AWS Services Overview
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What are the benefits of using Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)?

  • Makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database (correct)
  • Simplifies the management of time-consuming database administration tasks (correct)
  • Automates database backup but not recovery tasks
  • Provides unlimited storage capabilities for non-relational data

    • Which AWS service can inspect your environment and provide recommendations on expenses, performance, and security?

  • AWS Inspector (correct)
  • AWS Trusted Advisor (correct)
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • AWS Cost Explorer

    • In the AWS shared responsibility model, which responsibility lies solely with the customer?

  • Cloud infrastructure management
  • Service and Communications Protection (correct)
  • Operating system patching
  • Data encryption at rest

    • What is the recommended AWS service for launching a highly scalable MySQL OLTP database?

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

    Which benefits are associated with Consolidated billing in AWS?

    <p>Consolidate billing across multiple AWS accounts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristics best describe Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)?

    <p>A highly durable object storage infrastructure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Amazon EC2 instance purchasing option allows you to utilize existing server-bound software licenses?

    <p>Dedicated Host</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS services are most effective for improving the latency of high-resolution image loading on a global scale?

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

    Which two categories are included in AWS Trusted Advisor for analyzing your AWS environment and providing best practice recommendations?

    <p>Performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two AWS services are ideal for storing rapidly changing data with low read and write latencies?

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

    Which service should be used to trace user requests in a serverless application consisting of API Gateway, Lambda function, and DynamoDB?

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

    Which two best practices can help secure AWS resources using IAM?

    <p>Grant least privilege</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service enables customers to analyze and identify potential security issues in their environment?

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

    Which two services are defined as global services in AWS?

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

    Which service is best for load balancing TCP, UDP, and TLS traffic while maintaining ultra-low latencies?

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

    What option provides the most convenience and flexibility for launching a Microsoft SQL Server database instance in AWS?

    <p>Use a Windows Server with SQL Server Standard bundled AMI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS storage option is recommended for optimizing storage costs for sprites currently stored in S3 Standard?

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

    Which database engine in RDS allows you to bring your own license (BYOL)?

    <p>Oracle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What benefit of the AWS Cloud is highlighted by a company's ability to set up new testing environments quickly?

    <p>Agility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following services is NOT considered a global AWS service?

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

    What is the lowest support plan offered by AWS that allows an unlimited number of technical support cases?

    <p>Developer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two features allow changes to the attributes of Reserved Instances (RIs) in AWS?

    <p>Must result in RIs of equal or greater value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS storage service provides temporary block-level storage with faster read and write performance?

    <p>Instance Store</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which perspectives of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework include foundational capabilities?

    <p>Security</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two are recognized pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

    <p>Performance Efficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What describes the shift in expenses when transitioning from traditional servers to the cloud?

    <p>Capital expense becomes operational expense</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the best practice for providing temporary access to AWS resources for applications?

    <p>Use an IAM role that the application can assume</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two statements accurately describe horizontal and vertical scaling in AWS?

    <p>Vertical scaling requires more complex configurations than horizontal scaling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS Cost Management tool provides forecast insights based on historical usage?

    <p>Cost Explorer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When a company fully migrates to AWS, which two benefits can they expect?

    <p>Decreased Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two services contribute to creating a highly available and scalable web application in AWS?

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

    Which two services are part of the AWS serverless platform that require no server management?

    <p>Amazon API Gateway</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key feature of the Business support plan in AWS?

    <p>Offers a 1-hour response time for system downtime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which service is designed for digital user engagement across multiple channels in AWS?

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

    Which strategies should the manufacturing company implement to enhance customer value according to the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework?

    <p>Implement agile methodologies for rapid innovation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Under the Governance perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework, which capabilities are included?

    <p>Data Governance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What AWS purchasing option would best minimize computing costs for a company using EC2 instances and Lambda functions long-term?

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

    What infrastructure component is related to a VPC's subnet?

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

    Which IAM service is responsible for enforcing access controls in AWS?

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

    Which AWS applications would improve business communication and customer service experience?

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

    What is an account alias in IAM primarily used for?

    <p>A substitute for an account ID in the web address for your account</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which services can help mask application downtime by redirecting traffic? Select two.

    <p>Amazon Route 53</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What serves as a firewall for your EC2 instances within AWS?

    <p>Security Group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can you make RDS production instances more cost-effective over time?

    <p>Request reserved instances for discounted rates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS support plan provides access to a Concierge Support Team?

    <p>Enterprise Support Plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which AWS service would help a developer build a conversational interface for an application?

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

    When should you utilize Amazon SQS in your application? Select two.

    <p>For durable storage of messages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which actions would incur costs for a data lake built on Amazon S3? Select two.

    <p>Setting up S3 lifecycle policies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)

    • Simplifies database administration tasks
    • Easy to set up, operate, and scale relational databases

    AWS Inspector

    • Service that inspects AWS environments
    • Makes recommendations for lowering expenditures, improving performance, and increasing reliability
    • Closes security gaps

    Shared Responsibility Model

    • Customer responsible for service and communication protection/zone security

    Amazon Aurora

    • Highly scalable MySQL OLTP database

    Consolidated Billing in AWS

    • Combines usage across accounts in an organization
    • Consolidates billing and payment of AWS and AISPL accounts

    Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

    • Highly durable object storage
    • Virtually unlimited space

    Amazon EC2 Instance Purchasing Options

    • Dedicated Host
      • Addresses compliance requirements
      • Reduces costs by using existing server-bound software licenses

    Amazon S3 and CloudFront

    • Combination for fast photo-sharing website performance
    • Minimizes latency for global users

    Application Load Balancer

    • Supports path-based, host-based routing, and bi-directional communication channels for websockets

    AWS Trusted Advisor

    • Analyzes AWS environments
    • Provides best practices recommendations
      • Fault tolerance
      • Performance

    Amazon RDS and Amazon EBS

    • Used for storing rapidly changing data with low read/write latency

    AWS CloudTrail

    • Traces user requests through serverless applications
    • Comprised of API Gateway, Lambda function, and DynamoDB database

    AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

    • Best practices for securing AWS resources
      • Lock away root user access keys
      • Grant least privilege

    Amazon Detective

    • Analyzes and identifies root causes of security issues/suspicious activities

    Amazon CloudFront, AWS Identity and Access Management

    • Best suited for load balancing TCP, UDP, and TLS traffic
    • High request per second capabilities with low latency.

    Microsoft SQL Server Database in AWS

    • Convenience and flexibility to determine database size while being cost-effective
      • Use Windows Server with bundled SQL server license

    Amazon EC2 Convertible Reserved Instances

    • Change instance family, operating system, tenancy, and payment option
    • Change RI attributes while maintaining equal or greater value

    AWS Well-Architected Framework

    • Pillars:
      • Sustainability
      • Performance Efficiency

    Temporary Access to AWS Resources

    • Secure access using IAM roles

    Horizontal and Vertical Scaling

    • Horizontal: Adding more EC2 instances to resource pool
    • Vertical: Upgrading to a higher EC2 instance type

    AWS Cost Explorer

    • Forecasts costs and usage based on previous AWS resource consumption

    Decoupling from on-premises data centers

    • Benefits:
      • Reduces time to market
      • Decreases total cost of ownership

    Amazon Macie

    • Identifies and protects PII and intellectual property

    Scalable Web Apps in the Cloud

    • Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
    • AWS ELB

    AWS Serverless Platform

    • Lambda@Edge
    • Amazon API Gateway

    Threat Detection Service

    • Amazon GuardDuty

    Cost-Effective Data Storage

    • Amazon S3 Lifecycle Policy

    AWS Business Support Plan

    • Relevant information not provided

    AWS Digital User Engagement Service

    • Amazon Pinpoint
      • Enables communication with end-users (email, SMS, mobile notifications)
      • Measures user engagement

    Organizational Transformation

    • Restructure teams and prioritize product focus to optimize value streams
    • Adopt agile methodologies for improvement and rapid innovation

    Data Governance in AWS Cloud Adoption Framework

    • Data governance
    • Data curation

    Optimized Computing Costs

    • Compute savings
    • Utilizing Amazon EC2 instances and AWS Lambda functions

    VPC and Subnets

    • Availability Zone

    IAM Policy

    • Enforces privileges and access controls for AWS resources

    AWS Applications for Business Processes

    • Amazon Connect
    • Amazon Chime

    Account Aliases in IAM

    • Substitution for an account ID

    AWS Firewall for EC2 Instances

    • Security Group

    Cost-Effective RDS Instances

    • Reserved instances

    Concierge Support Team in AWS Support Plans

    • Enterprise Support Plan
    • Account inquiries and billing/account best practices

    Conversational Interface for Applications

    • Amazon Lex

    Amazon SQS

    • Durable event storage for applications

    Data Lakes

    • Egress data to the internet
    • Setting up S3 lifecycle policies

    Business Intelligence Tools

    • Amazon EMR

    AWS Cloud Adoption Framework

    • Aligning cloud transformations
      • Identifying capability gaps
      • Addressing dependencies

    Security Group Rules

    • Inbound HTTP rule with security group ID as source
    • Inbound RDP rule with address range as source

    AWS CloudTrail

    • Applies to all AWS regions by default
    • Used to create trails in the AWS Management Console

    EC2 CPU Utilization

    • Amazon CloudWatch

    Throughput-Optimized HDDs

    -Maximize performance and cost-effectiveness for video streaming

    Container Storage and Orchestration

    • Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry)
    • Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service)

    Cost-Effective EC2 Instances

    • Reserved instances

    Low Latency Data Storage

    • Amazon EFS (Elastic File System)
    • Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service)

    Static Website Hosting

    • Amazon S3 Standard

    Amazon EBS Backup

    • Stored durably in Amazon S3
    • Point-in-time backups via EBS snapshots

    Operational Excellence Practices

    • Performing monthly game days on AWS environments
    • Implementing AWS CodeDeploy

    Retrieving EC2 Instance List

    • Access Keys using AWS CLI

    Optimized Storage Costs

    • Have customers upload sprites to S3 Standard – Infrequent Access

    RDS Engine with BYOL Support

    • Oracle

    AWS Cloud Benefits

    • Agility

    Global AWS Services

    • Amazon Route 53
    • AWS WAF

    AWS Support Plan

    • Developer - unlimited technical support cases

    AWS Storage Service for Instance

    • Instance Store

    DynamoDB Benefits

    • Storing different structured data that would not be suitable for relational databases
    • Automatic scaling based on size

    Programmatic AWS Interaction

    • Access key
    • AWS SDK

    Example of IaaS in AWS

    • Amazon EC2

    Data Transformation in AWS

    • AWS Glue

    Shifting Expenses to Cloud

    • Capital expense is replaced by variable expense

    AWS Cloud Adoption Framework Perspective

    • Security

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