AWS CLOUD - ALC

Systems applying the cloud architecture principle of elasticity will Systems applying the cloud architecture principle of elasticity will

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Create systems that scale to the required capacity based on changes in demand
Minimize storage requirements by reducing logging and auditing activities
Enable AWS to automatically select the most cost-effective services.
Accelerate the design process because recovery from failure Is automated, reducing the need for testing

Who has control of the data in an AWS account? Who has control of the data in an AWS account?

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AWS Support Team
AWS Technical Account Manager (TAM)
AWS Account Owner
AWS Security Team

The main benefit of decoupling an application is to: The main benefit of decoupling an application is to:

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Reduce inter-dependencies so failures do not impact other components
Have the ability to execute automated bootstrapping actions.
Create a tightly integrated application
Enable data synchronization across the web application layer.

What AWS feature enables a user to manage services through a web-based user interface? What AWS feature enables a user to manage services through a web-based user interface?

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Amazon Cloud Watch
AWS Software Development Kit (SDK)
AWS Management Console
AWS Application Programming Interface (API)

A disaster recovery strategy on AWS should be based on launching infrastructure in a separate: A disaster recovery strategy on AWS should be based on launching infrastructure in a separate:

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AWS Region
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
Subnet
AWS edge location

How can the AWS Management Console be secured against unauthorized access? How can the AWS Management Console be secured against unauthorized access?

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Request root access privileges
Disable AWS console access
Apply Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Set up a secondary password

Which of the following is a fully managed N0SQL database service available with AWS. Which of the following is a fully managed N0SQL database service available with AWS.

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AWS Dynamo DB
AWS Red shift
AWS Mongo DB
AWS RDS

What is the value of having AWS Cloud services accessible through an Application Programming Interface (API)? What is the value of having AWS Cloud services accessible through an Application Programming Interface (API)?

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All application testing can be managed by AWS
AWS resources will always be cost-optimized
Customer-owned, on—premises infrastructure becomes programmable
It allows developers to work with AWS resources programmatically

A company is planning to use AWS to host critical resources. Most of their systems are business critical and need to have response times less than 15 minutes. Which of the following support plans should they consider? A company is planning to use AWS to host critical resources. Most of their systems are business critical and need to have response times less than 15 minutes. Which of the following support plans should they consider?

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Enterprise
Basic
Business
Developer

Which aws service is used to as a global content delivery network (CDN) service in AWS? Which aws service is used to as a global content delivery network (CDN) service in AWS?

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Amazon Cloud trail
Amazon SES
Amazon Cloud Front
Amazon 53

Which of the following examples supports AWS’s Architecting for the Cloud best practice principle: “design for failure and nothing will fail”? Which of the following examples supports AWS’s Architecting for the Cloud best practice principle: “design for failure and nothing will fail”?

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Using Amazon Cloud Watch alerts to monitor performance
Creating and deploying the most cost-effective solution
Adding an elastic load balancer in front of a single Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance
Deploying an application in multiple Availability Zones

Which of the following can be used to protect EC2 Instances hosted in AWS. Choose 2 answers from the Which of the following can be used to protect EC2 Instances hosted in AWS. Choose 2 answers from the

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Usage of Network Access Control Lists
Usage of AMI‟s
Usage of the Internet gateway
Usage of Security Groups

Which of the following is a benefit of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) over physical servers? Which of the following is a benefit of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) over physical servers?

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Root /administrator access
The ability to choose hardware vendors
Automated backup
Paying only for what you use

Which of the following in the AWS Support plans gives access to a Support Concierge Which of the following in the AWS Support plans gives access to a Support Concierge

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Developer
Business
Enterprise
Basic

Which AWS service provides infrastructure security optimization recommendations? Which AWS service provides infrastructure security optimization recommendations?

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AWS Trusted Advisor
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Fleet
Reserved Instances
AWS Price List Application Programming Interface (API) x

You are currently hosting an infrastructure and most of the EC2 instances are near 90 - 100% utilized. What is the type of EC2 instances you would utilize to ensure costs are minimized? You are currently hosting an infrastructure and most of the EC2 instances are near 90 - 100% utilized. What is the type of EC2 instances you would utilize to ensure costs are minimized?

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Reserved instances
On-demand Instances
Spot instances
Regular instances

Which AWS Cloud service is used to turn on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)? Which AWS Cloud service is used to turn on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?

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Amazon Inspector
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
AWS Identity and Access Management (lAM)
AWS Config

Which service allows for the collection and tracking of metrics for AWS services? Which service allows for the collection and tracking of metrics for AWS services?

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Amazon Cloud Watch
Amazon Cloud Front
Amazon Machine Learning (Amazon ML)
Amazon Cloud Search

Which AWS services can be used to store files? Choose 2 answers from the options given below Which AWS services can be used to store files? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

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Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Amazon Cloud Watch
Amazon Athena
AWS Config
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

Which service allows an administrator to create and modify AWS user permissions? Which service allows an administrator to create and modify AWS user permissions?

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AWS Config
AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
AWS Identity and Access Management (lAM)
AWS Cloud Trail

Which of the following is a benefit of running an application across two Availability Zones? Which of the following is a benefit of running an application across two Availability Zones?

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It significantly reduces the total cost of ownership versus running in a single Availability Zone.
It increases the availability of an application compared to running in a single Availability Zone.
Performance is improved over running in a single Availability Zone.
It is more secure than running in a single Availability Zone

As per the AWS Acceptable Use Policy, penetration testing of EC2 instances: As per the AWS Acceptable Use Policy, penetration testing of EC2 instances:

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May be performed by the customer on their own instances, only if performed from EC2 instances.
Are expressly prohibited under all circumstances.
May be performed by AWS, and will be performed by AWS upon customer request.
May be performed by AWS, and is periodically performed by AWS,
May be performed by the customer on their own instances with prior authorization from AWS.

What best describes the “Principal of Least Privilege”? What best describes the “Principal of Least Privilege”?

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All users should have the same baseline permissions granted to them to use basic AWS services
Users should submit all access request in written so that there Is a paper trail of who needs access to different AWS resources.
Users should be granted permission to access only resources they need to do their assigned job.
Users should always have a little more access granted to them then they need, just in case they end up needed it in the future.

Which of the following services uses AWS edge locations? Which of the following services uses AWS edge locations?

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AWS Storage Gateway
Amazon Cloud Front
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

The Trusted Advisor service provides insight regarding which four categories of an AWS account? The Trusted Advisor service provides insight regarding which four categories of an AWS account?

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Security, fault tolerance, high availability, and connectivity
Security, access control, high availability, and performance
Performance, cost optimization, access control, and connectivity
Performance, cost optimization, security, and fault tolerance

A company needs to know which user was responsible for terminating several critical Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon ECZ) Instances. Where can the customer find this information? A company needs to know which user was responsible for terminating several critical Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon ECZ) Instances. Where can the customer find this information?

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Amazon EC2 instance usage report
Amazon Cloud Watch
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Cloud Trail logs

Which of the below mentioned services can be used to host virtual servers in the AWS Cloud? Which of the below mentioned services can be used to host virtual servers in the AWS Cloud?

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AWS Regions
AWS Server
AWS lAM
AWS EC2

Where can a customer go to get more detail about Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) billing activity that took place 3 month ago? Where can a customer go to get more detail about Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) billing activity that took place 3 month ago?

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AWS Cloud Trail logs stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon 53)
AWS Cost and Usage reports
AWS Cost and Usage reports
Amazon EC2 dashboard

You work for a company that is planning on using the AWS EC2 service. They currently create golden images of their deployed Operating system. Which of the following correspond to a golden image in AWS. You work for a company that is planning on using the AWS EC2 service. They currently create golden images of their deployed Operating system. Which of the following correspond to a golden image in AWS.

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EC2 Copies
Amazon Machines Images
EBS Snapshots
EBS Volumes

Which of the following security requirements are managed by AWS customers? Which of the following security requirements are managed by AWS customers?

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User permissions
Password Policies
Hardware patching
Disk disposal
Physical security

A company wants to store data that is not frequently accessed. What is the best and cost efficient solution that A company wants to store data that is not frequently accessed. What is the best and cost efficient solution that

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Amazon Glacier
Amazon Storage Gateway
Amazon 53
Amazon EBS

Which of the following is the responsibility of the AWS customer according to the Shared Security Model? Which of the following is the responsibility of the AWS customer according to the Shared Security Model?

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Managing AWS Identity and Access Management (lAM)
Securing edge locations
Implementing service organization Control (SOC) standards
Monitoring physical device security

Which AWS service automates infrastructure provisioning and administrative tasks for an analytical data warehouse? Which AWS service automates infrastructure provisioning and administrative tasks for an analytical data warehouse?

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Amazon Aurora
Amazon Elastic Cache
Amazon Dynamo DB
Amazon Red shift

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot instances are appropriate for which of the following workloads? Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot instances are appropriate for which of the following workloads?

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Workloads that are only run in the morning and stopped at night
Workloads that are critical and need Amazon EC2 instances with termination protection
Workloads that need to run for long periods of time without interruption
Workloads where the availability of the Amazon EC2 instances can be flexible

Which of the following is a factor when calculating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the AWS Cloud? Which of the following is a factor when calculating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the AWS Cloud?

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The number of users migrated to AWS
The number of passwords migrated to AWS
The number of keys migrated to AWS
The number of servers migrated to AWS

Which tool can display the distribution of AWS spending? Which tool can display the distribution of AWS spending?

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AWS organizations
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Cost Explorer
Amazon Dev Pay

A company is deploying a two-tier, highly available web application to AWS. Which service provides durable storage for static content while utilizing lower Overall CPU resources for the web tier? A company is deploying a two-tier, highly available web application to AWS. Which service provides durable storage for static content while utilizing lower Overall CPU resources for the web tier?

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Amazon RDS instance
Amazon EBS volume
Amazon 53
Amazon EC2 Instance store

What is the ability provided by AWS to enable fast, easy, and secure transfers of files over long distances What is the ability provided by AWS to enable fast, easy, and secure transfers of files over long distances

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HTTP Transfer
Transfer Acceleration
File Transfer
53 Acceleration

Which service should an administrator use to register a new domain name with AWS? Which service should an administrator use to register a new domain name with AWS?

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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
Elastic Load Balancing
Amazon Route 53
Amazon Cloud Front

You are developing and planning on deployment an application onto the AWS Cloud. This application needs to be PCI Compliance. Which of the below steps would you carry out to ensure the compliance is met for the application. You are developing and planning on deployment an application onto the AWS Cloud. This application needs to be PCI Compliance. Which of the below steps would you carry out to ensure the compliance is met for the application.

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Do an audit after the deployment of the application for PCI Compliance
Ensure the right steps are taken during application development for PCI Compliance
Choose AWS services which are PCI Compliant
Ensure the AWS Services are made PCI Compliant

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