AWS CLOUD CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026
CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ What is the pricing model that enables AWS customers to pay for
resources on an as-needed basis? Answer: Pay as you go
◉ Which of these is NOT a cloud computing model? Answer: System
administration as a service
◉ AWS owns and maintains the network-connected hardware
required for application services, while you provision and use what
you need. Answer: True
◉ Which of these is NOT a benefit of cloud computing over on-
premises computing? Answer: Pay for racking, stacking, and
powering servers.
◉ Which of the following are NOT benefits of AWS Cloud computing?
Answer: Multiple procurement cycles
High Latency
,◉ Which of the following is a compute service? Answer: Amazon
EC2
◉ Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage,
databases, and a broad set of application services over the internet.
You own the network-connected hardware required for these
services and Amazon Web Services provisions what you need.
Answer: False
◉ Economies of scale result from _____. Answer: having hundreds of
thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud
◉ Which of these are ways to access AWS core services? Answer:
AWS Management Console
AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
Software Development Kits (SDKs)
◉ For certain services like Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS, you can
invest in reserved capacity. What options are available for Reserved
Instances? Answer: AURI
NURI
PURI
,◉ Where can a customer go to get more details about Amazon EC2
billing activity that took place 3 months ago? Answer: AWS Cost
Explorer
◉ To receive the discounted rate associated with Reserved
Instances, you must make a full, upfront payment for the term of the
agreement Answer: False
◉ Which statement is true about the pricing model on AWS?
Answer: Storage is typically charged per gigabyte.
◉ What are the four support plans offered by AWS Support?
Answer: Basic, Developer, Business, Enterprise
◉ What AWS tool lets you explore AWS services and create an
estimate for the cost of your use cases on AWS? Answer: AWS
Pricing Calculator
◉ As AWS grows, the cost of doing business is reduced and savings
are passed back to the customer with lower pricing. What is this
optimization called? Answer: Economies of scale
◉ AWS offers some services at no charge (such as Amazon VPC, IAM,
Consolidated Billing, Elastic Beanstalk, Auto Scaling, OpsWorks, and
, CloudFormation), but you might be charged for other AWS services
used in conjunction with these services. Answer: True
◉ What are benefits of using AWS Organizations? Answer: Provides
the ability to create groups of accounts and then attach policies to a
group.
Simplifies automating account creation and management by using
APIs.
◉ True or false? Unlimited services are available with the AWS Free
Tier to new AWS customers for 12 months following their AWS sign-
up date. Answer: False
◉ Which component of the AWS Global Infrastructure does Amazon
CloudFront use to ensure low-latency delivery? Answer: AWS edge
locations
◉ You can run applications and workloads from a Region closer to
the end users to______latency. Answer: decrease
◉ True of False? Networking, storage, compute, and databases are
examples of service categories that AWS offers. Answer: True
◉ Which of the following are geographic areas that host two or more
Availability Zones? Answer: AWS Regions
CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ What is the pricing model that enables AWS customers to pay for
resources on an as-needed basis? Answer: Pay as you go
◉ Which of these is NOT a cloud computing model? Answer: System
administration as a service
◉ AWS owns and maintains the network-connected hardware
required for application services, while you provision and use what
you need. Answer: True
◉ Which of these is NOT a benefit of cloud computing over on-
premises computing? Answer: Pay for racking, stacking, and
powering servers.
◉ Which of the following are NOT benefits of AWS Cloud computing?
Answer: Multiple procurement cycles
High Latency
,◉ Which of the following is a compute service? Answer: Amazon
EC2
◉ Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage,
databases, and a broad set of application services over the internet.
You own the network-connected hardware required for these
services and Amazon Web Services provisions what you need.
Answer: False
◉ Economies of scale result from _____. Answer: having hundreds of
thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud
◉ Which of these are ways to access AWS core services? Answer:
AWS Management Console
AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
Software Development Kits (SDKs)
◉ For certain services like Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS, you can
invest in reserved capacity. What options are available for Reserved
Instances? Answer: AURI
NURI
PURI
,◉ Where can a customer go to get more details about Amazon EC2
billing activity that took place 3 months ago? Answer: AWS Cost
Explorer
◉ To receive the discounted rate associated with Reserved
Instances, you must make a full, upfront payment for the term of the
agreement Answer: False
◉ Which statement is true about the pricing model on AWS?
Answer: Storage is typically charged per gigabyte.
◉ What are the four support plans offered by AWS Support?
Answer: Basic, Developer, Business, Enterprise
◉ What AWS tool lets you explore AWS services and create an
estimate for the cost of your use cases on AWS? Answer: AWS
Pricing Calculator
◉ As AWS grows, the cost of doing business is reduced and savings
are passed back to the customer with lower pricing. What is this
optimization called? Answer: Economies of scale
◉ AWS offers some services at no charge (such as Amazon VPC, IAM,
Consolidated Billing, Elastic Beanstalk, Auto Scaling, OpsWorks, and
, CloudFormation), but you might be charged for other AWS services
used in conjunction with these services. Answer: True
◉ What are benefits of using AWS Organizations? Answer: Provides
the ability to create groups of accounts and then attach policies to a
group.
Simplifies automating account creation and management by using
APIs.
◉ True or false? Unlimited services are available with the AWS Free
Tier to new AWS customers for 12 months following their AWS sign-
up date. Answer: False
◉ Which component of the AWS Global Infrastructure does Amazon
CloudFront use to ensure low-latency delivery? Answer: AWS edge
locations
◉ You can run applications and workloads from a Region closer to
the end users to______latency. Answer: decrease
◉ True of False? Networking, storage, compute, and databases are
examples of service categories that AWS offers. Answer: True
◉ Which of the following are geographic areas that host two or more
Availability Zones? Answer: AWS Regions
