CPSC 4440 – Final Exam Verified 2025
_______ allows you to launch, configure, and deploy your infrastructure as code. -
ANSWER-AWS CloudFormation
________ is an architectural approach in which application components provide
services to other components via a communications protocol over a network. -
ANSWER-SOA- Service Oriented Architecture
__________ is a measure of how much data you can afford to lose. - ANSWER-
Recovery Point Objective
A highly available and fault-tolerant environment expands multi-AZ and cross-regions. -
ANSWER-True
Amazon SNS provides message persistence - ANSWER-False
Encrypting data in-transit when connecting to RDS instance is user's responsibility. -
ANSWER-True
Horizontal scaling refers to changing the specifications of instances (adding or removing
memory, CPUs, etc.). - ANSWER-False
In AWS KMS, data keys are available directly to the customer while AWS takes
ownership of customer's master keys. - ANSWER-True
It is not recommended to share the same CloudFormation template between a test
environment and a production environment because: - ANSWER-Resources in a test
environment will need to change frequently, while resources in a production
environment should be relatively stable.
Keys and associated values that specify conditional parameter values are specified in
the "Mappings" section of your CloudFormation template. - ANSWER-False
Protection against DDoS attacks is a shared responsibility between AWS and
Customer. - ANSWER-True
What are the THREE primary factors that determine the overall availability of your
application? - ANSWER-Scalability, Reliability, and Recoverability
When working with cloud deployments, it is a best practice to treat servers and other
components like temporary resources. - ANSWER-True
_______ allows you to launch, configure, and deploy your infrastructure as code. -
ANSWER-AWS CloudFormation
________ is an architectural approach in which application components provide
services to other components via a communications protocol over a network. -
ANSWER-SOA- Service Oriented Architecture
__________ is a measure of how much data you can afford to lose. - ANSWER-
Recovery Point Objective
A highly available and fault-tolerant environment expands multi-AZ and cross-regions. -
ANSWER-True
Amazon SNS provides message persistence - ANSWER-False
Encrypting data in-transit when connecting to RDS instance is user's responsibility. -
ANSWER-True
Horizontal scaling refers to changing the specifications of instances (adding or removing
memory, CPUs, etc.). - ANSWER-False
In AWS KMS, data keys are available directly to the customer while AWS takes
ownership of customer's master keys. - ANSWER-True
It is not recommended to share the same CloudFormation template between a test
environment and a production environment because: - ANSWER-Resources in a test
environment will need to change frequently, while resources in a production
environment should be relatively stable.
Keys and associated values that specify conditional parameter values are specified in
the "Mappings" section of your CloudFormation template. - ANSWER-False
Protection against DDoS attacks is a shared responsibility between AWS and
Customer. - ANSWER-True
What are the THREE primary factors that determine the overall availability of your
application? - ANSWER-Scalability, Reliability, and Recoverability
When working with cloud deployments, it is a best practice to treat servers and other
components like temporary resources. - ANSWER-True
