AWS CLOUD PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION EXAM – QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | PLUS RATIONALES |
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*Core Domains*
*Cloud Concepts*
*Security and Compliance*
*Cloud Technology and Services*
*Billing, Pricing, and Support*
*Cloud Migration and Innovation*
*Cloud Operations and Governance*
*Introduction*
*The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner assessment is designed to validate an indi
*Section One*
1. Which AWS service is primarily used to distribute incoming application traffic across
multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances?
A. Amazon Route 53
B. Elastic Load Balancing
,C. AWS Direct Connect
D. Amazon CloudFront
🟢 B. Elastic Load Balancing
🔴 Explanation: Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) automatically distributes incoming
application traffic across multiple targets and virtual appliances in one or more Availability
Zones.
2. A company needs to store data that is infrequently accessed but requires
immediate access when requested. Which Amazon S3 storage class is most cost-
effective?
A. S3 Standard
B. S3 Intelligent-Tiering
C. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
D. S3 Glacier Deep Archive
🟢 C. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
🔴 Explanation: S3 Standard-IA is for data that is accessed less frequently but requires
rapid access when needed, offering a lower storage price than S3 Standard.
3. Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is a
responsibility of the customer?
,A. Physical security of data centers
B. Patching the guest operating system
C. Maintenance of hardware
D. Managing edge locations
🟢 B. Patching the guest operating system
🔴 Explanation: AWS is responsible for the "security of the cloud," while the customer is
responsible for "security in the cloud," which includes managing guest OS patching.
4. Which AWS tool allows a user to estimate the cost of a planned solution before it is
deployed?
A. AWS Budgets
B. AWS Pricing Calculator
C. AWS Cost Explorer
D. AWS Trusted Advisor
🟢 B. AWS Pricing Calculator
🔴 Explanation: The AWS Pricing Calculator is a web-based planning tool that allows
you to create estimates for your AWS use cases.
5. A developer needs a serverless service to run code in response to events without
managing servers. Which service should be used?
, A. Amazon EC2
B. AWS Lambda
C. Amazon ECS
D. AWS Fargate
🟢 B. AWS Lambda
🔴 Explanation: AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets you run code
without provisioning or managing servers, scaling automatically with the size of the
workload.
6. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework focuses on the ability to
prevent and recover from service or infrastructure disruptions?
A. Operational Excellence
B. Security
C. Reliability
D. Performance Efficiency
🟢 C. Reliability
🔴 Explanation: The Reliability pillar focuses on workloads performing their intended
functions correctly and consistently, including the ability to recover from disruptions.
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | PLUS RATIONALES |
GUARANTEED PASS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
*Core Domains*
*Cloud Concepts*
*Security and Compliance*
*Cloud Technology and Services*
*Billing, Pricing, and Support*
*Cloud Migration and Innovation*
*Cloud Operations and Governance*
*Introduction*
*The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner assessment is designed to validate an indi
*Section One*
1. Which AWS service is primarily used to distribute incoming application traffic across
multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances?
A. Amazon Route 53
B. Elastic Load Balancing
,C. AWS Direct Connect
D. Amazon CloudFront
🟢 B. Elastic Load Balancing
🔴 Explanation: Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) automatically distributes incoming
application traffic across multiple targets and virtual appliances in one or more Availability
Zones.
2. A company needs to store data that is infrequently accessed but requires
immediate access when requested. Which Amazon S3 storage class is most cost-
effective?
A. S3 Standard
B. S3 Intelligent-Tiering
C. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
D. S3 Glacier Deep Archive
🟢 C. S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
🔴 Explanation: S3 Standard-IA is for data that is accessed less frequently but requires
rapid access when needed, offering a lower storage price than S3 Standard.
3. Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is a
responsibility of the customer?
,A. Physical security of data centers
B. Patching the guest operating system
C. Maintenance of hardware
D. Managing edge locations
🟢 B. Patching the guest operating system
🔴 Explanation: AWS is responsible for the "security of the cloud," while the customer is
responsible for "security in the cloud," which includes managing guest OS patching.
4. Which AWS tool allows a user to estimate the cost of a planned solution before it is
deployed?
A. AWS Budgets
B. AWS Pricing Calculator
C. AWS Cost Explorer
D. AWS Trusted Advisor
🟢 B. AWS Pricing Calculator
🔴 Explanation: The AWS Pricing Calculator is a web-based planning tool that allows
you to create estimates for your AWS use cases.
5. A developer needs a serverless service to run code in response to events without
managing servers. Which service should be used?
, A. Amazon EC2
B. AWS Lambda
C. Amazon ECS
D. AWS Fargate
🟢 B. AWS Lambda
🔴 Explanation: AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets you run code
without provisioning or managing servers, scaling automatically with the size of the
workload.
6. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework focuses on the ability to
prevent and recover from service or infrastructure disruptions?
A. Operational Excellence
B. Security
C. Reliability
D. Performance Efficiency
🟢 C. Reliability
🔴 Explanation: The Reliability pillar focuses on workloads performing their intended
functions correctly and consistently, including the ability to recover from disruptions.
