WGU D282 CLOUD FOUNDATIONS AWS
CLOUD PRACTITIONER ESSENTIALS
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Core Components of an EC2 Instance.
Answer: 1. Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
2. Instance Types
3. Elastic Block Store (EBS) Volumes
4. Security Groups
5. Key Pair
⩥ AMI (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: - Amazon Machine Image
- software blueprint for your instance - thousands to choose from or
custom create
⩥ Instance Types (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: - hardware profiles of virtual server
- General purpose: t and m families: for web servers, small databases
,-Compute optimized: c family has high ratio of CPU power for memory
- ideal for batch processing, media transcoding, and scientific modeling
-Memory optimized: r family - high ratio of memory to CPU, used for
large databases and in-memory caches
⩥ EBS Volumes (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: -Elastic Block Store
-block-level storage volume that can be attached to EC2 instance
-virtual hard drive for server
-persistent- data remains even afterEC2 instance is terminated
-detach a volume from one instance and attach to another
⩥ Security Group (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: -acts as virtual firewall for EC2 instance
-customizable
⩥ Key Pairs (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: -public and private key
-set of security credentials
-AWS has public key
⩥ Features of EC2.
,Answer: -Functionality
-Operating Systems
-Software
-Reliability
-Scalability
⩥ AWS S3 Simple Storage Service.
Answer: -stores files of different types like photo, audio and videos as
objects - provides more scalability and security
-allows users to store and retrieve any amount of data at any point in
time from anywhere on the web
⩥ S3 Uses.
Answer: -Good for: mobile/web applications, big data, machine learning
-Data storage: best option for scaling both small and large storage
applications
-Backup and Recovery maintain data durability and availability for
recovery needs
-Hosting Static Websites: low latency and cost effective
-Data Archiving: service integration, low cost for long term data storing
-Big Data Analytics: can store large amounts of structured and
unstructured data, offers integration with other AWS services
, ⩥ S3 Glacier.
Answer: -ultra-low cost storage service built for backups and long term
data archiving
-highly secure and durable
-$1 per petabyte per month
-slower retrieval times
⩥ Glacier Vaults.
Answer: -virtual containers that are used to store data
-each vault has its specific access policies
-region-specific
⩥ Glacier Archives.
Answer: -fundamental entity type stored in vaults
⩥ Main Applications for AWS Glacier.
Answer: 1. Storing old data and meeting compliance rules
2. Disaster recovery and cybersecurity
3. Storing large media files
4. Research and big data storage
5. Business and legal records
6.Security and investigation storage
CLOUD PRACTITIONER ESSENTIALS
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Core Components of an EC2 Instance.
Answer: 1. Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
2. Instance Types
3. Elastic Block Store (EBS) Volumes
4. Security Groups
5. Key Pair
⩥ AMI (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: - Amazon Machine Image
- software blueprint for your instance - thousands to choose from or
custom create
⩥ Instance Types (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: - hardware profiles of virtual server
- General purpose: t and m families: for web servers, small databases
,-Compute optimized: c family has high ratio of CPU power for memory
- ideal for batch processing, media transcoding, and scientific modeling
-Memory optimized: r family - high ratio of memory to CPU, used for
large databases and in-memory caches
⩥ EBS Volumes (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: -Elastic Block Store
-block-level storage volume that can be attached to EC2 instance
-virtual hard drive for server
-persistent- data remains even afterEC2 instance is terminated
-detach a volume from one instance and attach to another
⩥ Security Group (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: -acts as virtual firewall for EC2 instance
-customizable
⩥ Key Pairs (EC2 Core Component).
Answer: -public and private key
-set of security credentials
-AWS has public key
⩥ Features of EC2.
,Answer: -Functionality
-Operating Systems
-Software
-Reliability
-Scalability
⩥ AWS S3 Simple Storage Service.
Answer: -stores files of different types like photo, audio and videos as
objects - provides more scalability and security
-allows users to store and retrieve any amount of data at any point in
time from anywhere on the web
⩥ S3 Uses.
Answer: -Good for: mobile/web applications, big data, machine learning
-Data storage: best option for scaling both small and large storage
applications
-Backup and Recovery maintain data durability and availability for
recovery needs
-Hosting Static Websites: low latency and cost effective
-Data Archiving: service integration, low cost for long term data storing
-Big Data Analytics: can store large amounts of structured and
unstructured data, offers integration with other AWS services
, ⩥ S3 Glacier.
Answer: -ultra-low cost storage service built for backups and long term
data archiving
-highly secure and durable
-$1 per petabyte per month
-slower retrieval times
⩥ Glacier Vaults.
Answer: -virtual containers that are used to store data
-each vault has its specific access policies
-region-specific
⩥ Glacier Archives.
Answer: -fundamental entity type stored in vaults
⩥ Main Applications for AWS Glacier.
Answer: 1. Storing old data and meeting compliance rules
2. Disaster recovery and cybersecurity
3. Storing large media files
4. Research and big data storage
5. Business and legal records
6.Security and investigation storage
