AWS Cloud Basics
This AWS service lets you run virtual machines in the cloud.
What is Amazon EC2?
This pricing model lets companies avoid buying hardware and instead pay only for what they use.
What is pay-as-you-go?
This principle ensures systems continue operating even when components fail.
What is fault tolerance?
These components evaluate web requests and decide whether to allow or block them.
What are WAF rules?
This service sends real-time alerts when systems fail or performance drops.
What are Amazon CloudWatch Alarms?
This type of cloud storage stores files like images, videos, and backups.
What is Amazon S3?
These provide cost savings by committing to usage for 1–3 years.
What are Reserved Instances (or Savings Plans)?
This architecture style uses small, independent services rather than one large system.
What is microservices architecture?
This feature automatically protects applications using prebuilt, constantly updated rule sets.
What are AWS Managed Rules?
A company uses this service to centrally manage and restore backups for databases and servers.
What is AWS Backup?
This AWS service lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers.
What is AWS Lambda?
This tool helps estimate AWS costs before launching resources.
What is the AWS Pricing Calculator?
This AWS model uses five pillars to guide stable, secure, and efficient cloud design.
What is the AWS Well-Architected Framework?
This WAF integration protects web apps globally by blocking threats at edge locations.
What is Amazon CloudFront?
This deployment pattern creates a second environment for testing a new version before switching traffic.
What is a blue/green deployment?
This AWS service allows you to set up and manage relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL.
What is Amazon RDS?
This cost-optimization practice recommends selecting the most efficient resource sizes for workloads.
What is right-sizing?
This principle encourages designing systems that can automatically scale up or down as needed.
What is elasticity?
These allow you to define allowed or blocked IP addresses and IP ranges.
What are IP Sets?
This tool allows automated patching, configuration, and command execution on EC2 instances in the workplace.
What is AWS Systems Manager?
This AWS service helps control permissions for users and resources in an AWS account.
What is AWS IAM?
S3 storage becomes cheaper per GB as usage increases due to this pricing mechanism.
What is tiered pricing?
This best practice suggests using AWS-managed services instead of self-managed servers whenever possible.
What is using managed services?
This advanced feature detects and mitigates automated traffic and bot attacks.
What is AWS Bot Control?
A security team monitors AWS accounts for unauthorized activity using this threat detection service.
What is Amazon GuardDuty?