Messaging, Queueing, ELB
True or False: Amazon SQS is a cloud-based message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.
True
True or False: It is recommended to use AWS ECS to deploy Kubernetes containers in the AWS cloud.
False
Which EC2 Purchasing Option should you use for an application you plan on running on a server continuously for 1 year ?
Reserved Instances
Spot Instances
On-demand Instances
Convertible Instances
1. Reserved Instances
You need to ensure you have the right amount of compute available to service demand. Which AWS service can automatically scale the number of EC2 instances for your application?
1. Amazon EC2 AutoScaling
2. Amazon RedShift
3. Amazon ElastiCache
4. Amazon Elastic Load Balancer
1. Amazon EC2 AutoScaling
Which of the following is NOT an EC2 instance purchasing Option ?
Spot Instances
Reserved Instances
On-demand Instances
Connect Instances
4. Connect Instances
Which AWS service is the best choice for publishing messages to subscribers?
Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
Elastic Load Balancing
Amazon EC2
3. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
Which of the following Amazon services is not serverless?
Amazon SNS
Amazon SQS
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
3. Amazon EC2
Which EC2 Purchasing option can provide the biggest discount, but is not suitable for critical jobs or databases?
Scheduled Instances
Convertible Instances
Dedicated Hosts
Spot Instances
4. Spot Instances
How does Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling help with resiliency?
1. By launching and terminating instances as needed
2. By automating the failover applications
3. By distributing connections to EC2 instances
4. By changing instance types to increase capacity
1. By launching and terminating instances as needed
Which cloud computing model deals with services such as EC2 Instances?
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
DBaaS
1. IaaS
Which statement best describes Elastic Load Balancing?
1. It translates a domain name into an IP address using DNS
2. It distributes incoming application traffic across one or more Amazon EC2 instances
3. It automatically adjusts the number of Amazon EC2 instances to support incoming traffic
4. It collects metrics on connected Amazon EC2 instances
2. It distributes incoming application traffic across one or more Amazon EC2 instances
A company is planning on building an application using the services available on AWS. This application will be stateless in nature, and the service must have the ability to scale according to the demand. Which of the following would be an ideal compute service to use in this scenario?
AWS EC2
AWS Lambda
AWS EKS
2. AWS Lambda
How long can you reserve an EC2 Reserved Instance ?
1 or 3 years
2 or 4 years
6 months or 1 year
Anytime between 1 and 3 years
1. 1 or 3 years
Which of the advantages of the cloud listed below is most closely addressed by the capabilities of AWS Auto scaling?
1. Stop guessing about capacity
2. Benefit from massive economies of scale
3. Stop sending money running and maintaining data centers
4. Go global in minutes
1. Stop guessing about capacity
A website needs a minimum of 2 EC2 instances to operate. One day a week, there is more traffic no the website and the system needs an extra EC2 instance to handle the load. Somedays, the traffic doubles and the system needs 2 extra EC2 instances to operate? What should be the settings on the auto-scaling group to support the above scenario, optimized for cost ?
Minimum capacity = 2, Desired Capacity = 4, Max Capacity = 6
Minimum capacity = 2, Desired Capacity = 3, Max Capacity = 4
Minimum capacity = 2, Desired Capacity = 3, Max Capacity = 3
Minimum capacity = 3, Desired Capacity = 3, Max Capacity = 4
2. Minimum capacity = 2, Desired Capacity = 3, Max Capacity = 4
Which process is an example of Elastic Load Balancing?
1. Ensuring that no single Amazon EC2 instance has to carry the full workload on its own
2. Removing unneeded Amazon EC2 instances when demand is low
3. Adding a second Amazon EC2 instance during an online store's popular sale
4. Automatically adjusting the number of Amazon EC2 instances to meet demand
1. Ensuring that no single Amazon EC2 instance has to carry the full workload on its own
A company wants to deploy Kubernetes containers to the AWS Cloud. They also want a highly scalable service which can help manage the orchestration of these containers. Which of the following would be ideal for such a requirement?
Use the Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (AWS EKS)
Install a custom orchestration tool on EC2 Instances.
Use SQS to orchestrate the messages between docker containers.
Use the Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (AWS ECS)
1. Use the Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (AWS EKS)
A company would like to deploy a high-performance computing ( HPC) application on EC2. Which EC2 instance type should it choose ?
Compute optimized
Storage Optimized
Memory Optimized
General Purpose
1. Compute Optimized
Where can resources be launched when configuring Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
1. Multiple AZs and multiple regions
2. Multiple AZs within a region
3. Multiple VPCs
4. A single subnet
2. Multiple AZs within a region
Reserved Instance pricing is available for which of the following AWS services? (Select two)
1. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
2. Amazon CloudFront
3. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
4. AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM)
5. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
1. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
5. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
Which of the following options are the benefits of using AWS Elastic Load
Balancing (ELB)? (Select TWO)
1. Agility
2. Fault tolerance
3. Storage
4. Less costly
5. High availability
2. Fault tolerance
5. High availability
A company plans on deploying a batch processing application in AWS. Which of the following is an ideal way to host this application? Choose 2 answers from the options below. Each answer forms a part of the solution.
Copy the batch processing application to an ECS Container.
Create a docker image of your batch processing application.
Deploy the image as an Amazon ECS task.
Deploy the container behind the ELB.
2. Create a docker image of your batch processing application.
3. Deploy the image as an Amazon ECS task.
The DevOps team at a Big Data consultancy has set up EC2 instances across two AWS Regions for
its flagship application. Which of the following characterizes this application architecture?
1. Deploying the application across two AWS Regions improves security
2. Deploying the application across two AWS Regions improves agility
3. Deploying the application across two AWS Regions improves availability
4. Deploying the application across two AWS Regions improves scalability
3. Deploying the application across two AWS Regions improves availability
In Amazon EC2 Auto-scaling, what TWO approaches are used for scaling:
Fixed Scaling
Dynamic Scaling
Predictive Scaling
Max capacity Scaling
2. Dynamic Scaling
3. Predictive Scaling
Which AWS services can be used together to send alerts whenever the AWS account root user
signs in? (Select two)
1. SNS
2. SQS
3. CloudWatch
4. Step Function
5. Lambda
1. SNS
2. CloudWatch