2024 AWS SOLUTION ARCHITECT
ASSOCIATE EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
100 - (Topic 2)
What is the minimum charge for the data transferred between Amazon RDS
and Amazon EC2 Instances in the same Availability Zone?
A. USD 0.10 per GB B. No charge. It is free. C. USD 0.02 per GB D. USD 0.01
per GB - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
101 - (Topic 2)
In the 'Detailed' monitoring data available for your Amazon EBS volumes,
Provisioned IOPS volumes automatically send _____ minute metrics to
Amazon CloudWatch.
A. 3 B. 1 C. 5 D. 2 - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
102 - (Topic 2)
While creating the snapshots using the command line tools, which command
should I be using?
A. ec2-deploy-snapshot B. ec2-fresh-snapshot C. ec2-create-snapshot D. ec2-
new-snapshot - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
103 - (Topic 2)
Can a 'user' be associated with multiple AWS accounts? A. No
B. Yes - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
104 - (Topic 2)
What does Amazon EC2 provide?
A. Virtual servers in the Cloud.
B. A platform to run code (Java, PHP, Python), paying on an hourly basis. C.
Computer Clusters in the Cloud.
D. Physical servers, remotely managed by the customer. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA
105 - (Topic 2)
Amazon RDS automated backups and DB Snapshots are currently supported
for only the __________ storage engine
A. InnoDB B. MyISAM - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
106 - (Topic 2)
,What are the initial settings of an user created security group?
A. Allow all inbound traffic and Allow no outbound traffic B. Allow no inbound
traffic and Allow no outbound traffic C. Allow no inbound traffic and Allow all
outbound traffic D. Allow all inbound traffic and Allow all outbound traffic -
CORRECT-ANSWERSC
107 - (Topic 2)
When you run a DB Instance as a Multi-AZ deployment, the "_____" serves
database writes and reads
A. secondary B. backup
C. stand by D. primary - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
108 - (Topic 2)
What happens to the data on an instance if the instance reboots
(intentionally or unintentionally)?
A. Data will be lost
B. Data persists
C. Data may persist however cannot be sure - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
109 - (Topic 2)
How can I change the security group membership for interfaces owned by
other AWS, such as Elastic Load Balancing?
A. By using the service specific console or API\CLI commands B. None of
these
C. Using Amazon EC2 API/CLI
D. using all these methods - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
110 - (Topic 2)
By default, EBS volumes that are created and attached to an instance at
launch are deleted when that instance is terminated. You can modify this
behavior by changing the value of the flag_____ to false when you launch the
instance
A. DeleteOnTermination B. RemoveOnDeletion
C. RemoveOnTermination D. TerminateOnDeletion - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
111 - (Topic 2)
What does the AWS Storage Gateway provide?
A. It allows to integrate on-premises IT environments with Cloud Storage. B.
A direct encrypted connection to Amazon S3.
C. It's a backup solution that provides an on-premises Cloud storage.
D. It provides an encrypted SSL endpoint for backups in the Cloud. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSA
112 - (Topic 2)
Fill in the blanks: _________ let you categorize your EC2 resources in different
ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment.
,A. wildcards
B. pointers
C. Tags
D. special filters - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
113 - (Topic 2)
What are the two types of licensing options available for using Amazon RDS
for Oracle? A. BYOL and Enterprise License
B. BYOL and License Included
C. Enterprise License and License Included
D. Role based License and License Included - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
114 - (Topic 2)
What is the durability of S3 RRS?
A. 99.99%
B. 99.95%
C. 99.995%
D. 99.999999999% - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/05/19/announcing-
amazon-s3- reduced-redundancy-storage/
115 - (Topic 2)
Every user you create in the IAM system starts with _________.
A. Partial permissions B. Full permissions C. No permissions - CORRECT-
ANSWERSC
116 - (Topic 2)
What is the Reduced Redundancy option in Amazon S3?
A. Less redundancy for a lower cost.
B. It doesn't exist in Amazon S3, but in Amazon EBS.
C. It allows you to destroy any copy of your files outside a specific
jurisdiction. D. It doesn't exist at all - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
117 - (Topic 2)
While launching an RDS DB instance, on which page I can select the
Availability Zone?
A. REVIEW
B. DB INSTANCE DETAILS
C. MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
D. ADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
118 - (Topic 2)
What does the following command do with respect to the Amazon EC2
security groups? ec2-create-group CreateSecurityGroup
A. Groups the user created security groups in to a new group for easy
access. B. Creates a new security group for use with your account.
, C. Creates a new group inside the security group.
D. Creates a new rule inside the security group. - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
119 - (Topic 2)
Can I control if and when MySQL based RDS Instance is upgraded to new
supported versions?
A. No
B. Only in VPC C. Yes - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
120 - (Topic 2)
Can we attach an EBS volume to more than one EC2 instance at the same
time?
A. No
B. Yes.
C. Only EC2-optimized EBS volumes. D. Only in read mode. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA
121 - (Topic 2)
What does the following command do with respect to the Amazon EC2
security groups? ec2-revoke-security-group-ingress
A. Removes one or more security groups from a rule.
B. Removes one or more security groups from an Amazon EC2 instance. C.
Removes one or more rules from a security group.
D. Removes a security group from our account. - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
122 - (Topic 2)
By default, when an EBS volume is attached to a Windows instance, it may
show up as any drive letter on the instance. You can change the settings of
the _____ Service to set the drive letters of the EBS volumes per your
specifications.
A. EBSConfig Service
B. AMIConfig Service
C. Ec2Config Service
D. Ec2-AMIConfig Service - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
123 - (Topic 2)
What is an isolated database environment running in the cloud (Amazon
RDS) called?
A. DB Instance B. DB Server C. DB Unit
D. DB Volume - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
124 - (Topic 2)
What is Amazon Glacier?
You mean Amazon "Iceberg": it's a low-cost storage service.
A security tool that allows to "freeze" an EBS volume and perform computer
forensics
ASSOCIATE EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
100 - (Topic 2)
What is the minimum charge for the data transferred between Amazon RDS
and Amazon EC2 Instances in the same Availability Zone?
A. USD 0.10 per GB B. No charge. It is free. C. USD 0.02 per GB D. USD 0.01
per GB - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
101 - (Topic 2)
In the 'Detailed' monitoring data available for your Amazon EBS volumes,
Provisioned IOPS volumes automatically send _____ minute metrics to
Amazon CloudWatch.
A. 3 B. 1 C. 5 D. 2 - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
102 - (Topic 2)
While creating the snapshots using the command line tools, which command
should I be using?
A. ec2-deploy-snapshot B. ec2-fresh-snapshot C. ec2-create-snapshot D. ec2-
new-snapshot - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
103 - (Topic 2)
Can a 'user' be associated with multiple AWS accounts? A. No
B. Yes - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
104 - (Topic 2)
What does Amazon EC2 provide?
A. Virtual servers in the Cloud.
B. A platform to run code (Java, PHP, Python), paying on an hourly basis. C.
Computer Clusters in the Cloud.
D. Physical servers, remotely managed by the customer. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA
105 - (Topic 2)
Amazon RDS automated backups and DB Snapshots are currently supported
for only the __________ storage engine
A. InnoDB B. MyISAM - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
106 - (Topic 2)
,What are the initial settings of an user created security group?
A. Allow all inbound traffic and Allow no outbound traffic B. Allow no inbound
traffic and Allow no outbound traffic C. Allow no inbound traffic and Allow all
outbound traffic D. Allow all inbound traffic and Allow all outbound traffic -
CORRECT-ANSWERSC
107 - (Topic 2)
When you run a DB Instance as a Multi-AZ deployment, the "_____" serves
database writes and reads
A. secondary B. backup
C. stand by D. primary - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
108 - (Topic 2)
What happens to the data on an instance if the instance reboots
(intentionally or unintentionally)?
A. Data will be lost
B. Data persists
C. Data may persist however cannot be sure - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
109 - (Topic 2)
How can I change the security group membership for interfaces owned by
other AWS, such as Elastic Load Balancing?
A. By using the service specific console or API\CLI commands B. None of
these
C. Using Amazon EC2 API/CLI
D. using all these methods - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
110 - (Topic 2)
By default, EBS volumes that are created and attached to an instance at
launch are deleted when that instance is terminated. You can modify this
behavior by changing the value of the flag_____ to false when you launch the
instance
A. DeleteOnTermination B. RemoveOnDeletion
C. RemoveOnTermination D. TerminateOnDeletion - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
111 - (Topic 2)
What does the AWS Storage Gateway provide?
A. It allows to integrate on-premises IT environments with Cloud Storage. B.
A direct encrypted connection to Amazon S3.
C. It's a backup solution that provides an on-premises Cloud storage.
D. It provides an encrypted SSL endpoint for backups in the Cloud. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSA
112 - (Topic 2)
Fill in the blanks: _________ let you categorize your EC2 resources in different
ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment.
,A. wildcards
B. pointers
C. Tags
D. special filters - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
113 - (Topic 2)
What are the two types of licensing options available for using Amazon RDS
for Oracle? A. BYOL and Enterprise License
B. BYOL and License Included
C. Enterprise License and License Included
D. Role based License and License Included - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
114 - (Topic 2)
What is the durability of S3 RRS?
A. 99.99%
B. 99.95%
C. 99.995%
D. 99.999999999% - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/05/19/announcing-
amazon-s3- reduced-redundancy-storage/
115 - (Topic 2)
Every user you create in the IAM system starts with _________.
A. Partial permissions B. Full permissions C. No permissions - CORRECT-
ANSWERSC
116 - (Topic 2)
What is the Reduced Redundancy option in Amazon S3?
A. Less redundancy for a lower cost.
B. It doesn't exist in Amazon S3, but in Amazon EBS.
C. It allows you to destroy any copy of your files outside a specific
jurisdiction. D. It doesn't exist at all - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
117 - (Topic 2)
While launching an RDS DB instance, on which page I can select the
Availability Zone?
A. REVIEW
B. DB INSTANCE DETAILS
C. MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
D. ADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
118 - (Topic 2)
What does the following command do with respect to the Amazon EC2
security groups? ec2-create-group CreateSecurityGroup
A. Groups the user created security groups in to a new group for easy
access. B. Creates a new security group for use with your account.
, C. Creates a new group inside the security group.
D. Creates a new rule inside the security group. - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
119 - (Topic 2)
Can I control if and when MySQL based RDS Instance is upgraded to new
supported versions?
A. No
B. Only in VPC C. Yes - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
120 - (Topic 2)
Can we attach an EBS volume to more than one EC2 instance at the same
time?
A. No
B. Yes.
C. Only EC2-optimized EBS volumes. D. Only in read mode. - CORRECT-
ANSWERSA
121 - (Topic 2)
What does the following command do with respect to the Amazon EC2
security groups? ec2-revoke-security-group-ingress
A. Removes one or more security groups from a rule.
B. Removes one or more security groups from an Amazon EC2 instance. C.
Removes one or more rules from a security group.
D. Removes a security group from our account. - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
122 - (Topic 2)
By default, when an EBS volume is attached to a Windows instance, it may
show up as any drive letter on the instance. You can change the settings of
the _____ Service to set the drive letters of the EBS volumes per your
specifications.
A. EBSConfig Service
B. AMIConfig Service
C. Ec2Config Service
D. Ec2-AMIConfig Service - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
123 - (Topic 2)
What is an isolated database environment running in the cloud (Amazon
RDS) called?
A. DB Instance B. DB Server C. DB Unit
D. DB Volume - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
124 - (Topic 2)
What is Amazon Glacier?
You mean Amazon "Iceberg": it's a low-cost storage service.
A security tool that allows to "freeze" an EBS volume and perform computer
forensics
