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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Exam (1)

Question 1

Q: Which of the following helps a customer view the Amazon EC2 billing activity for the past month?

  1. AWS Budgets
  2. AWS Pricing Calculator
  3. AWS Cost & Usage Reports
  4. AWS Systems Manager

Question 2

Q: Which of the below is a best-practice when designing solutions on AWS?

  1. Provision a large compute capacity to handle any spikes in load
  2. Invest heavily in architecting your environment, as it is not easy to change your design later
  3. Automate wherever possible to make architectural experimentation easier
  4. Use AWS reservations to reduce costs when testing your production environment

Question 3

Q: You work as an on-premises MySQL DBA. The work of database configuration, backups, patching, and DR can be time-consuming and repetitive. Your company has decided to migrate to the AWS Cloud. Which of the following can help save time on database maintenance so you can focus on data architecture and performance?

  1. Amazon Redshift
  2. Amazon CloudWatch
  3. Amazon DynamoDB
  4. Amazon RDS

Question 4

Q: A company has an AWS Enterprise Support plan. They want quick and efficient guidance with their billing and account inquiries. Which of the following should the company use?

  1. AWS Operations Support
  2. AWS Customer Service
  3. AWS Support Concierge
  4. AWS Health Dashboard

Question 5

Q: What is the AWS feature that provides an additional level of security above the default authentication mechanism of usernames and passwords?

  1. Encrypted keys
  2. AWS KMS
  3. Email verification
  4. AWS MFA

Question 6

Q: Which statement is true regarding the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?

  1. Security of the managed services is the responsibility of the customer
  2. Patching the guest OS is always the responsibility of AWS
  3. Security of the IaaS services is the responsibility of AWS
  4. Responsibilities vary depending on the services used

Question 7

Q: Select TWO examples of the AWS shared controls

  1. Configuration Management
  2. Patch Management
  3. VPC Management
  4. Data Center operation
  5. IAM Management

Question 8

Q: Which of the following can be described as a global content delivery network (CDN) service?

  1. AWS Regions
  2. AWS Direct Connect
  3. Amazon CloudFront
  4. AWS VPN

Question 9

Q: Your company is developing a critical web application in AWS, and the security of the application is a top priority. Which of the following AWS services will provide infrastructure security optimization recommendations?

  1. AWS Trusted Advisor
  2. AWS Shield
  3. AWS Management Console
  4. AWS Secrets Manager

Question 10

Q: Which S3 storage class is best for data with unpredictable access patterns?

  1. Amazon S3 Standard
  2. Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval
  3. Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
  4. Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering

Question 11

Q: What does Amazon CloudFront use to distribute content to global users with low latency?

  1. AWS Regions
  2. AWS Availability Zones
  3. AWS Global Accelerator
  4. AWS Edge Locations

Question 12

Q: According to the AWS Acceptable Use Policy, which of the following statements is true regarding penetration testing of EC2 instances?

  1. The AWS customers are only allowed to perform penetration testing on services managed by AWS
  2. Penetration testing is performed automatically by AWS to determine vulnerabilities in your AWS infrastructure
  3. Penetration testing is not allowed in AWS
  4. Penetration testing can be performed by the customer on their own instances without prior authorization from AWS

Question 13

An organization has decided to purchase an Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) for three years in order to reduce costs. It is possible that the application workloads could change during the reservation period.

What is the EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) type that will allow the company to exchange the purchased reserved instance for another reserved instance with higher computing power if they need to?

  1. Premium RI
  2. Elastic RI
  3. Convertible RI
  4. Standard RI

Qustion 14:

Which service provides object-level storage in AWS?

  1. Amazon S3
  2. Amazon EFS
  3. Amazon EBS
  4. Amazon Instance Store

Question 15

AWS allows users to manage their resources using a web based user interface. What is the name of this interface?

  1. AWS Management Console
  2. AWS API
  3. AWS SDK
  4. AWS CLI

Question 16

A company is deploying a new two-tier web application in AWS. Where should the most frequently accessed data be stored so that the application’s response time is optimal?

  1. Amazon EBS volume
  2. AWS Storage Gateway
  3. AWS OpsWorks
  4. Amazon ElastiCache

Question 17

Which of the following is not a benefit of Amazon S3? (Choose TWO)

  1. Amazon S3 can be scaled manually to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere
  2. Amazon S3 can run any type of application or backend system
  3. Amazon S3 stores any number of objects, but with object size limits
  4. Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage for any type of data
  5. Amazon S3 provides 99.999 (11 9s) of data durability

Question 18

Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the responsibility of AWS?

  1. Filtering traffic with Security Groups
  2. Server-side encryption
  3. Configuring infrastructure devices
  4. Client-side encryption

Question 19

You want to run a questionnaire application for only one day (without interruption), which Amazon EC2 purchase option should you use?

  1. On-demand instances
  2. Spot instances
  3. Reserved instances
  4. Dedicated instances

Question 20

A startup company is operating on limited funds and is extremely concerned about cost overruns. Which of the below options can be used to notify the company when their monthly AWS bill exceeds $2000? (Choose TWO)

  1. Configure AWS CloudTrail to automatically delete all AWS resources when the threshold is exceeded
  2. Configure the Amazon Connect Service to alert the company when the threshold is exceeded
  3. Configure the AWS Budgets Service to alert the company when the threshold is exceeded
  4. Configure the Amazon Simple Email Service to send billing alerts to their email address on a daily basis
  5. Setup a CloudWatch billing alarm that triggers an SNS notification when the threshold is exceeded

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT correct regarding Amazon EC2 On-demand instances?

  1. You have to pay a start-up fee when launching a new instance for the first time
  2. The on-demand instances follow the AWS pay-as-you-go pricing model
  3. With on-demand instances, no longer-term commitments or upfront payments are needed
  4. When using on-demand linux instances, you are charged per second based on an hourly rate

Question 22

Adjusting compute capacity dynamically to reduce cost is an implementation of which AWS cloud best practice?

  1. Implement elasticity
  2. Build security in every layer
  3. Adopt monolithic architecture
  4. Parallelize tasks

Quesion 23

Which service is used to ensure that message between software components are not lost if one or more components fail?

  1. Amazon SQS
  2. Amazon SES
  3. AWS Direct Connect
  4. Amazon Connect

Question 24

What is the AWS service that provides a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account?

  1. AWS Dedicated Hosts
  2. AWS VPN
  3. Amazon VPC
  4. AWS Subnets

Question 25

A company has moved to AWS recently. Which of the following AWS Services will help ensure that they have the proper security settings? (Choose TWO)

  1. Amazon Inspector
  2. Concierge Support Team
  3. Amazon SNS
  4. AWS Trusted Advisor
  5. Amazon CloudWatch

Question 26

What is the AWS database service that allows you to upload data structured in key-value format?

  1. Amazon Redshift
  2. Amazon DynamoDB
  3. Amazon Aurora
  4. Amazon RDS

Question 27

What are the benefits of having infrastructure hosted in AWS? (Choose TWO)

  1. All of the physical security and most of the data/network security are taken care of for you
  2. There is no need to worry about security
  3. Gaining complete control over the physical infrastructure
  4. Increasing speed and agility
  5. Operating applications on behalf of customers

Question 28

You are working on a project that involves creating thumbnails of millions of images. Consistent uptime is not an issue, and continuous processing is not required. Which EC2 buying option would be the most cost-effective?

  1. Reserved Instances
  2. Dedicated Instances
  3. Spot Instances
  4. On-demand Instances

Question 29

A developer is planning to build a two-tier web application that has a MySQL database layer. Which of the following AWS database services would provide automated backups for the application?

  1. Amazon DynamoDB
  2. Amazon Aurora
  3. Amazon Neptune
  4. A MySQL database installed on an EC2 instance

Question 30

What does the "Principle of Least Privilege" refer to?

  1. You should grant your users only the permissions they need when they need them and nothing more
  2. IAM users should not be granted any permissions; to keep your account safe
  3. All IAM users should have at least the necessary permissions to access the core AWS services
  4. All trusted IAM users should have access to any AWS service in the respective AWS account

Question 31

You have deployed your application on multiple Amazon EC2 instances. Your customers complain that sometimes they can’t reach your application. Which AWS service allows you to monitor the performance of your EC2 instances to assist in troubleshooting these issues?

  1. AWS CloudTrail
  2. AWS Lambda
  3. Amazon CloudWatch
  4. AWS Config

Question 32

What do you gain from setting up consolidated billing for five different AWS accounts under another master account?

  1. Each AWS account gets five times the free-tier services capacity
  2. Each AWS account gets volume discounts
  3. AWS services' costs will be reduced to half the original price
  4. The consolidated billing feature is just for organizational purposes

Question 33

How can you view the distribution of AWS spending in one of your AWS accounts?

  1. By contacting the AWS Support team
  2. By contacting the AWS Finance team
  3. By using Amazon VPC console
  4. By using AWS Cost Explorer

Question 34

Hundreds of thousands of DDoS attacks are recorded every month worldwide. What service does AWS provide to help protect AWS Customers from these attacks? (Choose TWO)

  1. AWS Config
  2. AWS WAF
  3. AWS Shield
  4. Amazon Cognito
  5. AWS KMS

Question 35

What does AWS Snowball provide? (Choose TWO)

  1. Secure transfer of large amounts of data in and out of the AWS Cloud
  2. A hybrid cloud storage between on-premises environments and the AWS Cloud
  3. A catalog of thirty-party software solutions that customers need to build solutions and run their businesses
  4. Built-in computing capabilities that allow customers to process data locally
  5. An Exabyte-scale data transfer service that allows you to move extremely large amounts of data to AWS

Question 36

What does AWS provide to deploy popular technologies - such as IBM MQ - on AWS with the least amount of effort and time?

  1. Amazon CloudWatch
  2. AWS OpsWorks
  3. AWS Partner Solutions
  4. Amazon Aurora

Question 37

Which of the following must an IAM user provide to interact with AWS services using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)?

  1. Access keys
  2. Secret token
  3. User name and password
  4. User ID

Question 38

Which of the following services allows customers to manage their agreements with AWS?

  1. AWS Artifact
  2. AWS Organizations
  3. AWS Certifacte Manager
  4. AWS System Manager

Question 39

You have noticed that several critical Amazon EC2 instances have been terminated. Which of the following AWS services would help you determine who took this action?

  1. EC2 Instance Usage Report
  2. Amazon Inspector
  3. AWS CloudTrail
  4. AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 40

Which service provides DNS in the AWS cloud?

  1. Route 53
  2. Amazon CloudFront
  3. Amazon EMR
  4. AWS Config

Question 41

What is the AWS service that enables AWS architects to manage infrastructure as code?

  1. AWS Config
  2. Amazon EMR
  3. Amazon SES
  4. AWS CloudFormation

Question 42

Which of the below options are related to the reliability of AWS? (Choose TWO)

  1. Applying the principle of least privilege to all AWS resources
  2. Automatically provisioning new resources to meet demand
  3. Ability to recover quickly from failure
  4. All AWS services are considered Global Services, and this design helps customer serve their international users
  5. Providing compensation to customers if issues occur

Question 43

You have set up consolidated billing for several AWS accounts. One of the accounts has purchased a number of reserved instances for 3 years. Which of the following is true regarding this scenario?

  1. There are no cost benefits from using consolidated billing; It is for informational purposes only
  2. The Reserved Instance discounts can only be shared with master account
  3. All accounts can review the hourly cost benefit of the Reserved Instances
  4. The purchase instances will have better performance than On-demand instances

Question 44

What should you do in order to keep the data on EBS volumes safe? (Choose TWO)

  1. Create EBS snapshots
  2. Regularly update firmware on EBS devices
  3. Store a backup daily in an external driver
  4. Prevent any unauthorized access to AWS data centers
  5. Ensure that EBS data is encrypted at rest

Question 45

A company is planning to host an educational website on AWS. Their video courses will be streamed all around the world. Which of the following AWS services will help achieve high transfer speeds?

  1. Amazon CloudFront
  2. Amazon SNS
  3. Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
  4. AWS CloudFormation

Question 46

A company is introducing a new product to their customers, and is expecting a surge in traffic to their web application. As part of their Enterprise Support plan, which of the following provides the company with architectural and scaling guidance?

  1. AWS Health Dashboard
  2. AWS Support Concierge Service
  3. AWS Knowledge Center
  4. Infrastructure Event Management

Question 47

Your company has a data store application that requires access to a NoSQL database. Which AWS database offering would meet this requirement?

  1. Amazon DynamoDB
  2. Amazon Elastic Block Stone
  3. Amazon Redshift
  4. Amazon Aurora

Question 48

The identification process of an online financial services company requires that new users must complete an online interview with their security team. The completed recorded interviews are only required in the event of a legal issue or a regulatory compliance breach. What is the most cost-effective service to store the recorded videos?

  1. AWS Marketplace
  2. Amazon EBS
  3. Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
  4. S3 Intelligent-Tiering

Question 49

As part of the Enterprise support plan, who is the primary point of contact for ongoing support needs?

  1. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user
  2. AWS Consulting Partners
  3. Technical Account Manager (TAM)
  4. Infrastructure Event Management (IEM) engineer

Question 50

Which of the following does NOT belong to the AWS Cloud Computing models?

  1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  2. Software as a Service (SaaS)
  3. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  4. Networking as a Service (NaaS)

Question 51

The principle “design for failure and nothing will fail” is very important when designing your AWS Cloud architecture. Which of the following would help adhere to this principle? (Choose TWO)

  1. Multi-factor authentication
  2. Availability Zones
  3. Penetration testing
  4. Vertical Scaling
  5. Elastic Load Balancing

Question 52

In order to implement best practices when dealing with a “Single Point of Failure,” you should attempt to build as much automation as possible in both detecting and reacting to failure. Which of the following AWS services would help? (Choose TWO)

  1. Auto Scaling
  2. ELB
  3. ECR
  4. Amazon Athena
  5. Amazon EC2

Question 53

In the AWS Shared responsibility Model, which of the following are the responsibility of the customer? (Choose TWO)

  1. Disk disposal
  2. Patching th Network infrastructure
  3. Setting password complexity rules
  4. Configuring network access rules
  5. Controlling physical access to compute resources

Question 54

What does the AWS Health Dashboard provide? (Choose TWO)

  1. Personalized view of AWS service health
  2. Recommendataions for Cost Optimization
  3. A dashboard detailing vulnerabilities in your applications
  4. Health checks for Auto Scaling instances
  5. Detailed troubleshooting guidance to addess AWS events impacting your resources

Question 55

Which of the following are examples of AWS-Managed Services, where AWS is responsible for the operational and maintenance burdens of running the service? (Choose TWO)

  1. Amazon VPC
  2. Amazon DynamoDB
  3. AWS IAM
  4. Amazon Elastic MapReduce
  5. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Question 56

One of the most important AWS best-practices to follow is the cloud architecture principle of elasticity. How does this principle improve your architecture’s design?

  1. By reducing interdependencies between application components wherever possible
  2. By automatically scaling your on-premises resources based on changes in demand
  3. By automatically provisioning the required AWS resources based on changes in demand
  4. By automatically scaling your AWS resources using an Elastic Load Balancer

Question 57

You have AWS Basic support, and you have discovered that some AWS resources are being used maliciously, and those resources could potentially compromise your data. What should you do?

  1. Contact the AWS Security team
  2. Contact the AWS Abuse team
  3. Contact the AWS Concierge team
  4. Contact the AWS Customer Service team

Question 58

Which of the following is an example of horizontal scaling in the AWS Cloud?

  1. Increasing the compute capacity of a single EC2 instance to addres the growing demands of an application
  2. Adding more EC2 instances of the same size to handle an increase in traffic
  3. Adding more RAM capacity to an EC2 instances
  4. Replacing an existing EC2 instance with a larger, more powerful one

Question 59

A company has decided to migrate its Oracle database to AWS. Which AWS service can help achieve this without negatively impacting the functionality of the source database?

  1. AWS Database Migration Service
  2. AWS Application Migration Service
  3. AWS Application Discovery Service
  4. AWS OpsWorks

Question 60

A company is concerned that they are spending money on underutilized compute resources in AWS. Which AWS feature will help ensure that their applications are automatically adding/removing EC2 compute capacity to closely match the required demand?

  1. AWS Auto Scaling
  2. AWS Cost Explorer
  3. AWS Budgets
  4. AWS Elastic Load Balancer

Question 61

What is the advantage of the AWS-recommended practice of "decoupling" applications?

  1. Allow updates of any monolithic application quickly and easily
  2. Allows tracking of any API call made to any AWS service
  3. Reduces inter-dependencies so that failures do not impact other components of the application
  4. Allows treating an application as a single, cohesive unit

Question 62

An organization has a large number of technical employees who operate their AWS Cloud infrastructure. What does AWS provide to help organize them into teams and then assign the appropriate permissions for each team?

  1. AWS Organizations
  2. IAM users
  3. IAM roles
  4. IAM user groups

Question 63

A company has developed an eCommerce web application in AWS. What should they do to ensure that the application has the highest level of availability?

  1. Deploy the application across multiple VPC's and subnets
  2. Deploy the application across multiple Availability Zones and subnets
  3. Deploy the application across multiple Availability Zones and Edge locations
  4. Deploy the application across multiple Regions and Availability Zones

Question 64

A Japanese company hosts their applications on Amazon EC2 instances in the Tokyo Region. The company has opened new branches in the United States, and the US users are complaining of high latency. What can the company do to reduce latency for the users in the US while minimizing costs?

  1. Applying the Amazon Connect latency-based routing policy
  2. Registering a new US domain name to serve the users in the US
  3. Deploying new Amazon EC2 instances in a Region located in the US
  4. Building a new data center in the US and implementing a hybrid model

Question 65

A global company with a large number of AWS accounts is seeking a way in which they can centrally manage billing and security policies across all accounts. Which AWS Service will assist them in meeting these goals?

  1. AWS Config
  2. AWS Trusted Advisor
  3. IAM User Groups
  4. AWS Organizations