2024 AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
ASSOCIATE PRACTICE EXAM 5
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
A gaming company is doing pre-launch testing for its new product. The
company runs its production database on an Aurora MySQL DB cluster and
the performance testing team wants access to multiple test databases that
must be re-created from production data. The company has hired you as an
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate to deploy a solution to create
these test databases quickly with the LEAST required effort.
What would you suggest to address this use case? - CORRECT-ANSWERSUse
database cloning to create multiple clones of the production database and
use each clone as a test database
A company wants to store business-critical data on Amazon Elastic Block
Store (Amazon EBS) volumes which provide persistent storage independent
of Amazon EC2 instances. During a test run, the development team found
that on terminating an Amazon EC2 instance, the attached Amazon EBS
volume was also lost, which was contrary to their assumptions.
As a solutions architect, could you explain this issue? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSThe Amazon EBS volume was configured as the root volume of
Amazon EC2 instance. On termination of the instance, the default behavior is
to also terminate the attached root volume
A health-care company manages its web application on Amazon EC2
instances running behind Auto Scaling group (ASG). The company provides
ambulances for critical patients and needs the application to be reliable. The
workload of the company can be managed on 2 Amazon EC2 instances and
can peak up to 6 instances when traffic increases.
As a Solutions Architect, which of the following configurations would you
select as the best fit for these requirements? - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe Auto
Scaling group should be configured with the minimum capacity set to 4, with
2 instances each in two different Availability Zones. The maximum capacity
of the Auto Scaling group should be set to 6
A pharmaceutical company is considering moving to AWS Cloud to
accelerate the research and development process. Most of the daily
,workflows would be centered around running batch jobs on Amazon EC2
instances with storage on Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
volumes. The CTO is concerned about meeting HIPAA compliance norms for
sensitive data stored on Amazon EBS.
Which of the following options outline the correct capabilities of an encrypted
Amazon EBS volume? (Select three) - CORRECT-ANSWERSData at rest inside
the volume is encrypted
Any snapshot created from the volume is encrypted
Data moving between the volume and the instance is encrypted
An application with global users across AWS Regions had suffered an issue
when the Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) in a Region malfunctioned thereby
taking down the traffic with it. The manual intervention cost the company
significant time and resulted in major revenue loss.
What should a solutions architect recommend to reduce internet latency and
add automatic failover across AWS Regions? - CORRECT-ANSWERSSet up
AWS Global Accelerator and add endpoints to cater to users in different
geographic locations
An Internet-of-Things (IoT) company is looking for a database solution on
AWS Cloud that has Auto Scaling capabilities and is highly available. The
database should be able to handle any changes in data attributes over time,
in case the company updates the data feed from its IoT devices. The
database must provide the capability to output a continuous stream with
details of any changes to the underlying data.
As a Solutions Architect, which database will you recommend? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSAmazon DynamoDB
A financial services company has to retain the activity logs for each of their
customers to meet compliance guidelines. Depending on the business line,
the company wants to retain the logs for 5-10 years in highly available and
durable storage on AWS. The overall data size is expected to be in Petabytes.
In case of an audit, the data would need to be accessible within a timeframe
of up to 48 hours.
Which AWS storage option is the MOST cost-effective for the given
compliance requirements? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAmazon S3 Glacier Deep
Archive
A financial services company is moving its IT infrastructure to AWS Cloud and
wants to enforce adequate data protection mechanisms on Amazon Simple
Storage Service (Amazon S3) to meet compliance guidelines. The
, engineering team has hired you as a solutions architect to build a solution for
this requirement.
Can you help the team identify the INCORRECT option from the choices
below? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAmazon S3 can encrypt object metadata by
using Server-Side Encryption
The content division at a digital media agency has an application that
generates a large number of files on Amazon S3, each approximately 10
megabytes in size. The agency mandates that the files be stored for 5 years
before they can be deleted. The files are frequently accessed in the first 30
days of the object creation but are rarely accessed after the first 30 days.
The files contain critical business data that is not easy to reproduce,
therefore, immediate accessibility is always required.
Which solution is the MOST cost-effective for the given use case? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSSet up an Amazon S3 bucket lifecycle policy to move files from
Amazon S3 Standard to Amazon S3 Standard-IA 30 days after object
creation. Delete the files 5 years after object creation
A media company is evaluating the possibility of moving its IT infrastructure
to the AWS Cloud. The company needs at least 10 terabytes of storage with
the maximum possible I/O performance for processing certain files which are
mostly large videos. The company also needs close to 450 terabytes of very
durable storage for storing media content and almost double of it, i.e. 900
terabytes for archival of legacy data.
As a Solutions Architect, which set of services will you recommend to meet
these requirements? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAmazon EC2 instance store for
maximum performance, Amazon S3 for durable data storage, and Amazon
S3 Glacier for archival storage
A junior developer is learning to build websites using HTML, CSS, and
JavaScript. He has created a static website and then deployed it on Amazon
S3. Now he can't seem to figure out the endpoint for his super cool website.
As a solutions architect, can you help him figure out the allowed formats for
the Amazon S3 website endpoints? (Select two) -
CORRECT-ANSWERShttp://bucket-name.s3-website.Region.amazonaws.com
http://bucket-name.s3-website-Region.amazonaws.com
n application hosted on Amazon EC2 contains sensitive personal information
about all its customers and needs to be protected from all types of cyber-
ASSOCIATE PRACTICE EXAM 5
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
A gaming company is doing pre-launch testing for its new product. The
company runs its production database on an Aurora MySQL DB cluster and
the performance testing team wants access to multiple test databases that
must be re-created from production data. The company has hired you as an
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate to deploy a solution to create
these test databases quickly with the LEAST required effort.
What would you suggest to address this use case? - CORRECT-ANSWERSUse
database cloning to create multiple clones of the production database and
use each clone as a test database
A company wants to store business-critical data on Amazon Elastic Block
Store (Amazon EBS) volumes which provide persistent storage independent
of Amazon EC2 instances. During a test run, the development team found
that on terminating an Amazon EC2 instance, the attached Amazon EBS
volume was also lost, which was contrary to their assumptions.
As a solutions architect, could you explain this issue? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSThe Amazon EBS volume was configured as the root volume of
Amazon EC2 instance. On termination of the instance, the default behavior is
to also terminate the attached root volume
A health-care company manages its web application on Amazon EC2
instances running behind Auto Scaling group (ASG). The company provides
ambulances for critical patients and needs the application to be reliable. The
workload of the company can be managed on 2 Amazon EC2 instances and
can peak up to 6 instances when traffic increases.
As a Solutions Architect, which of the following configurations would you
select as the best fit for these requirements? - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe Auto
Scaling group should be configured with the minimum capacity set to 4, with
2 instances each in two different Availability Zones. The maximum capacity
of the Auto Scaling group should be set to 6
A pharmaceutical company is considering moving to AWS Cloud to
accelerate the research and development process. Most of the daily
,workflows would be centered around running batch jobs on Amazon EC2
instances with storage on Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
volumes. The CTO is concerned about meeting HIPAA compliance norms for
sensitive data stored on Amazon EBS.
Which of the following options outline the correct capabilities of an encrypted
Amazon EBS volume? (Select three) - CORRECT-ANSWERSData at rest inside
the volume is encrypted
Any snapshot created from the volume is encrypted
Data moving between the volume and the instance is encrypted
An application with global users across AWS Regions had suffered an issue
when the Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) in a Region malfunctioned thereby
taking down the traffic with it. The manual intervention cost the company
significant time and resulted in major revenue loss.
What should a solutions architect recommend to reduce internet latency and
add automatic failover across AWS Regions? - CORRECT-ANSWERSSet up
AWS Global Accelerator and add endpoints to cater to users in different
geographic locations
An Internet-of-Things (IoT) company is looking for a database solution on
AWS Cloud that has Auto Scaling capabilities and is highly available. The
database should be able to handle any changes in data attributes over time,
in case the company updates the data feed from its IoT devices. The
database must provide the capability to output a continuous stream with
details of any changes to the underlying data.
As a Solutions Architect, which database will you recommend? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSAmazon DynamoDB
A financial services company has to retain the activity logs for each of their
customers to meet compliance guidelines. Depending on the business line,
the company wants to retain the logs for 5-10 years in highly available and
durable storage on AWS. The overall data size is expected to be in Petabytes.
In case of an audit, the data would need to be accessible within a timeframe
of up to 48 hours.
Which AWS storage option is the MOST cost-effective for the given
compliance requirements? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAmazon S3 Glacier Deep
Archive
A financial services company is moving its IT infrastructure to AWS Cloud and
wants to enforce adequate data protection mechanisms on Amazon Simple
Storage Service (Amazon S3) to meet compliance guidelines. The
, engineering team has hired you as a solutions architect to build a solution for
this requirement.
Can you help the team identify the INCORRECT option from the choices
below? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAmazon S3 can encrypt object metadata by
using Server-Side Encryption
The content division at a digital media agency has an application that
generates a large number of files on Amazon S3, each approximately 10
megabytes in size. The agency mandates that the files be stored for 5 years
before they can be deleted. The files are frequently accessed in the first 30
days of the object creation but are rarely accessed after the first 30 days.
The files contain critical business data that is not easy to reproduce,
therefore, immediate accessibility is always required.
Which solution is the MOST cost-effective for the given use case? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSSet up an Amazon S3 bucket lifecycle policy to move files from
Amazon S3 Standard to Amazon S3 Standard-IA 30 days after object
creation. Delete the files 5 years after object creation
A media company is evaluating the possibility of moving its IT infrastructure
to the AWS Cloud. The company needs at least 10 terabytes of storage with
the maximum possible I/O performance for processing certain files which are
mostly large videos. The company also needs close to 450 terabytes of very
durable storage for storing media content and almost double of it, i.e. 900
terabytes for archival of legacy data.
As a Solutions Architect, which set of services will you recommend to meet
these requirements? - CORRECT-ANSWERSAmazon EC2 instance store for
maximum performance, Amazon S3 for durable data storage, and Amazon
S3 Glacier for archival storage
A junior developer is learning to build websites using HTML, CSS, and
JavaScript. He has created a static website and then deployed it on Amazon
S3. Now he can't seem to figure out the endpoint for his super cool website.
As a solutions architect, can you help him figure out the allowed formats for
the Amazon S3 website endpoints? (Select two) -
CORRECT-ANSWERShttp://bucket-name.s3-website.Region.amazonaws.com
http://bucket-name.s3-website-Region.amazonaws.com
n application hosted on Amazon EC2 contains sensitive personal information
about all its customers and needs to be protected from all types of cyber-
