Cloud Computing
The ability to horizontally scale Amazon EC2 instances based on demand in an example of which concept in the AWS cloud value proposition
Elasticity
What is AWS SDK?
Software Development Kit
Name all 5 EC2 Instances
1. EC2 on Demand
2. EC2 Reserved Instances
3. Convertible Reserved Instances
4. Scheduled Reserved Instance
5. EC2 Spot Instances
Which 2 AWS services or features support data replication across AWS Regions?
1. Amazon S3
2. Amazon RDS
Take off my skin, I won't cry but you will what am I?
What is an Onion?
3 Different Types of Cloud Deployment
1. Public Cloud
2. Hybrid
3. On Prem (Private cloud)
Name 2 IAM Security Tools
1. IAM Credentials Report (account level)
2. IAM Access Advisor (user level)
Which EC2 Instance would be best for forecasting how much you are likely to spend and get recommendations to purchase?
Reserved Instances
Which AWS service will achieve lower latency and high transfer speeds?
What starts with 'T', ends with 'T' and is filled with 'T'
Teapot
3 different types of cloud computing
1. Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)
2. Platform as a Service (PAAS)
3. Software as a Service (SAAS)
Name 3 common roles for Services
1. EC2 instance roles
2. Lambda Function roles
3. Roles for CloudFormation
Which service can identify the user that made the API call when an Amazon EC2 instance is terminated?
AWS CloudTrail
A company needs phone, email, and chat access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The response time must be less than 1 hour if a production system has a service interruption.
Which AWS Support plan meets these requirements at the LOWEST cost?
AWS Business Support
What is the largest bird in the world?
Ostrich
5 Characteristics of Cloud Computing
1. On-Demand Self Service
2. Broad network access
3. Multi-tenancy and resource pooling
4. Rapid elasticity & scalability
5. Measured service
3 responsibilities of AWS Responsibility in IAM
1. Infrastructure (global network security)
2. Configuration and vulnerability analysis
3. Compliance validation
What feature can be used to analyze potential security threats for an EC2 instance against an assessment template with predefined rules
Amazon Inspector
Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for use with Linux-based Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises servers?
What goes up but never goes down?
Age
1. Trade Capital Expense for Variable expense
2. Benefit from massive economies of scale
3. Stop guessing capacity
4. Increase speed and agility
5. Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
6. Go global in minutes
3 responsibilities of Customers in IAM
1. Users, groups, roles, policies - management & monitoring
2. Enabling MFA on all accounts and enforcing it
3. Rotating your keys often
4. Use IAM tools to apply the appropriate permissions
5. Analyzing access patterns & review permissions
Which Amazon EC2 pricing model adjusts based on supply and demand of EC2 instances?
EC2 Spot Instances
Which AWS service can create an alarm that sends a notification when a billing threshold is exceeded?
CloudWatch
Two most abundant elements in Earth's atmosphere
Nitrogen and Oxygen