SP15-Quiz11 (EC2)

Can I delete a snapshot of the root device of an EBS volume used by a registered AMI?

• Yes

• No

• Only via Command Line

• Only via API call

Can Spread Placement Groups be deployed across multiple Availability Zones?

• Yes

• No

• Only in us-east-1

• Only via Command Line

Spread Placement Groups can be deployed across multiple Availability Zones

• True

• False

EBS Snapshots are backed up to S3 in what manner?

• EBS Snapshots are not stored in S3

• Differentially

• Incrementally

• Exponentially

You need to know both the private IP address and public IP address of your EC2 instance. You should ____.

• Retrieve the instance Metadata from http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/local-ipv4 and http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4.

• Use the following command: AWS EC2 DisplayIP.

• Run IPCONFIG (Windows) or IFCONFIG (Linux).

• Retrieve the instance User Data from http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data/.

Which of the following provide the least expensive EBS option?

• Throughput Optimized (st1)

• General Purpose (gp2)

• Provisioned IOPS (io1)

• Cold (sc1)

To retrieve instance metadata or user data you will need to use the following IP Address:

• http://192.168.0.254

• http://10.0.0.1

• http://127.0.0.1

• http://169.254.169.254

Will an Amazon EBS root volume persist independently from the life of the terminated EC2 instance to which it was previously attached? In other words, if I terminated an EC2 instance, would that EBS root volume persist?

• Yes - It will always persist until deleted manually

• No - It will always be deleted immediately on termination

• No - Unless 'Delete on Termination' is unchecked for the root volume

• Yes - But only for certain instance types

When can you attach/replace an IAM role on an EC2 instance?

• Anytime, but only if there isn't already an attached IAM Role

• Only during launch and cannot be changed once the instance is launched

• Anytime, but the instance must be stopped

• To attach an IAM role to an instance that has no role, the instance can be in the stopped or running state. To replace the IAM role on an instance that already has an attached IAM role, the instance must be in the running state.

If an Amazon EBS volume is attached as an additional disk (not the root volume), can I detach it without stopping the instance?

• No, you will need to stop the instance.

• Yes, although it may take some time.