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What you will practice
- Which AWS service helps with global application availability and performance using the AWS global network?
- Which AWS compute service provides the EASIEST way to access resizable compute capacity in the cloud with sup…
- Which of the following AWS services are always free to use? (Select two)
- Which of the following foundational capabilities can be found under the Operations Perspective of the AWS Clo…
- What are the different gateway types supported by AWS Storage Gateway service?
- As per the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is a responsibility of AWS from a security…
Answers and explanations
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Q1. Which AWS service helps with global application availability and performance using the AWS global network?
Answer: C. AWS Global Accelerator
AWS Global Accelerator is correct because it leverages the highly available AWS global network to route traffic efficiently to optimal regional endpoints. While CloudFront also uses edge locations, it is primarily a content delivery network caching content rather than optimizing non HTTP traffic paths.
Q2. Which AWS compute service provides the EASIEST way to access resizable compute capacity in the cloud with support for per-second billing and access to the underlying OS?
Answer: B. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
Amazon EC2 is correct because it provides secure, resizable virtual servers with per second billing and full access to the operating system. As an exam cue, remember that serverless options like Lambda abstract the OS entirely, whereas containers require additional management overhead.
Q3. Which of the following AWS services are always free to use? (Select two)
Answer: C,E. AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) || AWS Auto Scaling
AWS Identity and Access Management and AWS Auto Scaling are correct because neither carries an additional service charge beyond the underlying resources they manage. Services like EC2, S3, and DynamoDB incur usage costs, making IAM and Auto Scaling reliable free utilities on the exam.
Q4. Which of the following foundational capabilities can be found under the Operations Perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework?
Answer: A. Performance and capacity management
Performance and capacity management is correct because the Operations perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework focuses on maintaining reliable cloud service delivery. For the exam, align vulnerability management with Security, and remember that Operations handles day to day health monitoring.
Q5. What are the different gateway types supported by AWS Storage Gateway service?
Answer: C. Tape Gateway, File Gateway and Volume Gateway
AWS Storage Gateway offers three gateway types: Tape Gateway, File Gateway, and Volume Gateway. For the exam, remember that Block Gateway and Object Gateway are fabricated distractors, as the valid service only provides file, volume, and tape storage interfaces.
Q6. As per the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is a responsibility of AWS from a security and compliance point of view?
Answer: B. Edge Location Management
Under the Shared Responsibility Model, AWS is responsible for the security of the cloud, including managing physical infrastructure like edge locations. Customers remain fully responsible for protecting their data, configuring identity access, and managing encryption.
Q7. Which of the following AWS services comes under the Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloud Computing Type?
Answer: B. Amazon Rekognition
Amazon Rekognition is classified as Software as a Service because it provides a complete, fully managed product ready for immediate use. EC2 represents Infrastructure as a Service, while Elastic Beanstalk is Platform as a Service, where you simply upload application code.
Q8. An organization deploys its IT infrastructure in a combination of its on-premises data center along with AWS Cloud. How would you categorize this deployment model?
Answer: A. Hybrid deployment
A hybrid deployment connects existing on-premises infrastructure to the cloud. For the exam, remember that purely cloud-based is an all-in-cloud deployment, while on-premises virtualization is a private deployment.
Q9. A fleet of Amazon EC2 instances spread across different Availability Zones (AZ) needs to access, edit and share file-based data stored centrally on a system. As a Cloud Practitioner, which AWS service would you recommend for this use-case?
Answer: B. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
Amazon EFS provides scalable, shared file storage that can be mounted across multiple EC2 instances in different Availability Zones. EBS volumes are restricted to a single instance normally, making it a poor choice for concurrent multi-instance file sharing.
Q10. Which of the following statements are true about AWS Lambda? (Select two)
Answer: C,E. AWS Lambda lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers || You pay for the compute time you consume for AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that runs code without requiring server management, charging only for actual compute time consumed. You cannot access the underlying operating system or install databases directly on it.
Q11. Which of the following AWS services are global in scope? (Select two.)
Answer: B,D. AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) || Amazon CloudFront
AWS Identity and Access Management and Amazon CloudFront operate globally rather than within a single region. A practical exam cue is that IAM is managed globally, while Amazon S3 uses a global namespace but stores data regionally.
Q12. The AWS Well-Architected Framework provides guidance on building cloud-based applications using AWS best practices. Which of the following options are pillars mentioned in the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Select two.)
Answer: A,B. Cost Optimization || Reliability
Cost Optimization and Reliability are both official pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. The other valid pillars are Operational Excellence, Security, Performance Efficiency, and Sustainability, while elasticity and scalability are general cloud characteristics.
Q13. Which of the following AWS services is essential for implementing security of resources in AWS Cloud?
Answer: A. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AWS Identity and Access Management securely controls access to services and resources across your account. While WAF and Shield protect against network attacks, IAM provides the foundational resource-level security by managing permissions.
Q14. Which of the following are examples of Horizontal Scalability (aka Elasticity)? (Select two)
Answer: B,E. Read Replicas in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) || Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Adding RDS Read Replicas and using Elastic Load Balancing are classic examples of horizontal scaling because they add more instances to distribute traffic. Upgrading instance sizes or adding CPUs are vertical scaling methods instead.
Q15. AWS Compute Optimizer delivers recommendations for which of the following AWS resources? (Select two)
Answer: A,B. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), AWS Lambda functions || Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups
AWS Compute Optimizer analyzes historical metrics to recommend optimal configurations for EC2 instances, Auto Scaling groups, EBS volumes, and Lambda functions. For your exam, remember that Compute Optimizer does not cover object or file storage services.
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