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Foundational AWS certification for candidates who need a broad, high-level understanding of AWS Cloud, services, and terminology. It is intended for people early in their cloud journey or those working with cloud teams, including line-of-business roles and candidates with limited AWS exposure. Passing demonstrates knowledge of cloud concepts, the AWS shared responsibility model, the Well-Architected Framework, security best practices, billing and pricing, and core AWS services.

Exam Topics

  • Content Domain 1: Cloud Concepts24%
  • Content Domain 2: Security and Compliance30%
  • Content Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services34%
  • Content Domain 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support12%

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QuestionQ1

Content Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services

Which AWS service can migrate data between AWS storage services?

Explanation

AWS DataSync is a data transfer service specifically designed to move large volumes of data between AWS storage services (S3, EFS, FSx) and on-premises storage. It automates and accelerates data migration tasks with built-in validation and monitoring capabilities.

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QuestionQ2

Content Domain 1: Cloud Concepts

A company is planning to migrate to the AWS Cloud. The company is conducting organizational transformation and wants to become more responsive to customer inquiries and feedback.

Which task should the company perform to meet these requirements, according to the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)?

Choose two
Explanation

To become responsive to customer inquiries and feedback, organizations should realign teams around products and value streams (A) for customer focus, and adopt agile methodologies (C) to enable rapid iteration based on feedback. Creating new value propositions (B) addresses product strategy, new analytics platforms (D) focus on insights, and infrastructure migration (E) is a technical transition—none directly enable organizational responsiveness.

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QuestionQ3

Content Domain 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support

A new AWS user needs to interact with AWS Support by using API calls.

Which AWS Support plan will meet this requirement MOST cost-effectively?

Explanation

The AWS Support API, which lets a user open and manage support cases programmatically, is only available on the Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, and Enterprise Support plans; the Basic and Developer plans do not expose the Support API. Of the plans that include API access, Business Support is the lowest-cost tier, making it the most cost-effective choice for this requirement.

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QuestionQ4

Content Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services

Which of the following is a benefit of using AWS serverless computing?

Explanation

AWS serverless services shift management of the underlying infrastructure to AWS, including routine tasks such as capacity provisioning, scaling, and patching. Customers still retain responsibility for their application, security configuration, and operational observability.

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QuestionQ5

Content Domain 1: Cloud Concepts

Which of the following is a design principle for operational excellence in the AWS Cloud under the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

Explanation

Making frequent, small, reversible changes reduces the scope and impact of each change, supports faster troubleshooting and remediation, and allows changes to be rolled back. AWS identifies this as an Operational Excellence design principle.

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