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Fall 2023 Quiz: AWS Cloud Foundations [A total of 30 multiple-choice questions] 1.
Which of the following must be specified when launching a new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Windows instance? (Choose two) a)
Password for the administrator account b)
The Amazon EC2 instance ID c)
Amazon EC2 instance type d)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI) 2.
What are the advantages of cloud computing over computing on-premises? a)
Avoid large capital purchases b)
Use on-demand capacity c)
Go global in minutes d)
Increase speed and agility e)
All of the above 3.
What is the pricing model that enables AWS customers to pay for resources on an as-needed basis? a)
Pay as you decommission b)
Pay as you go c)
Pay as you buy d)
Pay as you reserve 4.
True or False? Containers contain an entire operating system. a)
True b)
False 5.
If your project requires monthly reports that iterate through very large amount of data, which Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) purchasing option should you consider? a)
Spot Instances b)
Scheduled Reserved Instances c)
Dedicated Hosts d)
On-Demand Instances 6.
Which of these is not a benefit of cloud computing over on-premises computing? a)
Increase speed and agility b)
Pay for racking, stacking, and powering servers c)
Eliminate guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs d)
Trade capital expenses for variable expense e)
Benefit from massive economies of scale
2 7.
True or False? AWS owns and maintains the network-connected hardware required for application services, while you provision and use what you need. a)
True b)
False 8.
______ means the infrastructure has built-in component redundancy and _____ means that resources dynamically adjust to increases or decreases in capacity requirements. a)
No human intervention, fault tolerant b)
Elastic and scalable, no human intervention c)
Fault tolerant, elastic and scalable d)
Fault tolerant, no human intervention e)
Elastic and scalable, fault tolerant 9.
You can run applications and workloads from a Region closer to the end users to ______ latency. a)
increase b)
decrease 10.
True or False? Cloud Computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broad set of application services over the internet. You own the network-connected hardware required for these services and Amazon Web Services provisions what you need. a)
True b)
False 11.
Economics of Scale result from_______. a)
having many different cloud providers b)
having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud c)
having hundreds of cloud services available over the internet d)
having to invest heavily in data centers and servers 12.
Which of these are ways to access AWS core services? (Choose three) a)
Technical support calls b)
AWS Marketplace c)
AWS Management Console d)
AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) e)
Software Development Kits (SDKs) 13.
Which component of the AWS Global Infrastructure does Amazon CloudFront use to ensure low-
latency delivery? a)
AWS Regions b)
AWS edge locations c)
AWS Availability Zones d)
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
3 14.
True or False? Networking, storage, compute, and databases are examples of service categories that AWS offers. a)
True b)
False 15.
Which Amazon EC2 option is best for long-term workloads with predictable usage patterns? a)
Spot Instances b)
On-Demand Instances c)
Reserved Instances 16.
Which of the following are geographic areas that host two or more availability Zones? a)
AWS Origins b)
AWS Regions c)
Compute zones d)
Edge locations 17.
What is included in an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)? a)
A template for the root volume for the instance b)
Launch permissions that control which AWS accounts can use the AMI to launch instances c)
A block device mapping that specifies the volumes to attach to the instance when it is launched d)
All of above 18.
Which of these is NOT a cloud deployment model? a)
Platform as a service b)
Infrastructure as a service c)
System administration as a service d)
Software as a service 19.
Which of these statements about Availability Zones is not true? a)
Availability Zones are designed for fault isolation. b)
Availability Zones are made of one or more data centers. c)
A data center can be used for more than one Availability Zone. d)
Availability Zones are connected to each other using high-speed private links. 20.
Which of the following services is a serverless compute service in AWS? a)
AWS Config b)
AWS Lambda c)
AWS OpsWorks d)
Amazon EC2
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4 21.
Which is true about Regions? (Choose two) a)
All Regions are located in one specific geographic area. b)
A Region is a physical location that has multiple Availability Zones c)
They are the physical locations of your customers d)
Each Region is located in a separate geographic area. 22.
Which of the following are NOT benefits of AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two) a)
Multiple procurement cycles b)
High availability c)
High latency d)
Temporary and disposable resources e)
Fault-tolerant databases 23.
AWS highly recommends provisioning your compute resources across ________ Availability Zones. a)
single b)
multiple c)
all d)
no 24.
True or False? Edge locations are only located in the same general area as Regions. a)
True b)
False 25.
Why is AWS more economical than traditional data centers for applications with varying compute workloads? a)
Amazon EC2 costs are billed on a monthly basis. b)
Customers retain full administrative access to their Amazon EC2 instances. c)
Customers can permanently run enough instances to handle peak workloads. d)
Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on-demand when needed. 26.
Which Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) feature ensures your instances will not share a physical host with instances from any other AWS customers? a)
Amazon VPC b)
Placement groups c)
Dedicated Instances d)
Reserved Instances 27.
What is the service provided by AWS that enables developers to easily deploy and manage applications in the cloud? a)
Amazon Elastic Container Service b)
AWS Elastic Beanstalk c)
AWS OpsWork d)
AWS CloudFormation
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True or False? Availability Zones within a Region are connected through low-latency links. a)
True b)
False 29.
Your web application needs four instances to support steady traffic all of the time. On the last day of the month, the traffic triples. What is the most cost-effective way to handle this pattern? a)
Run 12 Reserved instances all the time. b)
Run four On-Demand instances constantly, then add eight more On-Demand instances on the last day of each month. c)
Run four Reserved instances constantly, then add eight On-Demand instances on the last day of each month. d)
Run four On-Demand instances constantly, then add eight Reserved instances on the last day of each month. 30.
Which of the following is a compute service? a)
Amazon VPC b)
Amazon S3 c)
Amazon EC2 d)
Amazon CloudFront e)
Amazon Redshift