Getting Started
The deployment of resources on-premises, using virtualization and resource management tools, is sometimes called the ____?
Private cloud
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/types-of-cloud-computing.html)
Which Amazon EC2 pricing model is a good choice if you have predictable or steady-state compute needs?
Reserved Instances are a good choice when you have long-term workloads with predictable usage patterns, such as servers that you know you will want to run in a consistent way over many months.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts.html#ec2-pricing)
What kind of service is Amazon S3 Glacier?
Amazon S3 Glacier is a data archiving service that is designed for security, durability, and an extremely low cost. Data that is stored in Amazon S3 Glacier can take several hours to retrieve, which is why it works well for archiving.
(Source: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/glacier/)
Which AWS Support Plan offers resources for customers that are running business and mission-critical workloads on AWS?
The Enterprise Support Plan.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/aws-support-plans.html)
What ability does the Reliability pillar encompass?
The Reliability pillar encompasses the ability of a workload to perform its intended function correctly and consistently when it’s expected to.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/reliability.html)
What is the difference between a User Guide and a Developer Guide on the AWS Docs site?
The User Guide is written for those who need to operate, administer, or understand how to use a specific AWS service. The Developer Guide is written for software developers, engineers, or anyone who is building applications that programmatically interact with the AWS service.
AWS Lambda is a compute service that runs code without the need to manage servers. You pay only for ____?
The compute time that you consume. There is no charge when your code is not running. (Source: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/features/)
Identify and explain the feature Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides for backup and recovery.
Use Amazon EBS snapshots to back up the data stored on your volumes. You can then use those snapshots to instantly restore volumes or to migrate data across AWS accounts, AWS Regions, or Availability Zones.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/what-is-ebs.html)
In the AWS Organizations documentation, what is a management account?
A management account is the AWS account you use to create your organization.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs-manage_accounts_management.html )
Describe the Trusted Advisor recommendations under Fault Tolerance check category.
Recommendations that help increase the resiliency of your AWS solution. These checks highlight redundancy shortfalls and overused resources.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/get-started-with-aws-trusted-advisor.html)
What kind of pricing does AWS offer and what are its benefits?
Pay-as-you-go pricing; allows you to easily adapt to changing business needs without overcommitting budgets and improving your responsiveness to changes. (Source: https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/ )
How can you use Amazon EC2?
You can use Amazon EC2 to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, configure security and networking, and manage storage. You can add capacity (scale up) to handle compute-heavy tasks or spikes in website traffic. When usage decreases, you can reduce capacity (scale down) again.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts.html)
How does Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) work with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)?
Amazon EBS is designed to provide durable, detachable, block-level storage that you can attach to a single Amazon EC2 instance.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/what-is-ebs.html)
What is the difference between IAM policies and SCPs (Service Control Policies)?
IAM policies grant permissions to specific users, groups, or roles. SCPs only restrict permissions at the account or organizational unit (OU) level.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_scps.html )
What is the AWS CLI environmental variable that specifies an AWS access key associated with an IAM account.
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID (Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-envvars.html )
Why are Availability Zones more advantageous than a single data center?
They offer the ability to operate production applications and databases that are more highly available, fault tolerant, and scalable.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/global-infrastructure.html)
Which AWS service can be used with Amazon EC2 to automatically distribute incoming service traffic?
Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes your incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses, in one or more Availability Zones.
What can you use to manage access buckets and the objects in them (name at least 3)?
You can use bucket policies, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, access control lists (ACLs), and S3 Access Points to manage access.
Source:(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/Welcome.html)
What are the main benefits of AWS Organizations (name at least two)?
Centrally managed access policies across multiple AWS accounts, controlled access to AWS services, automated AWS account creation and management, and consolidated billing across multiple AWS accounts.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_introduction.html)
What kind of service is Amazon SageMaker AI?
Amazon SageMaker AI is a fully managed machine learning (ML) service.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/whatis.html)
What are the responsibilities of the customer and AWS under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?
AWS is responsible for the security of the cloud, which includes the physical infrastructure like data centers, hardware, and the core networking, storage, and compute services. Customers are responsible for security in the cloud, managing their data, applications, user access, operating systems, and configuring services like firewall settings.
(Source: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/)
What is the maximum function timeout allowed for a Lambda function?
The default value for this setting is 3 seconds, but you can adjust this in increments of 1 second up to a maximum value of 900 seconds (15 minutes).
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-timeout.html)
How can you use AWS CloudTrail to monitor and control how your Amazon S3 resources are being used?
AWS CloudTrail records actions taken by a user, a role, or an AWS service in Amazon S3. CloudTrail logs provide you with detailed API tracking for S3 bucket-level and object-level operations. (Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/Welcome.html)
What is the consolidated billing feature in AWS Organizations?
Consolidated Billing is a billing feature in AWS Organizations to consolidate billing and payment for multiple AWS accounts.
(Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/consolidated-billing.html)
What is Application Integration?
Application integration on AWS is a suite of services that enable communication between decoupled components within microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. (Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/application-integration.html )