AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A company is launching a new website which is expected to have highly variable levels of
traffic. The website will run on Amazon EC2 and must be highly available.
What is the MOST cost-effective approach? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Create an Amazon
EC2 Auto Scaling group and configure an Elastic Load Balancer.
Which resource should a new user on AWS use to get help with deploying popular
technologies based on AWS best practices, including architecture and deployment
instructions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔AWS Quick Starts
What advantages does a database administrator obtain by using the Amazon Relational
Database Service (RDS)?
RDS databases automatically scale based on load. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔RDS
simplifies relational database administration tasks
Which tasks can a user complete using the AWS Cost Management tools? (Select TWO.) -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Create budgets and receive notifications if current or forecasted
usage exceeds the budget
&
Break down AWS cost by day, service, and linked AWS account.
What is one method of protecting against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the
AWS Cloud? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Configure a firewall in front of resources
A company plans to use reserved instances to get discounted pricing for Amazon EC2
instances. The company may need to change the EC2 instance type during the one year
period.
, Which instance purchasing option is the MOST cost-effective for this use case? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Convertible Reserved Instances
Which of the following is a sole responsibility of AWS? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Availability Zone management
A company runs a batch job on an Amazon EC2 instance and it takes 6 hours to complete.
The workload is expected to double in volume each month with a proportional increase in
processing time.
What is the most efficient cloud architecture to address the growing workload? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Run the batch workload in parallel across multiple Amazon EC2 instances
A company is planning to move a number of legacy applications to the AWS Cloud. The
solution must be cost-effective. Which approach should the company take? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Rehost the applications on Amazon EC2 instances that are right-sized
Which of the following AWS features or services can be used to provide root storage volumes
for Amazon EC2 instances? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Which AWS Cloud service provides recommendations on how to optimize performance for
AWS services? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔AWS Trusted Advisor
What is the best practice for managing AWS IAM access keys? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Customers should rotate access keys regularly
A company is designing a new service that must align with the operational excellence pillar
of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Which design principles should the company follow? (Select TWO.) - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Anticipate failure
&
Perform operations as code
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A company is launching a new website which is expected to have highly variable levels of
traffic. The website will run on Amazon EC2 and must be highly available.
What is the MOST cost-effective approach? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Create an Amazon
EC2 Auto Scaling group and configure an Elastic Load Balancer.
Which resource should a new user on AWS use to get help with deploying popular
technologies based on AWS best practices, including architecture and deployment
instructions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔AWS Quick Starts
What advantages does a database administrator obtain by using the Amazon Relational
Database Service (RDS)?
RDS databases automatically scale based on load. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔RDS
simplifies relational database administration tasks
Which tasks can a user complete using the AWS Cost Management tools? (Select TWO.) -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Create budgets and receive notifications if current or forecasted
usage exceeds the budget
&
Break down AWS cost by day, service, and linked AWS account.
What is one method of protecting against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the
AWS Cloud? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Configure a firewall in front of resources
A company plans to use reserved instances to get discounted pricing for Amazon EC2
instances. The company may need to change the EC2 instance type during the one year
period.
, Which instance purchasing option is the MOST cost-effective for this use case? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Convertible Reserved Instances
Which of the following is a sole responsibility of AWS? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Availability Zone management
A company runs a batch job on an Amazon EC2 instance and it takes 6 hours to complete.
The workload is expected to double in volume each month with a proportional increase in
processing time.
What is the most efficient cloud architecture to address the growing workload? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Run the batch workload in parallel across multiple Amazon EC2 instances
A company is planning to move a number of legacy applications to the AWS Cloud. The
solution must be cost-effective. Which approach should the company take? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Rehost the applications on Amazon EC2 instances that are right-sized
Which of the following AWS features or services can be used to provide root storage volumes
for Amazon EC2 instances? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Which AWS Cloud service provides recommendations on how to optimize performance for
AWS services? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔AWS Trusted Advisor
What is the best practice for managing AWS IAM access keys? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Customers should rotate access keys regularly
A company is designing a new service that must align with the operational excellence pillar
of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Which design principles should the company follow? (Select TWO.) - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Anticipate failure
&
Perform operations as code
