AWS SAA PRACTICE

A company needs to store 15 years of compliance documents that are rarely accessed but must be retrieved within minutes. Which Amazon S3 storage class is the MOST cost-effective?

S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval

An application running on Amazon EC2 experiences increased traffic every weekday from 8 AM to 6 PM. Which AWS service automatically adjusts the number of instances based on demand?

EC2 Auto Scaling

A company wants to distribute static website content globally with low latency. Which AWS service should they use?

Amazon CloudFront

Which AWS service provides DNS management with highly available routing?

Amazon Route 53

A solutions architect needs shared file storage for Linux EC2 instances across multiple Availability Zones. Which service should be used?

Amazon EFS

Which AWS database service is a fully managed NoSQL database?

Amazon DynamoDB

Which S3 storage class is designed for frequently accessed objects?

S3 Standard

A company needs block storage for an EC2 instance. Which AWS service provides this?

Amazon EBS

Which AWS service enables serverless execution of code without managing servers?

AWS Lambda

A company wants to receive notifications whenever an EC2 instance changes state. Which service should be used?

Amazon EventBridge

Which AWS service stores secrets such as database passwords securely?

AWS Secrets Manager

Which IAM principle grants users only the permissions necessary to perform their jobs?

Principle of Least Privilege

Which AWS service protects applications from SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks?

AWS WAF

Which AWS service mitigates DDoS attacks automatically at no additional cost?

AWS Shield Standard

Which AWS service provides centralized logging for API activity across an AWS account?

AWS CloudTrail

A company needs detailed monitoring metrics with 1-second granularity for EC2. Which service provides this?

Amazon CloudWatch

Which AWS service allows secure, dedicated connectivity from an on-premises data center to AWS?

AWS Direct Connect

A company wants an encrypted VPN connection over the internet to AWS. Which service should they use?

AWS Site-to-Site VPN

Which service allows multiple VPCs to communicate using a hub-and-spoke architecture?

AWS Transit Gateway

Which VPC component allows instances in a private subnet to initiate outbound internet connections?

NAT Gateway

Which VPC component allows inbound and outbound traffic filtering at the subnet level?

Network ACL

Which VPC component acts as a virtual firewall for EC2 instances?

Security Group

Which AWS service provides object storage?

Amazon S3

Which AWS service provides relational database capabilities?

Amazon RDS

Which Amazon RDS feature automatically creates a synchronous standby database in another Availability Zone?

Multi-AZ Deployment

Which RDS feature improves read performance by creating read-only copies?

Read Replicas

Which AWS service provides petabyte-scale data warehousing?

Amazon Redshift

Which AWS service is best for caching frequently accessed data?

Amazon ElastiCache

Which AWS service provides managed Apache Kafka?

Amazon MSK

Which service enables orchestration of serverless workflows?

AWS Step Functions

Which AWS service manages container orchestration using Kubernetes?

Amazon EKS

Which AWS service manages Docker containers without managing servers?

AWS Fargate

Which AWS service provides managed Docker container orchestration?

Amazon ECS

Which pricing model offers the highest discount in exchange for a long-term commitment?

Savings Plans or Reserved Instances

Which EC2 pricing model is best for fault-tolerant workloads that can tolerate interruptions?

Spot Instances

Which AWS service analyzes costs and forecasts future spending?

AWS Cost Explorer

Which AWS service provides recommendations to reduce AWS costs?

AWS Compute Optimizer

Which AWS service continuously checks AWS resources against security best practices?

AWS Security Hub

Which AWS service discovers sensitive data stored in Amazon S3?

Amazon Macie

Which AWS service identifies vulnerabilities in EC2 instances and container images?

Amazon Inspector

Which AWS service centrally manages encryption keys?

AWS KMS

Which AWS service provides dedicated hardware security modules?

AWS CloudHSM

Which S3 feature protects objects from accidental deletion by preserving previous versions?

Versioning

Which S3 feature prevents accidental object deletion for a specified retention period?

Object Lock

Which AWS service migrates databases with minimal downtime?

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

Which AWS service transfers large amounts of data to AWS using physical devices?

AWS Snowball

Which AWS service transfers exabytes of data using a shipping container?

AWS Snowmobile

Which AWS service provides hybrid cloud storage between on-premises and AWS?

AWS Storage Gateway

Which AWS service automates infrastructure deployment using templates?

AWS CloudFormation

Which AWS service provisions infrastructure using programming languages?

AWS CDK

Which AWS service provides centralized governance across multiple AWS accounts?

AWS Organizations

Which AWS service allows centralized management of multiple AWS accounts?

AWS Control Tower

Which service allows temporary credentials for users and applications?

AWS STS

Which Route 53 routing policy routes users to the lowest latency endpoint?

Latency Routing

Which Route 53 routing policy distributes traffic evenly across multiple endpoints?

Weighted Routing

Which Route 53 routing policy routes traffic based on geographic location?

Geolocation Routing

Which Route 53 routing policy performs automatic failover between endpoints?

Failover Routing

Which service automatically scales Lambda concurrency?

AWS Lambda (automatic scaling)

Which AWS service queues messages between distributed application components?

Amazon SQS

Which AWS messaging service supports pub/sub communication?

Amazon SNS

Which SQS queue type guarantees exactly-once processing and message ordering?

FIFO Queue

Which AWS service allows applications to decouple components using event buses?

Amazon EventBridge

Which AWS service provides shared storage for Windows applications?

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Which AWS service provides high-performance Lustre file systems?

Amazon FSx for Lustre

Which database is best suited for session storage requiring millisecond latency?

Amazon DynamoDB

Which DynamoDB feature automatically removes expired items?

Time To Live (TTL)

Which DynamoDB feature improves read performance globally?

Global Tables

Which AWS service provides centralized backup across multiple AWS services?

AWS Backup

Which service continuously monitors resource configurations for compliance?

AWS Config

Which AWS service provides personalized architectural best practice recommendations?

AWS Trusted Advisor

Which load balancer operates at Layer 7 and supports host/path routing?

Application Load Balancer (ALB)

Which load balancer is best for TCP and UDP traffic?

Network Load Balancer (NLB)

Which load balancer is best for legacy applications requiring static IP addresses?

Network Load Balancer (NLB)

Which service provides DNS-based health checks?

Amazon Route 53

Which AWS service allows secure shell access to EC2 instances without opening port 22?

AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Which service provides patch management for EC2 instances?

AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager

Which service stores application configuration parameters securely?

AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

Which AWS service provides managed CI/CD pipelines?

AWS CodePipeline

Which AWS service builds source code automatically?

AWS CodeBuild

Which AWS service deploys applications to EC2 and Lambda?

AWS CodeDeploy

Which AWS service hosts Git repositories?

AWS CodeCommit

Which AWS service provides virtual desktops?

Amazon WorkSpaces

Which AWS service streams applications to users?

Amazon AppStream 2.0

Which AWS service provides centralized identity federation?

AWS IAM Identity Center

Which AWS service enables single sign-on across AWS accounts?

AWS IAM Identity Center

Which AWS service can automatically detect anomalous AWS spending?

AWS Cost Anomaly Detection

Which AWS service provides recommendations for improving application resilience?

AWS Resilience Hub

Which AWS service helps design highly available architectures using best practices?

AWS Well-Architected Tool

Which AWS support plan includes a Technical Account Manager (TAM)?

Enterprise Support

Which AWS service provides private connectivity to supported AWS services without using the internet?

VPC Endpoint

Which VPC endpoint type supports Amazon S3 and DynamoDB?

Gateway Endpoint

Which VPC endpoint type supports most AWS services?

Interface Endpoint

Which AWS service automatically distributes incoming traffic across multiple targets?

Elastic Load Balancing

Which AWS service automatically registers healthy EC2 instances with a load balancer?

Auto Scaling Group

Which availability design principle recommends deploying resources across multiple Availability Zones?

High Availability

Which AWS disaster recovery strategy provides the lowest Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?

Multi-site Active/Active

Which AWS service allows users to query data directly in Amazon S3 using SQL?

Amazon Athena

Which AWS analytics service provides ETL jobs for data transformation?

AWS Glue

Which service visualizes business intelligence dashboards?

Amazon QuickSight

Which AWS service ingests streaming data for analytics?

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams