319 Final Exam Study Guide
What is the scope of resources that can be targeted by a single AWS CloudFormation
stack?
Availability Zone
Region
Data center
Global - correct answer The scope of resources that can be targeted by a single AWS
CloudFormation stack is a Region.
What management tools does OpsWorks Stacks depend on to implement individual
stack layers?
PowerShell scripts
Puppet modules
CloudFormation templates
Chef recipes - correct answer OpsWorks Stacks depends on Chef recipes to
implement individual stack layers.
Where can cached data be stored?
Solid state drive (SSD)
Read only memory (ROM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Random access memory (RAM) - correct answer Data that has been cached is stored
in RAM.
How should an administrator configure Time to Live (TTL) in Amazon CloudFront to
reduce the load on the origin?
Delete the setting.
Decrease the duration.
Disable the setting.
,Increase the duration. - correct answer Increasing the duration will allow the cached
files to be used longer, reducing the load on the origin.
What is a characteristic of loosely coupled architecture?
Scaling is limited and complex.
Applications have single points of failure.
Servers are connected to one another.
Load balancers distribute the traffic. - correct answer Loosely coupled architecture
uses load balancers to distribute the traffic.
How does Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) handle messages?
Data is replicated to multiple origins for resiliency.
Information is distributed using load balancing.
Data is delivered based on classification levels.
Information is encrypted and stored until it is processed and deleted. - correct answer
Amazon SQS will encrypt and store messages until they are processed and deleted.
What is a characteristic of microservices?
White box
Tightly coupled
Centralized
Polyglot - correct answer Microservices can use a variety of tools to provide a service.
Polyglot
What is one of the tenets that define serverless architecture?
Option to add fault tolerance
Extensive management
Pay by the server unit
Automatic scaling - correct answer Serverless architecture scales are based on
consumption. Automatic Scaling
, What is considered to be a large-scale event in disaster planning?
Alerts are sent from security event and information management systems.
A single server stops responding or goes offline.
Failure is widespread and affects a large number of users and systems.
Multiple resources are affected, potentially across Availability Zones within a Region. -
correct answer A large-scale event is when multiple resources are affected, potentially
across Availability Zones within a Region.
What is the characteristic of a pilot light pattern for backup and disaster recovery?
A fully functional system runs in a second Region in AWS.
A backup is stored on tape and sent for offsite storage.
A scaled-down version of the entire environment is running.
A minimal backup is always running and available. - correct answer A pilot light has a
minimal backup running and available.
"Red Alert" meaning - correct answer A call to action to the erasure of American
Indians within the context of America and the belief that we should maintain a reciprocal
relationship with the Earth
Call to action to the drastic change the Earth is undergoing and having the people
combat it
Climate Change vs. Culture Change - correct answer A climate shift in our own
thinking and behavior: a cultural change
The most difficult changes required are not those of a physical, material, or
technological character, but changes in worldviews and the generally taken-for-granted
values and beliefs that are embedded in modern, Western-influences societies.
In this respect, what humankind actually requires is a climate change—a cultural climate
change, a change in our thinking and actions—if we are to have any reasonable
What is the scope of resources that can be targeted by a single AWS CloudFormation
stack?
Availability Zone
Region
Data center
Global - correct answer The scope of resources that can be targeted by a single AWS
CloudFormation stack is a Region.
What management tools does OpsWorks Stacks depend on to implement individual
stack layers?
PowerShell scripts
Puppet modules
CloudFormation templates
Chef recipes - correct answer OpsWorks Stacks depends on Chef recipes to
implement individual stack layers.
Where can cached data be stored?
Solid state drive (SSD)
Read only memory (ROM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Random access memory (RAM) - correct answer Data that has been cached is stored
in RAM.
How should an administrator configure Time to Live (TTL) in Amazon CloudFront to
reduce the load on the origin?
Delete the setting.
Decrease the duration.
Disable the setting.
,Increase the duration. - correct answer Increasing the duration will allow the cached
files to be used longer, reducing the load on the origin.
What is a characteristic of loosely coupled architecture?
Scaling is limited and complex.
Applications have single points of failure.
Servers are connected to one another.
Load balancers distribute the traffic. - correct answer Loosely coupled architecture
uses load balancers to distribute the traffic.
How does Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) handle messages?
Data is replicated to multiple origins for resiliency.
Information is distributed using load balancing.
Data is delivered based on classification levels.
Information is encrypted and stored until it is processed and deleted. - correct answer
Amazon SQS will encrypt and store messages until they are processed and deleted.
What is a characteristic of microservices?
White box
Tightly coupled
Centralized
Polyglot - correct answer Microservices can use a variety of tools to provide a service.
Polyglot
What is one of the tenets that define serverless architecture?
Option to add fault tolerance
Extensive management
Pay by the server unit
Automatic scaling - correct answer Serverless architecture scales are based on
consumption. Automatic Scaling
, What is considered to be a large-scale event in disaster planning?
Alerts are sent from security event and information management systems.
A single server stops responding or goes offline.
Failure is widespread and affects a large number of users and systems.
Multiple resources are affected, potentially across Availability Zones within a Region. -
correct answer A large-scale event is when multiple resources are affected, potentially
across Availability Zones within a Region.
What is the characteristic of a pilot light pattern for backup and disaster recovery?
A fully functional system runs in a second Region in AWS.
A backup is stored on tape and sent for offsite storage.
A scaled-down version of the entire environment is running.
A minimal backup is always running and available. - correct answer A pilot light has a
minimal backup running and available.
"Red Alert" meaning - correct answer A call to action to the erasure of American
Indians within the context of America and the belief that we should maintain a reciprocal
relationship with the Earth
Call to action to the drastic change the Earth is undergoing and having the people
combat it
Climate Change vs. Culture Change - correct answer A climate shift in our own
thinking and behavior: a cultural change
The most difficult changes required are not those of a physical, material, or
technological character, but changes in worldviews and the generally taken-for-granted
values and beliefs that are embedded in modern, Western-influences societies.
In this respect, what humankind actually requires is a climate change—a cultural climate
change, a change in our thinking and actions—if we are to have any reasonable
