Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Which IAM entity is recommended for granting temporary access to AWS resources?
A) IAM Users
B) IAM Groups
C) IAM Roles
D) IAM Policies
Answer: C) IAM Roles
Which AWS service provides a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS)?
A) Amazon CloudFront
B) AWS Direct Connect
C) Amazon Route 53
D) AWS Transit Gateway
Answer: C) Amazon Route 53
Which AWS service converts text into natural-sounding speech?
A) Amazon Lex
B) Amazon Polly
C) AWS Transcribe
D) Amazon Rekognition
Answer: B) Amazon Polly
What is the foundational infrastructure component of AWS that consists of multiple Availability Zones?
A) AWS Regions
B) AWS Edge Locations
C) AWS Wavelength Zones
D) AWS Local Zones
Answer: A) AWS Regions
Which AWS service allows users to run code without managing servers?
A) AWS Lambda
B) AWS Fargate
C) AWS EC2 Auto Scaling
D) Amazon ECS
Answer: A) AWS Lambda
Which AWS service helps centrally manage permissions across multiple AWS accounts?
A) AWS Identity Center (formerly SSO)
B) IAM Policy Simulator
C) AWS Config
D) AWS Secrets Manager
Answer: A) AWS Identity Center
Which AWS feature improves the performance of global applications by routing traffic based on latency and health checks?
A) AWS Transit Gateway
B) Amazon CloudFront
C) AWS Global Accelerator
D) Amazon Route 53 Geolocation Routing
Answer: C) AWS Global Accelerator
Which AWS AI service allows developers to build chatbots using natural language processing?
A) Amazon Rekognition
B) Amazon Lex
C) AWS DeepLens
D) Amazon SageMaker
Answer: B) Amazon Lex
Which AWS feature allows customers to replicate Amazon EC2 instances and Amazon RDS databases to different regions to support disaster recovery strategies?
A) Amazon CloudFront
B) AWS Regions
C) AWS Global Accelerator
D) AWS Cross-Region Replication
Answer: D) AWS Cross-Region Replication
Which AWS service is used for event-driven messaging between decoupled applications?
A) Amazon SNS
B) Amazon S3
C) AWS Step Functions
D) AWS Lambda
Answer: A) Amazon SNS
Which IAM feature helps analyze and generate fine-tuned policies by identifying the permissions actually used by a role or user?
A) IAM Policy Simulator
B) AWS Identity Center
C) IAM Access Analyzer
D) Service Control Policies (SCPs)
Answer: C) IAM Access Analyzer
Which AWS service helps accelerate the delivery of static and dynamic web content using a global network of edge locations?
A) Amazon Route 53
B) AWS Global Accelerator
C) Amazon CloudFront
D) AWS Direct Connect
Answer: C) Amazon CloudFront
Which AWS service enables organizations to perform real-time transcription of audio to text?
A) Amazon Polly
B) Amazon Transcribe
C) Amazon Lex
D) AWS DeepLens
Answer: B) Amazon Transcribe
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Which AWS service extends AWS infrastructure closer to end users in metro areas to reduce latency?
A) AWS Wavelength
B) AWS Local Zones
C) AWS Direct Connect
D) AWS Edge Locations
Answer: B) AWS Local Zones
Which AWS service allows you to automate event-driven workflows, connecting AWS services without the need to manage servers, and can route, filter, and process events from various sources?
A) Amazon EventBridge
B) AWS Lambda
C) Amazon SQS
D) AWS Step Functions
Answer: A) Amazon EventBridge
Which IAM policy type is used to restrict access across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Organizations?
A) Identity-based policies
B) Resource-based policies
C) Service Control Policies (SCPs)
D) Permissions Boundaries
Answer: C) Service Control Policies (SCPs)
Which Amazon VPC component allows outbound internet access for private subnets while keeping inbound traffic blocked?
A) NAT Gateway
B) Internet Gateway
C) VPC Peering
D) AWS PrivateLink
Answer: A) NAT Gateway
Which AWS service uses machine learning to automatically extract text, handwriting, and data from scanned documents?
A) Amazon Rekognition
B) Amazon Textract
C) Amazon Comprehend
D) AWS Glue
Answer: B) Amazon Textract
Which type of AWS facility is primarily used for content caching to improve performance for global users?
A) Availability Zones
B) AWS Regions
C) AWS Edge Locations
D) AWS Direct Connect Locations
Answer: C) AWS Edge Locations
Which AWS service enables the running of containers in a fully managed, serverless compute environment without having to manage the underlying infrastructure?
A) AWS Fargate
B) AWS Lambda
C) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
D) Amazon ECS
Answer: A) AWS Fargate
Which IAM feature allows fine-grained control over permissions for a federated user accessing AWS via an identity provider (IdP)?
A) IAM Group Policies
B) Web Identity Federation
C) IAM Access Analyzer
D) Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
Answer: D) Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
Which AWS service helps organizations centrally manage connectivity across thousands of VPCs and on-premises networks?
A) AWS PrivateLink
B) AWS Transit Gateway
C) Amazon CloudFront
D) AWS Direct Connect
Answer: B) AWS Transit Gateway
Which AWS service enables organizations to analyze text and extract insights such as sentiment, key phrases, and named entities?
A) Amazon Polly
B) Amazon Rekognition
C) Amazon Comprehend
D) AWS Glue
Answer: C) Amazon Comprehend
Which AWS service allows customers to run AWS compute, storage, and other services on-premises in their own data centers, extending AWS infrastructure to their own physical locations?
A) AWS Outposts
B) AWS Snowball
C) AWS Local Zones
D) AWS Wavelength
Answer: A) AWS Outposts
Which AWS service is a fully managed workflow orchestration service for serverless applications?
A) AWS Glue
B) AWS Step Functions
C) Amazon EventBridge
D) AWS Lambda
Answer: B) AWS Step Functions