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Question 1
Which AWS services can be used to store files? [Choose 2] from below:
A. Amazon CloudWatch
B. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
C. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
D. AWS Config
E. Amazon Athena
Answer: B, C
The AWS documentation mentions the following Amazon S3 is object
storage built to store and
retrieve any amount of data from anywhere -
web sites and mobile apps, corporate applications,
and data from IoT
sensors or devices. It is designed to deliver 99.999999999% durability,
and
stores data for millions of applications used by market leaders in
every industry. For more
information on the Simple Storage Service, go
to URL:
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block
storage volumes
for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud.
Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its
Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high
availability and durability.
For more on Amazon EBS, go to URL:
Question 2
Which of the following services uses AWS edge locations?
A. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
B. Amazon CloudFront
C. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
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D. AWS Storage Gateway
Answer: B
The AWS documentation mentions the following Amazon CloudFront is a
web service that
speeds up distribution of your static and dynamic web
content, such as .html, .css, .js, and
image files, to your users. CloudFront
delivers your content through a worldwide network of
data centers called
edge locations.
For more on Amazon Cloudfront, go to URL:
Introduction.html
Question 3
Which of the following is a benefit of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
(Amazon EC2) over physical servers?
A. Automated backup
B. Paying only for what you use
C. The ability to choose hardware vendors
D. Root/administrator access
Answer: B
One of the advantages of EC2 Instances is the per second billing concept.
This is given in the
AWS documentation also With per-second billing,
you pay for only what you use. It takes cost
of unused minutes and
seconds in an hour off of the bill, so you can focus on improving your
applications instead of maximizing usage to the hour. Especially, if you
manage instances running for irregular periods of time, such as
dev/testing, data processing, analytics, batch processing and gaming
applications, can benefit.
For more on EC2 Pricing, go to URL:
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Question 4
Which AWS service provides infrastructure security optimization
recommendations?
