AWS Core Services
What is Amazon EC2 primarily used for?
Compute power in the cloud
What does IAM stand for in AWS?
Identity and Access Management.
What tool helps you estimate your monthly AWS costs?
AWS Pricing Calculator.
What does AWS call its global data centers?
Regions and Availability Zones
What does VPC stand for?
Virtual Private Cloud
Which AWS service provides scalable object storage?
Amazon S3
What AWS service helps enforce governance and compliance?
AWS Config.
What is the free usage tier in AWS?
AWS Free Tier offers limited services for free for 12 months
How many Availability Zones does each AWS region typically have?
At least two
Which service allows you to connect your on-premises network to an AWS VPC?
AWS Direct Connect
Which service allows you to run and scale containerized applications?
Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service).
Which AWS service helps encrypt data at rest in Amazon S3?
AWS Key Management Service (KMS).
What feature automatically adjusts the number of EC2 instances based on demand?
Auto Scaling
What is an AWS edge location?
A data center location for content delivery (used by Amazon CloudFront)
What is the purpose of an internet gateway in AWS?
To allow traffic between the VPC and the internet
What is the purpose of Amazon RDS?
Managed relational database service.
Which AWS service provides DDoS protection?
AWS Shield
What is a Reserved Instance in AWS?
A billing discount applied to the use of EC2 or other services for a specific term
What service allows you to distribute content globally with low latency?
Amazon CloudFront
What service is used to manage DNS within AWS?
Amazon Route 53
Name two services that can be used for serverless computing
AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate
What is the AWS shared responsibility model?
AWS secures the cloud infrastructure, and customers are responsible for securing their own data and applications.
How can organizations save costs by moving infrequently accessed data to a cheaper storage tier?
By using Amazon S3 Glacier or S3 Intelligent-Tiering.
How does AWS ensure fault tolerance and high availability?
By using multiple Availability Zones and Regions
What is a VPC peering connection?
A networking connection between two VPCs that enables them to communicate as if they were on the same network