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Which AWS feature allows users to create a dedicated connection between their on-premises data center and AWS?

  • VPC peering
  • Amazon Route 53
  • AWS VPN
  • AWS Direct Connect (correct)

    • What is classified as a physical location within the AWS global infrastructure?

  • AWS Organizations
  • Amazon Connect
  • AWS DataSync
  • AWS Region (correct)

    • Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework focuses on risk assessment and asset protection?

  • Performance efficiency
  • Operational excellence
  • Reliability
  • Security (correct)

    • What role does an internet gateway play within a VPC?

    <p>To allow communication between the VPC and the internet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What best practice is a company following when migrating to AWS and dividing a monolithic application into microservices?

    <p>Implement loosely coupled dependencies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service helps audit password and access key rotation for compliance?

    <p>IAM credential report</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using Reserved Instances?

    <p>Flexibility to change instance types</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of Spot Fleet in AWS?

    <p>To manage a fleet of Spot Instances across multiple instance types</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service is primarily known for providing highly durable object storage?

    <p>Amazon S3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which responsibility remains with the customer when hosting databases on Amazon EC2 instances?

    <p>Operating system installations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key advantage of migrating to the AWS Cloud?

    <p>Adopting a pay-as-you-go payment model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service is designed for hybrid cloud storage solutions?

    <p>AWS Storage Gateway</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which tool can a user utilize to create cost estimates for AWS usage?

    <p>AWS Pricing Calculator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which service should developers use to integrate AWS features into applications?

    <p>AWS Software Development Kit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which design principle is recommended by the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

    <p>Learning from operational failures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which option indicates that an organization does not need to manage physical infrastructure when using AWS?

    <p>Ability to focus on application development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the concept of granting access only to the resources needed to perform a task called?

    <p>Least privilege access</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service allows you to set up a firewall for controlling traffic in an Amazon VPC subnet?

    <p>Network ACL</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service enables companies to operate a data warehouse without managing its infrastructure?

    <p>Amazon Redshift Serverless</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does AWS Cloud computing help businesses in cost reduction?

    <p>AWS allows adjusting capacity according to demand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service can grant users in one account access to resources in another account?

    <p>IAM role</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one task that AWS is responsible for when services are used?

    <p>Maintenance of physical and environmental controls</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is essential in implementing infrastructure as code for automation in deployment?

    <p>Use of template files for resource definitions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines the method for ensuring users have only the permissions necessary to perform their tasks?

    <p>Least privilege principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of AWS Global Accelerator?

    <p>To enhance performance by routing traffic through AWS infrastructure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service is specifically designed for sending messages between applications?

    <p>Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What advantage does consolidated billing offer to AWS customers?

    <p>Volume discounts based on multiple account usage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which resource is recommended for accessing compliance-related information in AWS?

    <p>AWS Artifact</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can a user review all Amazon S3 buckets with ACLs and bucket policies?

    <p>Through Access Analyzer for S3.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service is best for delivering applications closer to end users?

    <p>Amazon CloudFront</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key feature of AWS Direct Connect?

    <p>It provides a dedicated, high-speed connection to AWS services.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service can help maintain the security of environments in the cloud?

    <p>AWS WAF</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which actions are AWS responsible for in the shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)

    <p>Patching the operating system on Amazon RDS instances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most cost-effective Amazon S3 storage class for data that is infrequently accessed but needs retrieval within 12 hours?

    <p>S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which resource can identify services used by a user within a specified date range?

    <p>AWS Identity and Access Management Access Analyzer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What AWS service allows a company to engage third-party consultants for maintaining its AWS environment?

    <p>AWS Partner Network (APN)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which tool can a company use to create Amazon QuickSight dashboards with its billing data weekly?

    <p>AWS Cost and Usage Report</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which service enables EC2 instances to automatically adjust to varying workloads?

    <p>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which storage solution can replace on-premises storage with a cloud-based but locally cached option?

    <p>AWS Storage Gateway</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most efficient AWS service for automating the management and rotation of credentials?

    <p>AWS Secrets Manager</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When planning to store backups in AWS, which feature should be utilized for local caching of cloud storage?

    <p>AWS Storage Gateway</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For data that needs immediate access but is infrequently used, which Amazon S3 class should be chosen?

    <p>S3 Standard-IA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which service is designed to identify and classify sensitive data in AWS?

    <p>Amazon Macie</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which actions are recommended for maintaining security as an AWS account root user? (Choose two)

    <p>Create an IAM user with administrator privileges for daily tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    To ensure high availability with a quick recovery time for an Amazon RDS DB instance, which solution should be implemented?

    <p>Modify the DB instance to be a Multi-AZ deployment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For a company planning to run an application on EC2 instances continuously for 1 year, which purchasing option is the most cost-effective?

    <p>Reserved Instances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service provides a secure method for managing encryption keys?

    <p>AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS security service continuously monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior?

    <p>Amazon GuardDuty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Exam Q&A

    • Question 1: A company plans to use an Amazon Snowball Edge device to transfer files to the AWS Cloud. Which activities related to a Snowball Edge device are available to the company at no cost?

      • Use of the Snowball Edge appliance for a 10-day period

    • Question 2: A company has deployed applications on Amazon EC2 instances. The company needs to assess application vulnerabilities and must identify infrastructure deployments that do not meet best practices.

      • Use Amazon Inspector

    • Question 3: A company has a centralized group of users needing large file storage that exceeds their on-premises space. The company wants to extend its file storage capabilities for this group while retaining performance to share content locally.

      • Configure and deploy an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway, connect each user's workstation to the file gateway.

    • Question 4: According to security best practices, how should an Amazon EC2 instance given access to an Amazon S3 bucket?

      • Have the EC2 instance assume a role to obtain the privileges to upload the file.

    • Question 5: Which option is a customer responsibility when using Amazon DynamoDB under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?

      • Access to DynamoDB tables

    • Question 6: Which option is a perspective that includes foundational capabilities of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)?

      • Governance

    • Question 7: A company is running and managing its own Docker environment on Amazon EC2 instances. The company wants an alternative to help manage cluster size, scheduling, and environment maintenance.

      • Use AWS Fargate

    • Question 8: A company wants to run a NoSQL database on Amazon EC2 instances.

      • Update the guest operating system of the EC2 instances.

    • Question 9: Which AWS services or tools can identify rightsizing opportunities for Amazon EC2 instances? (Choose two.)

      • AWS Cost Explorer
      • AWS Compute Optimizer

    • Question 10: Which of the following are benefits of using AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.)

      • Detecting underutilized resources to save costs
      • Improving security by proactively monitoring the AWS environment

    • Question 11: Which of the following is an advantage that users experience when they move on-premises workloads to the AWS Cloud?

      • Elimination of expenses for running and maintaining data centers

    • Question 12: A company wants to manage deployed IT services and govern its infrastructure as code (IaC) templates.

      • AWS Service Catalog

    • Question 13: Which AWS service or tool helps users visualize, understand, and manage spending and usage over time?

      • AWS Cost Explorer

    • Question 14: A company is using a central data platform. The company wants to discover, transform, and visualize the data.

      • AWS Glue
      • Amazon QuickSight

    • Question 15: A global company wants to migrate its third-party applications. The company wants help from a global team of experts to complete the migration faster and more reliably.

      • AWS Professional Services

    • Question 16: An e-learning platform needs to run an application for 2 months each year. The application will be deployed on Amazon EC2 instances. Any application downtime must be avoided.

      • Use On-Demand Instances

    • Question 17: A developer wants to deploy an application quickly without manually creating resources.

      • AWS Elastic Beanstalk

    • Question 18: A company is storing sensitive customer data in an Amazon S3 bucket. The company wants to protect the data from accidental deletion or overwriting.

      • S3 Versioning

    • Question 19: Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code?

      • AWS CloudFormation

    • Question 20: Online gaming company wants to run Amazon EC2 instances for 1 year. The web traffic is consistent and any increases in traffic are predictable.

      • Reserved Instances

    • Question 21: Which AWS service or feature allows a user to establish a dedicated network connection between a company's on-premises data center and the AWS Cloud?

      • AWS Direct Connect

    • Question 22: Which option is a physical location of the AWS global infrastructure?

      • AWS Region

    • Question 23: A company wants to protect its AWS Cloud information, systems, and assets while performing risk assessment and mitigation tasks.

      • Security

    • Question 24: What is the purpose of having an internet gateway within a VPC?

      • To allow communication between the VPC and the internet

    • Question 25: A company is running a monolithic on-premises application. The company has a plan to migrate the application.

      • Implement loosely coupled dependencies

    • Question 26: A company has an AWS account. The company wants to audit its password and access key rotation details for compliance purposes.

      • AWS Audit Manager

    • Question 27: A company wants to receive a notification when a specific AWS cost threshold is reached.

      • AWS Budgets
      • Cost Explorer

    • Question 28: Which AWS service or resource provides answers to the most frequently asked security-related questions that AWS receives from its users?

      • AWS Knowledge Center

    • Question 29: Which tasks are customer responsibilities, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)

      • Configure the AWS provided security group firewall
      • Classify company assets in the AWS Cloud

    • Question 30: Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose two.)

      • Availability
      • Reliability

    • Question 31: Which AWS service or feature is used to send text and email messages?

      • Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
      • Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)

    • Question 32: A user needs programmatic access to AWS resources through the AWS CLI or the AWS API.

      • Access Keys

    • Question 33: A company runs simulations on AWS Batch. Each simulation is stateless, fault-tolerant, and runs for up to 3 hours.

      • Spot Instances

    • Question 34: What does the concept of agility mean in AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two.)

      • The speed at which AWS resources are implemented
      • The ability to experiment quickly

    • Question 35: A company needs to block SQL injection attacks.

      • AWS WAF

    • Question 36: Which AWS service or feature identifies whether an Amazon S3 bucket or an IAM role has been shared with an external entity?

      • AWS IAM Access Analyzer

    • Question 37: A cloud practitioner needs to obtain AWS compliance reports before migrating an environment to the AWS Cloud.

      • Download reports from AWS Artifact.

    • Question 38: An e-commerce company has migrated its infrastructure.

      • Cost of application software licenses

    • Question 39: A company wants to manage its AWS infrastructure.

      • AWS Systems Manager

    • Question 40: Which of the following are benefits of using AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.)

      • Detecting underutilized resources to save costs
      • Improving security

    • Question 41: Which service enables customers to audit API calls in their AWS accounts?

      • AWS CloudTrail

    • Question 42: What is a customer responsibility when using AWS Lambda?

      • Management of the code within the Lambda function

    • Question 43: A company has 5 TB of data. The company wants to run queries occasionally.

      • Amazon Athena

    • Question 44: Which AWS service can be used at no additional cost?

      • AWS Cost Explorer and more in the same format as above.

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