AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT – ASSOCIATE (SAA-C03) | 100%
VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST 2026/2027 VERSION
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AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT – ASSOCIATE
1. A company wants to store objects in Amazon S3 and needs to ensure that
all objects are encrypted at rest. Which solution meets this requirement with
the LEAST operational overhead?
A. Use client-side encryption before uploading objects to Amazon S3.
B. Enable default encryption on the S3 bucket using SSE-S3.
C. Use AWS KMS to manually encrypt each object before uploading.
D. Enable versioning on the S3 bucket and use SSE-C.
Correct Answer: B
2. A solutions architect is designing a highly available web application on
AWS. The application requires instances in multiple Availability Zones.
Which combination should be used?
A. Amazon EC2 instances with an Application Load Balancer across
multiple AZs.
B. A single EC2 instance behind an Elastic IP address.
C. EC2 instances in a single AZ with Auto Scaling.
D. Amazon RDS Multi-AZ with a Network Load Balancer.
Correct Answer: A
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,3. A company needs a fully managed NoSQL database that delivers single-
digit millisecond latency at any scale. Which AWS service meets this
requirement?
A. Amazon RDS
B. Amazon Redshift
C. Amazon DynamoDB
D. Amazon Aurora
Correct Answer: C
4. A company wants to migrate its on-premises MySQL database to AWS
with minimal changes. Which service should the solutions architect
recommend?
A. Amazon DynamoDB
B. Amazon Aurora MySQL
C. Amazon Redshift
D. Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
Correct Answer: B
5. A solutions architect needs to ensure that S3 objects can only be accessed
through a specific Amazon CloudFront distribution. Which configuration
achieves this?
A. S3 bucket policy restricting access to a VPC endpoint.
B. Origin Access Control (OAC) on the CloudFront distribution.
C. Enable S3 Transfer Acceleration on the bucket.
D. Use signed URLs with an expiry time.
Correct Answer: B
6. An application needs to process messages from multiple producers and
ensure each message is processed exactly once. Which service should be
used?
A. Amazon SNS
B. Amazon SQS Standard Queue
C. Amazon SQS FIFO Queue
D. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
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,Correct Answer: C
7. A company wants to run containers without managing the underlying
server infrastructure. Which AWS service should they use?
A. Amazon EC2 with Docker installed
B. AWS Fargate
C. Amazon ECS on EC2
D. AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Correct Answer: B
8. A company requires that all API calls made within their AWS account are
logged. Which service provides this capability?
A. Amazon CloudWatch Logs
B. AWS Config
C. AWS CloudTrail
D. AWS Trusted Advisor
Correct Answer: C
9. A solutions architect is designing a system that requires a relational
database with automatic failover capability. Which AWS service meets this
requirement?
A. Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ deployment
B. Amazon DynamoDB with Global Tables
C. Amazon S3 with versioning enabled
D. Amazon Redshift with automated snapshots
Correct Answer: A
10. A company needs to deliver static content globally with low latency.
Which service is best suited for this?
A. Amazon EC2 with Elastic IP
B. Amazon CloudFront
C. AWS Direct Connect
D. Amazon Route 53
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, Correct Answer: B
11. A solutions architect needs to allow an EC2 instance to access an S3
bucket securely without storing credentials on the instance. What is the
recommended approach?
A. Embed AWS credentials in the application code.
B. Attach an IAM role to the EC2 instance.
C. Create an IAM user and store access keys on the instance.
D. Use S3 presigned URLs for all access.
Correct Answer: B
12. A company is running an application that experiences unpredictable
traffic spikes. Which feature automatically scales EC2 capacity based on
demand?
A. Elastic Load Balancing
B. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
C. AWS Lambda
D. Amazon CloudWatch
Correct Answer: B
13. A company wants to host a static website with high availability at the
lowest cost. Which approach should the solutions architect recommend?
A. Deploy the website on Amazon EC2 instances behind a Load Balancer.
B. Host the website on Amazon S3 with static website hosting
enabled.
C. Use Amazon Lightsail to host the website.
D. Deploy on AWS Lambda with API Gateway.
Correct Answer: B
14. An application needs to invoke a Lambda function each time an object is
uploaded to an S3 bucket. Which feature enables this?
A. S3 Lifecycle policies
B. S3 Event Notifications
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VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST 2026/2027 VERSION
(PASS GUARANTEE)
AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT – ASSOCIATE
1. A company wants to store objects in Amazon S3 and needs to ensure that
all objects are encrypted at rest. Which solution meets this requirement with
the LEAST operational overhead?
A. Use client-side encryption before uploading objects to Amazon S3.
B. Enable default encryption on the S3 bucket using SSE-S3.
C. Use AWS KMS to manually encrypt each object before uploading.
D. Enable versioning on the S3 bucket and use SSE-C.
Correct Answer: B
2. A solutions architect is designing a highly available web application on
AWS. The application requires instances in multiple Availability Zones.
Which combination should be used?
A. Amazon EC2 instances with an Application Load Balancer across
multiple AZs.
B. A single EC2 instance behind an Elastic IP address.
C. EC2 instances in a single AZ with Auto Scaling.
D. Amazon RDS Multi-AZ with a Network Load Balancer.
Correct Answer: A
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,3. A company needs a fully managed NoSQL database that delivers single-
digit millisecond latency at any scale. Which AWS service meets this
requirement?
A. Amazon RDS
B. Amazon Redshift
C. Amazon DynamoDB
D. Amazon Aurora
Correct Answer: C
4. A company wants to migrate its on-premises MySQL database to AWS
with minimal changes. Which service should the solutions architect
recommend?
A. Amazon DynamoDB
B. Amazon Aurora MySQL
C. Amazon Redshift
D. Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
Correct Answer: B
5. A solutions architect needs to ensure that S3 objects can only be accessed
through a specific Amazon CloudFront distribution. Which configuration
achieves this?
A. S3 bucket policy restricting access to a VPC endpoint.
B. Origin Access Control (OAC) on the CloudFront distribution.
C. Enable S3 Transfer Acceleration on the bucket.
D. Use signed URLs with an expiry time.
Correct Answer: B
6. An application needs to process messages from multiple producers and
ensure each message is processed exactly once. Which service should be
used?
A. Amazon SNS
B. Amazon SQS Standard Queue
C. Amazon SQS FIFO Queue
D. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
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,Correct Answer: C
7. A company wants to run containers without managing the underlying
server infrastructure. Which AWS service should they use?
A. Amazon EC2 with Docker installed
B. AWS Fargate
C. Amazon ECS on EC2
D. AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Correct Answer: B
8. A company requires that all API calls made within their AWS account are
logged. Which service provides this capability?
A. Amazon CloudWatch Logs
B. AWS Config
C. AWS CloudTrail
D. AWS Trusted Advisor
Correct Answer: C
9. A solutions architect is designing a system that requires a relational
database with automatic failover capability. Which AWS service meets this
requirement?
A. Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ deployment
B. Amazon DynamoDB with Global Tables
C. Amazon S3 with versioning enabled
D. Amazon Redshift with automated snapshots
Correct Answer: A
10. A company needs to deliver static content globally with low latency.
Which service is best suited for this?
A. Amazon EC2 with Elastic IP
B. Amazon CloudFront
C. AWS Direct Connect
D. Amazon Route 53
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, Correct Answer: B
11. A solutions architect needs to allow an EC2 instance to access an S3
bucket securely without storing credentials on the instance. What is the
recommended approach?
A. Embed AWS credentials in the application code.
B. Attach an IAM role to the EC2 instance.
C. Create an IAM user and store access keys on the instance.
D. Use S3 presigned URLs for all access.
Correct Answer: B
12. A company is running an application that experiences unpredictable
traffic spikes. Which feature automatically scales EC2 capacity based on
demand?
A. Elastic Load Balancing
B. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
C. AWS Lambda
D. Amazon CloudWatch
Correct Answer: B
13. A company wants to host a static website with high availability at the
lowest cost. Which approach should the solutions architect recommend?
A. Deploy the website on Amazon EC2 instances behind a Load Balancer.
B. Host the website on Amazon S3 with static website hosting
enabled.
C. Use Amazon Lightsail to host the website.
D. Deploy on AWS Lambda with API Gateway.
Correct Answer: B
14. An application needs to invoke a Lambda function each time an object is
uploaded to an S3 bucket. Which feature enables this?
A. S3 Lifecycle policies
B. S3 Event Notifications
Page 4 of 57 | Correct answers shown in green