Section 21: AWS Architecting & Ecosystem
Exam Questions And Answers
The 6 General Guiding Principles: -
correct answer ✅1. Stop guessing capacity
2. Test systems at prod scale
3. Automate
4. Allow for evolutionary architectures
5. Drive architectures using data
6. Improve thru game days
The 5 Design Principles: -
correct answer ✅1. Scalability
2. Disposable Resources (servers should be disposable & easily
configured)
3. Automation
4. Loose Coupling
5. Services, not Servers (don't just use EC2, use managed services,
dbs, serverless, etc.)
Well Architected Framework 5 Pillars: -
correct answer ✅1. Operational Excellence
2. Security
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Exam Questions And Answers
3. Reliability
4. Performance Efficiency
5. Cost Optimization
Ability to run and monitor systems to deliver business value and
continually improve supporting processes and procedures -
correct answer ✅Operational Excellence
The 6 Design Principles of Operational Excellence: PAMRAL -
correct answer ✅1. Perform operations as code (IaaS)
2. Annotate documentation
3. Make frequent, small, reversible changes
4. Refine operations procedures frequently
5. Anticipate failure
6. Learn from all operational failures
Ability to protect info, systems, and assets while delivering business
value through risk assessment and mitigation strategies -
correct answer ✅Security
Exam Questions And Answers
The 6 General Guiding Principles: -
correct answer ✅1. Stop guessing capacity
2. Test systems at prod scale
3. Automate
4. Allow for evolutionary architectures
5. Drive architectures using data
6. Improve thru game days
The 5 Design Principles: -
correct answer ✅1. Scalability
2. Disposable Resources (servers should be disposable & easily
configured)
3. Automation
4. Loose Coupling
5. Services, not Servers (don't just use EC2, use managed services,
dbs, serverless, etc.)
Well Architected Framework 5 Pillars: -
correct answer ✅1. Operational Excellence
2. Security
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Exam Questions And Answers
3. Reliability
4. Performance Efficiency
5. Cost Optimization
Ability to run and monitor systems to deliver business value and
continually improve supporting processes and procedures -
correct answer ✅Operational Excellence
The 6 Design Principles of Operational Excellence: PAMRAL -
correct answer ✅1. Perform operations as code (IaaS)
2. Annotate documentation
3. Make frequent, small, reversible changes
4. Refine operations procedures frequently
5. Anticipate failure
6. Learn from all operational failures
Ability to protect info, systems, and assets while delivering business
value through risk assessment and mitigation strategies -
correct answer ✅Security
