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WorksheetsAWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam Chapter 13 Quiz
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Which domain is focused on in Chapter 13 of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam objectives?
Domain 1: Resilient Architectures
Domain 2: High-Performance Architectures
Domain 3: Secure Applications and Architectures
Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
What is one of the key topics covered in Chapter 13 regarding cost-optimized architectures?
Design high-availability storage solutions.
Design cost-optimized compute solutions.
Design maximum security network architectures.
Design high-performance database solutions.
Which of the following is NOT a topic covered in Chapter 13 of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam objectives?
Design cost-optimized storage solutions.
Design cost-optimized compute solutions.
Design cost-optimized database solutions.
Design high-availability network architectures.
What is the purpose of the AWS Free Tier according to the introduction?
To provide a basic understanding of AWS cost planning basics.
To allow users to experiment with light versions of AWS resources.
To offer high-latency, long-term storage solutions.
To automate cost event–alerting protocols.
Where can you find account-level financial information in AWS?
AWS Storage
AWS Free Tier
AWS Billing Dashboard
AWS management console's account drop-down menu
What is emphasized as the best protection from unexpected expenses on AWS?
Using the Free Tier for all AWS services.
Understanding how you're billed for using AWS services.
Deploying resources without a cost assessment.
Building a multilayered, scalable application environment.
What can AWS billing alerts be created through besides Amazon CloudWatch Alarms?
Amazon S3
AWS Budgets
Amazon EC2
Amazon Chime
How long can it take for tags to appear in the Billing and Cost Management Dashboard after they are created?
Immediately
Up to 12 hours
Up to 24 hours
Up to 48 hours
Which of the following is NOT a parameter you can use to narrow the scope of a budget?
Services
Regions
Tags
Instance color
What happens when notification triggers are defined and thresholds are met in AWS Budgets?
An EC2 instance is automatically stopped.
The user's AWS account is suspended.
Notifications are sent to SNS, email addresses, or Amazon Chbot Alerts.
The budget is automatically adjusted to fit the new usage.
What is the purpose of applying cost allocation tags to AWS resources?
To increase the cost of resources
To track resource cost and usage
To automatically delete unused resources
To encrypt data stored in S3 buckets
What is the first step to create an AWS Budget to send an alert?
Select the Cost Budget option and click Next.
Click the Budgets link in the Billing Dashboard, and then click Create A Budget.
Give your budget a name like Monthly Limit.
Select Actual from the drop-down menu for Alert.
When setting up an AWS Budget alert, what value should you enter in the AlertThreshold field to be notified when spending exceeds 80% of your budgeted amount?
100
80
50
20
What should you do if you realize you don't need the budget you just created in AWS?
Ignore the budget and it will automatically be deleted.
Increase the budgeted amount to avoid future alerts.
Select its entry in the Dashboard and delete it.
Change the budget name to "Not Needed".
What is the purpose of the Cost Explorer tool in AWS?
To set limits to help control your AWS spending using budget alerts.
To actively cap your spending.
To provide a detailed visualization of your historical AWS usage and costs.
To automatically adjust developing trends in your AWS spending.
What is the unique value proposition of AWS Cost and Usage Reports hinted at in the Delivery options page of the Report creation process?
They provide data coverage similar to AWS Cost Explorer.
They allow you to enable support for Athena, Redshift, and QuickSight.
They are written to an S3 bucket in your account.
They offer color-coded compliance checks.
Which AWS tool is described as a per-session tool for squeezing business intelligence out of data stacks?
AWS Cost Explorer
Amazon QuickSight
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Cost and Usage Reports
What are the five categories of compliance and health data checked by AWS Trusted Advisor?
Cost Optimization, Performance checks, Security checks, Fault Tolerance, Service Limits
Data Coverage, Pricing Attributes, Support for Athena, S3 Bucket Permissions, Sample Bucket Policies
Reserve Instance Utilization, RI Coverage, S3 Bucket Permissions, Sample Bucket Policies, Data Coverage
Business Intelligence, Data Stacks, S3 Bucket Writing, Report Optimization, Delivery Options
What is the purpose of AWS Trusted Advisor's color-coded check results?
To indicate the level of data coverage provided by AWS services.
To show whether your account configurations are compliant with AWS best practices.
To filter the view of your AWS usage reports.
To group services in the AWS Cost and Usage Reports.
What is the purpose of the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator mentioned in the text?
To provide a detailed comparison of AWS regions.
To calculate the cost of multiple resource stacks by gathering pricing information.
To generate monthly billing statements for AWS services.
To offer technical support for AWS services.
As of the writing of this document, what is AWS's plan for the Simple Monthly Calculator?
To update it with new features.
To keep it unchanged.
To deprecate it and replace it with the AWS Pricing Calculator.
To make it a paid service.
What can be downloaded in CSV format according to the text?
A list of AWS regions.
A comparison of different EBS and RDS storage types.
An itemized breakdown of the monthly cost of your stack.
The AWS Simple Monthly Calculator tool itself.
What is a potential consequence of not having an accurate cost simulation of a complicated AWS stack, as mentioned in the text?
Immediate termination of AWS services.
Reduced performance of AWS resources.
Surprises when painful monthly billing statements show up.
Inability to share estimates with colleagues or clients.
What is the first step in building your own stack in the Simple Monthly Calculator according to Exercise 13.2?
Select two instances running 120 hours (5 days) a week of a Linux c5d.xlarge instance type.
Start a fresh calculation at the provided URL and click Reset All if necessary.
Enter 400 GB/month of Data Transfer Out on the Amazon CloudFront tab.
Click the Amazon EC2 tab and select the Free Usage Tier box at the top.
How many general-purpose EBS volumes should be added, and what size should each be?
Two volumes of 100 GB each
One volume of 200 GB
Three volumes of 100 GB each
Two volumes of 50 GB each
What amount of Data Transfer In and Data Transfer Out needs to be added in the Data Transfer section?
200 GB of Data Transfer In and 400 GB of Data Transfer Out
100 GB of Data Transfer In and 300 GB of Data Transfer Out
300 GB of Data Transfer In and 500 GB of Data Transfer Out
400 GB of Data Transfer In and 200 GB of Data Transfer Out
On the Amazon S3 tab, how many PUT Requests and GET Requests for S3 Standard Storage should be entered?
25000 PUT Requests and 100000 GET Requests
50000 PUT Requests and 150000 GET Requests
10000 PUT Requests and 50000 GET Requests
75000 PUT Requests and 200000 GET Requests
For the Amazon Elastic Load Balancing tab, what should be the Number Of Application LBs and the Avg Number Of New Connections/Sec Per ALB?
1 for Number Of Application LBs, 100 for Avg Number Of New Connections/Sec Per ALB
2 for Number Of Application LBs, 200 for Avg Number Of New Connections/Sec Per ALB
3 for Number Of Application LBs, 300 for Avg Number Of New Connections/Sec Per ALB
5 for Number Of Application LBs, 300 for Avg Number Of New Connections/Sec Per ALB
According to the exercise, what was the estimated total monthly cost when the author did a comparison?
$220/month
$320/month
$420/month
$520/month
What is the primary benefit of optimizing server instances such as EC2 or RDS according to the text?
To reduce the complexity of the server setup
To maximize server density and performance while minimizing overall cost
To increase the number of server instances required
To solely improve the graphical processing capabilities
What does the M5 instance type primarily optimize for?
Lower GPU resources
High-end networking and default EBS optimization
Enhanced cloud storage options
Reduced CPU core counts
What service does Amazon offer to analyze and identify compute resource optimization opportunities?
AWS Lambda
AWS Compute Optimizer
Amazon EKS
Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace
What is the concept of 'serverless' model as mentioned in the text?
Running compute resources without virtualization
Using physical servers instead of virtual ones
Managing servers manually for each application
Running applications without managing the underlying servers
What is the difference between purchasing a traditional reserved instance and using the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace?
The Marketplace allows you to buy the right to use a regular EC2 instance at a discounted price.
The Marketplace offers long-term compute capacity set aside by AWS.
The Marketplace allows you to take over the remaining time on a reserved instance from another AWS user.
There is no difference; both options are the same.
What is the maximum percentage discount offered by Compute Savings Plans over On Demand usage?
54%
66%
72%
75%
What type of Reserved Instance allows you to exchange your instance later as long as the new instance has equal or greater value than the original?
Standard RI
Convertible RI
Scheduled RI
Partial Upfront RI
EC2 Instance Plans limit usage changes to how many AWS regions?
Any AWS region
Two AWS regions
A single AWS region
Three AWS regions
Which payment option for Reserved Instances requires you to pay the entire amount upfront?
All Upfront
Partial Upfront
No Upfront
Scheduled
What is the initial hourly commitment mentioned for Savings Plans?
$10/hour
$5/hour
$15/hour
$20/hour
What is the nature of EC2 Spot Instances?
Long-term rentals with stable pricing
Short-term rentals with volatile life cycles
Fixed-term contracts with guaranteed availability
Permanent ownership with a one-time payment
What can you do when the spot price exceeds your maximum price for an EC2 instance in AWS?
Only terminate the instance
Terminate, stop, or hibernate the instance
Increase the spot price automatically
The instance will continue running without any changes
What is a Spot Fleet in AWS?
A single spot instance that is launched based on the lowest price
A service that automatically manages your EC2 instances
A group of spot instances designed to meet a specified capacity
A tool for monitoring the performance of your EC2 instances
Which request type allows you to maintain target capacity using a fleet in AWS?
Request a one-time instance request
Maintain target capacity using a fleet
Reserve for duration
Request an uninterrupted instance for between one and six hours
What is the first step in requesting a Spot Fleet using the AWS CLI according to the exercise?
Create a new security group
Copy the AMI ID from the Quick Start tab in the EC2 Launch Instance dialog box
Create a new IAM role that will give the spot manager permission to start and stop EC2 instances
Select EC2 and then EC2 – Fleet from the IAM Roles page
What is the purpose of creating a Config.json file as mentioned in step 5?
To define the IAM role for the AWS EC2 Fleet
To request a spot fleet with specific configurations
To shut down resources after use
To monitor the EC2 Dashboard
According to step 6, which AWS CLI command is used to request a spot fleet?
aws ec2 describe-spot-fleet-requests
aws ec2 cancel-spot-fleet-requests
aws ec2 request-spot-fleet
aws ec2 modify-spot-fleet-request
What should you do if the AWS CLI command for requesting a spot fleet returns only a spot fleet ID without any errors, as described in step 7?
Assume everything is running properly
Immediately shut down your resources
Check the Spot Requests page of the EC2 Dashboard for messages
Ignore the output and proceed with other tasks
What is the final step you should remember to do after using your resources, as mentioned in step 9?
Check the EC2 Dashboard for errors
Create another Config.json file
Shut down your resources
Request another spot fleet
What is the best practice when using Auto Scaling to manage compute resources efficiently?
Increase the group size when demand drops
Decrease the group size when average usage of running instances drops below a set threshold
Configure the scaler to maintain a constant group size regardless of demand
Only scale up the instances and never scale down
What is the primary benefit of configuring Auto Scaling to scale down as demand drops?
It increases the overall demand for compute resources
It enhances the security of the cloud computing model
It reduces costs and fits the cloud computing model
It increases the average usage of running instances
What does the Elastic Block Store Lifecycle Manager help you to do?
Increase the frequency of snapshots to improve data replication
Ensure that no snapshots are deleted to maintain data integrity
Create a rotation policy for snapshots to manage storage costs
Back up your volumes by creating snapshots every few minutes
Which AWS tool helps you find the most cost-effective and efficient way to build your application stack?
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Organizations
Simple Monthly Calculator and AWS Total Cost of Ownership
AWS Cost Explorer
How can the use of EC2 reserved instances be optimized?
By requesting them individually as needed
By selecting a Convertible RI for greater long-term flexibility
By using them only for large-scale operations
By scheduling reserve availability only for peak demand times
What is a characteristic of Spot instances?
They can only be requested as a fleet
They are optimized for recurring blocks of time
They can be set to react to shutdowns in ways that best fit specific application needs
They are reserved instances with fixed availability
Which AWS tool allows you to model multiple alternative resource stacks to estimate and compare costs?
AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Trusted Advisor
The Simple Monthly Calculator
AWS Total Cost of Ownership calculator
What is the purpose of the AWS Total Cost of Ownership calculator?
To track your billing and usage activity
To model multiple alternative resource stacks
To closely estimate and compare the costs of deploying an application stack on AWS versus on-premises
To provide multiple concurrent instances
What can you do with Convertible Reserved Instances (RIs) in AWS?
Track your billing and usage activity
Exchange your instance type with another one during the reservation term
Model multiple alternative resource stacks
Configure complex combinations of spot instances
What can be configured using prebuilt AMIs, durable capacity preferences, and life cycle behavior in AWS?
Cost Explorer
Spot fleets
Monthly Calculator
Total Cost of Ownership calculator
Which of the following best describes the AWS Free Tier?
Free access to AWS services for a new account’s first month
Free access to all instance types of AWS EC2 instances for new accounts
Free access to basic levels of AWS services for a new account’s first year
Unlimited and open-ended access to the “free tier” of most AWS services
Which of the following storage classes provides the least expensive storage and transfer rates?
Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
Amazon S3 Standard
Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access
Which AWS service is best suited to controlling your spending by sending email alerts?
Cost Explorer
Budgets
Organizations
TCO Calculator
Your AWS infrastructure is growing and you’re beginning to have trouble keeping track of what you’re spending. Which AWS service is best suited to analyzing account usage data at scale?
Trusted Advisor
Cost Explorer
Budgets
Cost and Usage Reports
Your company wants to more closely coordinate the administration of its multiple AWS accounts, and AWS Organizations can help it do that. How does that change your security profile? (Choose three.)
An organization-level administration account breach is potentially more damaging.
User permissions can be controlled centrally at the organization level.
Standard security best practices such as MFA and strong passwords are even more essential.
You should upgrade to use only specially hardened organization-level VPCs.
You should upgrade all of your existing security groups to account for the changes.
Which of the following resource states are monitored by AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.)
Route 53 routing failures
Running but idle EC2 instances
S3 buckets with public read access permissions
EC2 Linux instances that allow root account SSH access
Unencrypted S3 bucket data transfers
You’re planning a new AWS deployment, and your team is debating whether they’ll be better off using an RDS database or one run on an EC2 instance. Which of the following tools will be most helpful?
TCO Calculator
AWS Pricing Calculator
Trusted Advisor
Cost and Usage Reports
Which of the following is not a metric you can configure an AWS budget to track?
EBS volume capacity
Resource usage
Reserve instance coverage
Resource cost
Which of the following statements are true of cost allocation tags? (Choose two.)
Tags can take up to 24 hours before they appear in the Billing and Cost Management dashboard.
Tags can’t be applied to resources that were launched before the tags were created.
You’re allowed five free budgets per account.
You can activate and manage cost allocation tags from the Tag Editor page.
Your online web store normally requires three EC2 instances to handle traffic but experiences a twofold increase in traffic for the two summer months. Which of the following approaches makes the most sense?
Run three on-demand instances 12 months per year and schedule six reserve instances for the summer months.
Run three spot instances for the summer months and three reserve instances 12 months/year.
Run nine reserve instances for 12 months/year.
Run three reserve instances 12 months/year and purchase three scheduled reserve instances for the summer months.
Which of the following settings do you not need to provide when configuring a reserved instance?
Payment option
Standard or Convertible RI
Interruption policy
Tenancy
Your new web application requires multiple EC2 instances running 24/7 and you're going to purchase reserved instances. Which of the following payment options is the most expensive when configuring a reserve instance?
All Upfront
Partial Upfront
No Upfront
Monthly
Which of the following benefits of containers such as Docker can significantly reduce your AWS compute costs? (Choose two.)
Containers can launch quickly.
Containers can deliver increased server density.
Containers make it easy to reliably replicate server environments.
Containers can run using less memory than physical machines.
Which of the following is the best use of an EC2 reserved instance?
An application that will run continuously for six months straight
An application that will run continuously for 36 months straight
An application that runs only during local business hours
An application that runs at unpredictable times and can survive unexpected shutdowns
Which of the following describes “unused EC2 instances matching a particular set of launch specifications”?
Request type
Spot instance interruption
Spot fleet
Spot instance pool
Which of the following best describes a spot instance interruption?
A spot instance interruption occurs when the spot price rises above your maximum.
A spot instance interruption is the termination of a spot instance when its workload completes.
A spot instance interruption occurs when a spot request is manually restarted.
A spot instance interruption is the result of a temporary outage in an AWS datacenter.
Which of the following describes the maximum instances or vCPUs you want running?
Spot instance pool
Target capacity
Spot maximum
Spot cap
You need to make sure your EBS volumes are regularly backed up, but you're afraid you'll forget to remove older snapshot versions, leading to expensive data bloat. What's the best solution to this problem?
Configure the EBS Lifecycle Manager.
Create a script that will regularly invoke the AWS CLI to prune older snapshots.
Configure an EBS Scheduled Reserved Instance.
Tie a string to your finger.
Configure an S3 Lifecycle configuration policy to remove old snapshots.
Which of these AWS CLI commands will launch a spot fleet?
aws ec2 request-fleet --spot-fleet-request-config file://Config.json
aws ec2 spot-fleet --spot-fleet-request-config file://Config.json
aws ec2 launch-spot-fleet --spot-fleet-request-config file://Config.json
aws ec2 request-spot-fleet --spot-fleet-request-config file://Config.json
Which of the following elements is not something you'd include in your spot fleet request?
Availability zone
Target capacity
Platform (the instance OS)
AMI
