AWS CLOUD CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1
Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a corporate
data center.
What term would describe this model?
A. Cloud-native
B. Partner network
• C. Hybrid architecture
• D. Infrastructure as a service
Question 2
Which of the following is a benefit of using the AWS Cloud?
• A. Permissive security removes the administrative burden. • B. Ability to focus on
revenue-generating activities.
• C. Control over cloud network hardware.
• D. Choice of specific cloud hardware vendors.
Question 3
Which of the following steps should be taken by a customer when conducting penetration
testing on AWS?
• A. Conduct penetration testing using Amazon Inspector, and then notify AWS
support.
• B. Request and wait for approval from the customer's internal security team,
and then conduct testing.
• C. Notify AWS support, and then conduct testing immediately.
• D. Request and wait for approval from AWS support, and then conduct testing.
Question 4
Which of the following AWS features enables a user to launch a pre-configured Amazon
Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance?
• A. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• B. Amazon Machine Image
• C. Amazon EC2 Systems Manager
•
•
, • D. Amazon AppStream 2.0
Question 4
The financial benefits of using AWS are: (Choose two.)
• A. reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• B. increased capital expenditure (capex).
• C. reduced operational expenditure (opex).
• D. deferred payment plans for startups.
• E. business credit lines for stratups.
Question 5
Which service is best for storing common database query results, which helps to alleviate
database access load?
•
•
,A. Amazon Machine Learning
• B. Amazon SQS
• C. Amazon ElastiCache
• D. Amazon EC2 Instance Store
Question 6
Which options does AWS make available for customers who want to learn about security
in the cloud in an instructor-led setting? (Choose two.)
• A. AWS Trusted Advisor
• B. AWS Online Tech Talks
• C. AWS Blog
• D. AWS Forums
• E. AWS Classroom Training
Question 7
How do customers benefit from Amazon's massive economies of scale?
• A. Periodic price reductions as the result of Amazon's operational efficiencies
• B. New Amazon EC2 instance types providing the latest hardware
• C. The ability to scale up and down when needed
• D. Increased reliability in the underlying hardware of Amazon EC2 instances
Question 8
Which of the following common IT tasks can AWS cover to free up company IT resources?
(Choose two.)
• A. Patching databases software
• B. Testing application releases
• C. Backing up databases
• D. Creating database schema
• E. Running penetration tests
Question 9
How does AWS shorten the time to provision IT resources?
• A. It supplies an online IT ticketing platform for resource requests.
• B. It supports automatic code validation services.
• C. It provides the ability to programmatically provision existing resources.
• D. It automates the resource request process from a company's IT vendor list.
Question 10
What can AWS edge locations be used for? (Choose two.)
, • A. Hosting applications
• B. Delivering content closer to users
• C. Running NoSQL database caching services
• D. Reducing traffic on the server by caching responses
• E. Sending notification messages to end users
Question 1
A company will be moving from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. What would
be one financial difference after the move?
• A. Moving from variable operational expense (opex) to upfront capital expense
(capex).
• B. Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable capital expense (capex).
• C. Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable operational expense
(opex).
• D. Elimination of upfront capital expense (capex) and elimination of variable
operational expense (opex).
Question 2
Which of the following tasks is the responsibility of AWS?
• A. Encrypting client-side data
• B. Configuring AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles
• C. Securing the Amazon EC2 hypervisor
• D. Setting user password policies
Question #129Topic 1
One benefit of On-Demand Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) pricing
is:
• A. the ability to bid for a lower hourly cost.
• B. paying a daily rate regardless of time used.
• C. paying only for time used.
• D. pre-paying for instances and paying a lower hourly rate.
Question33
An administrator needs to rapidly deploy a popular IT solution and start using it
immediately.
Where can the administrator find assistance?
• A. AWS Well-Architected Framework documentation
• B. Amazon CloudFront
• C. AWS CodeCommit
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1
Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a corporate
data center.
What term would describe this model?
A. Cloud-native
B. Partner network
• C. Hybrid architecture
• D. Infrastructure as a service
Question 2
Which of the following is a benefit of using the AWS Cloud?
• A. Permissive security removes the administrative burden. • B. Ability to focus on
revenue-generating activities.
• C. Control over cloud network hardware.
• D. Choice of specific cloud hardware vendors.
Question 3
Which of the following steps should be taken by a customer when conducting penetration
testing on AWS?
• A. Conduct penetration testing using Amazon Inspector, and then notify AWS
support.
• B. Request and wait for approval from the customer's internal security team,
and then conduct testing.
• C. Notify AWS support, and then conduct testing immediately.
• D. Request and wait for approval from AWS support, and then conduct testing.
Question 4
Which of the following AWS features enables a user to launch a pre-configured Amazon
Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance?
• A. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• B. Amazon Machine Image
• C. Amazon EC2 Systems Manager
•
•
, • D. Amazon AppStream 2.0
Question 4
The financial benefits of using AWS are: (Choose two.)
• A. reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• B. increased capital expenditure (capex).
• C. reduced operational expenditure (opex).
• D. deferred payment plans for startups.
• E. business credit lines for stratups.
Question 5
Which service is best for storing common database query results, which helps to alleviate
database access load?
•
•
,A. Amazon Machine Learning
• B. Amazon SQS
• C. Amazon ElastiCache
• D. Amazon EC2 Instance Store
Question 6
Which options does AWS make available for customers who want to learn about security
in the cloud in an instructor-led setting? (Choose two.)
• A. AWS Trusted Advisor
• B. AWS Online Tech Talks
• C. AWS Blog
• D. AWS Forums
• E. AWS Classroom Training
Question 7
How do customers benefit from Amazon's massive economies of scale?
• A. Periodic price reductions as the result of Amazon's operational efficiencies
• B. New Amazon EC2 instance types providing the latest hardware
• C. The ability to scale up and down when needed
• D. Increased reliability in the underlying hardware of Amazon EC2 instances
Question 8
Which of the following common IT tasks can AWS cover to free up company IT resources?
(Choose two.)
• A. Patching databases software
• B. Testing application releases
• C. Backing up databases
• D. Creating database schema
• E. Running penetration tests
Question 9
How does AWS shorten the time to provision IT resources?
• A. It supplies an online IT ticketing platform for resource requests.
• B. It supports automatic code validation services.
• C. It provides the ability to programmatically provision existing resources.
• D. It automates the resource request process from a company's IT vendor list.
Question 10
What can AWS edge locations be used for? (Choose two.)
, • A. Hosting applications
• B. Delivering content closer to users
• C. Running NoSQL database caching services
• D. Reducing traffic on the server by caching responses
• E. Sending notification messages to end users
Question 1
A company will be moving from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. What would
be one financial difference after the move?
• A. Moving from variable operational expense (opex) to upfront capital expense
(capex).
• B. Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable capital expense (capex).
• C. Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable operational expense
(opex).
• D. Elimination of upfront capital expense (capex) and elimination of variable
operational expense (opex).
Question 2
Which of the following tasks is the responsibility of AWS?
• A. Encrypting client-side data
• B. Configuring AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles
• C. Securing the Amazon EC2 hypervisor
• D. Setting user password policies
Question #129Topic 1
One benefit of On-Demand Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) pricing
is:
• A. the ability to bid for a lower hourly cost.
• B. paying a daily rate regardless of time used.
• C. paying only for time used.
• D. pre-paying for instances and paying a lower hourly rate.
Question33
An administrator needs to rapidly deploy a popular IT solution and start using it
immediately.
Where can the administrator find assistance?
• A. AWS Well-Architected Framework documentation
• B. Amazon CloudFront
• C. AWS CodeCommit
