After selecting an Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host reservation, which pricing option would provide the largest discount?
ANo upfront payment
BHourly on-demand payment
CPartial upfront payment
DAll upfront payment
Which AWS service is used to provide encryption for Amazon EBS?
AAWS Certificate Manager
BAWS Systems Manager
CAWS KMS
DAWS Config
Which of the following is a component of the AWS Global Infrastructure?
AAmazon Alexa
BAWS Regions
CAmazon Lightsail
DAWS Organizations
A web application is hosted on AWS using an Elastic Load Balancer, multiple Amazon EC2 instances, and Amazon RDS.
Which security measures fall under the responsibility of AWS? (Choose two.)
ARunning a virus scan on EC2 instances
BProtecting against IP spoofing and packet sniffing
CInstalling the latest security patches on the RDS instance
DEncrypting communication between the EC2 instances and the Elastic Load Balancer
EConfiguring a security group and a network access control list (NACL) for EC2 instances
Using AWS Config to record, audit, and evaluate changes to AWS resources to enable traceability is an example of which AWS Well-Architected Framework pillar?
ASecurity
BOperational excellence
CPerformance efficiency
DCost optimization
A user needs to quickly deploy a non-relational database on AWS. The user does not want to manage the underlying hardware or the database software.
Which AWS service can be used to accomplish this?
AAmazon RDS
BAmazon DynamoDB
CAmazon Aurora
DAmazon Redshift
What is the purpose of having an internet gateway within a VPC?
ATo create a VPN connection to the VPC
BTo allow communication between the VPC and the internet
CTo impose bandwidth constraints on internet traffic
DTo load balance traffic from the internet across Amazon EC2 instances
Which AWS service allows users to download security and compliance reports about the AWS infrastructure on demand?
AAmazon GuardDuty
BAWS Security Hub
CAWS Artifact
DAWS Shield
Which design principle is achieved by following the reliability pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?
AVertical scaling
BManual failure recovery
CTesting recovery procedures
DChanging infrastructure manually
A user is able to set up a master payer account to view consolidated billing reports through:
AAWS Budgets.
BAmazon Macie.
CAmazon QuickSight.
DAWS Organizations.
A bank needs to store recordings of calls made to its contact center for 6 years. The recordings must be accessible within 48 hours from the time they are requested.
Which AWS service will provide a secure and cost-effective solution for retaining these files?
AAmazon DynamoDB
BAmazon S3 Glacier
CAmazon Connect
DAmazon ElastiCache
Which AWS service or feature is used to send both text and email messages from distributed applications?
AAmazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
BAmazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)
CAmazon CloudWatch alerts
DAmazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
Under the AWS shared responsibility model, which task is the customer's responsibility when managing AWS Lambda functions?
ACreating versions of Lambda functions
BMaintaining server and operating systems
CScaling Lambda resources according to demand
DUpdating the Lambda runtime environment
A company has refined its workload to use specific AWS services to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
Which best practice for cost governance does this example show?
AResource controls
BCost allocation
CArchitecture optimization
DTagging enforcement
A pharmaceutical company operates its infrastructure in a single AWS Region. The company has thousands of VPCs in a various AWS accounts that it wants to interconnect.
Which AWS service or feature should the company use to help simplify management and reduce operational costs?
AVPC endpoint
BAWS Direct Connect
CAWS Transit Gateway
DVPC peering
Which of the following is an AWS best practice for managing an AWS account root user?
AKeep the root user password with the security team.
BEnable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the root user.
CCreate an access key for the root user.
DKeep the root user password consistent for compliance purposes.
Which AWS service can help a company detect an outage of its website servers and redirect users to alternate servers?
AAmazon CloudFront
BAmazon GuardDuty
CAmazon Route 53
DAWS Trusted Advisor
Which cloud computing benefit does AWS demonstrate with its ability to offer lower variable costs as a result of high purchase volumes?
APay-as-you-go pricing
BHigh availability
CGlobal reach
DEconomies of scale
A company would like to host its MySQL databases on AWS and maintain full control over the operating system, database installation, and configuration.
Which AWS service should the company use to host the databases?
AAmazon RDS
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon DynamoDB
DAmazon Aurora
Which controls are shared under the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)
AAwareness and training
BPatching of Amazon RDS
CConfiguration management
DPhysical and environmental controls
EService and communications protection or security
According to the AWS shared responsibility model, which task is the customer's responsibility?
AMaintaining the infrastructure needed to run AWS Lambda
BUpdating the operating system of Amazon DynamoDB instances
CMaintaining Amazon S3 infrastructure
DUpdating the guest operating system on Amazon EC2 instances
A company with AWS Enterprise Support needs help understanding its monthly AWS bill and wants to implement billing best practices.
Which AWS tool or resource is available to accomplish these goals?
AResource tagging
BAWS Concierge Support team
CAWS Abuse team
DAWS Support
Which of the following are AWS compute services? (Choose two.)
AAmazon Lightsail
BAWS Systems Manager
CAWS CloudFormation
DAWS Batch
EAmazon Inspector
A company has existing software licenses that it wants to bring to AWS, but the licensing model requires licensing physical cores.
How can the company meet this requirement in the AWS Cloud?
ALaunch an Amazon EC2 instance with default tenancy.
BLaunch an Amazon EC2 instance on a Dedicated Host.
CCreate an On-Demand Capacity Reservation.
DPurchase Dedicated Reserved Instances.
How does the AWS global infrastructure offer high availability and fault tolerance to its users?
AThe AWS infrastructure is made up of multiple AWS Regions within various Availability Zones located in areas that have low flood risk, and are interconnected with low-latency networks and redundant power supplies.
BThe AWS infrastructure consists of subnets containing various Availability Zones with multiple data centers located in the same geographic location.
CAWS allows users to choose AWS Regions and data centers so that users can select the closest data centers in different Regions.
DThe AWS infrastructure consists of isolated AWS Regions with independent Availability Zones that are connected with low-latency networking and redundant power supplies.