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WorksheetsAWS SA Class 1. Cloud Computing and AWS Quiz
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What is the main focus of this chapter on Cloud Computing and AWS?
The history of cloud computing
The basics of cloud computing and AWS
Advanced AWS deployment strategies
Comparing AWS with other cloud service providers
According to the introduction, what is necessary to be successful as an AWS solutions architect?
Understanding the history of Amazon
Knowing the competitors of AWS
Understanding what the cloud really is and how Amazon's end of it works
Learning about the stock market performance of AWS
Which of the following is NOT listed as a topic this chapter will explore?
How to access and manage your AWS-based resources
How to migrate existing on-premises resources to your AWS account
The environmental impact of cloud computing
What makes cloud computing different from other applications and client-server models
What is the core technology that enables all cloud operations according to the text?
Distributed Computing
Virtualization
Network Segmentation
Data Encryption
What does virtualization allow you to do with the hardware resources of a single physical server?
Connect multiple physical servers together
Divide the hardware resources into smaller units
Encrypt the data stored on the server
Increase the physical server's storage capacity
What can each virtual machine (VM) running on a physical server have its own of?
Hypervisor
Physical server
Operating system, memory, storage, and network access
Cloud Computing Architecture
What is the role of a hypervisor in virtualization?
It acts as a storage resource manager
It serves as the physical server itself
It is the virtual machine administration layer
It is a type of virtual machine
What is the benefit of virtualization's flexibility as mentioned in the text?
It allows for permanent allocation of resources to a project
It enables the creation of a single, static virtual environment
It makes it possible to provision a virtual server quickly for temporary needs
It reduces the need for experimental and sandboxed environments
According to the text, what can major cloud providers like AWS maintain?
Small server farms with limited storage
Enormous server farms with hundreds of thousands of servers and disk drives
A single data center with minimal network cabling
Cloud services without the need for physical servers
What is a cloud computing platform typically offering?
Fixed compute resources with upfront payment
On-demand, self-service access to pooled compute resources
Limited access to compute resources during business hours
Predefined compute resources with no scalability
What are the three features that make the cloud a great choice for serious workloads?
Scalability, elasticity, and cost-effectiveness
Permanence, rigidity, and high cost
Limited access, inflexibility, and unpredictability
Manual scaling, fixed capacity, and variable pricing
What does scalability in cloud infrastructure allow you to do?
Decrease the number of virtual machines as demand decreases
Efficiently meet unexpected decreases in demand by removing resources
Efficiently meet unexpected increases in demand by adding resources
Keep the number of virtual machines constant regardless of demand
What is the AWS term for virtual machines?
Copies
Clusters
Instances
Nodes
What does elasticity in cloud computing address?
The ability to maintain a constant infrastructure despite demand
The system's management of changing demand by ramping up capacity
The fixed capacity of the system to handle workloads
The system's ability to lock in resources for long-term use
What does cloud computing allow businesses to convert in terms of IT spending?
From variable operational expenditure to fixed capital expenditure
From fixed capital expenditure to variable operational expenditure
From fixed operational expenditure to variable capital expenditure
From variable capital expenditure to fixed operational expenditure
What can be automatically reduced when demand drops in cloud computing?
Costs
Capacity
Security
Electricity
What does the cloud paradigm allow for in terms of resource scaling?
It allows for scaling resources only down when demand changes.
It allows for scaling resources only up when demand changes.
It allows for scaling resources both up and down to meet changing demand.
It does not allow for scaling resources according to demand.
What is the purpose of the AWS free Pricing Calculator mentioned in the text?
To help understand the full implications of cloud compute spending.
To compare different AWS service categories.
To automatically decommission resources as demand falls.
To calculate the exact amount of electricity used by AWS services.
What is the main focus of a solutions architect according to the text?
To keep up with the steady stream of new services on the AWS Console.
To focus on advanced configurations such as autoscaling and load balancing.
To focus on the core service categories of AWS.
To perform "apples-to-apples" comparisons between datacenter costs.
What does the Compute category in AWS service categories replicate?
The traditional role of local physical servers in the cloud.
The traditional role of remote physical servers in the cloud.
The traditional role of cloud-based software applications.
The traditional role of on-premises software development.
What functionality does the Networking category in AWS service categories provide?
Data storage, management, and data mining.
Application connectivity, access control, and enhanced remote connections.
Physical server maintenance and hardware updates.
Cloud-based software development and deployment.
What is the function of AWS's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)?
It provides serverless application architectures.
It manages data solutions for various data formats.
It provides virtual server instances that can be provisioned with CPU, memory, storage, and network interface profile.
It monitors, audits, and configures AWS account services.
What does AWS Lambda allow you to do?
Automatically scale in and out EC2 instances based on client demand.
Provide serverless application architectures that do not require a server running 24/7.
Offer long-term backup storage solutions.
Manage authentication and authorization services.
What is the purpose of Auto Scaling in AWS?
It provides immediate accessibility and long-term backup needs for storage.
It allows for monitoring, auditing, and configuring AWS account services.
It manages data solutions for use cases requiring multiple data formats.
It automatically launches or scales up EC2 instances based on client demand and terminates unused instances when demand drops.
What is the function of Elastic Load Balancing in AWS?
It distributes incoming network traffic across multiple web servers to balance load.
It provides a content delivery network service.
It offers data storage and backups.
It manages container workloads using Kubernetes.
What does Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) use for full integration with other AWS services?
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Direct Connect
CloudFront
What is AWS Direct Connect primarily used for?
Distributing network traffic to web servers.
Establishing a direct tunnel between your local datacenter and AWS.
Managing DNS services and domain registration.
Automating the deployment of applications.
What is the main purpose of Amazon Route 53?
It is a managed service for deploying applications.
It is a content delivery network.
It is a DNS service that manages domain registration and routing protocols.
It is a storage service for data and backups.
What is Amazon CloudFront best known for?
It is a global content delivery network (CDN).
It is a service for load balancing network traffic.
It is a container service for Docker and Kubernetes.
It is a secure network connection service.
What is the primary use of Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)?
It is used for secure network connections to AWS.
It is a DNS service for AWS resources.
It is a content delivery network.
It is used for data storage and backups.
Which AWS service is a good choice for long-term data archiving with retrieval delays measured in hours and is closely integrated with S3?
Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Storage Gateway
S3 Glacier
DynamoDB
What is the main function of AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS)?
To provide a managed database service
To host the operating systems and working data of an EC2 instance
To collect records of all your account's API events
To help with change management and compliance for your AWS account
What is the purpose of the AWS Storage Gateway service?
To monitor process performance and resource utilization
To use template files to define full and complex AWS deployments
To act as a hybrid storage system that exposes AWS cloud storage as a local, on-premises appliance
To evaluate any future states against that ideal when a configuration change pushes too far from the baseline
Which AWS service provides a stable, secure, and reliable database instance that supports a variety of SQL database engines?
DynamoDB
CloudWatch
Relational Database Service (RDS)
CloudTrail
What is DynamoDB best suited for?
Long-term data archiving
Virtual storage drives
Fast, flexible, and highly scalable managed NoSQL database workloads
Hybrid storage systems
What is the main use of AWS CloudWatch?
Data archiving
Monitoring process performance and resource utilization
Managing template files for AWS deployments
Auditing and troubleshooting account activities
What does AWS CloudFormation enable you to do?
Monitor performance and resource utilization
Archive data over the long term
Use template files to define full and complex AWS deployments
Collect records of all your account's API events
What is the purpose of AWS CloudTrail?
To provide virtual storage drives
To expose AWS cloud storage as a local appliance
To collect records of all your account's API events
To help with change management and compliance
What is the main function of the AWS Config service?
To provide a managed NoSQL database service
To help with change management and compliance for your AWS account
To monitor process performance and resource utilization
To use template files to define AWS deployments
What is the function of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)?
It is a notification tool that can automate the publishing of alert topics to other services.
It administers user and programmatic access and authentication to your AWS account.
It allows for event-driven messaging within distributed systems.
It enables you to create and manage secure and reliable APIs for your AWS-based applications.
What does AWS Key Management Service (KMS) allow you to do?
Coordinate a series of tasks that must be performed using a range of AWS services.
Decouple the coordinating in the discrete steps of a larger process.
Administer the creation and use of encryption keys to secure data used by and for any of your AWS resources.
Integrate AWS resources with identity providers like Amazon Cognito and Microsoft AD domains.
What is the purpose of AWS Directory Service?
To automate the publishing of alert topics to other services.
To administer user and programmatic access and authentication to your AWS account.
To manage identities and relationships, and integrate AWS resources with identity providers.
To create and manage secure and reliable APIs for AWS-based applications.
What is the main function of Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)?
It is used to administer user and programmatic access to AWS accounts.
It is a managed service for encryption key administration.
It is a tool for coordinating a series of tasks using AWS services.
It automates the publishing of alert topics to other services or to recipients using email or SMS.
What does Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF) help you coordinate?
Encryption keys for securing data.
A series of tasks that must be performed using AWS services or even nondigital (meaning human) events.
User and programmatic access to AWS accounts.
The publishing of alert topics to other services.
What is the main use of Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)?
To administer encryption keys for AWS resources.
To integrate AWS resources with identity providers.
To automate the publishing of alert topics to other services.
To allow event-driven messaging within distributed systems and reliably deliver messages.
What is the purpose of AWS API Gateway?
To coordinate a series of tasks for AWS services.
To manage identities and relationships for AWS environments.
To create and manage secure and reliable APIs for AWS-based applications.
To administer user and programmatic access to AWS accounts.
How many non-government AWS regions are listed in Table 1.3?
21
24
23
22
Which AWS region corresponds to the endpoint "us-west-1.amazonaws.com"?
US East (N. Virginia)
US East (Ohio)
US West (N. California)
US West (Oregon)
What is the endpoint for the Asia Pacific (Seoul) AWS region?
ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com
ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com
ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com
Which of the following AWS regions is located in Canada?
ca-central-1
us-east-1
eu-central-1
ap-northeast-1
What is the unique aspect of accessing and authenticating to the two Chinese regions mentioned in the document?
They require unique protocols.
They have the same endpoint as US regions.
They do not require authentication.
They are not publicly accessible.
What is the endpoint for the AWS region EU (Ireland)?
eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
eu-north-1.amazonaws.com
sa-east-1.amazonaws.com
Which AWS region's endpoint is 'eu-north-1.amazonaws.com'?
EU (Stockholm)
EU (Frankfurt)
EU (London)
Middle East (Bahrain)
What are prefixes like 'ec2' and 'api-gateway' used for in AWS endpoint addresses?
To specify a particular AWS service
To designate edge network locations
To organize resources within a VPC
To list available AWS locations
What is the purpose of availability zones within an AWS region?
To provide a list of endpoint addresses
To offer services like Amazon CloudFront and AWS Shield
To expose physical AWS datacenters
To consist of one or more datacenters
How can a VPC provide effective resource isolation and durable replication in AWS?
By using prefixes in endpoint addresses
By associating work subnets with availability zones
By designating edge network locations
By listing all available AWS locations
What does the AWS Shared Responsibility Model imply?
AWS is responsible for everything in the cloud, including customer data and operating systems.
Customers are responsible for the underlying AWS platform and physical infrastructure.
AWS is responsible for the physical infrastructure, while customers are responsible for managing their data and operating systems.
Customers are responsible for hardware and network maintenance.
Which of the following is NOT a customer responsibility under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?
User Applications
Data Encryption
Hardware and Network Maintenance
Operating System, Network, and Access Configuration
According to the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, what is AWS responsible for?
User Applications, Access Management
Customer Data
Hardware and Network Maintenance
Data Encryption
What does AWS's Service Level Agreement (SLA) for EC2 guarantee in terms of uptime percentage?
95.99%
99.99%
99.9%
100%
According to the text, what will AWS provide if service uptime falls below a defined threshold?
Technical support
Service credits
Additional storage space
Free upgrade to a better service
What is the primary purpose of AWS Organizations?
To manage a single AWS account
To provide technical support for AWS services
To consolidate the management of multiple AWS accounts
To offer discounts on AWS services
What is the recommended approach when building your applications on AWS to handle potential failures?
To assume that failures will never occur
To build applications that are geographically dispersed and fault-tolerant
To focus on frequent data backups only
To rely solely on AWS's SLA for uptime guarantees
What does AWS Organizations allow you to do with account security policies?
Apply them to individual accounts only
Apply them to a single region within AWS
Apply them globally through service control policies (SCPs)
Apply them to non-AWS cloud services
What has AWS Organizations replaced?
AWS Control Tower
AWS Service Catalog
Consolidated Billing tool
AWS Single Sign-On
What is the purpose of AWS Control Tower?
To replace AWS Organizations
To extend the functionality of AWS Organizations through "landing zones"
To provide a set of AWS services for business analytics
To configure AWS Single Sign-On settings
What can you define with AWS Service Catalog?
Governance policies for AWS Control Tower
Custom billing reports for AWS Organizations
Consistent sets of tools and predefined services for teams
New AWS regions for your organization
What is the purpose of AWS License Manager?
To manage software licenses and avoid licensing violations
To track AWS service costs and usage
To secure AWS accounts and services
To provide a digital repository for compliance-related information
What can you use AWS Artifact for?
To run complex AWS operations from your local terminal
To manage software licenses for cloud-based software
To download compliance-related information about AWS accounts and services
To handle security and general best practices for AWS services
What does the AWS CLI allow you to do?
Avoid licensing violations by tracking usage and monitoring compliance
Download compliance-related information about AWS accounts and services
Run complex AWS operations more simply and efficiently
Manage software licenses for on-premises software
What is the purpose of the AWS CLI?
To configure AWS resources in your application code
To list the buckets that currently exist in your account and perform other AWS operations
To provide technical or account support
To access customer service and support forums
Which of the following is NOT a language for which AWS provides an SDK?
Java
.NET
Python
C++
What can you do with the Basic support plan on AWS?
Access to AWS developer tools
Configure the AWS CLI on your local system
Get access to customer service, documentation, whitepapers, and the support forum
Copy a simple file or document from your machine to a new S3 bucket
What is the monthly cost for the Developer support plan on AWS?
$29/month or 3 percent of monthly AWS charges
$100/month or 10 percent of monthly AWS charges
$5,500 one time fee
$15,000 each month
Which AWS support plan provides a "system impaired" response?
Developer plan
Business plan
Enterprise On-Ramp plan
Enterprise plan
What is the guaranteed response time for the Business support plan on AWS?
Unlimited users for help with impaired systems
Personal guidance and troubleshooting
10 percent of monthly AWS charges
$5,500 one time fee
Which AWS support plan includes access to a technical account manager and online self-paced labs?
Developer plan
Business plan
Enterprise On-Ramp plan
Enterprise plan
What is the minimum monthly cost for the Enterprise support plan on AWS?
$29/month
$100/month
$5,500 one time fee
$15,000 each month
Where can you find self-service support for AWS outside of the official support plans?
AWS re:Post community forum
AWS Migration Hub
AWS Application Migration Service
AWS Database Migration Service
What is the purpose of the AWS Well-Architected page?
To provide a community forum
To offer commercial support for AWS deployments
To link to valuable whitepapers and documentation addressing best practices for cloud deployment design
To help migrate existing applications to the cloud
What is the purpose of AWS Migration Hub?
To provide a central place to view information about your existing inventory and the status of all your migration projects.
To automate the deployment of new applications to the AWS cloud.
To manage user access and security settings for AWS services.
To offer a data storage solution on the cloud.
What did the AWS Application Migration Service replace?
AWS Database Migration Service
AWS Server Migration Service
AWS Replication Agent
AWS CloudEndure Migration
How does AWS Application Migration Service simplify the migration process?
By requiring manual installation of software on each server.
By automating the testing and transfer of AWS-bound migrations of non-cloud application servers.
By providing physical storage devices for data transfer.
By offering in-person technical support for migrations.
What is the main goal of AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)?
To provide a tool for managing database access permissions.
To offer a data analytics service for databases.
To make your non-cloud data available in the cloud with comparable or better performance.
To create backups of your on-premises databases.
Which of the following can you do with AWS Database Migration Service?
Only migrate relational databases to Amazon S3.
Migrate databases without changing the database engine.
Perform a homogeneous migration, such as Oracle-to-Oracle, or convert to a different database service like Amazon Aurora.
Migrate databases exclusively to physical servers on AWS.
What is the primary purpose of the AWS Application Discovery Service?
To provide a list of AWS services and tools for application migration
To help plan application migration projects by identifying and inventorying applications in on-premises datacenters
To directly migrate applications to the cloud
To manage AWS resources through the management console
What can be done with the data collected by the AWS Application Discovery Service?
It can be deleted immediately after collection
It can be exported into a CSV file for planning and records
It can only be viewed within the AWS Management Console
It must be processed manually by the user
Which AWS service is designed to be compliant with best-practice and regulatory standards?
AWS Application Discovery Service
AWS Control Tower
AWS Organizations
Amazon Web Services
What does the Shared Responsibility Model entail in the context of AWS?
It defines the division of security obligations between AWS and the customer
It outlines the responsibilities of AWS in managing the infrastructure
It is a model for dividing physical resources into virtual units
It is a support plan offered by AWS
Which of the following can be migrated using the AWS Application Migration Service?
Only the applications that are compliant with AWS standards
Any networked application and/or workflow's needs
Entire applications or individual databases
Only the data that cannot be exported to CSV files
How does AWS divide its servers and storage devices for enhanced availability and security?
Into different data centers within a single region
Into globally distributed regions and availability zones within those regions
Based on the type of services offered
According to the customer's geographic location
What is the primary method for doing most serious work on AWS according to the text?
Through the AWS management console
Using third-party administration tools
Through the AWS CLI and application code via an AWS SDK
Via direct physical access to AWS data centers
What is an important element in building a successful deployment on AWS?
Choosing a random support plan
Understanding which support plan level is right for a particular customer
Avoiding the use of support plans
Using the most expensive support plan available
What often requires more than a simple upload when migrating existing applications and resources to AWS?
Moving text files
Migrating databases, archives, or full-stack applications
Uploading profile pictures
Sending emails through AWS
Your developers want to run fully provisioned EC2 instances to support their application code deployments but prefer not to have to worry about manually configuring and launching the necessary infrastructure. Which of the following should they use?
AWS Lambda
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Amazon Route 53
Some of your application’s end users are complaining of delays when accessing your resources from remote geographic locations. Which of these services would be the most likely to help reduce the delays?
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon Route 53
Elastic Load Balancing
Amazon Glacier
Which of the following is the best use-case scenario for Elastic Block Store?
You need a cheap and reliable place to store files your application can access.
You need a safe place to store backup archives from your local servers.
You need a source for on-demand compute cycles to meet fluctuating demand for your application.
You need persistent storage for the filesystem run by your EC2 instance.
You need to integrate your company’s local user access controls with some of your AWS resources. Which of the following can help you control the way your local users access your AWS services and administration console? (Choose two.)
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Key Management Service (KMS)
AWS Directory Service
Simple Workflow (SWF)
Amazon Cognito
The data consumed by the application you’re planning will require more speed and flexibility than you can get from a closely defined relational database structure. Which AWS database service should you choose?
Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Key Management Service (KMS)
