PURE STORAGE CERTIFIED FLASHARRAY
ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE EXAMPREP TEST
PAPER 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION SET
◉ AMI. Answer: *Amazon Machine Image*
Provides the information required to launch an instance.
You specify an __________ when you launch an instance, and you can
launch as many instances from this __________ as needed.
You can also create __________s and sell them to other Amazon EC2
users.
You can customize the instance that you launch from a public
__________ and then save that configuration as a custom __________ for
your own use.
◉ Route Tables. Answer: Contains a set of rules, called routes, that
are used to determine where network traffic is directed.
◉ EC2Rescue. Answer: This is an easy-to-use tool that you can run
on an Amazon EC2 Linux instance to diagnose and troubleshoot
possible problems.
,◉ EBS Snapshot. Answer: A point-in-time snapshot of an EBS
volume, can be used as a baseline for new volumes or for data
backup.
Can be created using a AWS CLI or Windows Powershell
◉ S3 - Cross-Region Replication. Answer: __________ is a bucket-level
feature that enables automatic, asynchronous copying of objects
across buckets in different AWS regions.
You might configure __________ on a bucket for various reasons,
including these: Compliance Requirements, Minimize Latency,
Operational reasons.
◉ S3 - Cross-Region Replication - Requirements. Answer: The source
and destination buckets must be versioning-enabled.
The source and destination buckets must be in different AWS
regions.
You can replicate objects from a source bucket to only one
destination bucket.
S3 must have permission to replicate objects from that source
bucket to the destination bucket on your behalf.
If the source bucket owner also owns the object, the bucket owner
has full permissions to replicate the object.
if you are setting this up in a cross-account scenario, the source
bucket owner must have permission to replicate objects in the
destination bucket.
, Amazon S3 must have permission to replicate objects from that
source bucket to the destination bucket on your behalf.
If the source bucket owner also owns the object, the bucket owner
has full permissions to replicate the object.
if you are setting this up in a cross-account scenario, the source
bucket owner must have permission to replicate objects in the
destination bucket.
◉ First and Last One. Answer: This is the number of IP addresses
that are reserved for AWS in a Subnet CIDR block.
◉ Reserved Instance Marketplace. Answer: This is a platform that
supports the sale of third-party and AWS customers' unused
Standard Reserved Instances, and vary in term lengths and pricing.
◉ VPC - Security Groups. Answer: __________ act as a virtual firewall
for your instance to control inbound and outbound traffic.
When you launch an instance in a VPC, you can assign up to five (5)
__________ to the instance.
◉ Redshift - Columnar Storage. Answer: This is an important factor
in optimizing analytic query performance.
It drastically reduces the overall disk I/O requirements and reduces
the amount of data you need to load from disk.
Uses a block size of 1 MB, which is more efficient
ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE EXAMPREP TEST
PAPER 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION SET
◉ AMI. Answer: *Amazon Machine Image*
Provides the information required to launch an instance.
You specify an __________ when you launch an instance, and you can
launch as many instances from this __________ as needed.
You can also create __________s and sell them to other Amazon EC2
users.
You can customize the instance that you launch from a public
__________ and then save that configuration as a custom __________ for
your own use.
◉ Route Tables. Answer: Contains a set of rules, called routes, that
are used to determine where network traffic is directed.
◉ EC2Rescue. Answer: This is an easy-to-use tool that you can run
on an Amazon EC2 Linux instance to diagnose and troubleshoot
possible problems.
,◉ EBS Snapshot. Answer: A point-in-time snapshot of an EBS
volume, can be used as a baseline for new volumes or for data
backup.
Can be created using a AWS CLI or Windows Powershell
◉ S3 - Cross-Region Replication. Answer: __________ is a bucket-level
feature that enables automatic, asynchronous copying of objects
across buckets in different AWS regions.
You might configure __________ on a bucket for various reasons,
including these: Compliance Requirements, Minimize Latency,
Operational reasons.
◉ S3 - Cross-Region Replication - Requirements. Answer: The source
and destination buckets must be versioning-enabled.
The source and destination buckets must be in different AWS
regions.
You can replicate objects from a source bucket to only one
destination bucket.
S3 must have permission to replicate objects from that source
bucket to the destination bucket on your behalf.
If the source bucket owner also owns the object, the bucket owner
has full permissions to replicate the object.
if you are setting this up in a cross-account scenario, the source
bucket owner must have permission to replicate objects in the
destination bucket.
, Amazon S3 must have permission to replicate objects from that
source bucket to the destination bucket on your behalf.
If the source bucket owner also owns the object, the bucket owner
has full permissions to replicate the object.
if you are setting this up in a cross-account scenario, the source
bucket owner must have permission to replicate objects in the
destination bucket.
◉ First and Last One. Answer: This is the number of IP addresses
that are reserved for AWS in a Subnet CIDR block.
◉ Reserved Instance Marketplace. Answer: This is a platform that
supports the sale of third-party and AWS customers' unused
Standard Reserved Instances, and vary in term lengths and pricing.
◉ VPC - Security Groups. Answer: __________ act as a virtual firewall
for your instance to control inbound and outbound traffic.
When you launch an instance in a VPC, you can assign up to five (5)
__________ to the instance.
◉ Redshift - Columnar Storage. Answer: This is an important factor
in optimizing analytic query performance.
It drastically reduces the overall disk I/O requirements and reduces
the amount of data you need to load from disk.
Uses a block size of 1 MB, which is more efficient
