AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide

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What is the primary function of Amazon S3?

File system storage
Block storage
Object storage (correct)
Archive storage

What is a key advantage of object storage over block storage?

Better identification and classification of data (correct)
Lower storage costs
Faster data retrieval
Improved data encryption

What is the purpose of versioning in Amazon S3?

To improve data encryption
To preserve and retrieve multiple variants of an object (correct)
To accelerate data transfer
To reduce storage costs

What is the customer responsible for under the shared responsibility model?

Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest and in transit. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS team helps customers accelerate cloud adoption?

AWS Professional Services (D) Signup and view all the answers

What allows companies to track and categorize spending on a detailed level?

Cost allocation tags (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners?

To provide AWS-related software technical expertise (C) Signup and view all the answers

Why is it recommended to download a new copy of the document periodically?

To ensure the latest information is available. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is Amazon Glacier used for?

Long-term data archiving (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of cost allocation tags?

To organize resource costs on a cost allocation report. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is not a customer responsibility under the shared responsibility model?

Ensuring that network cables are category six or higher. (A) Signup and view all the answers

What allows companies to categorize and track their AWS costs?

Cost allocation tags (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a key benefit of cloud computing according to the 6 advantages mentioned?

Trading capital expense for variable expense (C) Signup and view all the answers

What type of database can be run on an EC2 instance?

Relational database (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of Amazon S3 Glacier?

Long-term data archiving and backup (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of Route 53?

DNS service (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service allows for the connection of an Amazon VPC to an on-premises data center?

AWS VPN (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of elastic resources in AWS?

Scaling resources up or down as needed (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of Redshift?

To analyze and query data across various data sources (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a shared control between a customer and AWS?

Patch management (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of Elastic Load Balancing?

To distribute incoming traffic across multiple EC2 instances (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the cost of storing data in Amazon S3 Glacier?

$0.004 per gigabyte per month (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a valid way for a customer to interact with AWS services?

Software-as-a-service (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a benefit of using Redshift?

Allows querying and combining data from various sources (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of using Amazon ElastiCache?

Reducing database access load (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service is designed to automate common activities such as change requests and patch management?

AWS Managed Services (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary advantage of using multiple availability zones?

Minimizing the impact of infrastructure failure (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the customer NOT responsible for under the shared responsibility model?

Auditing physical data center assets (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which service is not suitable for storing common database query results?

Amazon Machine Learning (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of using an infrastructure that is engineered to be highly reliable?

Minimizing the impact of infrastructure failure (D) Signup and view all the answers