AWS Cloud Practitioner CLF-C01 (technology)

What service is a data storage solution?. Redshift. ElastiCache. Datasync. RDS.

What is CloudWatch?. It is a service used to track API calls and activity within your AWS account. It is a service used to provide reactive optimization of resources. It is a service used to manage passwords. It is a collection of services designed to monitor and observe cloud resources.

What networking and content delivery service makes content available globally with low latency?. API Gateway. Direct Connect. VPC. CloudFront.

Which AWS network service allows you to provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define?. vpc. route53. VPN. Direct Connect.

Which service allows you to practice infrastructure as code by provisioning your AWS resources through scripted templates?. marketplace. cloudformation. lambda. elastic beanstalk.

Which service routes user traffic through the AWS global network infrastructure to ensure low latency for your gaming APPLICATION?. AWS Content Delivery Network (CDN). Amazon CloudFront. AWS Global Accelerator. Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration.

Which of the following is FALSE for Route 53?. Route 53 supports domain name registration. Route 53 routes users to applications. Route 53 does not support hybrid cloud architectures. Route 53 performs health checks.

What service is used to allow resources in your VPC to access the Internet?. VCP Peering. Internet gateway. Network ACL. Subnet.

Which method of accessing an EC2 instance requires both a private key and a public key?. SSH. AWS Management Console. EC2 Instance Connect (EIC). AWS Systems Manager.

Which data transport solution allows you to move petabytes of data and natively supports EC2 and Lambda?. Snoball Edge. Snowmobile. Snowcone. Snowball.

Objects stored in Amazon S3 are stored in a single, central location within AWS. false. true.

In which of the following cases is CloudFront content cached?. edge location. datacenter. AZ. EBS.

What computing service allows you to run code without managing servers and pay only when the code is running?. Lightsail. Outposts. Batch. Lambda.

What EC2 storage mechanism is recommended when running a database on an EC2 instance?. EBS instance snapshot. Local instance storage. EVS. EBS.

Which monitoring service helps you keep an eye on your cloud resources and provides actionable insights?. cloudwatch. cloudformation. cloudtrail. cloud9.

AWS Trusted Advisor provides checks and recommended actions. Which of the following is not 1 of those checks?. Checks to determine if an administrative user is used instead of the root account. Checks for usage more than 80% of the service limit. CloudFront content delivery optimization. Unrestricted access for specific ports on EC2.

Which AWS service is specifically designed to assist you in processing large datasets?. EMR (Elastic MapReduce). EC2. ElastiCache. Redshift.

Which of the following are storage services?. EFS (Elastic File System). VPC. S3. RDS.

A company has provisioned an EC2 instance as a web server. The web application on the server is running within a subnet within a VPC. For some reason, the application is unable to access the internet. Which component is missing?. Private IP address for the instance. Internet gateway. Network Access Control List (NACL). Peering connection.

An EC2 instance in your VPC needs which of the following for the internet gateway to route its traffic to the internet?. Private IP address. CNAME. Public IP address. A record.

A company that owns several warehouses (used to store and resell millions of like-new, open-box, and pre-owned items) would like to analyze images from their on-premises cameras to automatically detect if employees are wearing head covers (helmets) and other protective equipment. Which service can be used be used to perform the image analysis?. Translate. Polly. Rekognition. Lex.

You have a variable and intermittent workload, so you want to use a compute service that allows you to pay only for the compute resources you use, without paying for compute time when your code isn't running. Which of the following services should you use?. lightsail. lambda. outposts. ec2.

Which of the following describes a subnet accurately?. The Amazon VPC side of a connection to the public Internet. A logically isolated virtual network in the AWS cloud. The Amazon VPC side of a VPN connection. A segment of a VPC’s IP address range where you can place groups of isolated resources.

You have joined a small company and inherited an AWS application built within the EC2-Classic network. Which load balancer will work with this application?. Network Load Balancer. Classic Load Balancer. Application Load Balancer. None. The application needs to be upgraded.

Your design team has recommended the need to distribute incoming traffic across multiple EC2 instances and also across multiple Availability Zones. Which AWS service can accomplish this?. Elastic Load Balancing. CloudFront. CloudFormation. Auto Scaling.

Several EC2 instances in a public subnet need internet access. Which will you configure as 1 step in granting internet access?. NAT gateway. API Gateway. Internet gateway. VPC peering.

Your company has decided to migrate a SQL Server database to a newly created AWS account. Which service can be used to migrate the database?. dynamodb. DMS (Database Migration Service). RDS. ElastiCache.

You have been tasked to create an S3 bucket for storing templates. A team member has forwarded you the templates, which are used for creating multiple different AWS resources such as S3 buckets, EC2 instances, and VPCs. Which service uses these templates to create AWS resources?. OpsWorks. Elastic Beanstalk. EC2. CloudFormation.

Which of the following is NOT a compute service?. Elastic Beanstalk. Elastic Block Store. Lambda. EC2.

Which of the following engines are classified as relational databases on AWS?(3). redshift. oracle. postgresql. dynamodb. mysql.

A customer would like the ability to send HTML formatted emails from their application for marketing campaigns. Which service should the customer consider using?. Simple Notification Service (SNS). Lambda. Data Pipeline. Simple Queue Service (SQS). Simple Email Service (SES).

With which AWS service, coupled with EC2, can you implement elasticity by adding and removing instances as needed?. Elastic Beanstalk. Auto Scaling. AWS Systems Manager. CloudFormation.

A developer would like to access AWS services from application code. How can a developer achieve this?. CodeCommit. CodeBuild. CodePipeline. Software Development Kit (SDK).

Where would you find the AWS Attestation of Compliance Documentation for PCI DSS?. AWS Artifact. Amazon Macie. AWS Support. AWS Identity and Access Management.

A company would like to build an application that supports multiple languages. Which machine learning service allows the company to add localization to their application?. Rekognition. SageMaker. Polly. Translate.

A customer would like to use machine learning to uncover the meaning and relationships in text from customer support incidents to ensure customers are happy after speaking to a support agent. How can they process the text from customer support incidents?. SNS. Amazon Connect. Comprehend. Macie.

By default, what can a private subnet communicate with?(2). The internet. Other private subnets in the same VPC. Private subnets in a different VPC. Public subnets in the same VPC. Public subnets in a different VPC.

Trusted Advisor is classified as what type of AWS service?. Security, Identity, and Compliance. Management & Governance. Application Integration. Compute.

A large manufacturing company would like to provide real-time feedback to machine operators regarding optimum machine speeds enabling less experienced operators to detect breaks earlier and maintain quality. Which service will allow the company to train and deploy a machine learning model that can detect machine issues early?. polly. lex. sagemaker. translate.

Which of the following are AWS compute services?. RDS. Lambda. SQS. EC2.

Which of the following are steps you should take in securing your AWS account?(3). Use groups to delegate access to IAM users. Assign policies directly to your administrative users. Create individual IAM users. Activate Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) on your root account.

After experiencing unusual behavior in your AWS account, you need to determine if there are any issues with AWS that may be affecting your account. What section of the AWS Management Console helps you inspect account alerts and find remediation guidance for your account?. AWS SNS. AWS Personal Health Dashboard. AWS Service Health Dashboard. AWS CloudWatch.

Your application needs fully managed storage for objects. Which of the following options should you choose?. EC2. EBS. S3. RDS.

A company with a popular website would like to analyze website clickstreams in real time to determine site usability. How can they obtain the data in real time for analysis?. DynamoDB. Kinesis. DMS. Data Pipeline.

Which of the following does the VPC need in order to send non-local traffic to the Internet, given that route tables and IP addresses are correctly configured in your environment?. Route 53. Internet gateway. Network access control list. Router.

You have a MySQL database that you want to migrate to the cloud, and you need it to be significantly faster there. You are looking for a speed increase up to 5 times the current performance. Which AWS offering could you use?. Amazon Aurora. Amazon RDS MySQL. ElastiCache. DynamoDB.

A colleague tells you about a service that uses machine learning to discover and protect sensitive data stored in S3 buckets. Which AWS service does this?. Rekognition. Macie. Inspector. SageMaker.

A customer has a complex multi-resource application environment containing multiple EC2 instances, load balancers, S3 buckets, and more. They'd like to provision these resources in an automated and repeatable manner from environment to environment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Which service achieves this?. AWS Management Console. AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). Business Support plan. CloudFormation.

You need an AWS service that can identify objects, people, text, scenes, and activities in images and videos. Which service would you choose?. AWS Inspector. Rekognition. CloudSearch. CloudWatch.

A development team has created a large amount of CloudFormation templates in the JSON format. Which AWS database would be best suited for storing these documents?. Amazon RedShift. Amazon Aurora. AWS MySQL. Amazon DocumentDB.

You have been tasked with developing a plan to move applications to AWS and use AWS services to house code, build, and deploy these applications. Which AWS service will allow you to host Git-based repositories?. GitHub. AWS CodeBuild. AWS CodeCommit. AWS CodeDeploy.

Which of the following services does the AWS Shield Standard plan provide?(2). Reimburse related Route 53, CloudFront, and ELB DDoS charges. Assistance with protection from common DDoS attacks. Network flow monitoring. Post-attack analysis.

In which of the following is CloudFront content cached?. Edge location. Availability Zone. Region. Data center.

A healthcare agency needs to store certain patient information for up to 10 years. To save cost, they want to archive this data to cheaper storage. The data needs to be retrieved within 12 hours. Which is the cheapest option?. Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval (Formerly S3 Glacier). S3 Standard-IA. Redshift. Glacier Deep Archive.

Which of the following AWS services is an example of Platform as a Service?. AWS Lambda. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. Amazon S3. AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

A company ingests data to S3 using Kinesis. What is the easiest way for the company to run ad hoc SQL queries against the data in S3 without the need to manage servers?. Use DMS to migrate the data to a DynamoDB table for easy querying. Use Athena. Import the data into the RDS management console. Use Macie.

Which of the following are classified as migration services?(2). AWS Application Discovery Service. AWS Snowball. AWS OpsWorks. AWS Config.

In order to comply with regulatory mandates, some of your data needs to be retained in perpetuity. Which of the following offers low-cost, long-term data archival?. Redshift. S3. EFS. Glacier.

A company is running several Linux workloads in the cloud. They are considering storage options. Which storage option should the company NOT use due to the fact the data will be lost when the instance is stopped or terminated?. Elastic Block Store (EBS). Elastic File System (EFS). EC2 Instance Store. S3 bucket.

You have been tasked with going into the AWS company account and getting information on saving money, improving system performance and reliability, and closing security gaps. Which tool can you use to get this information?. AWS Cost and Usage Report. AWS Trusted Advisor. AWS Inspector. CloudWatch.

A company wants to build a customer identity graph to provide a single unified view of customers and prospects by linking identifiers like website browsing history, preferences, and more. Which database product allows the customer to store and navigate billions of interconnected relationships?. aurora. dynamodb. documentdb. neptune.

A customer has decided to go with a 1-year Standard Reserved Instance (RI) for EC2 since their application has steady state and predictable usage. Which pricing option should they choose to earn the largest discount over the 1-year term?. Partial upfront. All upfront. No upfront. Monthly on-demand.

Which storage service can provide very high durability storage for objects?. RDS MySQL. DynamoDB. Amazon S3. Amazon Aurora.

You need to ensure you have the correct number of EC2 instances available to handle the load for your application. Which AWS service should you use?. Route 53. AWS Systems Manager. Auto Scaling. Elastic Load Balancing.

A development team wants to gain full observability into the health of their applications and instances in order to provide the best service level to users of their applications. Which services can help them monitor the health of their applications and instances?(3). Route 53. Elastic Load Balancing. Elastic Beanstalk. Simple Notification Service (SNS). CloudTrail.

Which of the following compute services is ideal if you need to run a simple website or a simple e-commerce application?. Elastic Beanstalk. Lightsail. EC2. Lambda.

Which of the following can be specified as an origin when creating a CloudFront distribution?(3). A domain name. An RDS instance. An S3 bucket. An elastic load balancer.

In order to improve fault tolerance, you would like to begin using services that provide fault tolerance. Which AWS services provide automatic replication across Availability Zones?. EC2. S3. VPC. DynamoDB.

Which of the following provides the least expensive Amazon S3 storage?. Glacier. Glacier Deep Archive. One Zone-Infrequent Access. Intelligent Tiering.

A travel company has an application that serves customers worldwide. Which AWS service can speed up delivery of content to this widespread customer base?. OpsWorks. CloudFront. CodeDeploy. S3.

Which of the following services helps you deliver content to your customers faster?. CloudFront. S3. Amazon Elastic File System. Elastic Block Store.

A developer would like to build a serverless application but doesn't want to install files or configure their local development machine. Which service will allow the developer to build the application by writing code in a web browser?. Cloud9. CodePipeline. CodeDeploy. CloudFront.

You need to execute code in response to a specific change to your S3 bucket. Which of the following compute services should you choose to execute your code?. lightsail. lambda. Direct Connect. EC2.

Which of the following AWS services allows you to run complex analytic queries against petabytes of structured data, using sophisticated query optimization, columnar storage on high-performance local disks, and massively parallel query execution?. EMR. Redshift. DynamoDB. Kinesis.

Which of the following statements are true of Amazon Redshift?(2). It is a data warehouse service. It is designed for storing petabytes of data. It stores unstructured data. It is used for transactional systems.

Which of the following AWS services enable you to continuously monitor and record configuration changes of your resources?. AWS Trusted Advisor. AWS CloudTrail. Amazon GuardDuty. AWS Config.

A recent audit has dictated that a company begin keeping a log of AWS Management Console actions and API calls. Which AWS service can help with this?. AWS CloudTrail. CloudWatch. AWS Inspector. CloudFormation.

Which of the following are part of the AWS storage services category?(3). Amazon RDS. Amazon EFS. Storage Gateway. Amazon S3. Amazon Redshift.

Which of the following are valid ways for an IAM user to manage AWS resources?(3). Security group access via the AWS command line. Programmatic access via the command line. AWS Management Console access. Using the AWS SDK. Emergency access via Identity and Access Management (IAM).

A customer is migrating their on-premises data center to AWS and has bandwidth constraints. Which service allows them to transport exabyte-scale datasets into AWS in a cost-effective and secure manner?. Snowmobile. Snowcone. Snowball. DataSync.

AWS VPC is a component of which of the following overall service categories?. Database. Compute. Migration services. Storage. Managemet Tools. Networking and Content Delivery.

You need to store a collection of objects that can also be accessed from a different AWS Region. Which service should you use to do this?. EBS. S3. Fargate. dynamodb.

You have just created a new bucket and uploaded a file into it. Will this be automatically viewable by anyone on the internet?. No - by default, buckets and their contents are private. Only if you have an internet gateway. Yes - by default, buckets and their contents are public. Only if you have a NAT gateway.

You need to run your code, but you don’t want to worry about provisioning or managing servers. Which of the following AWS services would you choose?. Lambda. EC2. Storage Gateway. Fargate.

When you upload an object to S3 storage, where will AWS keep it?. In AWS' central global storage site in the us-east-1 Region. In multiple Availability Zones within the Region you select. In a single, central location within the Region you select. In multiple Regions across the globe.

Which of the following falls under the AWS compute services category?(2). Amazon Rekognition. Amazon Elastic Beanstalk. Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR). ElastiCache. AWS Lambda.

Which of the following are AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance services?(3). AWS Key Management Service (KMS). AWS Secrets Manager. AWS Security Hub. AWS Organizations.

A financial company needs to migrate large amounts of data, at a petabyte scale, to AWS. Which AWS service can perform this type of migration?. AWS Snowball. DataSync. Database Migration Service. AWS Data Pipeline.

A company would like to automate the configuration of its servers and deploy code to servers in the cloud and on-premises. Which service meets the requirement?. CodeDeploy. Elastic Beanstalk. OpsWorks. CodeBuild.

Which AWS service allows the deployment of resources in code templates, otherwise known as Infrastructure as Code?. Systems Manager. CloudFormation. Elastic Beanstalk. OpsWorks.

You have infrequently accessed data in S3 buckets that you want to transfer to Glacier. What can you use in AWS to do this?. Database Migration Service. Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS). Bucket policy. S3 Lifecycle Rules.

Your company hosts gaming applications online and would like to deliver these apps to a worldwide audience. Which AWS service would enable delivery to users worldwide and greatly improve response times?. DynamoDB. CloudFormation. CloudFront. ElastiCache.

A company has designed a hybrid architecture and needs to connect its on-premises database to an application running on an EC2 instance in the AWS cloud using a fast, private, and secure manner. Which method allows the company to securely connect on-premises to the cloud?. VPC peering. Public internet. VPN tunnel using AWS VPN. Direct Connect.

A developer needs to provide version control for multiple Python source code files. Which service will provide source control for the files?. CodeCommit. S3. CodeDeploy. CodeBuild.

Which of the following allows you to access AWS services from popular programming languages like Java, Python, and C#?. Programming languages. Software development kits. Command line interface. AWS Management Console.

Which of the following AWS services can assist you with cost optimization?. AWS Shield. AWS WAF. AWS Trusted Advisor. AWS Inspector.