create an Elastic IP Address (EIP)
Associate the EIP to the instance

46
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You are creating a VPN to connect a customer network to a VPC.
What 3 things do you need to configure

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An On-Premises Customer Gateway
A Virtual Private Gateway
A VPC with a hardware VPN

47
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In RDS, what are the attributes of Read Replicas

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Asynchronous Replication
Must enable Automated Backups

48
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What RDS database engines support Multi-AZ with two readable standbys

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MySQL and PostgreSQL

49
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In RDS, what are the attributes of Multi-AZ deployments

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Automatic Failover
Synchronous Replication

50
Q

What are the 3 DynamoDB structures

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Collection (table)
Document (record)
Key/Value Pair (field)

51
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In RDS, what are 2 types of backups

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Automated
Snapshot

52
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In RDS, what happens when you restore

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A new instance is created

53
Q

What is needed to create an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)

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At least 2 Public subnets in different AZs

54
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How many IP Addresses are reserved per subnet

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The first 4 and the Last IP addresses

55
Q

For which S3 Events can you send notifications

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Put
Post
Copy
Delete

56
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What are the 3 types of Glacier

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Instant Retrieval: Archive data accessed once a quarter. Retrieval times in milliseconds, minimum of 90 days of storage

Flexible Retrieval: Archive data accessed 1-2 times per year. Minimum of 90 days of storage. Retrieval times:
- Expedited: 1 - 5 minutes
- Standard: 3 - 5 hours
- Bulk: 5 - 12 hours

Deep Archive: Long-lived archive data accessed less than once per year. Minimum of 180 days of storage. Retrieval times:
- Standard: Within 12 hours
- Bulk: Within 48 hours

57
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What are the 3 data formats supported by Athena

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JSON
Apache Parquet
Apache ORC

58
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What are the 5 types of traffic not logged in a Flow Log

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AWS DNS traffic
EC2 Windows License Activation
Instance Meta data on 169.254.169.254
DHCP traffic
VPC reserved IP Address traffic

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