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Ace your certification with this latest 2026/2027 AWS Solution Architect Test PDF, a comprehensive exam preparation resource created for aspiring cloud professionals and IT specialists. This study guide includes updated practice questions, concise revision notes, cloud architecture fundamentals, AWS core services, networking, security, storage, compute, monitoring, scalability, high availability, cost optimization, and exam-focused summaries to help reinforce key concepts and maximize exam success. Ideal for candidates preparing for the 2026/2027 AWS Solution Architect certification exam with the latest study material.

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AWS Solution Architect Test

Which AWS service is used as a CDN to distribute content c) CloudFront
around the world?

a) CloudStream
b) CloudFormation
c) CloudFront
d) CloudPush


Which AWS service would be the best choice for long term d) Glacier
data archival?

a) S3
b) CloudFront
c) EFS
d) Glacier


What service connects an on-premise software appliance b) Storage Gateway
(or virtual machine) with cloud based storage?

a) S3
b) Storage Gateway
c) Snowball
d) Glacier


What is an AWS region? b) A region is a geographical area that consists of different availability zones. Each
region consists of 2 (or more) Availability Zones.
a) A region is an independent data center, located in
different countries around the globe
b) A region is a geographical area that consists of different
availability zones. Each region consists of 2 (or more)
Availability Zones.
c) A region is a collection of Edge Locations available in
specific countries.
d) A region consists of a number of different subset of AWS
technologies. For example the compute region consists of
EC2, ECS, Lambda etc.


An AWS VPC is a component of which AWS service? c) Networking Service

a) Global Infrastructure
b) Databases Service
c) Networking Service
d) Compute Service


Which of the following is a petabyte scale data transfer c) Snowball
solution?

a) SQS
b) Avalanche
c) Snowball
d) SWF


What service is Amazon's No-SQL database service? c) DynamoDB

a) RDS
b) Elasticache
c) DynamoDB
d) Redshift


Your company is interested in implementing a VDI solution b) WorkSpaces
to replace their local desktop environment. Which AWS
service should you consider?

a) IoT
b) WorkSpaces
c) WorkDocs
d) WorkMail

, AWS Solution Architect Test
Where would be a durable place to store flat files on the d) S3 (Simple Storage Service)
AWS platform?

a) Kinesis
b) CloudFront Edge Locations
c) SQS
d) S3


You need to monitor the performance of your EC2 virtual b) CloudWatch
servers (including metrics such as CPU Utilization, Disk IO
etc.). What service would best suit this requirement?

a) CloudTrail
b) CloudWatch
c) CloudMonitor
d) CloudAudit


You are a digital media agency and you need to convert d) Elastic Transcoder
your media files in to different formats to suit different
devices. Which AWS service should you consider using to
meet these needs?

a) Appstream
b) SQS
c) SWF
d) Elastic Transcoder


Which AWS compute service is specifically designed to d) Elastic Map Reduce
assist you in processing large data sets?

a) Big Data Processing
b) Elasticache
c) EC2
d) Elastic Map Reduce


What AWS service would you use primarily for data a) Redshift
warehousing?

a) Redshift
b) RDS
c) DynamoDB
d) DMS


Which AWS service allows you to run code without having d) Lambda
to worry about provisioning any underlying resources (such
as virtual machines, databases etc.)?

a) EC2
b) EC2 Container Service
c) DynamoDB
d) Lambda


You need to enable a way so that your system d) SNS (Simple Notification Service)
administrators can receive notifications for events that
happen on your AWS environment (such as alarms etc.),
what service should you use?

a) Cognito
b) Device Farm
c) Mobile Hub
d) SNS

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You need a service to aggregate your data from multiple b) Quick Sight
data sources (such as S3, DynamoDB, RDS etc.) and then
provide some business intelligence based on this data.
What AWS service would best fit?

a) Spice
b) Quick Sight
c) CloudOracle
d) CloudViewer


What database would you use to migrate databases from b) DMS (Database Migration Service)
Oracle to MySQL?

a) RDS
b) DMS
c) Redshift
d) Elasticache


What AWS service is effectively a NAS in the cloud, b) EFS (Elastic File System)
allowing you to connect it to multiple EC2 instances at
once?

a) EBS
b) EFS
c) SQS
d) SNS


What does an AWS Region consist of? d) A distinct location within a geographic area designed to provide high availability
to a specific geography.
a) A console that gives you a quick, global picture of your
cloud computing environment.
b) A collection of databases that can only be accessed
from a specific geographic region.
c) A collection of data centers that is spread evenly around
a specific continent.
d) A distinct location within a geographic area designed to
provide high availability to a specific geography.


Which AWS service if specifically designed for developers a) Elastic Beanstalk
to upload their code to and then it will automatically handle
the provisioning of those resources that are required to
host that code?

a) Elastic Beanstalk
b) CloudFormation
c) CloudTrail
d) CloudFormer


You need to supply auditors with logs as to who provisions c) CloudTrail
which resources on your AWS platform. Which service
would best suit this?

a) CloudWatch
b) CloudFormation
c) CloudTrail
d) Opsworks


What AWS service is used for collating large amounts of a) Kinesis
data streamed from multiple sources?

a) Kinesis
b) SQS
c) CloudFront
d) CloudCapture

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What is a VPC? b) Virtual Private Cloud

a) Virtual Public Compute
b) Virtual Private Cloud
c) Virtual Public Cloud
d) Virtual Private Compute


Amazon's highly scalable DNS service is known as... d) Route 53


a) CloudTrail
b) Directory Service
c) Elastic Map Reduce
d) Route 53


What AWS service consists of the following database c) RDS (Relational Database Service)
services: SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora,
Oracle?

a) Redshift
b) DynamoDB
c) RDS
d) Kinesis


You need a configuration management service to allow a) Opsworks
your system administrators to configure and operate your
web applications using Chef. Which AWS service would
best suit your needs?

a) Opsworks
b) CloudTrail
c) Trusted Advisor
d) CloudWatch


You need to implement an automated service that will scan b) Trusted Advisor
your AWS environment and tell you ways that you can
improve your security as well as how to save costs. Which
service should you use?

a) CloudTrail
b) Trusted Advisor
c) Service Catalog
d) Config Rules


You need to create new users to access AWS console and b) IAM (Identity Access Management)
to set password rotation policies for these new users.
Which AWS service would best fir your requirements?

a) Directory Services
b) IAM
c) Inspector
d) Key Management Service

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