IS 404 MIDTERM 2 QUIZ QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

IS 404 MIDTERM 2 QUIZ QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS


(DNS) Which of the following was the earliest method for converting human-friendly
names to network addresses?
A DNS
B NetBIOS
C DDNS
D Hosts file - Answers - D Hosts file

(DNS) What is the location of the hosts file on Linux or macOS?
A nano hosts
B /etc/hosts
C /drivers/etc/hosts
D / - Answers - B /etc/hosts

(DNS) What would be the effect of putting the following line in your hosts file?
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
.
A Going to Facebook would now redirect to Twitter
B Going to Facebook would result in an error message
C Going to Facebook would ask to confirm
D Going to Facebook be blocked by the router - Answers - B Going to Facebook would
result in an error message

(DNS) Which type of DNS record converts a name (e.g., www.amazon.com) into an
IPv4 address (e.g., 204.202.200.198)
AA
B AAAA
C CNAME
D MX - Answers - A A

(DNS) What type of DNS records act as an alias to point to another domain name?
AA
B AAAA
C CNAME
D MX - Answers - C CNAME

(DNS) Which type of DNS records point to mail servers?
AA
B AAAA
C CNAME
D MX - Answers - D MX

,(DNS) How many logical root domain name servers are there?
A1
B 13
C 1023
D 5,280 - Answers - B 13

(DNS) Which of these best describes the organization of the DNS system?
A Flat file
B Hierarchy
C B-tree
D Matrix - Answers - B Hierarchy

(AWS Storage and Security) Your EC2 instances have a hard drive that persists, even
when the instance is shut down and rebooted. That must mean
that they are using which AWS storage solution?
.
A Instance volumes
B Elastic Block Store
C Simple Storage Service
D DynamoDB - Answers - B Elastic Block Store

(AWS Storage and Security) You want to store data that is infrequently accessed but
must be immediately available when needed. Which S3 storage
class should you use?
.
A S3 Intelligent-tiering
B S3 Glacier Deep Archive
C S3 Standard-IA
D S3 Standard - Answers - C S3 Standard-IA

(AWS Storage and Security) You want to create a website like Flickr that allows users to
upload their images and share them with others. What AWS
storage solution should you use to store the user-contributed images?
.
A Elastic Block Store
B DynamoDB
C Elastic File System
D Simple Storage Service - Answers - D Simple Storage Service

(AWS Storage and Security) Which AWS service is used to run a SQL database?
A RDS
B S3
C EFS
D DynamoDB - Answers - A RDS

, (AWS Storage and Security) Which AWS database solution is best suited for analyzing
large amounts of historical data from multiple data sources?
A RDS
B Aurora
C DynamoDB
D Redshift - Answers - D Redshift

(AWS Storage and Security) When using AWS services, who is responsible for
security?
A AWS
B You
C Your users
DA&B
E All of the above - Answers - D A & B

(AWS Storage and Security) When using AWS EC2, who is responsible for operating
system security?
A AWS
B You
C Your users
DA&B
E All of the above - Answers - B You

(AWS Storage and Security) By default, all IAM users have permissions to create EC2
instances.
A True
B False - Answers - False?

(AWS Storage and Security) AWS has done work to ensure that their responsibility is
compliant with a variety of regulations.
A True
B False - Answers - True?

(AWS Storage and Security) If external regulations apply to the work you do or the data
you use, you cannot use AWS.
A True
B False - Answers - False?

(AWS Storage and Security) What is the name for the DDoS attack that simulates a
slow connection to tie up server resources?
A HTTP Flood
B UDP Flood
C Slowloris
D AWS Shield - Answers - C Slowloris