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AWS Cloud Quiz Part 1

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 25hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1-98.
1.

A company plans to use an Amazon Snowball Edge device to transfer files to the AWS Cloud. Which activities related to a Snowball Edge device are available to the company at no cost?

a)

Use of the Snowball Edge appliance for a 10-day period

b)

The transfer of data out of Amazon S3 and to the Snowball Edge appliance

c)

The transfer of data from the Snowball Edge appliance into Amazon S3

d)

Daily use of the Snowball Edge appliance after 10 days

2.

A company has deployed applications on Amazon EC2 instances. The company needs to assess application vulnerabilities and must identify infrastructure deployments that do not meet best practices. Which AWS service can the company use to meet these requirements?

a)

AWS Trusted Advisor

b)

Amazon Inspector

c)

AWS Config

d)

Amazon GuardDuty

3.

What is the MOST operationally efficient AWS solution for extending file storage capabilities while retaining the benefit of sharing content locally for a company with centralized large file storage requirements?

a)

Create an Amazon S3 bucket for each user. Mount each bucket by using an S3 file system mounting utility.

b)

Configure and deploy an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway. Connect each user’s workstation to the file gateway.

c)

Move each user’s working environment to Amazon WorkSpaces. Set up an Amazon WorkDocs account for each user.

d)

Deploy an Amazon EC2 instance and attach an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Provisioned IOPS volume. Share the EBS volume directly with the users.

4.

According to security best practices, how should an Amazon EC2 instance be given access to an Amazon S3 bucket?

a)

Hard code an IAM user’s secret key and access key directly in the application, and upload the file.

b)

Store the IAM user’s secret key and access key in a text file on the EC2 instance, read the keys, then upload the file.

c)

Have the EC2 instance assume a role to obtain the privileges to upload the file.

d)

Modify the S3 bucket policy so that any service can upload to it at any time.

5.

Which option is a customer responsibility when using Amazon DynamoDB under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?

a)

Physical security of DynamoDB

b)

Patching of DynamoDB

c)

Access to DynamoDB tables

d)

Encryption of data at rest in DynamoDB

6.

Which option is a perspective that includes foundational capabilities of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)?

a)

Security Perspective

b)

Governance Perspective

c)

Business Perspective

d)

Technology Perspective

7.

Which AWS service is an alternative to help manage Docker environments on Amazon EC2 instances for tasks like cluster size, scheduling, and environment maintenance?

a)

AWS Lambda

b)

Amazon RDS

c)

AWS Fargate

d)

Amazon Athena

8.

What is AWS responsible for in a scenario where a company runs a NoSQL database on Amazon EC2 instances?

a)

Update the guest operating system of the EC2 instances

b)

Maintain high availability at the database layer

c)

Patch the physical infrastructure that hosts the EC2 instances

d)

Configure the security group firewall

9.

Which AWS services or tools can identify rightsizing opportunities for Amazon EC2 instances? (Choose two.)

a)

AWS Cost Explorer

b)

AWS Billing Conductor

c)

Amazon CodeGuru

d)

Amazon SageMaker

e)

AWS Compute Optimizer

10.

Which of the following are benefits of using AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.)

a)

Providing high-performance container orchestration

b)

Creating and rotating encryption keys

c)

Reducing costs by identifying unused resources

d)

Ensuring security by checking for open access to certain ports

e)

Improving performance by optimizing Amazon EBS volume settings

11.

Which of the following are benefits of detecting underutilized resources to save costs and proactively monitoring the AWS environment? (Choose two.)

a)

Improving security by proactively monitoring the AWS environment

b)

Implementing enforced tagging across AWS resources

c)

Detecting underutilized resources to save costs

d)

Distribution of all operational controls to AWS

e)

Elimination of operational expenses

12.

What is an advantage that users experience when they move on-premises workloads to the AWS Cloud?

a)

Elimination of expenses for running and maintaining data centers

b)

Price discounts that are identical to discounts from hardware providers

c)

Distribution of all operational controls to AWS

d)

Elimination of operational expenses

13.

Which AWS service will meet the requirement of managing deployed IT services and governing its infrastructure as code (IaC) templates?

a)

AWS Resource Explorer

b)

AWS Service Catalog

c)

AWS Organizations

d)

AWS Systems Manager

14.

Which AWS service or tool helps users visualize, understand, and manage spending and usage over time?

a)

AWS Organizations

b)

AWS Pricing Calculator

c)

AWS Cost Explorer

d)

AWS Service Catalog

15.

For a company using a central data platform to manage multiple types of data for its customers, which combination of AWS services should be used to discover, transform, and visualize the data? (Choose two.)

a)

AWS Glue

b)

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

c)

Amazon Redshift

d)

Amazon QuickSight

16.

Which AWS service or resource will meet the requirements of a global company that wants to migrate its third-party applications to the AWS Cloud with the help of a global team of experts to complete the migration faster and more reliably in accordance with AWS internal best practices?

a)

AWS Support

b)

AWS Professional Services

c)

AWS Launch Wizard

d)

AWS Managed Services (AMS)

17.

An e-learning platform needs to run an application for 2 months each year without any downtime. Which Amazon EC2 purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

a)

Reserved Instances

b)

Dedicated Hosts

c)

Spot Instances

d)

On-Demand Instances

18.

Which AWS service will meet the requirements of a developer who wants to deploy an application quickly on AWS without manually creating the required resources?

a)

Amazon EC2

b)

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

c)

AWS CodeBuild

d)

Amazon Personalize

19.

Which S3 feature should a company use to protect sensitive customer data in an Amazon S3 bucket from accidental deletion or overwriting?

a)

S3 Lifecycle rules

b)

S3 Versioning

c)

S3 bucket policies

d)

S3 Transfer Acceleration

20.

Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code?

a)

AWS CodePipeline

b)

AWS CodeDeploy

c)

AWS Direct Connect

d)

AWS CloudFormation

21.

An online gaming company needs to choose a purchasing option to run its Amazon EC2 instances for 1 year. The web traffic is consistent, and any increases in traffic are predictable. The EC2 instances must be online and available without any disruption. Which EC2 instance purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

a)

On-Demand Instances

b)

Reserved Instances

c)

Spot Instances

d)

Spot Fleet

22.

Which AWS service or feature allows a user to establish a dedicated network connection between a company’s on-premises data center and the AWS Cloud?

a)

AWS Direct Connect

b)

VPC peering

c)

AWS VPN

d)

Amazon Route 53

23.

Which option is a physical location of the AWS global infrastructure?

a)

AWS DataSync

b)

AWS Region

c)

Amazon Connect

d)

AWS Organizations

24.

Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework is supported by the goal of protecting AWS Cloud information, systems, and assets while performing risk assessment and mitigation tasks?

a)

Reliability

b)

Security

c)

Operational excellence

d)

Performance efficiency

25.

What is the purpose of having an internet gateway within a VPC?

a)

To create a VPN connection to the VPC

b)

To allow communication between the VPC and the internet

c)

To impose bandwidth constraints on internet traffic

d)

To load balance traffic from the internet across Amazon EC2 instances

26.

Which best practice of the AWS Well-Architected Framework is the company following by planning to migrate a monolithic on-premises application to AWS and divide the application into microservices?

a)

Integrate functional testing as part of AWS deployment.

b)

Use automation to deploy changes.

c)

Deploy the application to multiple locations.

d)

Implement loosely coupled dependencies.

27.

Which AWS service or tool will meet the requirement of auditing password and access key rotation details for compliance purposes?

a)

IAM Access Analyzer

b)

AWS Artifact

c)

IAM credential report

d)

AWS Audit Manager

28.

A company wants to receive a notification when a specific AWS cost threshold is reached. Which AWS services or tools can the company use to meet this requirement? (Choose two.)

a)

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

b)

AWS Budgets

c)

Cost Explorer

d)

Amazon CloudWatch

e)

AWS Cost and Usage Report

29.

Which AWS service or resource provides answers to the most frequently asked security-related questions that AWS receives from its users?

a)

AWS Artifact

b)

Amazon Connect

c)

AWS Chatbot

d)

AWS Knowledge Center

30.

Which tasks are customer responsibilities, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)

a)

Configure the AWS provided security group firewall

b)

Classify company assets in the AWS Cloud

c)

Determine which Availability Zones to use for Amazon S3 buckets

d)

Patch or upgrade Amazon DynamoDB

e)

Select Amazon EC2 instances to run AWS Lambda on

31.

Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose two.)

a)

Availability

b)

Reliability

c)

Scalability

d)

Responsive design

e)

Operational excellence

32.

Which AWS service or feature is used to send both text and email messages from distributed applications?

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33.

Which AWS service allows you to send notifications to end-users using mobile push, SMS, and email?

a)

Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

b)

Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)

c)

Amazon CloudWatch alerts

d)

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

34.

How can a user programmatically access AWS resources through the AWS CLI or the AWS API?

a)

Amazon Inspector

b)

Access keys

c)

SSH public keys

d)

AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys

35.

For running stateless, fault tolerant simulations for up to 3 hours on AWS, which pricing model is most suitable?

a)

Reserved Instances

b)

Spot Instances

c)

On-Demand Instances

d)

Dedicated Instances

36.

What are two aspects of agility in AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two.)

a)

The speed at which AWS resources are implemented

b)

The speed at which AWS creates new AWS Regions

c)

The ability to experiment quickly

d)

The elimination of wasted capacity

e)

The low cost of entry into cloud computing

37.

Which AWS service or feature is designed to block SQL injection attacks?

a)

AWS WAF

b)

AWS Shield

c)

Network ACLs

d)

Security groups

38.

Which AWS service or feature identifies whether an Amazon S3 bucket or an IAM role has been shared with an external entity?

a)

AWS Service Catalog

b)

AWS Systems Manager

c)

AWS IAM Access Analyzer

d)

AWS Organizations

39.

A cloud practitioner needs to obtain AWS compliance reports before migrating an environment to the AWS Cloud. How can these reports be generated?

a)

Contact the AWS Compliance team

b)

Download the reports from AWS Artifact

c)

Open a case with AWS Support

d)

Generate the reports with Amazon Macie

40.

An ecommerce company has migrated its IT infrastructure from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. Which cost is the company’s direct responsibility?

a)

Cost of application software licenses

b)

Cost of the hardware infrastructure on AWS

c)

Cost of power for the AWS servers

d)

Cost of physical security for the AWS data center

41.

A company is setting up AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) on an AWS account. Which recommendation complies with IAM security best practices?

a)

Use the account root user access keys for administrative tasks

b)

Grant broad permissions so that all company employees can access the resources they need

c)

Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for added security during the login process

d)

Avoid rotating credentials to prevent issues in production applications

42.

Elasticity in the AWS Cloud refers to which of the following? (Choose two.)

a)

How quickly an Amazon EC2 instance can be restarted

b)

The ability to rightsize resources as demand shifts

c)

The maximum amount of RAM an Amazon EC2 instance can use

d)

The pay-as-you-go billing model

e)

How easily resources can be procured when they are needed

43.

Which service enables customers to audit API calls in their AWS accounts?

a)

AWS CloudTrail

b)

AWS Trusted Advisor

c)

Amazon Inspector

d)

AWS X-Ray

44.

What is a customer responsibility when using AWS Lambda according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

a)

Managing the code within the Lambda function

b)

Confirming that the hardware is working in the data center

c)

Patching the operating system

d)

Shutting down Lambda functions when they are no longer in use

45.

A company has 5 TB of data stored in Amazon S3. The company plans to occasionally run queries on the data for analysis. Which AWS service should the company use to run these queries in the MOST cost-effective manner?

a)

Amazon Redshift

b)

Amazon Athena

c)

Amazon Kinesis

d)

Amazon RDS

46.

Which AWS service can be used at no additional cost?

a)

Amazon SageMaker

b)

AWS Trusted Advisor

c)

Amazon Inspector

d)

AWS CloudTrail

47.

Which AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) capability belongs to the people perspective?

a)

Data architecture

b)

Event management

c)

Cloud fluency

d)

Strategic partnership

48.

A company wants to make an upfront commitment for continued use of its production Amazon EC2 instances in exchange for a reduced overall cost. Which pricing options meet these requirements with the LOWEST cost? (Choose two.)

a)

Spot Instances

b)

On-Demand Instances

c)

Reserved Instances

d)

Savings Plans

e)

Dedicated Hosts

49.

A company wants to migrate its on-premises relational databases to the AWS Cloud. The company wants to use infrastructure as close to its current geographical location as possible. Which AWS service or resource should the company use to select its Amazon RDS deployment area?

a)

Amazon Connect

b)

AWS Wavelength

c)

AWS Regions

d)

AWS Direct Connect

50.

A company is exploring the use of the AWS Cloud, and needs to create a cost estimate for a project before the infrastructure is provisioned. Which AWS service or feature can be used to estimate costs before deployment?

a)

AWS Free Tier

b)

AWS Pricing Calculator

c)

AWS Billing and Cost Management

51.

Which AWS service allows a company to deliver content with low latency using a global network of edge locations?

a)

Amazon CloudFront

b)

Amazon S3 with cross-region replication

c)

AWS VPN across multiple AWS Regions

d)

AWS PrivateLink

52.

What is a benefit of cloud computing economies of scale?

a)

Trading variable expense for fixed expense

b)

Increased speed and agility

c)

Lower variable costs over fixed costs

d)

Higher operational costs across data centers

53.

Which software development framework allows the definition of cloud resources as code and their provisioning through AWS CloudFormation?

a)

AWS CLI

b)

AWS Developer Center

c)

AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)

d)

AWS CodeStar

54.

For an application using multiple AWS services, which AWS feature provides temporary, limited-privilege credentials for authentication with AWS APIs?

a)

Amazon API Gateway

b)

IAM users

c)

AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS)

d)

IAM instance profiles

55.

Which AWS service is a cloud security posture management (CSPM) service that aggregates alerts from various AWS services and partner products in a standardized format?

a)

AWS Security Hub

b)

AWS Trusted Advisor

c)

Amazon EventBridge

d)

Amazon GuardDuty

56.

Which AWS service is always provided at no charge?

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57.

To reduce costs, a company is planning to migrate a NoSQL database to AWS. Which AWS service is fully managed and can automatically scale throughput capacity to meet database workload demands?

(a)  

58.

A company is using Amazon DynamoDB. Which task is the company's responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

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59.

A company has a test AWS environment. A company is planning on testing an application within AWS. The application testing can be interrupted and does not need to run continuously. Which Amazon EC2 purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

(a)  

60.

Which type of AWS instances allows users to use unused EC2 computer capacity at reduced rates?

a)

On-Demand Instances

b)

Dedicated Instances

c)

Spot Instances

d)

Reserved Instances

61.

Which AWS service gives users the ability to discover and protect sensitive data that is stored in Amazon S3 buckets?

a)

Amazon Macie

b)

Amazon Detective

c)

Amazon GuardDuty

d)

AWS IAM Access Analyzer

62.

Which of the following services can be used to block network traffic to an instance? (Choose two.)

a)

Security groups

b)

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) flow logs

c)

Network ACLs

d)

Amazon CloudWatch

e)

AWS CloudTrail

63.

Which AWS service can identify when an Amazon EC2 instance was terminated?

a)

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

b)

AWS CloudTrail

c)

AWS Compute Optimizer

d)

Amazon EventBridge

64.

Which of the following is a fully managed MySQL-compatible database?

a)

Amazon S3

b)

Amazon DynamoDB

c)

Amazon Redshift

d)

Amazon Aurora

65.

Which AWS service supports a hybrid architecture that gives users the ability to extend AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to data centers, co-location environments, or on-premises facilities?

a)

AWS Snowmobile

b)

AWS Local Zones

c)

AWS Outposts

d)

AWS Fargate

66.

Which AWS service can run a managed PostgreSQL database that provides online transaction processing (OLTP)?

a)

Amazon DynamoDB

b)

Amazon Athena

c)

Amazon RDS

d)

Amazon EMR

67.

A company wants to provide managed Windows virtual desktops and applications to its remote employees over secure network connections. Which AWS services can the company use to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

a)

Amazon AppStream 2.0

b)

Amazon WorkSpaces

68.

A company wants to monitor for misconfigured security groups that are allowing unrestricted access to specific ports. Which AWS service will meet this requirement?

a)

AWS Trusted Advisor

b)

Amazon CloudWatch

c)

Amazon GuardDuty

d)

AWS Health Dashboard

69.

Which AWS service is a key-value database that provides sub-millisecond latency on a large scale?

a)

Amazon DynamoDB

b)

Amazon Aurora

c)

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)

d)

Amazon Neptune

70.

A company is deploying a machine learning (ML) research project that will require a lot of compute power over several months. The ML processing jobs do not need to run at specific times. Which Amazon EC2 instance purchasing option will meet these requirements at the lowest cost?

a)

On-Demand Instances

b)

Spot Instances

c)

Reserved Instances

d)

Dedicated Instances

71.

Which AWS service provides command line access to AWS tools and resources directly from a web browser?

a)

AWS CloudHSM

b)

AWS CloudShell

c)

Amazon WorkSpaces

d)

AWS Cloud Map

72.

Which AWS service or feature should the engineer use to simplify and scale this connectivity as the VPCs increase in number?

a)

VPC endpoints

b)

AWS Transit Gateway

c)

Amazon Route 53

d)

AWS Secrets Manager

73.

A company wants to assess its operational readiness. It also wants to identify and mitigate any operational risks ahead of a new product launch. Which AWS Support plan offers guidance and support for this kind of event at no additional charge?

a)

AWS Business Support

b)

AWS Basic Support

c)

AWS Developer Support

d)

AWS Enterprise Support

74.

A company wants to establish a schedule for rotating database user credentials. Which AWS service will support this requirement with the LEAST amount of operational overhead?

a)

AWS Systems Manager

b)

AWS Secrets Manager

c)

AWS License Manager

d)

AWS Managed Services

75.

Which AWS service or feature can be used to create a private connection between an on-premises workload and an AWS Cloud workload?

a)

Amazon Route 53

b)

Amazon Macie

c)

AWS Direct Connect

d)

AWS PrivateLink

76.

Which AWS service is used to provide encryption for Amazon EBS?

a)

AWS Certificate Manager

b)

AWS Key Management Service (KMS)

c)

AWS Shield

d)

AWS CloudHSM

77.

Which AWS service allows the management of AWS Cloud resources through a web interface?

a)

AWS Management Console

b)

AWS CLI

c)

AWS SDK

d)

AWS Cloud9

78.

Which of the following are advantages of the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

a)

Trade variable expenses for capital expenses

b)

High economies of scale

c)

Launch globally in minutes

d)

Focus on managing hardware infrastructure

e)

Overprovision to ensure capacity

79.

Which AWS Cloud benefit is shown by an architecture’s ability to withstand failures with minimal downtime?

a)

Agility

b)

Elasticity

c)

Scalability

d)

High availability

80.

Which AWS service should a developer use to maintain a development environment infrastructure and a production environment infrastructure in a repeatable fashion?

a)

AWS Ground Station

b)

AWS Shield

c)

AWS IoT Device Defender

d)

AWS CloudFormation

81.

Which task is the customer's responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

a)

Maintain the security of the AWS Cloud.

b)

Configure firewalls and networks.

c)

Patch the operating system of Amazon RDS instances.

d)

Implement physical and environmental controls.

82.

Which AWS service helps deliver highly available applications with fast failover for multi-Region and Multi-AZ architectures?

a)

AWS WAF

b)

AWS Global Accelerator

c)

AWS Shield

d)

AWS Direct Connect

83.

A company has a set of ecommerce applications. The applications need to be able to send messages to each other. Which AWS service meets this requirement?

a)

AWS Auto Scaling

b)

Elastic Load Balancing

c)

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

d)

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

84.

What are the benefits of consolidated billing for AWS Cloud services? (Choose two.)

a)

Volume discounts

b)

A minimal additional fee for use

c)

One bill for multiple accounts

d)

Installment payment options

e)

Custom cost and usage budget creation

85.

Which AWS service or resource will meet the requirement of reviewing all Amazon S3 buckets with ACLs and S3 bucket policies in the S3 console?

a)

S3 Multi-Region Access Points

b)

S3 Storage Lens

c)

AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On)

d)

Access Analyzer for S3

86.

What is the best resource for a user to find compliance-related information and reports about AWS?

a)

AWS Artifact

b)

AWS Marketplace

c)

Amazon Inspector

d)

AWS Support

87.

Which AWS service enables companies to deploy an application close to end users?

a)

Amazon CloudFront

b)

AWS Auto Scaling

c)

AWS AppSync

d)

Amazon Route 53

88.

Which AWS service or feature improves network performance by sending traffic through the AWS worldwide network infrastructure?

a)

Route table

b)

AWS Transit Gateway

c)

AWS Global Accelerator

d)

Amazon VPC

89.

Which AWS service provides highly durable object storage?

a)

Amazon S3

b)

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

c)

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

d)

Amazon FSx

90.

Which responsibility belongs to AWS when a company hosts its databases on Amazon EC2 instances?

a)

Database backups

b)

Database software patches

c)

Operating system patches

d)

Operating system installations

91.

Which of the following are advantages of moving to the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

a)

The ability to turn over the responsibility for all security to AWS

b)

The ability to use the pay-as-you-go model

c)

The ability to have full control over the physical infrastructure

d)

No longer having to guess what capacity will be required

e)

No longer worrying about user access controls

92.

Which AWS service is a hybrid cloud storage service that provides on-premises users access to virtually unlimited cloud storage?

a)

AWS DataSync

b)

Amazon S3 Glacier

c)

AWS Storage Gateway

d)

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

93.

A company plans to migrate to AWS and wants to create cost estimates for its AWS use cases. Which AWS service or tool can the company use to meet these requirements?

a)

AWS Pricing Calculator

b)

Amazon CloudWatch

c)

AWS Cost Explorer

d)

AWS Budgets

94.

Which tool should a developer use to integrate AWS service features directly into an application?

a)

AWS SDK

b)

AWS CLI

c)

AWS Management Console

d)

AWS API Gateway

95.

Which of the following is a recommended design principle of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

a)

Reduce downtime by making infrastructure changes infrequently and in large increments.

b)

Invest the time to configure infrastructure manually.

c)

Learn to improve from operational failures.

d)

Use monolithic application design for centralization.

96.

Using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to grant access only to the resources needed to perform a task is a concept known as:

a)

restricted access.

b)

as-needed access.

c)

least privilege access.

d)

token access.

97.

Which AWS service or tool can be used to set up a firewall to control traffic going into and coming out of an Amazon VPC subnet?

a)

Security group

b)

AWS WAF

c)

AWS Firewall Manager

d)

Network ACL

98.

A company wants to operate a data warehouse to analyze data without managing the data warehouse infrastructure. Which AWS service will meet this requirement?

a)

Amazon Aurora

b)

Amazon Redshift Serverless

c)

AWS Lambda

d)

Amazon RDS