D282 WGU CLOUD FOUNDATIONS EXAM
Q&A 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE NEW
MODIFIED
Amazon Kinesis - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Used for real-
time streaming data and can technically be used to build a real-
time analytics solution, has its own streaming data solution.
Amazon Redshift - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>This is a data
warehousing service designed to work with business intelligence
tools for analytical reporting.
Amazon SQS - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>This is a message
queue service used to decouple the components of a cloud
application.
Amazon MSK - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Managed
Streaming for Kafka is a fully managed service that facilitates
building and running applications built on Apache Kafka
without having to manage the underlying infrastructure. It
would allow the financial services firm to focus on building
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,their analytics platform without being concerned about Kafka's
infrastructure management, hence reducing the operational
overhead.
Amazon Aurora - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Is a relational
database that is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL
database engines. Aurora is extremely fast and scales up to
128 TB. You can also deploy replicas for read scaling within
and across Regions. Aurora also offers automated backups.
Amazon DocumentDB - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>NoSQL
database that supports document data structures.
Convertible Reserved Instances - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>A convertible reserved instance enables you to
exchange one or more Convertible Reserved Instances for
another Convertible Reserved Instance with a different
configuration, including instance family, operating system,
and tenancy.
Standard Reserved Instances - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>With
standard RIs you cannot change the instance type but you can
change the instance size.
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,Regional Reserved Instances - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Regional RIs apply to instance usage within any
AZ in a specified Region.
Zonal Reserved Instances - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Zonal
RIs apply to instance usage within a specific AZ within an AWS
Region.
AWS Well-Architected Framework - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Perform operations as code
Make frequent, small, reversible changes
Refine operations procedures frequently
Anticipate failure
Learn from all operational failures
Amazon Macie - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Amazon Macie is
a fully managed data security and data privacy service that uses
machine learning and pattern matching to discover and protect
your sensitive data in AWS. Amazon Macie automates the
discovery of sensitive data at scale and lowers the cost of
protecting your data.
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, Amazon Detective - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>visually
Analyze dqata and automatically processes terabytes of event
data records about IP traffic, AWS management operations,
and malicious or unauthorized activity.
Amazon Detective - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Automatically
processes terabytes of event data records about IP traffic, AWS
management operations, and malicious or unauthorized activity.
AWS Policy Generator - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>A tool that
enables you to create policies that control access to Amazon
Web Services (AWS) products and resources.
AWS Cloud Development Kit - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>An
open source software development framework to define cloud
application resources using familiar programming languages.
With AWS CDK you can stick to using programming languages
that are familiar to you and have infrastructure deployed using
AWS CloudFormation.
AWS CodeCommit - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Is a fully-
managed source control service that hosts secure Git-based
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Q&A 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE NEW
MODIFIED
Amazon Kinesis - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Used for real-
time streaming data and can technically be used to build a real-
time analytics solution, has its own streaming data solution.
Amazon Redshift - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>This is a data
warehousing service designed to work with business intelligence
tools for analytical reporting.
Amazon SQS - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>This is a message
queue service used to decouple the components of a cloud
application.
Amazon MSK - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Managed
Streaming for Kafka is a fully managed service that facilitates
building and running applications built on Apache Kafka
without having to manage the underlying infrastructure. It
would allow the financial services firm to focus on building
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,their analytics platform without being concerned about Kafka's
infrastructure management, hence reducing the operational
overhead.
Amazon Aurora - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Is a relational
database that is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL
database engines. Aurora is extremely fast and scales up to
128 TB. You can also deploy replicas for read scaling within
and across Regions. Aurora also offers automated backups.
Amazon DocumentDB - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>NoSQL
database that supports document data structures.
Convertible Reserved Instances - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>A convertible reserved instance enables you to
exchange one or more Convertible Reserved Instances for
another Convertible Reserved Instance with a different
configuration, including instance family, operating system,
and tenancy.
Standard Reserved Instances - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>With
standard RIs you cannot change the instance type but you can
change the instance size.
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,Regional Reserved Instances - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Regional RIs apply to instance usage within any
AZ in a specified Region.
Zonal Reserved Instances - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Zonal
RIs apply to instance usage within a specific AZ within an AWS
Region.
AWS Well-Architected Framework - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Perform operations as code
Make frequent, small, reversible changes
Refine operations procedures frequently
Anticipate failure
Learn from all operational failures
Amazon Macie - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Amazon Macie is
a fully managed data security and data privacy service that uses
machine learning and pattern matching to discover and protect
your sensitive data in AWS. Amazon Macie automates the
discovery of sensitive data at scale and lowers the cost of
protecting your data.
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, Amazon Detective - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>visually
Analyze dqata and automatically processes terabytes of event
data records about IP traffic, AWS management operations,
and malicious or unauthorized activity.
Amazon Detective - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Automatically
processes terabytes of event data records about IP traffic, AWS
management operations, and malicious or unauthorized activity.
AWS Policy Generator - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>A tool that
enables you to create policies that control access to Amazon
Web Services (AWS) products and resources.
AWS Cloud Development Kit - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>An
open source software development framework to define cloud
application resources using familiar programming languages.
With AWS CDK you can stick to using programming languages
that are familiar to you and have infrastructure deployed using
AWS CloudFormation.
AWS CodeCommit - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Is a fully-
managed source control service that hosts secure Git-based
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