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Which of the following are true about both dedicated instances and dedicated hosts?
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Check it outThe supplemental hourly charge AWS adds to use a dedicated instance:
Check it outYour company wants to perform a full migration to the cloud. However, the company has 5 years out...
Check it outHealthcare, Banking and Government compliance requirements often demand that computations be perf...
Check it outAWS License Manager, which helps you manage software licensed based on a per-socket, per-CPU or p...
Check it outWhich of the following are stated benefits that users can realize when they chose to deploy on an...
Check it outQuebec privacy laws forbid businesses to export and process any personally identifiable data outs...
Check it outWhich of the following factors should influence the decision to architect a AWS solution that inc...
Check it outWhich of the following AWS products act as a metrics repository that allows users to gather and g...
Check it outWhich of the following AWS products allows users to configure alarm actions to stop, start or ter...
Check it outAWS CloudWatch has the ability to:
Check it outWith regards to AWS Billing and Pricing:
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true:
Check it outWhich of the following payment options generate the most revenue for AWS if a Standard Reserved I...
Check it outThe greatest discount can be achieved with which EC2 pricing and provisioning approach:
Check it outWhich of the following is true about Standard Reserved Instances:
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Check it outWhich tool is best suited to comparing AWS costs between Regions?
Check it outWhich of the following are stated features of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?
Check it outAmazon RDS is best described as a:
Check it outAmazon Aurora, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server and Oracle Database are all possible options for which ...
Check it outWhich of the following are not stated benefits of Amazon RDS?
Check it outWhich AWS Service extends the benefits of Amazon RDS Read Replicas with a virtualized, SSD-backed...
Check it outWhich of the following statements are not true about Amazon RDS?
Check it outWhat is the main purpose for Multi-Availability Zone deployments for Amazon RDS?
Check it outWhat is the main purpose for Multi-Region deployments for Amazon RDS?
Check it outWhat is the main purpose for Amazon RDS Read Replicas?
Check it outFor Multi-Availability Zone deployments, Amazon RDS will automatically recover and perform a fail...
Check it outWhich of the following are benefits of using a managed service like Amazon RDS or DynamoDB?
Check it outHow can you tell if a maintenance update is available for your Amazon RDS DB instance?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Amazon RDS?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true?
Check it outWhich of the following functions does the customer perform on EC2 instances?
Check it outWhich of the following functions does the customer perform on fully managed Amazon RDS instances?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about EC2 and RDS management
Check it outThis AWS product records all events that occur on your account, including who made a given reques...
Check it outThis AWS product supports auditing, secure monitoring and operational troubleshooting by tracking...
Check it outWhich of the following are AWS CloudTrail benefits and features:
Check it outWhich of the following activities cloud AWS CloudTrail be used to perform?
Check it outHow many days back does AWS CloudTrail record by default
Check it outWhat is the easiest way to start the default AWS CloudTrail service?
Check it outHow many custom CloudTrail trails can be made per region?
Check it outWhich of the following would qualify as a CloudTrail Insight event?
Check it outWhich of the following are true about AWS CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail?
Check it outWhat level of annual durability does Amazon promise for AWS S3 Glacier?
Check it outWhich of the following is the cheapest, long-term storage option?
Check it outWhat is the size of the largest object that can be uploaded to Amazon S3 in a single PUT operation?
Check it outThe standard S3 storage class is designed with what level of availability?
Check it outWhich of the following are key features of Amazon S3?
Check it outObjects stored in a Standard S3 Bucket are automatically stored:
Check it outWhich factors should go into choosing an AWS Region in which to store Amazon S3 data?
Check it outWhich storage class is the best choice for data accessed more than once a month?
Check it outThis tool provides recommendations intended to help users optimize AWS infrastructure, tighten se...
Check it outWhich of the following is not a recommendation domain for AWS Trusted Advisor:
Check it outWhich tool would warn an AWS user about the lack of multi-factor authentication on the Root Account?
Check it outWhich tool would warn an AWS user about security groups that allow unrestricted access on all por...
Check it outThis service will notify an AWS user if their fault tolerance capabilities could be improved thro...
Check it outYou believe you are spending money on idle resources, but aren't sure where to begin your search ...
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Amazon S3?
Check it outAmazon S3 is best described as a:
Check it outThe keys used to identify data stored in Amazon S3 must be:
Check it outThe programmatic interface used to interact with Amazon S3 is:
Check it outThis AWS service helps you centrally manage and scale your environment by allowing you to program...
Check it outWhich of the following are benefits of the consolidated bills provided by AWS Organizations?
Check it outThe consolidated billing feature of AWS Organizations
Check it outIf two departments come together and start using AWS Organizations, which benefits will they accrue?
Check it outWhich of the following statements is true about the cost associated with AWS Organizations?
Check it outHow many difference AWS services are currently available as of January, 2022?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about OpEx and CapEx?
Check it outWhich types of operating expenses (OpEx) can be reduced or eliminated as organizations move to th...
Check it outWhich types of capital expenses (CapEx) can be reduced or eliminated as organizations move to the...
Check it outWhich of the following are true about the impact a move to the cloud has on an organization?
Check it outAccording to Amazon, a move to the cloud will typically result in:
Check it outIn what year did Amazon first start offering AWS services targeted at lowering both OpEx and CapE...
Check it outWhich of the following are compelling reasons to move to a cloud-based infrastructure?
Check it outWhich of the following is a reasons why an organization might choose an on-premises deployment ov...
Check it outWhich of the following are standard best-practices for handling AWS IAM accounts?
Check it outWhich of the following are valid MFA options in AWS for the root account?
Check it outWhich of the following is true about MFA in AWS?
Check it outWhich of the following MFA mechanisms will no longer be supported by AWS?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about IAM usernames
Check it outWhich of the following technologies automatically distributes incoming application traffic across...
Check it outWhich protocols does the Application Load Balancer ELB use to automatically distributes incoming...
Check it outKey benefits of an Elastic Load Balancer include
Check it outWhich product allows a department to share Reserved Instance discounts pricing across accounts, e...
Check it outServices such as AWS Data Transfer and Amazon S3, have volume pricing tiers across certain usage ...
Check it outSpot instances can be interrupted by AWS with only two minutes worth of notice. As of January 202...
Check it outWhat two reasons would cause AWS to reclaim your Spot Instance?
Check it outWhat is the default behavior when a Spot Instance is interrupted?
Check it outWhat happens when a Spot Instance is interrupted by AWS during its first hour of operation?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are normally true for a Spot Instance that has been running for...
Check it outWhich of the following scenarios cause Spot Instance pricing to be billed up to the next full hou...
Check it outWhich interrupt behavior setting forces AWS to persist a Spot Instances memory contents?
Check it outHow are Spot Instances billed?
Check it outThe biggest downside to a Spot Instance is:
Check it outCompared to On Demand instances:
Check it outThe EC2 Spot Instance price fluctuates based on:
Check it outThis type of EC2 instance offers spare compute capacity at steep discounts:
Check it outThese instance types should be incorporated into your AWS Auto Scaling strategy only after your e...
Check it outA site that CloudFront uses to cache copies of content for faster delivery to users is called:
Check it outEdge locations store cached content for which AWS Service:
Check it outYour AWS servers in Canada are delivering a large amount of static content to clients in Asian co...
Check it outName two benefits of using Amazon CloudFront in your cloud-based architecture?
Check it outWhich types of data or files would be good candidates to cache on an Amazon CloudFront Edge locat...
Check it outHow does Amazon CloudFront increase reliability and availability of your content?
Check it outAmazon CloudFront will always:
Check it outWhich of the following is true about Amazon CloudFront?
Check it outThe AWS resource from which Amazon CloudFront pulls files from is known as:
Check it outCloudFront "points of prescence" that cache static content are also known as:
Check it outWhen performing an AWS CLI (Command Line Interface) installation, which two resources are used to...
Check it outWhich two credentials are required, by default, when logging into the AWS Management Console?
Check it outIf an IAM users loses or forgets their AWS Secret Access Key:
Check it outHow many access keys can an IAM user have?
Check it outWhat type of credential is required to sign programmatic requests to the AWS API?
Check it outWhich of the following security best practices does Amazon recommend?
Check it outThe rotation of IAM access keys involves:
Check it outIAM Access Key rotation routines can be performed with:
Check it outWhich of the following categories always falls under the purview of AWS in the Shared Responsibil...
Check it outWhich of the following statements is true about the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?
Check it outWhich of the following are considered customer responsibilities in the AWS Shared Responsibility ...
Check it outWhich of the following are purely customer responsibilities in the AWS Shared Responsibility model?
Check it outThe responsibilities assigned to the customer under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model can chang...
Check it outElasticity in the Amazon cloud is achieved primarily through the use of:
Check it outThis product monitors your applications and automatically adjusts capacity to maintain steady, pr...
Check it outThey primary benefit of AWS Auto Scaling is enhanced:
Check it outThis AWS service can be set up quickly, allows users to avoid overspending, helps to maintain per...
Check it outAn application that uses EC2, DynamoDB and Elastic Load Balancing, and has a variable usage patte...
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true?
Check it outA physical location where data centers are clustered together is known as:
Check it outA group of logical data centers is known as:
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about AWS Regions and Availability Zones?
Check it outOn how many continents do AWS Regions exist?
Check it outWhich of the following statements is true about AWS Regions and Availability Zones
Check it outTwo Availability Zones with the same region will be:
Check it outWhich of the following statements is correct with regards to AWS Global Infrastructure?
Check it outTo protect from power outages, lightning strikes, tornadoes, earthquakes, race riots and missile ...
Check it outTo protect from power outages, lightning strikes, tornadoes, earthquakes, race riots and missile ...
Check it outWhich AWS Region in North America is composed of the most availability zones?:
Check it outTo deploy a fault-tolerant EC2 instance within a Region:
Check it outWhy might an organization choose to replicate data across AWS Regions, rather than simply replica...
Check it outA highly available architecture can be set up with a load balancer distributing traffic across wh...
Check it outWhat is the standard access management pattern Amazon recommends for managing IAM accounts?
Check it outIf a new user joins your organization and requires full administrative access, how should you pro...
Check it outA member of the finance department's IT team has joined the company's DevOps team, which requires...
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about IAM groups and roles?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Identity and Access Management username requirem...
Check it outIAM stands for:
Check it outIAM passwords can contain:
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about IAM quotas as of January 1st, 2022?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about IAM quotas as of January 1st, 2022?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about IAM quotas as of January 1st, 2022?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about IAM quotas as of January 1st, 2022?
Check it outWhich of the following statements conform to Amazon best practices with regards to the AWS root a...
Check it outTo use the AWS CLI (Command Line Interface), access must be mitigated through the use of:
Check it outAccess keys consist of two parts:
Check it outWho has the rights to associate a policy with an S3 bucket?
Check it outThe rights users have to perform read and delete operations on content in an S3 bucket is defined...
Check it outTo allow anonymous, public access to the contents in an S3 bucket:
Check it outTo limit access to a specific IP address, an S3 bucket policy would need to include:
Check it outTo forbid a particular URL or domain name from accessing content made publicly available, you wou...
Check it outAn S3 Bucket Policy can be used to:
Check it outA company uses an app packaged in a Docker container deployed to an Amazon EKS cluster that makes...
Check it outThe three most common cloud deployment models are:
Check it outAn organization that uses a "private cloud" is said to be using what type of cloud computing depl...
Check it outAn organization that uses virtual machines in their own data-centers to increase resource utiliza...
Check it outLegacy IT infrastructure is most commonly associated with which cloud computing deployment model?
Check it outWhen an organization connects infrastructure and applications between cloud-based resources and e...
Check it outThis AWS product allows customers to run AWS infrastructure and services on-premises for a consis...
Check it outThis type of cloud computing deployment model allows applications to be built on low-level infras...
Check it outThis type of cloud computing deployment model fully deploys all applications in the cloud, and al...
Check it outAmazon asserts that this tool provides the most comprehensive set of AWS cost and usage data avai...
Check it outWhich granularity of reporting can be configured for AWS Cost & Usage Report?
Check it outTo get AWS Cost and Usage Reports the account owner must:
Check it outAWS Cost and Usage Reports data is rendered in what file format?
Check it outTo assist in the analysis and querying of AWS Cost and Usage Reports, Amazon suggests integration...
Check it outPermissions to set-up a Cost & Usage Report are:
Check it outThis AWS product itemizes usage at the account or Organization level by product code, usage type ...
Check it outYou need to immediate launch an EC2 instance that will be in service for an extended period of ti...
Check it outAmazon describes this service as a fast, flexible NoSQL database service for single-digit millise...
Check it outThis AWS NoSQL database service promises consistent single-digit millisecond performance, nearly ...
Check it outThe DynamoDB NoSQL database promises what level of availability in their SLA?
Check it outAny data in computer storage, including files on a server or copies in a tape backup, is referred...
Check it outTo help organizations comply with compliance and regulatory requirements, DynamoDB:
Check it outThe reason why services such as Amazon DynamoDB encrypt data at rest by default is:
Check it outAmazon's DynamoDB supports which types of data models?
Check it outWhich of the following is not true about DynamoDB
Check it outDynamoDB can be configured with one of which two capacity modes?
Check it outThis Amazon service is often integrated with DynamoDB to help build advanced streaming applicatio...
Check it outThe following are compelling features of Amazon DynamoDB that set it apart from competitive offer...
Check it outThe opposite of 'data in use' or 'data in transit' is:
Check it outDeletion of the root user's IAM Access Key and Secret Key will prevent root access to AWS service...
Check it outThis open-source tool allows users and developers to interact with AWS services using instruction...
Check it outJava APIs for connecting to AWS and performing advanced management tasks can be found in which tool:
Check it outFor which of the following languages does AWS not provides an SDK ?
Check it outThis tool allows developers to write code in Java, JavaScript, Python and other languages to crea...
Check it outThis tool can be used to control multipole AWS services from a terminal window and also run scrip...
Check it outWhich of the following AWS tools support Windows and Linux Shells such as bash, the terminal wind...
Check it outA feature or service made available through the AWS Management Console is available through the A...
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about the AWS Management Console and the AWS Command L...
Check it outFailover and fault tolerance can be fully achieved through the use of only two Availability Zones...
Check it outWhich of the following services, when connected to an EC2 instance, acts almost like a USB drive ...
Check it outWhat is the standard unit of measurement for the maximum number of reads and writes that can be p...
Check it outWhich of the following are industry differentiating features of Amazon EBS volumes?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Amazon EBS volumes connected to an EC2 instance?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Amazon EBS volumes connected to an EC2 instance?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Amazon EBS volumes?
Check it outThe recommended storage option when you run a database on an instance is:
Check it outWhich of the following is true about Amazon EBS?
Check it outYou need to create a database instance within the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). What ...
Check it outThis AWS service allows you to model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources by trea...
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about AWS Beanstalk and AWS CloudFormation?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about CloudFormation?
Check it outCloudFormation allows templates to be written in which languages?
Check it outThis AWS service can be used to bootstrap third-party configuration tools such as Chef, Puppet an...
Check it outThis AWS Service greatly simplifies the task of replicating your AWS infrastructure in multiple A...
Check it outAn isolated network of interconnected computers and services hosted in the cloud without any defa...
Check it outThis AWS technology resembles a traditional network that you'd operate in your own data center, w...
Check it outA virtual network dedicates to your AWS account is known as a:
Check it outA range of IP addresses in your VPC is known as a:
Check it outA conglomeration of rules that are used to decide where network traffic is directed is known as a:
Check it outIn order to allow communication between resources in your VPC and the Internet, you must configure:
Check it outTo connect to a VPC that has no public IP address:
Check it outAWS Direct Connect helps you connect to:
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about VPCs?
Check it outYou can create, access, and manage VPCs which of the following?
Check it outWhich of the following are true about VPC quotas?
Check it outWhich of the following is true about security groups and VPCs?
Check it outWhich of the following are true about Security Groups and VPCs?
Check it outWhich of the following are true about Network ACLs and VPNs?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Network ACLs and Security Groups?
Check it outThis product establishes a dedicated network connection between your on-premises network and AWS:
Check it outWhich of the following is not true about AWS Direct Connect?
Check it outWhich of the following services will aid in auditing and reporting?
Check it outThis service allows you to assess, audit and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources, a...
Check it outThis Amazon product is a fully managed service that provides an AWS resource inventory, configura...
Check it outWhich features of AWS Config help organizations fulfill their auditing, reporting and compliance ...
Check it outThis product can evaluate your current architecture against a 'Config Rule' to audit your runtime...
Check it outThis service helps to simplify the deployment and reporting aspects of governance policies and co...
Check it outWhen enabled, AWS Config:
Check it outAWS Config is often integrated with which popular 3rd Party tools?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about AWS Config?
Check it outThis tool allows you to monitor and troubleshoot your systems and applications using your existin...
Check it outWhich of the following are true about the manner in which Amazon CloudWatch allows users to consu...
Check it outYou are generating logs files from a variety of different AWS services and EC2 instances, and you...
Check it outThe use of a managed database service like Amazon Aurora eliminates the need for you to:
Check it outThis relational database offering is said to be faster and more scalable than Amazon RDS:
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS?
Check it outWhich of the following databases engines does Amazon Aurora support?
Check it outWhich of the following databases engines does Amazon RDS support?
Check it outAn organization has a hybrid architecture where applications are deployed both to the cloud and t...
Check it outThis AWS product is a deployment service that automates application deployments to Amazon EC2 ins...
Check it outAutomation can reduce costs and eliminate human error. How does AWS empower automation?
Check it outA repeatable process can be automated in AWS by:
Check it outHow are tags used in cost allocation?
Check it outA cost allocation tag:
Check it outYou are unhappy with the overwhelming amount of data generated by the AWS Cost and Usage Report. ...
Check it outWhen should a relational database solution, such as RDS or Aurora, be chosen over Amazon S3 storage?
Check it outYou have a number of largely static websites hosted in the Oregon region. However, your users in ...
Check it outYou run into a practice exam question about AWS EC2 that you don't understand. Which of the follo...
Check it outYour organization is planning a migration to the cloud, but you don't have the in-house expertise...
Check it outWhat is the name of the global community of professionals, software vendors and system integrator...
Check it outThis diverse associate of AWS Software Vendors and skilled System Integrators features 100,000 pa...
Check it outThe goal of this organization is to help APN Partners deliver value to mutual customers worldwide.
Check it outA client wants to install their own custom implementation of Apache Tomcat on a Linux OS running ...
Check it outMost AWS Services are scoped:
Check it outWhat is the name of Amazon's highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS)?
Check it outWhat AWS service can be used to map a domain name like www.scrumtuous.com to the IP address of a ...
Check it outThis service provides on-demand access to AWS’ security and compliance reports and select online ...
Check it outYour S3 bucket names needs to be unique, so you decide to use the email addresses as the root of ...
Check it outAn S3 bucket name must be unique:
Check it outAlthough all of these S3 bucket names are valid, which one does AWS discourage due to S3 Transfer...
Check it outWhen creating an S3 bucket, the owner is asked to scope the bucket at what level?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true about S3 buckets?
Check it outWhich of the following statements are true?
Check it outThe 'data-at-rest' encryption policy for an S3 bucket is:
Check it outTo quickly share content in an S3 bucket for a predetermined period of time, you can share the re...
Check it outAn S3 bucket policy is written in what language?
Check it outThe effect of the AWS policy shown in code would be to:
Check it outWhat does S3 stand for?
Check it outIn what year was Amazon S3 released?
Check it outYou have written an S3 policy in JSON, but the code won't compile because of a missing comma, squ...
Check it outThe ability to use Amazon CloudFront to cache files in a content delivery system with nodes on 6 ...
Check it outAmazon can offer low-cost services, below the costs of even very large corporate enterprises, due...
Check it outA startup that uses the AWS cloud for all of their infrastructure and service needs experiences w...
Check it outWhen an organization automates the ability of their Kubernetes clusters to spin up more Docker im...
Check it outWhen a system is capable of handling increasing loads, increasing traffic and increasing throughp...
Check it outA system that can quickly recover from sub-system failures or continue to service customers even ...
Check it outData stored in the 'durable storage' class of Amazon S3 is said to have eleven 9's. That is, 99.9...
Check it outAn organization that runs their infrastructure in the cloud:
Check it outExpensive mistakes made purchasing hardware to meet the capacity of unpredictable workloads can b...
Check it outAmazon's ability to achieve lower variable costs due to their immense size and specialization in ...
Check it outThe ability for developers to get new test servers spun up, or new NoSQL database instances provi...
Check it outThis cloud architecture principle insists applications should be able to withstand subsystem fail...
Check it outA users must wait for a long running computation to complete. Which design principle could potent...
Check it outMicroservices that are packaged in containers and are run in Kubernetes clusters are a response t...
Check it outThe AWS cloud reduces an organizations burden to meet compliance requirements by:
Check it outWhich of the following are benefits of the ability to programmatically automate the provisioning ...
Check it outA financially significant investment in infrastructure whose expense is amortized over many years...
Check it outEven the most well-crafted and well-architected on-premise solution would be unlikely to provide ...
Check it outThe term BYOL refers to:
Check it outRental costs associated storing data archives in a secure, off-site location would be an example of:
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