AWS CLOUD CERTIFICATION EXAM ACTUAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Which service can be used to run Docker containers?
RedShift
ECR
Fargate
AMI. Answer: Fargate.
AMI store configuration for EC2 instances
◉ According to the shared responsibility model, which of the
following is a shared control?
protection of infrastructure
awareness and training
client-side data encryption
operating system patching. Answer: awareness and training
◉ A web application running on AWS has been receiving malicious
requests from the same set of IP addresses. Which service can help
secure the app and block the malicious traffic?
GuardDuty
,WAF
IAM
SNS. Answer: WAF (web-application firewall)
◉ How can a systems admin specify a script to be run on an EC2
instance during launch?
metadata
user data
run command
aws config. Answer: user data (shell scripts and cloud-init
directives)
◉ According to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, what change
management steps should be taken to achieve reliability in the AWS
Cloud? (Select TWO.)
Use AWS config to generate an inventory of AWS resources
Use service limits to prevent users from creating or making changes
to aws resources
use aws cloudtrail to record AWS API calls into an auditable log file
use aws certificate manager to create a catalog of approved services
use amazon guardduty to record API activity to an S3 bucket.
Answer: use aws config to generate an inventory of aws resources
use aws cloudtrail to record aws api calls into an auditable log file
,◉ Which types of policies are available when using AWS Auto
Scaling? (Pick TWO)
simple scaling
deferred scaling
warm scaling
agile scaling
step scaling. Answer: simple scaling
step scaling
◉ To reduce cost, which of the following services support
reservations? (Select TWO.)
ElasticCache
Elastic Beanstalk
CloudFormation
RedShift
S3. Answer: ElasticCache
RedShift
◉ What do you need to log into the AWS console?
Access key and secret ID
User name and password
, Key pair
Certificate. Answer: user name and password
◉ What methods are available for scaling an RDS db?
You can scale up by moving to a larger instance size
You can scale out automatically with Ec2 Auto Scaling
You can scale out by implementing Elastic Load Balancing
You can scale up by automatically using AWS Auto Scaling
You can scale up by increasing storage capacity. Answer: You can
scale up by moving to a larger instance size
You can scale up by increasing storage capacity
◉ Which of the following acts as a virtual firewall at the EC2
instance level to control traffic for one or more instances?
Route table
Network Access Control Lists (ACL)
Virtual Private gateways (VPG)
Security groups. Answer: Security groups
◉ What type of cloud computing service type do AWS Elastic
Beanstalk and RDS correspond to?
hybrid
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Which service can be used to run Docker containers?
RedShift
ECR
Fargate
AMI. Answer: Fargate.
AMI store configuration for EC2 instances
◉ According to the shared responsibility model, which of the
following is a shared control?
protection of infrastructure
awareness and training
client-side data encryption
operating system patching. Answer: awareness and training
◉ A web application running on AWS has been receiving malicious
requests from the same set of IP addresses. Which service can help
secure the app and block the malicious traffic?
GuardDuty
,WAF
IAM
SNS. Answer: WAF (web-application firewall)
◉ How can a systems admin specify a script to be run on an EC2
instance during launch?
metadata
user data
run command
aws config. Answer: user data (shell scripts and cloud-init
directives)
◉ According to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, what change
management steps should be taken to achieve reliability in the AWS
Cloud? (Select TWO.)
Use AWS config to generate an inventory of AWS resources
Use service limits to prevent users from creating or making changes
to aws resources
use aws cloudtrail to record AWS API calls into an auditable log file
use aws certificate manager to create a catalog of approved services
use amazon guardduty to record API activity to an S3 bucket.
Answer: use aws config to generate an inventory of aws resources
use aws cloudtrail to record aws api calls into an auditable log file
,◉ Which types of policies are available when using AWS Auto
Scaling? (Pick TWO)
simple scaling
deferred scaling
warm scaling
agile scaling
step scaling. Answer: simple scaling
step scaling
◉ To reduce cost, which of the following services support
reservations? (Select TWO.)
ElasticCache
Elastic Beanstalk
CloudFormation
RedShift
S3. Answer: ElasticCache
RedShift
◉ What do you need to log into the AWS console?
Access key and secret ID
User name and password
, Key pair
Certificate. Answer: user name and password
◉ What methods are available for scaling an RDS db?
You can scale up by moving to a larger instance size
You can scale out automatically with Ec2 Auto Scaling
You can scale out by implementing Elastic Load Balancing
You can scale up by automatically using AWS Auto Scaling
You can scale up by increasing storage capacity. Answer: You can
scale up by moving to a larger instance size
You can scale up by increasing storage capacity
◉ Which of the following acts as a virtual firewall at the EC2
instance level to control traffic for one or more instances?
Route table
Network Access Control Lists (ACL)
Virtual Private gateways (VPG)
Security groups. Answer: Security groups
◉ What type of cloud computing service type do AWS Elastic
Beanstalk and RDS correspond to?
hybrid
