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What type of database is used to record real-time sales transactions?

  • Data warehouse
  • Data mart
  • Transactional database (correct)
  • Data lake

Which AWS service allows creating a virtual machine instance in the cloud?

  • Infrastructure-as-Services (IaaS) (correct)
  • Everything-as-Services
  • Platform-as-Services (PaaS)
  • Software-as-Services (SaaS)

Which AWS service is best suited for building a real-time fraud detection engine?

  • Amazon DynamoDB (correct)
  • Amazon Ledger
  • Amazon Neptune
  • Amazon Aurora

Which AWS service provides the ability to use simple structured query language queries on multiple Amazon S3 files?

<p>Amazon Athena (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service is designed to ingest data from file systems?

<p>AWS DataSync (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service allows companies to track and categorize spending on a detailed level?

<p>Cost allocation tags (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service would be the most cost-effective to add instances to support increased web traffic during promotions?

<p>AWS Auto Scaling (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service would be the best choice to create a launch that sends notification when CPU utilization thresholds are breached?

<p>AWS CloudWatch (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of data is stored in Amazon DocumentDB with MongoDB compatibility?

<p>Semi-structured (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary use case for AWS Snowball?

<p>Securely transferring large amounts of data to AWS (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of data storage is typically used for short-term data storage?

<p>Short-term (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which data storage repository is typically loaded through an ETL process?

<p>Data Warehouse (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework specifies the importance of making frequent, small, reversible changes?

<p>Operational Excellence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scenario describes a challenge to velocity?

<p>Data is ingested from regional sales sites and the overnight batch job fails because it runs out of disk space. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service is best suited to ingest data from a software as a service?

<p>Amazon AppFlow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service is well-suited to consume streaming IoT data from a product that monitors airflow through hospital ducts?

<p>Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AWS service can automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data stored in Amazon S3?

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

Which of the following is a customer responsibility under the cloud computing shared responsibility model?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key benefit of using Elastic Load Balancing?

<p>automatic distribution of incoming traffic (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which storage option is best suited for storing data that does not change frequently?

<p>Glacier (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the best tool to use to migrate an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database to AWS RDS?

<p>AWS Database Migration Service (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of database is Amazon DynamoDB?

<p>Key-Value (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is data typically loaded to a data lake?

<p>Stored in an original format (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which option is not a design principle for data security pillar in Well-Architected Framework?

<p>activate transibility (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

AWS Services

  • Amazon AppFlow is best suited to ingest data from a software as a service (SaaS).
  • Amazon Macie is used to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data stored in Amazon S3.
  • Amazon DynamoDB is a key-value database.
  • AWS Database Migration Service is used to migrate an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database to AWS RDS.

Data Storage

  • Amazon S3 is used to store data that does not change frequently.
  • Glacier is used to store data that does not change frequently.
  • EFS is not used to store data that does not change frequently.
  • Amazon DocumentDB with MongoDB compatibility is used to store nested JSON documents.

Data Security

  • A key benefit of using Elastic Load Balancing is increased security.
  • Implementing a strong identity foundation is a design principle for the data security pillar in the Well-Architected Framework.
  • Apply security at all layers is a design principle for the data security pillar in the Well-Architected Framework.

Data Processing

  • AWS Glue is used for serverless ETL (Extract, Transform, Load).
  • AWS Lambda is not used to accomplish a database migration task.
  • Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) provides automated data encryption at rest and in transit.

Data Analytics

  • AWL Glue is used for serverless ETL.
  • AWS Lake Formation is used to build a data lake.
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose is used to ingest data from IoT devices.
  • Amazon Athena is used to query multiple Amazon S3 files in a cost-effective way.

Database Management

  • Amazon Aurora is compatible with PostgreSQL and MySQL.
  • Amazon DynamoDB is a key-value database.
  • Amazon RDS is used to manage relational databases.

AWS Well-Architected Framework

  • The reliability pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework specifies that we should make frequent, small, reversible changes.
  • Operational Excellence is a pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Shared Responsibility Model

  • Customer responsibilities under the cloud computing shared responsibility model include encryption of data at rest.
  • Network cabling is not a customer responsibility under the cloud computing shared responsibility model.

Cloud Computing

  • Creating a virtual machine EC2 instance in the AWS cloud is an example of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
  • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) allows users to create a virtual machine instance without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.
  • Anything-as-a-Service is not a valid cloud computing service model.

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Test your knowledge of AWS services, including data ingestion, sensitive data protection, and load balancing. Choose the best AWS service for each scenario.

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