AWS Cloud Practitioner

Which tasks are the responsibilities of AWS? (TWO.)

Maintaining virtualization infrastructure
Configuring AWS infrastructure devices

Which AWS service automates infrastructure provisioning and administrative tasks for an analytical data warehouse?

Amazon Redshift

Which example supports the cloud design principle "design for failure and nothing will fail"?

Deploying an application in multiple availability zones

Which service uses AWS edge locations?

Amazon Cloudfront

Which of the following is a benefit of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud over physical servers?

Paying only for what you use

Which of the following is a factor when calculating total cost of ownership (TCO) for the AWS cloud?

the number of servers migrated to AWS

How can the AWS management console be secured against unauthorized access?

Multi Factor Authentication

Where can a customer go to get more detail about EC2 billing activity that took place 3 months ago?

AWS Cost and usage reports

Which AWS service provides infrastructure security optimization recommendations?

AWS Trusted Advisor

Which AWS services can be used to store files?

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

Which service allows an admin to create and modify AWS user permissions?

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Which service should an admin use to register a new domain name with AWS?

Amazon Route 53

Which AWS cloud service is used to turn on MFA?

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

The main benefit of decoupling an application is to?

Reduce inter-dependencies so failures do not impact other components

Amazon EC2 spot instances are appropriate for what workloads

Workloads where the availability of the Amazon EC2 instances can be flexible

Which service allows for the collection and tracking of metric for AWS services?

Amazon CloudWatch

Which of the following is a benefit of running an application across two availability zones?

It increases the availability of an application compared to running in a single Availability Zone

What is the value of having AWS cloud services accessible through an Application programming interface (API)?

Cloud resources can be managed programmatically

Systems applying the architecture principle of elasticity will?

Create systems that scale to the required capacity based on changes in demand

What tool can display distribution of AWS spending?

AWS Cost Explorer

What AWS feature enables a user to manage services through a web-based interface?

AWS Management Console

A company needs to know which user was responsible for terminating several EC2 instances, where can the customer find this info?

AWS CloudTrail logs

What is the responsibility of the aws customer according to the shared security model?

Managing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

A disaster recover strategy on AWS should be based on launching infrastructure in separate what?

AWS Regions

What security requirements are managed by AWS customers?

Password policies and User permissions

Who has control of the data in an AWS account?

AWS Account Owner

What service is used to quickly deploy and scale apps on AWS?

AWS elastic beanstalk

What compute option reduces costs when you commit to a consistent amount of compute usage for a 1-year or 3 year term?

Savings plans

Which component or service enables you to establish a dedicated private connection between your data center and virtual private cloud (VPC)?

AWS direct connect

You want to send and receive messages between distributed app components, what service should you use?

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

Which statement best describes AWS Marketplace?

A digital catalog that includes thousands of software listings from independent software vendors

Which service enables you to review details for user activities and API calls that have occurred within your AWS environment?

AWS CloudTrail

Which action can you perform in Amazon CloudFront?

Deliver content to customers through a global network of edge locations.

Which tool is used to automate actions for AWS services and applications through scripts?

AWS Command Line Interface

You want to store data in a key-value database. Which service should you use?

Amazon DynamoDB

Which service is used to run containerized applications on AWS?

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

Which migration strategy involves changing how an application is architected and developed, typically by using cloud-native features?

Refactoring

Which statement best describes an Availability Zone?

A fully isolated portion of the AWS global infrastructure

Which service enables you to build the workflows that are required for human review of machine learning predictions?

Amazon Augmented AI

In the S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class, Amazon S3 moves objects between a frequent access tier and an infrequent access tier. Which storage classes are used for these tiers? (TWO)

S3 Standard and S3 standard IA (infrequent access)

Which statement best describes Elastic Load Balancing?

A service that distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances

Which AWS Trusted Advisor category includes checks for your service limits and overutilized instances?

Performance

Which service is used to transfer up to 100 PB of data to AWS?

AWS Snowmobile.

What is amazon neptune?

a graph database storage. You can use it to build and run apps that work with highly connected datasets, like recommendation engines, fraud detection and knowledge graphs

What is amazon DeepRacer?

an autonomous 1/18 scale race car that you can use to test reinforcement learning models

Which Perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework focuses on recovering IT workloads to meet the requirements of your business stakeholders?

Operations perspective

Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework focuses on using computing resources in ways that meet system requirements?

Performance Efficiency

Which statement best describes Amazon GuardDuty?

A service that provides intelligent threat detection for your AWS infrastructure and resources

Which Support plans include access to all AWS Trusted Advisor checks? (Select TWO.)

business
developer

You are running an Amazon EC2 instance and want to store data in an attached resource. Your data is temporary and will not be kept long term. Which resource should you use?

instance store.

Which tool enables you to visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time?

AWS Cost Explorer

Which actions can you perform in Amazon Route 53? (TWO.)

Manage DNS records for domain names.
Connect user requests to infrastructure in AWS and outside of AWS.

Which service enables you to consolidate and manage multiple AWS accounts from a central location?

AWS Organizations

Which virtual private cloud (VPC) component controls inbound and outbound traffic for Amazon EC2 instances?

Security group

You want Amazon S3 to monitor your objects' access patterns. Which storage class should you use?

S3 Intelligent-Tiering

Which statement is TRUE for AWS Lambda?

You pay only for compute time while your code is running.

You want to store data in a volume that is attached to an Amazon EC2 instance. Which service should you use?

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

What best describes a proof of concept (POC)?

A small scale practical example of a proposed solution

What best describes a Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

acts as a virtual network within which customers can launch AWS resources

What best describes AWS availability zones?

isolated locations within a geographical region containing one or more data centers

What best describes AWS customer success site?

It is a resource for finding use cases to help inspire solution design and build confidence with customers

At what level do network Access control lists (NACLs) provide protection?

subnet

what best describes amazon simple storage service glacier (Amazon S3 Glacier)

a low cost object storage service designed for data archiving

When meeting with a customer to present a solution what would be considered best practices?

bring markers
prepare thoroughly

What do APN consulting partners do?

Help customers design, architect, build, migrate, and manage their workloads and apps on AWS
included managed service providers (MSP)

Which migration strategy consists of re-architecting an application typically using cloud native features

Refactor : modernize

What best describes amazon simple storage service (S3)

object storage service that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web

At what level do security groups provide protection?

instance

What best describes amazon elastic compute cloud EC2 general purpose instance types

provides a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources, and can be used for a variety of diverse workloads

When meeting with a customer to gather info, what are some best practices

ask open ended questions
ask the five whens

Which best describes the AWs well architected framework?

a resource to help design solutions using AWS best practices

What statements accurately reflect the principles of the shared security model?

AWS is responsible for securing the physical network infrastructure
customers are responsible for securing their apps and data

Which best describes amazon elastic block store (EBS)

provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with EC2 instances

What is APN partner central?

resource providing APN partners with tools and content they need to grow their business on AWS

Advantages of cloud computing?

benefit from massive economies of scale
increase speed and agility

What best describes AWS regions?

separate, isolated geographic areas that contain availability zones

What best describes EC2 memory optimized instance types?

designed to deliver fast performance for workloads that process large data sets in memory

What migration strategy consists of simple transfer of app resources from on-prem to the cloud?

rehost: lift and shift

What best describes EC2 compute optimized instance types?

ideal for compute bound apps that benefit from high performance processors

what best describes serverless architectures?

server less architectures runs apps without provisioning, maintaining, and administering servers

Can APN technology partners include independent software vendors?

Yes they may include (ISVs)

A customer wishes to increase the availability of their AWS cloud-hosted application. Which approaches will help them achieve their goal?

host app instances on multiple availability zones
use multiple instances instead of one

Which could serve as a migration target for an on-prem MYSQL database?

amazon relational database service (Amazon RDS)

What best describes AWS edge locations?

designed to deliver content to end users

What best describes the functionality of containers?

package app code, configurations, and dependencies into a single object

What best describes the cost savings analysis?

calculates the total cost of ownership for running an end-to-end traditional IT environment vs. deploying to AWS

What best describes the best value of a cost savings analysis for a customer?

providing a complete view of costs to deliver equal or improved performance with AWS when compared to an on-prem or co-location infrastructure

What are ways AWS helps customers lower costs?

A consumption based model
aws pricing models
frequent price reductions

What best describes staff productivity?

refers to the efficiency gained from reducing or eliminating tasks no longer needed with cloud services

Server, network, and storage staff functions:

involve managing hardware and infrastructure

Application staff functions:

roles such as database administrator, AppDev, QA, and support functions

Facilities Staff Functions:

facilities management for customers who have on-premises data centers

Security Staff functions

ensures infrastructures meets compliance, regulatory, and corporate standards

Applications Benefits of AWS:

time spent coding, testing, and supporting business apps is greatly reduced

Security Benefits of AWS

penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and security audits are greatly improved

Facilities benefits of AWS:

Time spent managing power cooling systems are eliminated

Network benefits of AWS

time spent on network planning and forecasting to provision hardware is greatly reduced

Server benefits of AWS

Time spent installing, upgrading, and removing hardware is reduced by up to half

Storage Benefits of AWS:

time spent on supporting physical arrays is eliminated

What are the cloud value framework pillars:

1. Costing Savings
2. Staff productivity
3. Operational resilience
4. Business Agility
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