Quiz 34

Which AWS service can be used to query stored datasets directly from Amazon S3 using standard SQL?

• AWS Glue
• AWS Data Pipeline
• Amazon CloudSearch
• Amazon Athena

AWS CloudFormation is designed to help the user:

• model and provision resources.
• update application code.
• set up data lakes.
• create reports for billing.

Which of the following is an AWS database service?

• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• Amazon S3 Glacier
• AWS Snowball

A Cloud Practitioner must determine if any security groups in an AWS account have been provisioned to allow unrestricted access for specific ports. What is the SIMPLEST way to do this?

• Review the inbound rules for each security group in the Amazon EC2 management console to check for port 0.0.0.0/0.
• Run AWS Trusted Advisor and review the findings.
• Open the AWS IAM console and check the inbound rule filters for open access.
• In AWS Config, create a custom rule that invokes an AWS Lambda function to review rules for inbound access.

What are the benefits of developing and running a new application in the AWS Cloud compared to onpremises? (Choose two.)

• AWS automatically distributes the data globally for higher durability.
• .AWS will take care of operating the application.
• AWS makes it easy to architect for high availability.
• AWS can easily accommodate application demand changes.
• AWS takes care application security patching.

A user needs an automated security assessment report that will identify unintended network access to Amazon EC2 instances and vulnerabilities on those instances. Which AWS service will provide this assessment report?

• EC2 security groups
• AWS Config
• Amazon Macie
• Amazon Inspector

How can a company isolate the costs of production and non-production workloads on AWS?

• Create Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles for production and non-production workloads.
• Use different accounts for production and non-production expenses.
• Use Amazon EC2 for non-production workloads and other services for production workloads.
• Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor the use of services.