AWS CLOUD PRACTITIONER EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERFIED
ANSWERS UPDATED
What is cloud computing?
On-demand delivery of IT resources and applications through the internet with pay-as-
you-go pricing
What is another name for on-premises deployment?
Private cloud deployment
How does the scale of cloud computing help you to save costs?
The aggregated cloud usage from a large number of customers results in lower pay-as-
you-go prices.
Which AWS service is the best choice for publishing messages to subscribers?
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
You want to use an Amazon EC2 instance for a batch processing workload. What
would be the best Amazon EC2 instance type to use?
Compute optimized
What are the contract length options for Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances?
(Select TWO.)
- 1 year
- 3 years
You have a workload that will run for a total of 6 months and can withstand
interruptions. What would be the most cost-efficient Amazon EC2 purchasing
option?
Spot Instance
Which process is an example of Elastic Load Balancing?
Ensuring that no single Amazon EC2 instance has to carry the full workload on its own
You want to deploy and manage containerized applications. Which service should
you use?
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Which statement best describes an Availability Zone?
,A single data center or group of data centers within a Region
Which statement is TRUE for the AWS global infrastructure?
An Availability Zone consists of two or more Regions.
Which factors should be considered when selecting a Region? (Select TWO.)
- Compliance with data governance and legal requirements
- Proximity to your customers
Which statement best describes Amazon CloudFront?
A global content delivery service
Which site does Amazon CloudFront use to cache copies of content for faster
delivery to users at any location?
Edge location
Which action can you perform with AWS Outposts?
Extend AWS infrastructure and services to your on-premises data center.
Which statement best describes an AWS account's default network access
control list?
It is stateless and allows all inbound and outbound traffic.
Which statement best describes DNS resolution?
Translating a domain name to an IP address
Your company has an application that uses Amazon EC2 instances to run the
customer-facing website and Amazon RDS database instances to store
customers' personal information. How should the developer configure the VPC
according to best practices?
Place the Amazon EC2 instances in a public subnet and the Amazon RDS database
instances in a private subnet.
Which component can be used to establish a private dedicated connection
between your company's data center and AWS?
AWS Direct Connect
Which statement best describes security groups?
They are stateful and deny all inbound traffic by default.
Which component is used to connect a VPC to the internet?
Internet gateway
, Which service is used to manage the DNS records for domain names?
Amazon Route 53
You want to store data that is infrequently accessed but must be immediately
available when needed. Which Amazon S3 storage class should you use?
S3 Standard-IA
What are the scenarios in which you should use Amazon Relational Database
Service (Amazon RDS)? (Select TWO.)
- Using SQL to organize data
- Storing data in an Amazon Aurora database
Which Amazon S3 storage classes are optimized for archival data? (Select TWO.)
- S3 Glacier
- S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Which statement or statements are TRUE about Amazon EBS volumes and
Amazon EFS file systems?
EBS volumes store data within a single Availability Zone. Amazon EFS file systems
store data across multiple Availability Zones.
You want to store data in an object storage service. Which AWS service is best
for this type of storage?
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Which statement best describes Amazon DynamoDB?
A serverless key-value database service
Which service is used to query and analyze data across a data warehouse?
Amazon Redshift
Which tasks are the responsibilities of customers? (Select TWO.)
- Patching software on Amazon EC2 instances
- Setting permissions for Amazon S3 objects
You are configuring service control policies (SCPs) in AWS Organizations. Which
identities and resources can SCPs be applied to? (Select TWO.)
- An individual member account
- An organizational unit (OU)
Which tasks can you complete in AWS Artifact? (Select TWO.)
ANSWERS UPDATED
What is cloud computing?
On-demand delivery of IT resources and applications through the internet with pay-as-
you-go pricing
What is another name for on-premises deployment?
Private cloud deployment
How does the scale of cloud computing help you to save costs?
The aggregated cloud usage from a large number of customers results in lower pay-as-
you-go prices.
Which AWS service is the best choice for publishing messages to subscribers?
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
You want to use an Amazon EC2 instance for a batch processing workload. What
would be the best Amazon EC2 instance type to use?
Compute optimized
What are the contract length options for Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances?
(Select TWO.)
- 1 year
- 3 years
You have a workload that will run for a total of 6 months and can withstand
interruptions. What would be the most cost-efficient Amazon EC2 purchasing
option?
Spot Instance
Which process is an example of Elastic Load Balancing?
Ensuring that no single Amazon EC2 instance has to carry the full workload on its own
You want to deploy and manage containerized applications. Which service should
you use?
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Which statement best describes an Availability Zone?
,A single data center or group of data centers within a Region
Which statement is TRUE for the AWS global infrastructure?
An Availability Zone consists of two or more Regions.
Which factors should be considered when selecting a Region? (Select TWO.)
- Compliance with data governance and legal requirements
- Proximity to your customers
Which statement best describes Amazon CloudFront?
A global content delivery service
Which site does Amazon CloudFront use to cache copies of content for faster
delivery to users at any location?
Edge location
Which action can you perform with AWS Outposts?
Extend AWS infrastructure and services to your on-premises data center.
Which statement best describes an AWS account's default network access
control list?
It is stateless and allows all inbound and outbound traffic.
Which statement best describes DNS resolution?
Translating a domain name to an IP address
Your company has an application that uses Amazon EC2 instances to run the
customer-facing website and Amazon RDS database instances to store
customers' personal information. How should the developer configure the VPC
according to best practices?
Place the Amazon EC2 instances in a public subnet and the Amazon RDS database
instances in a private subnet.
Which component can be used to establish a private dedicated connection
between your company's data center and AWS?
AWS Direct Connect
Which statement best describes security groups?
They are stateful and deny all inbound traffic by default.
Which component is used to connect a VPC to the internet?
Internet gateway
, Which service is used to manage the DNS records for domain names?
Amazon Route 53
You want to store data that is infrequently accessed but must be immediately
available when needed. Which Amazon S3 storage class should you use?
S3 Standard-IA
What are the scenarios in which you should use Amazon Relational Database
Service (Amazon RDS)? (Select TWO.)
- Using SQL to organize data
- Storing data in an Amazon Aurora database
Which Amazon S3 storage classes are optimized for archival data? (Select TWO.)
- S3 Glacier
- S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Which statement or statements are TRUE about Amazon EBS volumes and
Amazon EFS file systems?
EBS volumes store data within a single Availability Zone. Amazon EFS file systems
store data across multiple Availability Zones.
You want to store data in an object storage service. Which AWS service is best
for this type of storage?
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Which statement best describes Amazon DynamoDB?
A serverless key-value database service
Which service is used to query and analyze data across a data warehouse?
Amazon Redshift
Which tasks are the responsibilities of customers? (Select TWO.)
- Patching software on Amazon EC2 instances
- Setting permissions for Amazon S3 objects
You are configuring service control policies (SCPs) in AWS Organizations. Which
identities and resources can SCPs be applied to? (Select TWO.)
- An individual member account
- An organizational unit (OU)
Which tasks can you complete in AWS Artifact? (Select TWO.)
