2024 AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS
ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE EXAM
WITH 100% SMART ANSWERS
Exam Blueprint - CORRECT-ANSWERSDesigning Resilient Architectures =
34%
Define Performant Architectures = 24%
Specify Secure Apps and Architectures = 26%
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures = 10%
Define Operationally-Excellent Architectures = 6%
What are the four levels of AWS premium support? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSBasic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise
If an Amazon EBS volume is the root device of an instance, can I detach it
without stopping the instance? - CORRECT-ANSWERSno
Amazon RDS does not currently support increasing storage on an active
________ Db instance.
Oracle
MySQL
SQL Server
Aurora - CORRECT-ANSWERSSQL Server
In RDS, what is the maximum storage size for a Microsoft SQL Server
instance running SQL Server Express edition?
4TB
300GB
1TB
10GB - CORRECT-ANSWERS300GB
MySQL installations default to port number ____ - CORRECT-ANSWERS3306
Under what circumstances would I choose provisioned IOPS over standard
storage when creating an RDS instance?
a. If your business was trying to save money.
b. If you have workloads that are not sensitive to latency/lag.
c. If you use online transaction processing in your production environment.
d. If this was a test DB. - CORRECT-ANSWERSc
,If I wanted to run a database on an EC2 instance, which of the following
storage options would Amazon recommend?
RDS
EBS
S3 - CORRECT-ANSWERSEBS
Can I move a reserved instance from one region to another? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSnah
In RDS, what is the maximum value I can set for my backup retention period?
30 Days
35 Days
45 Days
15 Days - CORRECT-ANSWERS35 days
Security Pillar definition:
data protection - CORRECT-ANSWERSyou should organize and classify your
data into segments (like public, within org, only certain members, etc) and
implement privilege access system
also, encrypt wherever possible
-at rest
-in transit (SSL)
Security Pillar definition:
privilege management - CORRECT-ANSWERSonly authorized & authenticated
users can access resources
-ACLs
-Role based controls
-pw mgmt
Security Pillar definition:
infrastructure protection - CORRECT-ANSWERShow you protect data center
-security guards, locked doors, RFID
-Amazon handles this for you at their hardware centers
how you enforce network/host boundaries
-bastion hosts
Security Pillar definition:
, detective controls - CORRECT-ANSWERScapturing & analyzing AWS logs
-cloudtrail
-cloudwatch
-log mgmt services
what are the 4 Security pillars? - CORRECT-ANSWERSData Protection
Privilege Management
Infrastructure protection
Detective Controls
DIPD!
what're the design principles of the Reliability Pillar? - CORRECT-ANSWERS-
Test your recovery procedures
-Auto-recover from failures
-Scale horizontally to increase aggregate system availability
-stop guessing capacity
Three parts of cloud Reliability? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Foundations
2. Change mgmt
3. Failure mgmt
what to ask yourself when evaluating your Foundations? - CORRECT-
ANSWERS-how are you managing AWS service limits for your account?
-how are you planning your network topology on AWS?
-do you have an escalation path to deal with technical issues?
4 parts of the Performance Efficiency Pillar? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Compute
2. Storage
3. Database
4. Space-time tradeoff
CSDS
4 parts of the Cost Optimization Pillar? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Matching
supply with demand
2. Cost-effective resources
3. expenditure awareness
4. optimizing over time
3 best practices for Operational Excellence? - CORRECT-ANSWERSprep
operation
response
ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE EXAM
WITH 100% SMART ANSWERS
Exam Blueprint - CORRECT-ANSWERSDesigning Resilient Architectures =
34%
Define Performant Architectures = 24%
Specify Secure Apps and Architectures = 26%
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures = 10%
Define Operationally-Excellent Architectures = 6%
What are the four levels of AWS premium support? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSBasic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise
If an Amazon EBS volume is the root device of an instance, can I detach it
without stopping the instance? - CORRECT-ANSWERSno
Amazon RDS does not currently support increasing storage on an active
________ Db instance.
Oracle
MySQL
SQL Server
Aurora - CORRECT-ANSWERSSQL Server
In RDS, what is the maximum storage size for a Microsoft SQL Server
instance running SQL Server Express edition?
4TB
300GB
1TB
10GB - CORRECT-ANSWERS300GB
MySQL installations default to port number ____ - CORRECT-ANSWERS3306
Under what circumstances would I choose provisioned IOPS over standard
storage when creating an RDS instance?
a. If your business was trying to save money.
b. If you have workloads that are not sensitive to latency/lag.
c. If you use online transaction processing in your production environment.
d. If this was a test DB. - CORRECT-ANSWERSc
,If I wanted to run a database on an EC2 instance, which of the following
storage options would Amazon recommend?
RDS
EBS
S3 - CORRECT-ANSWERSEBS
Can I move a reserved instance from one region to another? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSnah
In RDS, what is the maximum value I can set for my backup retention period?
30 Days
35 Days
45 Days
15 Days - CORRECT-ANSWERS35 days
Security Pillar definition:
data protection - CORRECT-ANSWERSyou should organize and classify your
data into segments (like public, within org, only certain members, etc) and
implement privilege access system
also, encrypt wherever possible
-at rest
-in transit (SSL)
Security Pillar definition:
privilege management - CORRECT-ANSWERSonly authorized & authenticated
users can access resources
-ACLs
-Role based controls
-pw mgmt
Security Pillar definition:
infrastructure protection - CORRECT-ANSWERShow you protect data center
-security guards, locked doors, RFID
-Amazon handles this for you at their hardware centers
how you enforce network/host boundaries
-bastion hosts
Security Pillar definition:
, detective controls - CORRECT-ANSWERScapturing & analyzing AWS logs
-cloudtrail
-cloudwatch
-log mgmt services
what are the 4 Security pillars? - CORRECT-ANSWERSData Protection
Privilege Management
Infrastructure protection
Detective Controls
DIPD!
what're the design principles of the Reliability Pillar? - CORRECT-ANSWERS-
Test your recovery procedures
-Auto-recover from failures
-Scale horizontally to increase aggregate system availability
-stop guessing capacity
Three parts of cloud Reliability? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Foundations
2. Change mgmt
3. Failure mgmt
what to ask yourself when evaluating your Foundations? - CORRECT-
ANSWERS-how are you managing AWS service limits for your account?
-how are you planning your network topology on AWS?
-do you have an escalation path to deal with technical issues?
4 parts of the Performance Efficiency Pillar? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Compute
2. Storage
3. Database
4. Space-time tradeoff
CSDS
4 parts of the Cost Optimization Pillar? - CORRECT-ANSWERS1. Matching
supply with demand
2. Cost-effective resources
3. expenditure awareness
4. optimizing over time
3 best practices for Operational Excellence? - CORRECT-ANSWERSprep
operation
response
