AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Practice Exam

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• True or False? S3 is an object storage suitable for the storage of 'flat' files like Word documents and photos.
• Which component of AWS global infrastructure does Amazon CloudFront use to ensure low-latency delivery?
• In a physical data center, security is typically considered in what area?
• True or False? Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broad set of application services over the Internet. You own the network connected hardware required for these services and Amazon Web Services provisions what you need.
• Which of the following are features of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)?
• Which AWS Support plans offer 24 x 7 support via phone or chat?
• True or False: AWS is responsible for the security of everything above the hypervisor layer.
• What is the main purpose of AWS Outposts?
• Which service is primarily responsible for managing user access to AWS resources?
• Which AWS service is optimal for managing relational data at scale?
• Which of the following are not benefits of AWS Cloud computing?
• To allow resources in a private subnet to access the internet, which of the following must be present?
• What is AWS's primary responsibility in the Shared Responsibility Model?
• Which service would you use to manage and authenticate users in AWS?
• For what purpose is Amazon Athena primarily used?
• Which AWS service would you use to improve content delivery?
• What is included in an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)?
• Which service helps monitor AWS cloud resources and applications in real time?
• You can run applications and workloads from a region to _______ latency to end users.
• Which of the following statements best describes AWS regions?
• What happens automatically when you create a new Amazon VPC?
• What is the main purpose of Amazon S3?
• In AWS, what is a key feature of a Content Delivery Network (CDN)?
• _____ means the infrastructure has built-in component redundancy and ______ means that resources dynamically adjust to increases or decreases in capacity requirements.
• How does AWS Global Accelerator improve application performance?
• How does Amazon RDS simplify database management?
• Which tool can you use to identify underutilized resources in an AWS account?
• What does AWS Cost Explorer do?
• Which AWS service is primarily used for monitoring and logging resources?
• True or False? AWS owns and maintains the network-connected hardware required for application services, while you provision and use what you need.
• The AWS Risk and Compliance Programs consists of which of the following components?
• How many support cases per month does a Basic Support Plan allow?
• What does the AWS Free Tier provide to new users?
• What is the pricing model that allows AWS customers to pay for resources on an as-needed basis?
• What type of authentication does adding MFA require?
• Which of the following services is NOT included in the Business Support Plan?
• True or False? You can launch multiple instances of different types from a single AMI when launching an EC2 instance.
• Your company provides media content via the Internet to customers through a paid subscription model. What approach can you use to serve this private content securely?
• True or False: Amazon RDS automatically patches the database software and backs up your database.
• Which AWS service can be used for managing and orchestrating containers?
• What is the maximum retention period for AWS CloudTrail logs?
• To view all categories of instance metadata from within a running instance, which URI should you use?
• What results from AWS providing a variety of services available at no charge?
• What type of storage is Amazon S3 best suited for?
• Which feature of AWS enhances security against unauthorized access?
• How does AWS Cost Explorer assist users?
• True or false? To receive the discounted rate associated with Reserved Instances, you must make a full, up-front payment for the term of the agreement.
• True or False? The Access Key and Secret Access Key are used to log into the AWS Management Console.
• How does AWS define elasticity in computing resources?
• On what basis is AWS Lambda's billing calculated?
• What is the function of AWS Cloud Map?
• Which AWS service provides temporary security credentials to trusted users?
• True or False? Availability Zones within a region are connected through low-latency links.
• What service can be used to enforce compliance with data residency requirements?
• Which characteristic defines S3 storage?
• True or False: AWS IAM is suitable for operating system and application authentication.
• Which component of AWS global infrastructure does Amazon CloudFront use to ensure low latency delivery?
• How does AWS CloudTrail contribute to governance?
• What does AWS CodeDeploy primarily do?
• What type of access does the Developer Support Plan provide?
• Economies of scale result from ______.
• What is the primary difference between Amazon EBS and Amazon S3?
• What does Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enhance in AWS accounts?
• What AWS offering enables customers to find, buy, and immediately start using software solutions in their AWS environment?
• Which of the following are geographic areas that host two or more Availability Zones?
• When creating a table in Amazon DynamoDB, what must you specify in addition to the table name?
• What does the AWS Well-Architected Framework focus on?
• Which of the following are some security benefits offered by AWS?
• True or false? AWS offers a variety of services at no charge, but there may be charges associated when used with other services.
• Which of the following characteristics describes the Developer Support Plan?
• What is a network access control list (ACL) in AWS?
• Which of the following are considered examples of "security in the cloud"?
• Access Control Lists are used to make entire buckets public.
• What functionality does AWS Organizations enable?
• With the "Pay as you go" pricing model, what is the billing interval for compute resources from the time you launch a resource until you terminate it?
• What are the three types of load balancers that ELB offers?
• Which of the following are included in AWS Assurance Programs?
• Which of these statements about Availability Zones is not true?
• How does tagging AWS resources help users?
• What should be considered when choosing a database type?
• Which service would you use to send alerts based on Amazon CloudWatch alarms?
• What are the three ways to access AWS core services?
• What is the number one reason businesses are switching to cloud computing?
• What describes the fundamental change in how businesses manage IT resources through cloud computing?
• What service does AWS offer for database migration?
• How does Amazon EBS provide durability for data?
• What is the significance of AWS Regions?
• What is required to route traffic from a public subnet to the internet?
• Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Auto Scaling service on AWS?
• Which AWS service assists with disaster recovery planning?
• Which database service is up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases?
• What is the main function of AWS Direct Connect?
• True or False? Using IAM Groups is the recommended way to manage IAM users' permissions by job function.
• What is AWS's responsibility under the Shared Responsibility Model?
• What is the main use of Amazon ElastiCache?
• Which of the following are characteristics of the Auto Scaling service on AWS?
• How does AWS Elastic Beanstalk simplify application deployment?
• What feature does the AWS IAM Access Analyzer provide?
• Which AWS service allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers?
• What must be configured on an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer to accept incoming traffic?
• What is AWS Trusted Advisor?
• Which of the following carries no charge in AWS? (Choose two)
• What does the AWS Shared Responsibility Model entail?
• What is the primary purpose of Amazon Inspector?
• Which AWS service can help in tracking resource locations?
• Which AWS Cloud service is best suited for Online Analytics Processing (OLAP)?
• How long does Amazon CloudWatch keep metric data?
• What is the role of AWS Trusted Advisor?
• What is an Availability Zone in AWS?
• How many Internet Gateways can you attach to an Amazon VPC at any one time?
• What is an AWS IAM instance profile?
• In Amazon DynamoDB, an attribute is defined as what?
• What is an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) peering connection?
• What does AWS CodePipeline facilitate?
• Which of the following AWS tools help your application scale up or down based on demand?
• Which of these is not a primary benefit of cloud computing over on-premises computing?
• When setting up a VPC, which routing component is created automatically?
• Which EC2 option is best for long-term workloads with predictable usage patterns?
• What are the four support plans offered by AWS?
• What Amazon EC2 feature allows for automatic scaling of applications?
• If your project requires you to run monthly reports that iterate through very large amounts of data, which Amazon EC2 purchasing option should you consider?
• Which factor does not affect the pricing of S3 storage?
• What functionality does the IAM policy simulator provide?
• What is an optional security control that can be applied at the subnet layer of a VPC?
• What tool in AWS helps compare the cost of running applications in an on-premises data center versus AWS?
• What is one of the main benefits of using Amazon EC2?
• True or false? You can receive a discount on AWS services without payment if you use them during the free tier period.
• Which AWS service is primarily used for centralized logging and audit trails?
• What is the purpose of AWS Budgets?
• Which support plan is designed primarily for production workloads?
• What is Amazon VPC?
• Which pricing model encourages usage of resources only when needed in AWS?
• What is the purpose of AWS CloudFormation StackSets?
• Which Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) feature ensures your instances will not share a physical host with instances from any other AWS customer?
• What are AWS IAM best practices?
• Regarding Amazon Glacier, what is a Vault?
• Which service can be used to connect on-premises networks to AWS VPCs?
• How does AWS Elastic Load Balancing function?
• What do you pay for based on the “pay as you go” pricing model?
• Which service is primarily used for storing object data in AWS?
• After initial login, what does AWS recommend as the best practice for the AWS Account Root User?
• True or false? Unlimited services are available via the free tier for new AWS customers for 12 months following their sign-up date.
• What is the purpose of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in AWS?
• What is an AWS Security Group?
• What is the purpose of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)?
• Which level of AWS Support is recommended for startups and small projects?
• True or False? By default, all data stored in S3 is viewable by the public.
• What should be used to define a list of rules for allowing or denying traffic in a subnet?
• Which of the following is a recommended security practice for AWS accounts?
• The name of an S3 bucket must be unique _________.
• Which of the following is not one of the four areas of the performance efficiency pillar?
• Which AWS service helps identify underutilized resources?
• Which of the following best describes a system that is always available, without the need for human intervention?
• What are the advantages of cloud computing over on-premises?
• What benefit does AWS WAF provide?
• Which of the following are advantages of AWS Cloud security?
• If you need a database with extremely fast performance and flexible schema, which service should you consider?
• What is the main function of Amazon Route 53?
• What is the primary purpose of Amazon VPC?
• What is the response time for urgent issues for Enterprise Support Plan customers?
• How would a system administrator add an additional layer of login security to a user's AWS Management Console?
• What are the five severity levels for AWS support cases?
• Which of these is not a cloud deployment model?
• Which of the following can be used as a storage class for an S3 object lifecycle policy?
• What is the primary purpose of AWS Backup?
• Which database technology is best suited to hold the session state for an e-commerce web application designed to scale to hundreds of thousands of concurrent users?
• What does AWS provide to ensure data privacy and protection?
• What information does AWS Trusted Advisor provide?
• What is a key benefit of using AWS SSO (Single Sign-On)?
• What is AWS Lambda primarily designed to do?
• When creating an IAM policy, what are the two types of access that can be granted to a user?
• What capability does AWS Auto Scaling offer?
• Which Amazon service provides virtual servers in the cloud?
• Amazon CloudWatch supports which types of monitoring plans?
• What service does Amazon CloudFront provide?
• Why is AWS more economical than traditional data centers for applications with varying compute workloads?
• What is one way to increase the availability of an application hosted on AWS?
• What optimization describes the reduction in business costs as AWS grows, leading to lower pricing for customers?
• For a highly available web application using a custom Amazon VPC with public and private subnets, how many subnets should you create?
• What is the maximum size IP address range you can have in an Amazon VPC?
• What benefit does Amazon CloudFront provide for web content delivery?
• What does Amazon RDS primarily support?
• True or False? Private subnets have direct access to the Internet.
• Which AWS service provides a fully-managed NoSQL database?
• What does CloudFormation allow you to do?
• What may Elastic Load Balancing health checks include?
• Which of the following is a primary feature of AWS Trusted Advisor?
• What are the three options available for Reserved Instances in AWS?
• Which of the following is an example of Amazon Lightsail?
• Which service provides insights through visual dashboards?
• S3 replicates all objects ______.
• Which type of AWS data transfer is free for Amazon S3? (Choose two)
• Where can a customer find information about prohibited actions on AWS infrastructure?
• What is the minimum size subnet you can have in an Amazon VPC?
• What is a common use of AWS Lambda?
• Which of the following must be specified when launching a new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Windows instance?
• What is defined as the ability for a system to remain operational even if some components fail?
• What benefit does cloud computing typically offer regarding infrastructure costs?
• How often can IAM policies be evaluated against AWS resources?
• Which of the following characterizes cloud services?
• Which service provides a highly available and scalable DNS?
• What are the minimum elements required to create an Auto Scaling launch configuration?
• Which AWS service helps you monitor your applications and resources?
• What can you use S3 for with your web application?
• How can you optimize costs using AWS services?
• True or False? Each Availability Zone is designed to be isolated from failures in other Availability Zones.
• What operation should you use to find an item in a DynamoDB table using an attribute other than the item's primary key?
• What is the primary function of AWS Secrets Manager?
• Which AWS Support level includes assistance from a Technical Account Manager (TAM)?
• What is a key benefit of using Amazon CloudWatch?
• Which AWS Support plan is most suitable for large enterprises with mission-critical applications?
• When are free data transfers applicable across AWS? (Choose two)
• What type of content is primarily accelerated by Amazon CloudFront?
• Which of the following are required elements of an Auto Scaling group?
• What aspect of AWS allows customers to pay less over time as the service scales?
• Which AWS service allows you to run code in response to events?
• What benefit do low-latency links between Availability Zones provide?
• In Amazon DynamoDB, what does the query operation allow you to do?
• How do AWS managed services assist customers?
• What is the main purpose of Amazon QuickSight?
• With the "pay as you go" pricing model in AWS, how often do you pay for compute resources?
• What AWS tool provides recommendations to save money, improve system availability, and help close security gaps?
• What is the primary use case for Amazon S3 Glacier?
• What purpose does AWS Directory Service serve?
• Which AWS networking service enables a company to create a virtual network within AWS?
• True or False? Edge locations are only located in the same general area as regions.
• What is the primary purpose of an Internet Gateway within an Amazon VPC?
• Which of the following correctly identifies the function of edge locations?
• Which service provides adjustable storage for AWS users needing consistent performance?
• Amazon EBS is recommended when data _______ and _______.
• What is true about regions? (choose two)
• What does AWS Cost Management tools assist with?
• Which of the following is NOT a free data transfer option associated with Amazon S3?
• What function does AWS Lambda serve?
• Which of the following is a benefit of using AWS Backup?
• Your web application needs four instances to support steady traffic all of the time. On the last day of the month, the traffic triples. What is the most cost-effective way to handle this pattern?
• AWS highly recommends provisioning your compute resources across ___ availability zones.