AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
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What is the primary purpose of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)?

  • To create and manage AWS users and groups
  • To manage access to AWS services and resources securely (correct)
  • To analyze access across the AWS environment
  • To enable multi-factor authentication for highly privileged users
  • What is one of the specific conditions that IAM enables to control user access to AWS resources?

  • Brand of the user's clothing
  • Time of day (correct)
  • Size of the user's mobile device
  • Color of the user's computer
  • What is the purpose of AWS Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) in the IAM context?

  • To provide additional security for AWS resources at an extra cost
  • To require users to prove physical possession of a hardware token or MFA-enabled mobile device (correct)
  • To allow users to access AWS services without using a password
  • To authenticate users based on their location
  • How does IAM help security teams and administrators?

    <p>By quickly validating that policies only provide intended public and cross-account access to resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of load balancer is best suited for load balancing of HTTP and HTTPS traffic?

    <p>Application Load Balancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of traffic is the Network Load Balancer best suited for load balancing?

    <p>TCP, UDP, and TLS</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which load balancer makes routing decisions at either the transport layer or the application layer?

    <p>Network Load Balancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which load balancer provides basic load balancing across multiple Amazon EC2 instances and operates at both the request level and the connection level?

    <p>Classic Load Balancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of traffic is the Gateway Load Balancer best suited for load balancing?

    <p>TCP, UDP, and TLS</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of load balancer is transparent to the source and destination of traffic, making it well suited for working with third-party appliances for security, network analytics, and other use cases?

    <p>Gateway Load Balancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of AWS Auto Scaling?

    <p>To monitor and automatically adjust capacity to maintain steady performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which resources can be managed using AWS Auto Scaling?

    <p>Amazon EC2 instances and Amazon DynamoDB tables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does AWS Auto Scaling make scaling simple?

    <p>By combining Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling for faster scaling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does AWS Auto Scaling allow you to set for multiple resources in a single interface?

    <p>Utilization levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can AWS Auto Scaling help optimize when consuming AWS services?

    <p>Availability and costs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which service is designed for use with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for both throughput and transaction intensive workloads?

    <p>Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does AWS Auto Scaling do when demand drops?

    <p>Automatically removes excess resource capacity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of applications are widely deployed on Amazon EBS?

    <p>Enterprise applications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are EBS volumes replicated for mission-critical systems?

    <p>Replication across Availability Zones (AZ)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of workloads can achieve single-digit-millisecond latency using Amazon EBS?

    <p>Database workloads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

    • Primary purpose: control access to AWS resources
    • Enables control of user access based on specific conditions, such as user identity, location, time of day, and type of request
    • Supports Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) to add an extra layer of security for users

    Load Balancers

    • Application Load Balancer: best suited for load balancing HTTP and HTTPS traffic, makes routing decisions at the application layer (Layer 7)
    • Network Load Balancer: best suited for load balancing high-performance, low-latency applications, makes routing decisions at the transport layer (Layer 4)
    • Gateway Load Balancer: best suited for load balancing of third-party virtual appliances and scalable network functions, transparent to the source and destination of traffic
    • Classic Load Balancer: provides basic load balancing across multiple Amazon EC2 instances, operates at both the request level and the connection level

    AWS Auto Scaling

    • Primary function: automatically adds or removes compute resources based on demand
    • Can manage multiple resources, including Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) containers, and more
    • Simplifies scaling by automatically launching or terminating resources as needed
    • Allows setting scaling policies for multiple resources in a single interface
    • Helps optimize costs when consuming AWS services
    • Automatically reduces resources when demand drops

    Amazon EBS

    • Widely used for mission-critical systems, databases, and applications requiring high IOPS and low latency
    • Volumes can be replicated for mission-critical systems to ensure high availability
    • Achieves single-digit-millisecond latency, suitable for high-performance workloads

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