DFW SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Which of the following describes a physical location around the world where AWS clusters
data centers?
1. Endpoint
2. Collection
3. Fleet
4. Region
4
<strong>D.</strong><br>A region is a named set of AWS resources in the same geographical
area. A region comprises at least two availability zones. Endpoint, Collection, and Fleet do not
describe a physical location around the world where AWS clusters data centers.
Each AWS region is composed of two or more locations that offer organizations the ability
to operate production systems that are more highly available, fault tolerant, and scalable
than would be possible using a single data center. What are these locations called?
1. Availability zones
2. Replication areas
3. Geographic districts
4. Compute centers
1
<strong>A.</strong><br>An availability zone is a distinct location within a region that is
insulated from failures in other availability zones and provides inexpensive, low-latency network
connectivity to other availability zones in the same region. Replication areas, geographic
districts, and compute centers are not terms used to describe AWS data center locations.
What is the deployment term for an environment that extends an existing on-premises
infrastructure into the cloud to connect cloud resources to internal systems?
1. All-in deployment
2. Hybrid deployment
,3. On-premises deployment
4. Scatter deployment
2
<strong>B.</strong><br>A hybrid deployment is a way to connect infrastructure and
applications between cloud-based resources and existing resources that are not located in the
cloud. An all-in deployment refers to an environment that exclusively runs in the cloud. An on-
premises deployment refers to an environment that runs exclusively in an organization's data
center.
Which AWS Cloud service allows organizations to gain system-wide visibility into resource
utilization, application performance, and operational health?
1. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
2. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
3. Amazon CloudWatch
4. AWS CloudFormation
3
<strong>C.</strong><br>Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service for AWS Cloud
resources and the applications organizations run on AWS. It allows organizations to collect and
track metrics, collect and monitor log files, and set alarms. AWS IAM, Amazon SNS, and AWS
CloudFormation do not provide visibility into resource utilization, application performance, and
the operational health of your AWS resources.
Which of the following AWS Cloud services is a fully managed NoSQL database service?
1. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
2. Amazon DynamoDB
3. Amazon ElastiCache
4. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
2
<strong>B.</strong><br>Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, fast, and flexible NoSQL
database service for all applications that need consistent, single-digit millisecond latency at any
scale. Amazon SQS, Amazon ElastiCache, and Amazon RDS do not provide a NoSQL database
, service. Amazon SQS is a managed message queuing service. Amazon ElastiCache is a service
that provides in-memory cache in the cloud. Finally, Amazon RDS provides managed relational
databases.
Your company experiences fluctuations in traffic patterns to their e-commerce website
based on flash sales. What service can help your company dynamically match the required
compute capacity to the spike in traffic during flash sales?
1. Auto Scaling
2. Amazon Glacier
3. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
4. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
1
<strong>A.</strong><br>Auto Scaling helps maintain application availability and allows
organizations to scale Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) capacity up or down
automatically according to conditions defined for the particular workload. Not only can it be
used to help ensure that the desired number of Amazon EC2 instances are running, but it also
allows resources to scale in and out to match the demands of dynamic workloads. Amazon
Glacier, Amazon SNS, and Amazon VPC do not provide services to scale compute capacity
automatically.
Your company provides an online photo sharing service. The development team is looking
for ways to deliver image files with the lowest latency to end users so the website content is
delivered with the best possible performance. What service can help speed up distribution
of these image files to end users around the world?
1. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
2. Amazon Route 53
3. AWS Storage Gateway
4. Amazon CloudFront
4
<strong>D.</strong><br>Amazon CloudFront is a web service that provides a CDN to speed up
distribution of your static and dynamic web content—for example, .html, .css, .php, image, and
media files—to end users. Amazon CloudFront delivers content through a worldwide network of
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Which of the following describes a physical location around the world where AWS clusters
data centers?
1. Endpoint
2. Collection
3. Fleet
4. Region
4
<strong>D.</strong><br>A region is a named set of AWS resources in the same geographical
area. A region comprises at least two availability zones. Endpoint, Collection, and Fleet do not
describe a physical location around the world where AWS clusters data centers.
Each AWS region is composed of two or more locations that offer organizations the ability
to operate production systems that are more highly available, fault tolerant, and scalable
than would be possible using a single data center. What are these locations called?
1. Availability zones
2. Replication areas
3. Geographic districts
4. Compute centers
1
<strong>A.</strong><br>An availability zone is a distinct location within a region that is
insulated from failures in other availability zones and provides inexpensive, low-latency network
connectivity to other availability zones in the same region. Replication areas, geographic
districts, and compute centers are not terms used to describe AWS data center locations.
What is the deployment term for an environment that extends an existing on-premises
infrastructure into the cloud to connect cloud resources to internal systems?
1. All-in deployment
2. Hybrid deployment
,3. On-premises deployment
4. Scatter deployment
2
<strong>B.</strong><br>A hybrid deployment is a way to connect infrastructure and
applications between cloud-based resources and existing resources that are not located in the
cloud. An all-in deployment refers to an environment that exclusively runs in the cloud. An on-
premises deployment refers to an environment that runs exclusively in an organization's data
center.
Which AWS Cloud service allows organizations to gain system-wide visibility into resource
utilization, application performance, and operational health?
1. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
2. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
3. Amazon CloudWatch
4. AWS CloudFormation
3
<strong>C.</strong><br>Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring service for AWS Cloud
resources and the applications organizations run on AWS. It allows organizations to collect and
track metrics, collect and monitor log files, and set alarms. AWS IAM, Amazon SNS, and AWS
CloudFormation do not provide visibility into resource utilization, application performance, and
the operational health of your AWS resources.
Which of the following AWS Cloud services is a fully managed NoSQL database service?
1. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
2. Amazon DynamoDB
3. Amazon ElastiCache
4. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
2
<strong>B.</strong><br>Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, fast, and flexible NoSQL
database service for all applications that need consistent, single-digit millisecond latency at any
scale. Amazon SQS, Amazon ElastiCache, and Amazon RDS do not provide a NoSQL database
, service. Amazon SQS is a managed message queuing service. Amazon ElastiCache is a service
that provides in-memory cache in the cloud. Finally, Amazon RDS provides managed relational
databases.
Your company experiences fluctuations in traffic patterns to their e-commerce website
based on flash sales. What service can help your company dynamically match the required
compute capacity to the spike in traffic during flash sales?
1. Auto Scaling
2. Amazon Glacier
3. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
4. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
1
<strong>A.</strong><br>Auto Scaling helps maintain application availability and allows
organizations to scale Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) capacity up or down
automatically according to conditions defined for the particular workload. Not only can it be
used to help ensure that the desired number of Amazon EC2 instances are running, but it also
allows resources to scale in and out to match the demands of dynamic workloads. Amazon
Glacier, Amazon SNS, and Amazon VPC do not provide services to scale compute capacity
automatically.
Your company provides an online photo sharing service. The development team is looking
for ways to deliver image files with the lowest latency to end users so the website content is
delivered with the best possible performance. What service can help speed up distribution
of these image files to end users around the world?
1. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
2. Amazon Route 53
3. AWS Storage Gateway
4. Amazon CloudFront
4
<strong>D.</strong><br>Amazon CloudFront is a web service that provides a CDN to speed up
distribution of your static and dynamic web content—for example, .html, .css, .php, image, and
media files—to end users. Amazon CloudFront delivers content through a worldwide network of
