AWS Solutions Architect Associate 2022 Test Questions AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT

AWS Solutions Architect Associate 2022 Test Questions Amazon SWF is designed to help users: a. Manage user identification and authorization b. Coordinate synchronous and asynchronous tasks c. Secure their VPCs d. Help users store file based objects Correct Answer: b In RDS, what is the maximum value I can set for my backup retention period? a. 15 days b. 30 days c. 35 days d. 45 days Correct Answer: c True or False. Automated backups are enabled by default for new DB Instance? Correct Answer: True Amazon RDS does not currently support increasing storage on a ___ DB instance. a. MySQL b. Aurora c. Oracle d. MSSQL Correct Answer: d In what circumstances would I choose provisioned IOPS in RDS over standard storage? a. If you use production online transaction processing b. If you have workloads that are not sensitive to latency/lag c. If your business was trying to save money d. If this was a test DB Correct Answer: a Amazon S3 is a. Object Based Storage b. Block Based Storage c. A Data Warehouse Solution d. Suitable for data archival, not frequently used files. Correct Answer: a In S3 with RRS the availability is a. 99.% b. 100% c. 99% d. 99.99% Correct Answer: d Amazon's EBS volumes are a. Object based storage b. Block based storage c. Encrypted by default d. Not suitable for databases Correct Answer: b If I want to run a database on an EC2 instance, which is the most recommended Amazon storage option? a. RDS b. S3 c. Glacier d. EBS Correct Answer: d In S3 the durability of my files is a. 99.99% b. 99.% c. 99% d. 100% Correct Answer: b Can you access Amazon EBS Snapshots? a. Yes, through the AWS APIs/CLI & AWS Console b. No c. Depends on the region d. EBS does not have snapshot functionality Correct Answer: a A _____ is a document that provides a formal statement of one or more permissions. a. Policy b. User c. Group d. Role Correct Answer: a In a default VPC, all Amazon EC2 instances are assigned 2 IP addresses at launch, what are these? a. Private IP and Public IP b. Public IP and Secret IP c. Elastic IP and Public IP d. IPv6 and Elastic IP Correct Answer: a If an Amazon EBS volume is the root device of an instance, can I detach it without stopping the instance? a. Yes b. No Correct Answer: b If you want your application to check whether a request generated an error, then you look for an ____ node in the response from the Amazon RDS API a. Incorrect b. Error c. False d. True Correct Answer: b True or False. AWS recommends providing EC2 instances with credentials so they can access other resources (such as S3 buckets) instead of assigning roles. Correct Answer: False Can I move a reserved instance from one region to another? a. Yes b. Only in the US c. No d. Depends on the region Correct Answer: c In S3 RRS, the durability of my files is a. 99.99% b. 99.% c. 99% d. 100% Correct Answer: a In RDS, changes to the backup window take effect a. After 30 mins b. The next day c. Immediately d. you cannot back up in RDS Correct Answer: c In RDS, what is the maximum size for a Microsoft SQL Server DB Instance with SQL server Express edition? a. 10GB/db b. 100GB/db c. 1TB/db d. 2TB/db Correct Answer: a In S3, what does RRS stand for? a. Relational Reduced Storage b. Reactive Replicating Storage c. Reduced Replication Storage d. Reduced Redundancy Storage Correct Answer: d Can I "force" a failover for any RDS instance that has Multi-AZ configured? a. Yes b. No c. Only for Oracle RDS instances Correct Answer: a What does EBS stand for? a. Energetic Block Storage b. Elastic Based Storage c. Equal Block Storage d. Elastic Block Storage Correct Answer: d True or False. You can conduct your own vulnerability scans within your own VPC without alerting AWS first. Correct Answer: False True or False. Reserved instances are available for multi-AZ deployments. Correct Answer: True True or False. Amazon's Glacier service is a Content Distribution Network which integrates with S3. Correct Answer: False MySQL installations default to port number a. 1433 b. 3306 c. 3389 d. 80 Correct Answer: b If an Amazon EBS volume is an additional partition (ie. not the root volume), can I detach it without stopping the instance? a. Yes, but it may take some time b. No, you still need to stop the instance Correct Answer: a Every user you create in the IAM system starts with ____ a. Full permissions b. Partial permissions c. No permissions Correct Answer: c True or False. You can RDP or SSH into an RDS instance to see what is going on with the operating system. Correct Answer: False True or False. When creating a new security group, all inbound traffic is allowed by default. Correct Answer: False True or False. Amazon recommends that you leave all security groups in web facing subnets open on port 22 to 0.0.0.0/0 CIDR, that way you can connect wherever you are in the world. Correct Answer: False What are the 4 level of AWS premium support? a. It's an IAAS platform, there sis no support b. Free, Bronze, Silver, Gold c. Basic, Startup, Business, Enterprise d. Basic, Developer, Business, Enterprise Correct Answer: d True or False. As the AWS is PCI DSS 1.00 compliant, I can immediately deploy a website to it that takes credit card details. I do not need any kind of delta accreditation from a QSA. Correct Answer: False To help manage your Amazon EC2 instances, you can assign you own metadata in the form of a. Wildcards b. Certificates c. Tags d. Notes Correct Answer: c Which statement best describes Availability Zones a. Content distribution network which is used to distribute content to users b. A restricted area designed specifically for creating VPCs c. Two zones containing compute resources that are designed to maintain synchronized copies of data within each other d. Distinct locations from within an AWS region that are engineered to be isolated from failures Correct Answer: d True or False. The service to allow Big Data Processing on the AWS platform is known as AWS "Elastic Big Data". Correct Answer: False Individual instances are provisioned in a. Regions only, you cannot choose anything below this b. Availability Zones c. Global Correct Answer: b True or False. When using a custom VPC and placing an EC2 instance into a public subnet, it will automatically be internet accessible (ie. you don't need to apply an elastic IP or ELB to the instance). Correct Answer: False What is the underlying Hypervisor for EC2? a. Hyper-V b. ESX c. Xen d. OVM Correct Answer: c True or False. The AWS platform is certified PCI DSS 1.0 compliant. Correct Answer: True The AWS platform consists of how many regions currently? a. 5 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12 Correct Answer: c How many copies of my data does RDS - Aurora store by default? a. 3 b. 6 c. 2 d. 1 Correct Answer: b What is the difference between Elastic Beanstalk and CloudFormation? a. Elastic Beanstalk is a monitoring tool to view performance of your AWS resources. CloudFormation is an automated provisioning engine to deploy entire cloud environments via JSON. b. Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment, from capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling to application health monitoring based on the code you upload to it. CloudFormation is an automated provisioning engine to deploy entire cloud environments via JSON. c. There is no difference. d. Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment, from capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling to application health monitoring based on the code you upload to it. CloudFormation is a security service designed to harden your cloud against an attack, like a DDOS. Correct Answer: b True or False. In RDS, you are responsible for maintaining OS & application security patching, antivirus, etc. Correct Answer: False What is the maximum response time for a Business Level Premium support case? a. 1 day b. 12 hrs c. 15 mins d. 1 hr Correct Answer: d True or False. When I create a new security group, all outbound traffic is allowed by default. Correct Answer: True What types of RDS databases are currently available a. Aurora, MySQL, MSSQL, Cassandra b. PostGres, Cassandra, MongoDB, Aurora c. Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Cassandra