A. AWS Regions
B. Edge locations
C. Availability Zones
D. Amazon CloudFront
Correct Answer: C
A. Security groups
B. VPC Flow Logs
C. Elastic network interfaces
D. Network ACLs
Correct Answer: B
A. Amazon Redshift
B. AWS CloudTrail
C. Amazon AutoScaling
D. AWS Lambda
Correct Answer: C
A. AWS Trusted Advisor
B. Concierge team
C. AWS Support case
D. Amazon Connect
Correct Answer: B
A. Amazon DynamoDB
B. Amazon RDS
C. Amazon DocumentDB
D. Amazon ElastiCache
Correct Answer: B
A. Contact an AWS Account Manager to sign a new contract
B. Move an Availability Zone to the new Region
C. Download the AWS Management Console for the new Region
D. Begin deploying resources in the second Region
Correct Answer: D
A. Dedicated Instances
B. Spot Instances
C. Dedicated Hosts
D. Reserved Instances
Correct Answer: C
A. AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
B. AWS CloudHSM
C. Amazon Macie
D. AWS Certificate Manager
E. AWS Secrets Manager
Correct Answer: AB
A. AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
B. AWS Migration Hub
C. Cost Explorer
D. AWS Budgets
Correct Answer: B
A. AWS Professional Services
B. AWS Trusted Advisor
C. AWS Systems Manager
D. AWS Secrets Manager
E. AWS Partner Network (APN)
Correct Answer: BE
A. AWS Secrets Manager
B. AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
C. AWS CloudHSM
D. AWS Directory Service
Correct Answer: C
A. Security group and ACL configuration
B. Patch management of an Amazon EC2 instance operating system
C. Decommissioning of physical storage devices
D. Patch management of an Amazon RDS instance operating system
E. Controlling physical access to data centres
Correct Answer: AB
A. Amazon EC2
B. AWS Lambda
C. AWS Elastic Beanstalk
D. Amazon Lumberyard
Correct Answer: C
A. AWS is responsible for security in the AWS Cloud
B. Provision new servers in days
C. AWS manages user applications in the AWS Cloud
D. No long-term contract is required
Correct Answer: D
A. S3 buckets configured for cross-region replication can be owned by a single AWS account or by different accounts
B. Both source and destination S3 buckets must have versioning disabled
C. The source and destination S3 buckets cannot be in different AWS Regions
D. The source S3 bucket owner must have the source and destination AWS Regions disabled for their account
Correct Answer: A
A. Managing application software updates
B. Managing physical hardware
C. Updating the underlying hypervisor
D. Providing a list of users approved for data centre access
Correct Answer: A
A. Elasticity
B. Agility
C. High availability
D. Reliability
Correct Answer: B
A. AWS product pages
B. AWS Cost and Usage report
C. Billing alerts and Amazon CloudWatch alarms
D. AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
E. AWS Price List API
Correct Answer: BC
A. encrypt data in transit
B. generate and manage SSL certificates
C. register DNS domain names
D. establish a dedicated network connection to AWS
Correct Answer: C
A. Amazon GuardDuty
B. Amazon Rekognition
C. AWS Trusted Advisor
D. Amazon CloudWatch
Correct Answer: A
A. AWS Partner Network (APN)
B. AWS Marketplace
C. AWS Managed Services
D. AWS Service Catalog
Correct Answer: B
A. Amazon Redshift
B. Amazon Aurora
C. Amazon RDS for MariaDB
D. Amazon DynamoDB
Correct Answer: D
A. AWS Trusted Advisor
B. Amazon CloudWatch
C. AWS CloudTrail
D. Amazon QuickSight
Correct Answer: B
A. Performing hardware maintenance in the AWS facilities that run the AWS Cloud
B. Scaling the web application and services developed with Docker
C. Provisioning or scheduling containers to run on clusters and maintain their availability
D. Managing the guest operating system, including updates and security patches
Correct Answer: A
A. AWS Direct Connect
B. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
C. AWS Transit Gateway
D. Amazon CloudFront
Correct Answer: D
A. Share the security credentials among users of AWS accounts who are in the same Region
B. Configure a strong password policy
C. Rotate access keys on a regular basis
D. Use access keys to log in to the AWS Management Console
E. Avoid using IAM roles to delegate permissions
Correct Answer: BC
A. AWS Config
B. AWS Trusted Advisor
C. VPC Flow Logs
D. AWS CloudTrail
Correct Answer: C
A. AWS Global Accelerator
B. Amazon Inspector
C. Amazon CloudWatch
D. Amazon CloudFront
Correct Answer: A
A. Use AWS Certificate Manager to whitelist approved AWS resources and services
B. Use Amazon GuardDuty to validate configuration changes made to AWS resources
C. Use AWS Config to generate an inventory of AWS resources
D. Use service limits to prevent users from creating or making changes to AWS resources
E. Use AWS CloudTrail to record AWS API calls into an auditable log file
Correct Answer: AB
A. AWS Config
B. AWS Trusted Advisor
C. Amazon CloudWatch
D. AWS IAM
Correct Answer: C
A. Design loosely coupled components
B. Think of servers as non-disposable resources
C. Use synchronous integration of services
D. Implement the least permissive rules for security groups
Correct Answer: A
A. AWS Lambda
B. AWS Snowball
C. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)
D. AWS ElastiCache
E. Amazon API Gateway
Correct Answer: BC
A. Run the application on a bigger EC2 instance size.
B. Switch to an EC2 instance family that better matches batch requirements.
C. Run the application on a bare metal EC2 instance.
D. Distribute the application across multiple EC2 instances and run the workload in parallel.
Correct Answer: D
A. Forward monthly invoices for each account. Then create IAM roles to allow cross-account access.
B. Create a new AWS account. Then configure AWS Organizations and invite all existing accounts to join.
C. Use Cost Explorer to combine costs from all accounts. Then replicate IAM policies across accounts.
D. Configure AWS Organizations in each of the existing accounts. Then link all accounts together.
Correct Answer: D
A. Economy of scale
B. High availability
C. Agility
D. Elasticity
Correct Answer: D
A. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
B. AWS CloudTrail
C. Amazon Forecast
D. AWS Config
Correct Answer: A
A. AWS Direct Connect
B. AWS VPN
C. Amazon VPC peering
D. Amazon Pinpoint
Correct Answer: C
A. AWS Trusted Advisor
B. Cost Explorer
C. AWS Organizations
D. Amazon Inspector
Correct Answer: B
A. Amazon CloudFront
B. Amazon ElastiCache
C. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
D. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Correct Answer: A
A. Amazon Alexa
B. Amazon Lightsail
C AWS Organizations
D. AWS Regions
Correct Answer: D
A. AWS Config
B. AWS CloudTrail
C. Amazon CloudWatch
D. Amazon Inspector
Correct Answer: C
A. They allow for the conversion from Application Load Balancers to Classic Load Balancers.
B. They automatically adjust capacity.
C. They are provided at no charge to users.
D. They are capable of handling constant changes in network traffic patterns.
Correct Answer: D
A. Configuration management of user’s applications
B. Security groups configuration
C. Infrastructure facilities access management
D. Cloud infrastructure hardware lifecycle management
E. Networking infrastructure protection
Correct Answer: AB
A. Scalability
B. Automation
C. Automatic scaling
D. Loose coupling
Correct Answer: D
A. AWS Trusted Advisor
B. AWS WAF
C. Network ACLs
D. AWS Direct Connect
E. AWS Organizations
Correct Answer: BC
A. Amazon EBS
B. Amazon S3
C. Amazon EFS
D. AWS Artefact
Correct Answer: C
A. Running a virus scan on EC2 instances
B. Encrypting communication between the EC2 instances and the Elastic Load Balancer
C. Protecting against IP spoofing and packet sniffing
D. Installing the latest security patches on the RDS instance
E. Configuring a security group and a network access control list (NACL) for EC2
Correct Answer: CD
A. Ensure web traffic is automatically spread across multiple AWS Regions.
B. Automatically adjust the required compute capacity to maintain consistent performance.
C. Minimise storage costs by automatically archiving log data.
D. Enable AWS to automatically select the most cost-effective services.
Correct Answer: B
A. pay-as-you go pricing
B. economies of scale
C. the AWS global infrastructure
D. reserved storage pricing
Correct Answer: B
A. Hold a team meeting to discuss the importance of only uploading private S3 objects.
B. Require all S3 objects to be manually approved before uploading.
C. Enable S3 Block Public Access from the AWS Management Console
D. Create a service to monitor all S3 uploads and remove any public uploads.
Correct Answer: C
A. Upload data describing the issue to a new object in a private Amazon S3 bucket.
B. Open a detailed case related to billing and submit it to AWS Support for help.
C. Create a pricing application and deploy it to a right-sized Amazon EC2 instance for more information.
D. Proceed with creating a new dashboard in Amazon QuickSight.
Correct Answer: A
A. Compares on-premises costs to colocation environments
B. Estimates power consumption at existing data centres
C. Estimates CPU utilisation
D. Estimates monthly billing based on projected usage
Correct Answer: D
A. The AWS Product team
B. Managed partners
C. The customer Database Administrator
D. AWS Support
Correct Answer: C
A Amazon S3
B. Amazon Route 53
C. Amazon Redshift
D. Amazon EC2
E. Amazon DynamoDB
Correct Answer: DE
A. Improved availability of applications deployed on AWS
B. Reduced cost to run services on AWS
C. Higher durability of data stored on AWS
D. Higher security of data stored on AWS
E. Decreased latency to reach applications deployed on AWS
Correct Answer: AE
A. AWS Support
B. the AWS Support forum
C. AWS Abuse
D. an AWS Solutions Architect
Correct Answer: A
A. Provision capacity based on past usage and theoretical peaks
B. Build the application and infrastructure in a data centre that grants physical access
C. Dynamically and predictively scale to meet usage demands
D. Break apart the application into loosely coupled components
Correct Answer: C
A. Purchasing hardware before it is needed
B. Paying only for what is used
C. Manually provisioning cloud resources
D. Purchasing for the maximum possible load
Correct Answer: B
A. Installing security patches for the Xen and KVM hypervisors
B. Installing operating system security patches for Amazon EC2 database instances
C. Installing operating system patches for Amazon DynamoDB
D. Installing operating system security patches for Amazon RDS database instances
Correct Answer: B
A. Terminate all AWS resources automatically if budget thresholds are exceeded.
B. Switch automatically to Reserved Instances or Spot Instances, whichever is most cost-effective.
C. Move data stored in Amazon S3 to a more cost-effective storage class.
D. Break down AWS costs by day, service, and linked AWS account.
E. Create budgets and receive notifications if current or forecasted usage exceeds the budgets.
Correct Answer: DE
A. AWS Support
B. AWS Systems Manager
C. the customer
D. AWS Config
Correct Answer: C
A. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
B AWS Direct Connect
C. Amazon Connect
D. AWS Firewall Manager
Correct Answer: A
A. AWS Directory Service
B. AWS Trusted Advisor
C. AWS Artefact
D. Amazon Inspector
Correct Answer: C
A. Amazon Transcribe
B. Amazon Polly
C. Amazon Rekognition
D. Amazon Lex
Correct Answer: B
A. Design using a serverless architecture
B. Design AWS Auto Scaling into every application
C. Assume that all components within an application can fail
D. Design all components using open-source code
Correct Answer: C
A. AWS Trusted Advisor report
B. Amazon QuickSight dashboard
C. AWS CloudTrail trails
D. IAM credential report
Correct Answer: A
A. On-Demand Instances
B. Dedicated Hosts
C. Spot Instances
D. Reserved Instances
Correct Answer: B
A. AWS Regions
B. Edge locations
C. Availability Zones
D. Data centres
Correct Answer: B
A. Operational excellence
B. Performance efficiency
C. Security
D. Cost optimization
Correct Answer: C
A. Amazon RDS
B. Amazon Aurora
C. Amazon Redshift
D. Amazon DynamoDB
Correct Answer: D
A. AWS Accounts
B. Availability Zones
C. AWS Regions
D. Edge locations
Correct Answer: C
A. Implementing consolidated billing
B. Enforcing the governance of AWS accounts
C. Establishing real-time communications between members of an internal team
D. Facilitating the use of NoSQL databases
E. Providing automated security checks
Correct Answer: AB
A. AWS Config
B. AWS CloudFormation
C. AWS OpsWorks
D. AWS Systems Manager
Correct Answer: C
A. Detailed billing report
B. AWS Cost and Usage report
C Cost allocation report
D. Consolidated billing
Correct Answer: D
A. estimate savings when comparing the AWS Cloud to an on-premises environment
B. receive reports that break down AWS Cloud compute costs by duration, resource, or tags
C. estimate a monthly bill for the AWS Cloud resources that will be used
D. enable billing alerts to monitor actual AWS costs compared to estimated costs
Correct Answer: A
A. AWS Direct Connect
B. Amazon Route 53
C. AWS Data Pipeline
D. Amazon Connect
E. AWS VPN
Correct Answer: AE
A. Amazon RDS instance patching
B. Setting up server-side encryption on an Amazon S3 bucket
C. Physical security of data centre facilities
D. Network and firewall configurations
E. Compute capacity availability
Correct Answer: BD
A. Business
B. Developer
C. Enterprise
D. Basic
Correct Answer: A
A. Connect to each database instance on a monthly basis, and download and apply the necessary security patches from the vendor.
B. Enable automatic patching for the instances using the Amazon RDS console.
C. Use AWS Systems Manager to automate database patching according to a schedule.
D. In AWS Config, configure a rule for the instances and the required patch level.
Correct Answer: C
A. across multiple Availability Zones in two AWS Regions
B. in a single Availability Zone in one AWS Region
C. with multiple Elastic Network Interfaces belonging to different subnets
D. across multiple Availability Zones in one AWS Region
Correct Answer: A
A. Launch additional Amazon EC2 instances in Sydney to handle the demand
B. Implement AWS Direct Connect for users in Brazil
C. Use AWS Transit Gateway to quickly route users from Brazil to the application
Correct Answer: A
A. Dedicated Instances
B. Reserved Instances
C. Spot Instances
D. On-Demand Instances
Correct Answer: B
A. AWS Service Health Dashboard
B. AWS Trusted Advisor dashboard
C. Amazon CloudWatch dashboard
D. AWS Personal Health Dashboard
Correct Answer: D
A. AWS Backup
B. AWS Storage Gateway
C. Amazon Connect
D. AWS Direct Connect
Correct Answer: B
A. Access keys
B. Virtual private gateways
D. Access Control Lists (ACL)
C. Security groups
Correct Answer: D
A. Use an AWS Transit Gateway
B. Use AWS Direct Connect
C. Use AWS VPN
D. Use AWS Client VPN
Correct Answer: A
A. Basic
B. Enterprise
C. Business
D. Developer
Correct Answer: B
A. Amazon Cognito
B. AWS Organizations
C. AWS Firewall Manager
D. AWS Shield
Correct Answer:D
A. AWS Marketplace
B. Amazon Inspector
C. AWS Artefact
D. AWS Support
Correct Answer: C
A. Amazon S3 Standard
B. Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access
C. Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
D. Amazon S3 Glacier
Correct Answer:B
A. A completely isolated geographic location
B. One or more edge locations based around the world
C. One or more physical data centres
D. A data centre location with a single source of power and networking
Correct Answer:C
A. Amazon CloudFront
B. AWS CloudFormation
C. AWS Batch
D. Amazon QuickSight
E. AWS OpsWorks
Correct Answer: BE
A. Amazon ElastiCache
B. AWS CloudTrail
C. AWS CloudFormation
D. AWS Systems Manager
Correct Answer:C
A. AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
B. AWS Secrets Manager
C. AWS Systems Manager
D. AWS Certificate Manager
Correct Answer: A
A. Easy and fast deployment of applications in multiple Regions around the world
B. Elasticity of the AWS Cloud
C. Security of the AWS Cloud
D. Lower variable costs due to massive economies of scale
Correct Answer: B
A. A primary key
B. An access key ID
C A user ID
D. A secret access key
E. A secondary key
Correct Answer: BD
A. AWS Systems Manager
B. AWS CloudFormation
C. Amazon Lightsail
D. Amazon Inspector
E. AWS Batch
Correct Answer:CE
A. Create a separate VPC for each department
B. Add department-specific tags to each resource
C. Create a separate AWS account for each department
D. Use AWS Organizations
Correct Answer:B
A. Access to AWS Personal Health Dashboard
B. Improved account security
C. Combined usage volume discounts
D. Centralised AWS IAM
Correct Answer:C
A. AWS Budgets
B. Cost Explorer
C AWS Trusted Advisor
D. AWS Organizations
Correct Answer :D
A. Amazon GuardDuty
B. Amazon Macie
C Amazon Inspector
D. AWS Shield
Correct Answer:B
A. AWS Trusted Advisor
B. AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
C. AWS Personal Health Dashboard
D. AWS Cost and Usage report
Correct Answer: A
A. Virtual private network
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Virtual private cloud
D. Private cloud
Correct Answer:B
A. Grant permissions to users who are required to perform a given task only
B. Disable AWS Management Console access for all users
C. Generate secret keys for every IAM user
D. Store AWS credentials within Amazon EC2 instances
Correct Answer:A
A. AWS Control Tower
B. AWS shared responsibility model
C. AWS Security Hub
D. AWS Well-Architected Tool
Correct Answer:A
A. VPC peering
B. AWS Direct Connect
C. AWS Global Accelerator
D. AWS Transit Gateway
Correct Answer:D
A. AWS Firewall Manager
B. AWS WAF
C. AWS Shield Advanced
D. Amazon GuardDuty
Correct Answer: C
A. On-Demand Instances
B. Reserved Instances
C. Spot Instances
D. Dedicated Hosts
Correct Answer: C
A. Security of data in transit
B. Data integrity authentication
C. Physical and environmental security
D. Physical network devices including firewalls
E. Storage device decommissioning
Correct Answer:AB
A. On-Demand Instances
B. Spot Instances
C. Reserved Instances
D. Dedicated Hosts
Correct Answer:B
A. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
B. Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
C. AWS Elastic Beanstalk
D. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Correct Answer:A