D282 Pre- Assessment (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) Cloud Foundations Review 100% Verified Questions & Answers [Grade A] - WGU

D282 Pre- Assessment (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) Cloud Foundations Review 100% Verified Questions & Answers [Grade A] - WGU Amazon EC2 Instance Contract Length options -correct answer 1 and 3 years Amazon EC2 Instances Types (5) -correct answer General Purpose Compute Optimized Memory Optimized Accelerated computing Storage optimized Amazon EC2; General Purpose Instances (4) -correct answer application servers gaming servers backend servers for enterprise applications small and medium databases Amazon EC2; Compute Optimized -correct answer is ideal for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors. Amazon EC2; Memory Optimized -correct answer is designed to deliver fast performance for workloads that process large datasets/databases in memory Amazon EC2; Accelerated computing -correct answer use hardware accelerators, or coprocessors, to perform some functions more efficiently than is possible in software running on CPUs Amazon EC2; Storage optimized -correct answer designed for workloads that require high, sequential read and write access to large datasets on local storage Amazon EC2; Pricing Types (5) -correct answer On-Demand Reserved instances EC2 Instance Savings Plans Spot Instances Dedicated Hosts Amazon EC2 Pricing; On-Demand- (3 Definition points) -correct answer *ideal for short-term, irregular workloads that cannot be interrupted. *No upfront costs or minimum contracts apply. *The instances run continuously until you stop them, and you pay for only the compute time you use. Amazon EC2 Pricing; Reserved instances (2) -correct answer *Standard Reserved Instances if you know the EC2 instance type and size you need for your steady-state applications and in which AWS Region you plan to run them. *Convertible Reserved Instances If you need to run your EC2 instances in different Availability Zones or different instance types Amazon EC2 Pricing; EC2 Instance Savings Plans (Contract and Savings %) -correct answer * 1-year or 3-year term * 72 percent compared to On-Demand rates. Any usage up to the commitment is charged at the discounted Savings Plans rate Any usage beyond the commitment is charged at regular On-Demand rates. Amazon EC2 Pricing; Spot Instances -correct answer *workloads with flexible start and end times, or that can withstand interruptions. *use unused Amazon EC2 computing capacity and offer you cost savings at up to 90% off of On-Demand prices. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Types (5) -correct answer desired capacity predictive scaling dynamic scaling minimum capacity maximum capacity Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Definition -correct answer enables you to automatically add or remove Amazon EC2 instances in response to changing application demand. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling; dynamic -correct answer responds to changing demand. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling; predictive -correct answer automatically schedules the right number of Amazon EC2 instances based on predicted demand. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling; minimum -correct answer is the number of Amazon EC2 instances that launch immediately after you have created the Auto Scaling group. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling; desired -correct answer What is the ideal capacity to run the application Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling; maximum -correct answer The most instances you want to scale up in case of demand. Elastic Load Balancing -correct answer is the AWS service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple resources, such as Amazon EC2 instances. Elastic Load Balancing; load balancer -correct answer acts as a single point of contact for all incoming web traffic to your Auto Scaling group. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) -correct answer is a publish/subscribe service. Using Amazon SNS topics, a publisher publishes messages to subscribers. subscribers can be web servers, email addresses, AWS Lambda functions, or several other options. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) -correct answer is a message queuing service where you can send, store, and receive messages between software components, without losing messages or requiring other services to be available. AWS Lambda -correct answer AWS service for serverless computing is a service that lets you run code without needing to provision or manage servers. You pay only for the compute time that you consume Charges apply only when your code is running.