S3 Storage
What is the primary benefit of using Amazon S3 Glacier?
A) Faster data retrieval
B) High availability
C) Low-cost long-term storage
D) Unlimited data storage
Answer: C) Low-cost long-term storage
What is Amazon DynamoDB best suited for?
A) Storing structured, relational data
B) High-throughput, low-latency NoSQL applications
C) Data warehousing and analytics
D) Object storage
Answer: B) High-throughput, low-latency NoSQL applications
Which AWS service helps protect your web applications from common web exploits such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS)?
A) AWS CloudTrail
B) AWS WAF
C) AWS Shield
D) AWS GuardDuty
Answer: B) AWS WAF
What is the main AWS service used for running virtual machines?
A) AWS Lambda
B) Amazon EC2
C) Amazon ECS
D) AWS Fargate
Answer: B) Amazon EC2
Which AWS tool helps estimate cloud costs before using AWS services?
A) AWS Budgets
B) AWS Cost Explorer
C) AWS Pricing Calculator
D) AWS Trusted Advisor
Answer: C) AWS Pricing Calculator
Which feature of Amazon S3 allows you to automatically move objects between storage classes based on access patterns?
A) S3 Replication
B) S3 Lifecycle Policies
C) S3 Transfer Acceleration
D) S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Answer: B) S3 Lifecycle Policies
Which AWS database service is designed for analytics and data warehousing?
A) Amazon RDS
B) Amazon Aurora
C) Amazon Redshift
D) Amazon Neptune
Answer: C) Amazon Redshift
What is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) used for?
A) Securing AWS API Gateway
B) Providing an additional layer of security for AWS accounts
C) Encrypting data in Amazon S3
D) Protecting EC2 instances from DDoS attacks
Answer: B) Providing an additional layer of security for AWS accounts
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Which AWS service is used for running and managing Docker containers?
A) AWS Lambda
B) Amazon EC2
C) Amazon ECS
D) AWS Fargate
Answer: C) Amazon ECS
What is the main benefit of AWS Savings Plans?
A) They provide discounted pricing in exchange for a usage commitment
B) They allow unlimited free-tier usage
C) They eliminate the need for EC2 instances
D) They provide automatic discounts on AWS Marketplace software
Answer: A) They provide discounted pricing in exchange for a usage commitment
Your company wants to store backup data in Amazon S3 and minimize costs, but needs immediate access to some files in case of disaster recovery. Which storage class is the best fit?
A) S3 Glacier Deep Archive
B) S3 One Zone-IA
C) S3 Intelligent-Tiering
D) S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval
Answer: D) S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval
Which AWS database service is a fully managed graph database?
A) Amazon RDS
B) Amazon DynamoDB
C) Amazon Neptune
D) Amazon Timestream
Answer: C) Amazon Neptune
Which AWS service provides real-time monitoring and security alerts for malicious or unauthorized activity in your AWS account by analyzing AWS CloudTrail logs and other data sources?
A) AWS Shield
B) AWS GuardDuty
C) AWS WAF
D) AWS Macie
Answer: B) AWS GuardDuty
Your company wants to deploy a highly available web application using EC2 instances. Which AWS feature helps ensure automatic recovery if an instance fails?
A) Auto Scaling
B) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
C) Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
D) AWS Backup
Answer: A) Auto Scaling
Your company is looking to automatically identify unexpected increases in AWS costs and usage, without having to manually analyze detailed cost reports. Which service can alert you to these anomalies and help you investigate the cause?
A) AWS Cost Explorer
B) AWS Cost and Usage Report
C) AWS Budgets
D) AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
Answer: D) AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
Your company has large amounts of data in Amazon S3, but the access patterns are unpredictable. Some data is frequently accessed, while other data is rarely accessed. Which Amazon S3 storage class automatically moves data between two access tiers (frequent and infrequent) based on access patterns, ensuring low cost without manual intervention?
A) S3 Glacier
B) S3 Intelligent-Tiering
C) S3 Standard-IA
D) S3 One Zone-IA
Answer: B) S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Which database service provides a serverless option where customers only pay for the queries they run?
A) Amazon RDS
B) Amazon Aurora Serverless
C) Amazon DynamoDB
D) Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Answer: B) Amazon Aurora Serverless
Your company wants a centralized view of its security posture across AWS accounts. Which AWS service aggregates and prioritizes findings from multiple AWS security services like GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie, and allows you to automate security response actions?
A) AWS Shield
B) AWS Security Hub
C) AWS WAF
D) AWS CloudTrail
Answer: B) AWS Security Hub
Your company runs a compute-heavy application on EC2, but workloads are unpredictable. Sometimes there is high demand, while at other times, the instances sit idle. Which EC2 pricing model provides the best balance of cost savings and availability without long-term commitments?
A) On-Demand Instances
B) Reserved Instances
C) Spot Instances
D) Savings Plans
Answer: C) Spot Instances
What AWS service provides detailed billing reports for cost tracking?
A) AWS Cost and Usage Report
B) AWS Billing Dashboard
C) AWS Free Tier Tracker
D) AWS Cost Explorer
Answer: A) AWS Cost and Usage Report
You are designing a multi-region disaster recovery solution for highly available object storage. Which combination of S3 features ensures data redundancy across AWS Regions with the least administrative overhead?
A) S3 Versioning and S3 Lifecycle Policies
B) S3 Cross-Region Replication (CRR) and S3 Intelligent-Tiering
C) S3 Cross-Region Replication (CRR) and S3 Versioning
D) S3 Transfer Acceleration and S3 Lifecycle Policies
Answer: C) S3 Cross-Region Replication (CRR) and S3 Versioning
Which AWS database service is designed for OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) workloads?
A) Amazon RDS
B) Amazon Aurora
C) Amazon Redshift
D) Amazon Neptune
Answer: C) Amazon Redshift
What is an AWS Security Group?
A) A managed firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic for EC2 instances
B) A group of AWS users with the same permissions
C) A service that scans AWS resources for security vulnerabilities
D) A feature of AWS IAM for managing access keys
Answer: A) A managed firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic for EC2 instances
Which AWS service provides a managed Kubernetes solution?
A) Amazon ECS
B) AWS Fargate
C) Amazon EKS
D) AWS Lambda
Answer: C) Amazon EKS
Your company is using AWS services across multiple regions and wants to predict future cloud spending trends based on historical usage patterns. Which AWS service provides forecasting capabilities to help with cost planning?
A) AWS Cost Explorer
B) AWS Budgets
C) AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR)
D) AWS Trusted Advisor
Answer: A) AWS Cost Explorer