AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE EXPECTED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1.
*Virtual Private Cloud*
(A __________ is a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account. It is logically isolated from other
virtual networks in the AWS cloud.)
(A __________ is a component of the Networking Service.)
(A __________ must set DNS Host-names to "Yes" for instances launched in the subnet to get DNS
Names.)
(By default you can only have 5 __________ per AWS region.)
ANSWER
VPC
Question 2.
__________ is an Orchestration service for deploying infrastructure including EC, S3, SNS, Cloud-Watch,
Autoscaling, and Elastic Load Balancers.
__________ is specifically designed to run a developer's code on an infrastructure that is automatically
provisioned to host that code.
__________ can be used to create Web Server and Worker environments.
ANSWER
Elastic Beanstalk
Question 3.
AWS __________ is a Server-less compute service that runs your code in response to events and
automatically manages the underlying compute resources for you.
ANSWER
LAMBDA
,Question 4.
__________ is a scalable and highly available (DNS).
The name __________ is a reference to TCP or UDP port, where DNS server requests are addressed.
With __________ You can register domains, Route Internet traffic to domain resources and conduct
health checks of resources.
__________ supports a Maximum of 50 domain names, however this limit can be increased by
contacting AWS support
ANSWER
Route 53
Question 5.
*Elastic Map Reduce*
__________ processes big data across a Hadoop cluster of virtual servers on EC2 and S3.
__________ is a compute service specifically designed to assist you in processing large data sets.
ANSWER
EMR
Question 6.
An easy way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating
them in an orderly and predictable fashion.
ANSWER
CloudFormation
Question 7.
A web service that speeds up distribution of your static and dynamic web content, such as .html, .css,
.php, and image files, to your users.
A service that uses a CDN to distribute content around the world.
ANSWER
CloudFront
,Question 8.
*Content Delivery Network*
Delivers content based on geographic locations of the user, origin of the webpage and the content
delivery server.
A system of distributed servers that deliver pages and other Web content to a user
ANSWER
CDN
Question 9.
A secure, durable, and extreme- ly low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term
backup.
The best choice for long term data archival
ANSWER
Glacier
Question 10.
*Simple Storage Service*
__________ offers durable, available storage for flat files.
Makes it simple and practical to collect, store, and analyze data - regardless of format - all at massive
scale.
Durability of 99.999999999% (11x9's)
Availability of 99.99%
Applies to Standard, Infrequent Access (IA) and Glacier
Has a minimum file size of 0 Bytes
This is a Global service, and its reliability and durability are not bound to any Region or Availability
Zone.
ANSWER
S3
, Question 11.
*Relational Database Services*
__________ offers the following database engines: SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora, and
Oracle.
__________ is a web service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the
cloud.
If you are using Provisioned IOPS storage with MySQL and Oracle, the maximum size Volume is 6 TB
by default.
I/O operations are suspended for the duration of a snapshot.
You cannot use the secondary database as an independent read node.
The maximum provisioned IOPS capacity on and Oracle and MySQL instance (Using Provisioned IOPS)
is 30,000 IOPS
ANSWER
RDS
Question 12.
__________ is a fast, fully managed data warehouse that makes it simple and cost-effective to analyze all
your data using standard SQL and your existing BI tools
This Service is used primarily for data warehousing.
__________ Supports Cross-Region Snapshots.
Amazon __________ uses a hierarchy of encryption keys to encrypt the database. You can use a KMS or
HMS to manage top level encryption keys in this hierarchy.
ANSWER
Redshift
Question 13.
__________ enables you to process and analyze data as it arrives and respond in real-time.
__________ is used for collating large amounts of data streamed from multiple sources.
ANSWER
Kinesis
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question 1.
*Virtual Private Cloud*
(A __________ is a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account. It is logically isolated from other
virtual networks in the AWS cloud.)
(A __________ is a component of the Networking Service.)
(A __________ must set DNS Host-names to "Yes" for instances launched in the subnet to get DNS
Names.)
(By default you can only have 5 __________ per AWS region.)
ANSWER
VPC
Question 2.
__________ is an Orchestration service for deploying infrastructure including EC, S3, SNS, Cloud-Watch,
Autoscaling, and Elastic Load Balancers.
__________ is specifically designed to run a developer's code on an infrastructure that is automatically
provisioned to host that code.
__________ can be used to create Web Server and Worker environments.
ANSWER
Elastic Beanstalk
Question 3.
AWS __________ is a Server-less compute service that runs your code in response to events and
automatically manages the underlying compute resources for you.
ANSWER
LAMBDA
,Question 4.
__________ is a scalable and highly available (DNS).
The name __________ is a reference to TCP or UDP port, where DNS server requests are addressed.
With __________ You can register domains, Route Internet traffic to domain resources and conduct
health checks of resources.
__________ supports a Maximum of 50 domain names, however this limit can be increased by
contacting AWS support
ANSWER
Route 53
Question 5.
*Elastic Map Reduce*
__________ processes big data across a Hadoop cluster of virtual servers on EC2 and S3.
__________ is a compute service specifically designed to assist you in processing large data sets.
ANSWER
EMR
Question 6.
An easy way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating
them in an orderly and predictable fashion.
ANSWER
CloudFormation
Question 7.
A web service that speeds up distribution of your static and dynamic web content, such as .html, .css,
.php, and image files, to your users.
A service that uses a CDN to distribute content around the world.
ANSWER
CloudFront
,Question 8.
*Content Delivery Network*
Delivers content based on geographic locations of the user, origin of the webpage and the content
delivery server.
A system of distributed servers that deliver pages and other Web content to a user
ANSWER
CDN
Question 9.
A secure, durable, and extreme- ly low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term
backup.
The best choice for long term data archival
ANSWER
Glacier
Question 10.
*Simple Storage Service*
__________ offers durable, available storage for flat files.
Makes it simple and practical to collect, store, and analyze data - regardless of format - all at massive
scale.
Durability of 99.999999999% (11x9's)
Availability of 99.99%
Applies to Standard, Infrequent Access (IA) and Glacier
Has a minimum file size of 0 Bytes
This is a Global service, and its reliability and durability are not bound to any Region or Availability
Zone.
ANSWER
S3
, Question 11.
*Relational Database Services*
__________ offers the following database engines: SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora, and
Oracle.
__________ is a web service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the
cloud.
If you are using Provisioned IOPS storage with MySQL and Oracle, the maximum size Volume is 6 TB
by default.
I/O operations are suspended for the duration of a snapshot.
You cannot use the secondary database as an independent read node.
The maximum provisioned IOPS capacity on and Oracle and MySQL instance (Using Provisioned IOPS)
is 30,000 IOPS
ANSWER
RDS
Question 12.
__________ is a fast, fully managed data warehouse that makes it simple and cost-effective to analyze all
your data using standard SQL and your existing BI tools
This Service is used primarily for data warehousing.
__________ Supports Cross-Region Snapshots.
Amazon __________ uses a hierarchy of encryption keys to encrypt the database. You can use a KMS or
HMS to manage top level encryption keys in this hierarchy.
ANSWER
Redshift
Question 13.
__________ enables you to process and analyze data as it arrives and respond in real-time.
__________ is used for collating large amounts of data streamed from multiple sources.
ANSWER
Kinesis
