AWS CLOUD PRACTITIONER EVALUATION EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Describe the replatform option of migration - ✔✔Similar to rehosting in that core
architecture of app is retained
Making targeted AWS cloud optimizations
Example:
Migrating databases to amazon RDS
Migrating apps to amazon elastic beanstalk
✔✔Describe the Refactor option of migration - ✔✔Reimagining how the app is
architected and developed
Using cloud native features
Example
Changing database to amazon aurora
✔✔Describe the Retire option of migration - ✔✔Shutting off non-useful apps
Reducing speed management and security
✔✔Describe the Retain option of migration - ✔✔Keeping specific applications on
premises during migration
✔✔Describe the repurchase option of migration - ✔✔Moving workflows to software as a
service SaaS
✔✔What are the two primary focus areas of cloud economics? - ✔✔Business value and
cloud financial management
✔✔Which task is AWS responsible for in the shared responsibility model for security
and compliance? - ✔✔
✔✔Which of the following are categories of AWS Trusted Advisor? - ✔✔Fault Tolerance
Performance
✔✔Which AWS service provides alerts when an AWS event may impact a company's
AWS resources? - ✔✔AWS personal health dashboard
✔✔A company wants to reduce the physical compute footprint that developers use to
run code.Which service would meet that need by enabling serverless architectures? -
✔✔AWS Lambda
, ✔✔Which AWS service allows companies to connect an Amazon VPC to an on-
premises data center? - ✔✔AWS Direct Connect
✔✔Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is a shared control
between a customer and AWS? - ✔✔Patch Management
✔✔Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data
backups? - ✔✔Amazon Glacier
✔✔When architecting cloud applications, which of the following are a key design
principle? - ✔✔Implement Elasticity
✔✔Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for
use with Linux-based AWS and on-premises servers? - ✔✔Amazon Elastic File System
(Amazon EFS)
✔✔Which AWS managed service is used to host databases? - ✔✔Amazon RDS
✔✔Which of the following security-related services does AWS offer? (Choose two.) -
✔✔AWS trusted advisor security checks
✔✔Which of the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) entities is associated
with an access key ID and secret access key when using AWS CommandLine Interface
(AWS CLI)? - ✔✔IAM User
✔✔Which service provides a virtually unlimited amount of online highly durable object
storage? - ✔✔Amazon s3
✔✔What is the benefit of using AWS managed services, such as Amazon ElastiCache
and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? - ✔✔They simplify patching
and updating underlying OSs.
✔✔Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a
corporate data center. What term would describe this model? - ✔✔Hybrid architecture
✔✔Which of the following is a correct relationship between regions, Availability Zones,
and edge locations? - ✔✔Regions contain Availability Zones.
✔✔Which AWS tools assist with estimating costs? - ✔✔Cost Allocation Tags
AWS Simple monthly calculator
AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Describe the replatform option of migration - ✔✔Similar to rehosting in that core
architecture of app is retained
Making targeted AWS cloud optimizations
Example:
Migrating databases to amazon RDS
Migrating apps to amazon elastic beanstalk
✔✔Describe the Refactor option of migration - ✔✔Reimagining how the app is
architected and developed
Using cloud native features
Example
Changing database to amazon aurora
✔✔Describe the Retire option of migration - ✔✔Shutting off non-useful apps
Reducing speed management and security
✔✔Describe the Retain option of migration - ✔✔Keeping specific applications on
premises during migration
✔✔Describe the repurchase option of migration - ✔✔Moving workflows to software as a
service SaaS
✔✔What are the two primary focus areas of cloud economics? - ✔✔Business value and
cloud financial management
✔✔Which task is AWS responsible for in the shared responsibility model for security
and compliance? - ✔✔
✔✔Which of the following are categories of AWS Trusted Advisor? - ✔✔Fault Tolerance
Performance
✔✔Which AWS service provides alerts when an AWS event may impact a company's
AWS resources? - ✔✔AWS personal health dashboard
✔✔A company wants to reduce the physical compute footprint that developers use to
run code.Which service would meet that need by enabling serverless architectures? -
✔✔AWS Lambda
, ✔✔Which AWS service allows companies to connect an Amazon VPC to an on-
premises data center? - ✔✔AWS Direct Connect
✔✔Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is a shared control
between a customer and AWS? - ✔✔Patch Management
✔✔Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data
backups? - ✔✔Amazon Glacier
✔✔When architecting cloud applications, which of the following are a key design
principle? - ✔✔Implement Elasticity
✔✔Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for
use with Linux-based AWS and on-premises servers? - ✔✔Amazon Elastic File System
(Amazon EFS)
✔✔Which AWS managed service is used to host databases? - ✔✔Amazon RDS
✔✔Which of the following security-related services does AWS offer? (Choose two.) -
✔✔AWS trusted advisor security checks
✔✔Which of the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) entities is associated
with an access key ID and secret access key when using AWS CommandLine Interface
(AWS CLI)? - ✔✔IAM User
✔✔Which service provides a virtually unlimited amount of online highly durable object
storage? - ✔✔Amazon s3
✔✔What is the benefit of using AWS managed services, such as Amazon ElastiCache
and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? - ✔✔They simplify patching
and updating underlying OSs.
✔✔Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a
corporate data center. What term would describe this model? - ✔✔Hybrid architecture
✔✔Which of the following is a correct relationship between regions, Availability Zones,
and edge locations? - ✔✔Regions contain Availability Zones.
✔✔Which AWS tools assist with estimating costs? - ✔✔Cost Allocation Tags
AWS Simple monthly calculator
AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
