AWS CLOUD CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026
PRACTICE TEST PAPER CLOUD SECURITY AND
NETWORKING REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
◉ What type of data can Amazon Athena analyze? Answer:
Unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data stored in
Amazon S3.
◉ How does Amazon Athena execute queries? Answer: Using
standard SQL ad-hoc queries without loading data into Athena.
◉ What is the pricing model for Amazon Athena? Answer: Charges
are based on the amount of data scanned by each query.
◉ What data formats does Amazon Athena support? Answer: CSV,
JSON, ORC, Avro, and Parquet.
◉ What is Amazon OpenSearch Service? Answer: A managed service
that allows users to deploy, manage, and scale Elasticsearch clusters.
,◉ Which services can be integrated with Amazon OpenSearch
Service? Answer: Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudTrail, Amazon
Kinesis, Amazon S3, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda.
◉ What is Amazon EMR used for? Answer: To process and analyze
large amounts of data in the cloud using frameworks like Apache
Hive and Spark.
◉ What is the main component of Amazon EMR? Answer: A cluster
that collects Amazon EC2 instances.
◉ How does Amazon EMR handle storage? Answer: It decouples
compute and storage layers, storing data on Amazon S3.
◉ What is Amazon Kinesis Data Streams? Answer: A scalable real-
time data streaming service that captures gigabytes of data from
various sources.
◉ What types of data can Amazon Kinesis Data Streams collect?
Answer: Website clickstreams, event streams, and social media
feeds.
◉ What are the components of the Kinesis family? Answer: Kinesis
Data Streams, Kinesis Data Analytics, Kinesis Data Firehose, and
Kinesis Video Streams.
,◉ What is the function of AWS Lambda? Answer: To run code in
response to events without provisioning or managing servers.
◉ What is the role of AWS IAM? Answer: To manage access to AWS
services and resources securely.
◉ What is Amazon EC2? Answer: A web service that provides
resizable compute capacity in the cloud.
◉ What does AWS Cost Explorer do? Answer: Helps visualize,
understand, and manage AWS costs and usage over time.
◉ What is the purpose of AWS CloudFormation? Answer: To create
and manage AWS resources using templates.
◉ What does AWS CloudTrail do? Answer: Tracks user activity and
API usage across AWS infrastructure.
◉ What is the function of AWS Direct Connect? Answer: To establish
a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS.
◉ What is Amazon S3 used for? Answer: To store and retrieve any
amount of data at any time from anywhere on the web.
, ◉ What is the purpose of AWS Budgets? Answer: To set custom cost
and usage budgets that alert you when you exceed your thresholds.
◉ What is AWS Systems Manager? Answer: A service that provides
visibility and control of your infrastructure on AWS.
◉ What does AWS Snowball do? Answer: Transfers large amounts of
data into and out of AWS using secure physical devices.
◉ What is the purpose of AWS Secrets Manager? Answer: To protect
access to your applications, services, and IT resources without the
upfront investment and on-going maintenance costs.
◉ What is AWS Lambda's pricing model? Answer: You pay only for
the compute time you consume; there is no charge when your code
is not running.
◉ What is the function of AWS AppSync? Answer: To build data-
driven applications with real-time and offline capabilities.
◉ What is the input capacity of each shard in Amazon Kinesis Data
Streams? Answer: 1MB per second.
PRACTICE TEST PAPER CLOUD SECURITY AND
NETWORKING REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
◉ What type of data can Amazon Athena analyze? Answer:
Unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data stored in
Amazon S3.
◉ How does Amazon Athena execute queries? Answer: Using
standard SQL ad-hoc queries without loading data into Athena.
◉ What is the pricing model for Amazon Athena? Answer: Charges
are based on the amount of data scanned by each query.
◉ What data formats does Amazon Athena support? Answer: CSV,
JSON, ORC, Avro, and Parquet.
◉ What is Amazon OpenSearch Service? Answer: A managed service
that allows users to deploy, manage, and scale Elasticsearch clusters.
,◉ Which services can be integrated with Amazon OpenSearch
Service? Answer: Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudTrail, Amazon
Kinesis, Amazon S3, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda.
◉ What is Amazon EMR used for? Answer: To process and analyze
large amounts of data in the cloud using frameworks like Apache
Hive and Spark.
◉ What is the main component of Amazon EMR? Answer: A cluster
that collects Amazon EC2 instances.
◉ How does Amazon EMR handle storage? Answer: It decouples
compute and storage layers, storing data on Amazon S3.
◉ What is Amazon Kinesis Data Streams? Answer: A scalable real-
time data streaming service that captures gigabytes of data from
various sources.
◉ What types of data can Amazon Kinesis Data Streams collect?
Answer: Website clickstreams, event streams, and social media
feeds.
◉ What are the components of the Kinesis family? Answer: Kinesis
Data Streams, Kinesis Data Analytics, Kinesis Data Firehose, and
Kinesis Video Streams.
,◉ What is the function of AWS Lambda? Answer: To run code in
response to events without provisioning or managing servers.
◉ What is the role of AWS IAM? Answer: To manage access to AWS
services and resources securely.
◉ What is Amazon EC2? Answer: A web service that provides
resizable compute capacity in the cloud.
◉ What does AWS Cost Explorer do? Answer: Helps visualize,
understand, and manage AWS costs and usage over time.
◉ What is the purpose of AWS CloudFormation? Answer: To create
and manage AWS resources using templates.
◉ What does AWS CloudTrail do? Answer: Tracks user activity and
API usage across AWS infrastructure.
◉ What is the function of AWS Direct Connect? Answer: To establish
a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS.
◉ What is Amazon S3 used for? Answer: To store and retrieve any
amount of data at any time from anywhere on the web.
, ◉ What is the purpose of AWS Budgets? Answer: To set custom cost
and usage budgets that alert you when you exceed your thresholds.
◉ What is AWS Systems Manager? Answer: A service that provides
visibility and control of your infrastructure on AWS.
◉ What does AWS Snowball do? Answer: Transfers large amounts of
data into and out of AWS using secure physical devices.
◉ What is the purpose of AWS Secrets Manager? Answer: To protect
access to your applications, services, and IT resources without the
upfront investment and on-going maintenance costs.
◉ What is AWS Lambda's pricing model? Answer: You pay only for
the compute time you consume; there is no charge when your code
is not running.
◉ What is the function of AWS AppSync? Answer: To build data-
driven applications with real-time and offline capabilities.
◉ What is the input capacity of each shard in Amazon Kinesis Data
Streams? Answer: 1MB per second.
