WGU D282 Cloud Foundations (Vocab) Exam 60
Questions with Verified Answers
Access Control List (ACL) - CORRECT ANSWER A firewall/security layer on the
subnet level.
Auto Scaling - CORRECT ANSWER Automates the process of adding or removing
EC2 instances based on traffic demand for your application.
Buckets - CORRECT ANSWER Root-level "folders"
AWS CloudFront - CORRECT ANSWER Content delivery network (CDN) that allows
you to store your content at "edge locations" located all around the world,
allowing customers to access your content more quickly.
AWS CloudTrail - CORRECT ANSWER Allows you to monitor all actions taken by
IAM users.
AWS CloudWatch - CORRECT ANSWER Service that allows you to monitor various
elements of your AWS account.
Consolidated Billing - CORRECT ANSWER Allows you to view, manage, and pay bills
for multiple AWS accounts in one user interface.
DNS Server - CORRECT ANSWER A database of website domains and their
corresponding IP addresses.
, DynamoDB - CORRECT ANSWER NoSQL database service that does not provide
other NoSQL software options.
Elastic Block Store (EBS) - CORRECT ANSWER Provides persistent block storage
volumes for use of EC2 instances.
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - CORRECT ANSWER A virtual computer, very similar
to a desktop/laptop computer.
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) - CORRECT ANSWER Evenly distributes traffic between
EC2 instances that are associated with it.
ElastiCache - CORRECT ANSWER Data caching service used to help improve the
speed/performance of web applications running on AWS.
Elasticity - CORRECT ANSWER The ability of a system to increase and decrease in
size.
Fault Tolerance - CORRECT ANSWER Property that enables a system to continue
operating properly in the event of the failure of one or more components.
Firewall - CORRECT ANSWER A type of software that either allows to blocks
certain kinds of internet traffic to pass through it.
Questions with Verified Answers
Access Control List (ACL) - CORRECT ANSWER A firewall/security layer on the
subnet level.
Auto Scaling - CORRECT ANSWER Automates the process of adding or removing
EC2 instances based on traffic demand for your application.
Buckets - CORRECT ANSWER Root-level "folders"
AWS CloudFront - CORRECT ANSWER Content delivery network (CDN) that allows
you to store your content at "edge locations" located all around the world,
allowing customers to access your content more quickly.
AWS CloudTrail - CORRECT ANSWER Allows you to monitor all actions taken by
IAM users.
AWS CloudWatch - CORRECT ANSWER Service that allows you to monitor various
elements of your AWS account.
Consolidated Billing - CORRECT ANSWER Allows you to view, manage, and pay bills
for multiple AWS accounts in one user interface.
DNS Server - CORRECT ANSWER A database of website domains and their
corresponding IP addresses.
, DynamoDB - CORRECT ANSWER NoSQL database service that does not provide
other NoSQL software options.
Elastic Block Store (EBS) - CORRECT ANSWER Provides persistent block storage
volumes for use of EC2 instances.
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - CORRECT ANSWER A virtual computer, very similar
to a desktop/laptop computer.
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) - CORRECT ANSWER Evenly distributes traffic between
EC2 instances that are associated with it.
ElastiCache - CORRECT ANSWER Data caching service used to help improve the
speed/performance of web applications running on AWS.
Elasticity - CORRECT ANSWER The ability of a system to increase and decrease in
size.
Fault Tolerance - CORRECT ANSWER Property that enables a system to continue
operating properly in the event of the failure of one or more components.
Firewall - CORRECT ANSWER A type of software that either allows to blocks
certain kinds of internet traffic to pass through it.
