AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner Exam - Amazon AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

NEW QUESTION 1
What is the term used to describe giving an AWS user only access to the exact services he/she needs to do the required job and nothing more?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. The Least Privilege User Principal
• B. The Principal of Least Privilege
• C. The Only Access Principal.
• D. None of the above

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 2
What best describes the difference between the TCO Calculator and the Cost Explorer?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. The TCO Calculator help you analyze current AWS usage charges; the Cost Explorer helps you estimate the cost savings of using AWS.
• B. The TCO Calculator helps you estimate the cost savings of using AWS; the Cost Explorer help you analyze current AWS usage charges.
• C. The Cost Explorer helps you calculate hourly EC2 Usage cost; the TCO Calculator is a price list for each AWS service.
• D. The Cost Explorer is a price list for each AWS service; the TCO Calculator helps you calculate hourly EC2 Usage cost.

Answer: B

Explanation:
The TCO calculator is a free tool provided by AWS that allows you to estimate the cost savings of using AWS vs. using an on-premises data center. The Cost Explorer is a free tool that allows you to view charges of your cost (helps you analyze where you are spending money).

NEW QUESTION 3
What best describes the concept of high availability?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. The ability for a system to grow and shrink based on demand.
• B. The ability for a system to withstand a certain amount of failure and still remain functional.
• C. The ability for a system to grow in size, capacity, and/or scope.
• D. The ability for a system be accessible when you attempt to access i

Answer: D

Explanation:
High availability refers to the concept that something will be accessible when you try to access it. An object or web application is "highly available" when it is accessible a vast majority of the time.

NEW QUESTION 4
What MUST you do before you do any penetration testing on your account?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Penetration testing is now allowed.
• B. Contact AWS and let them know first.
• C. Nothing, you are free to do penetration testing whenever you like.
• D. None of the above

Answer: B

Explanation:
You must contact AWS before doing any penetration testing on your account. If you do not notify AWS first, they may shut down your account.

NEW QUESTION 5
The concept of elasticity is most closely associated with which of the following?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Auto Scaling
• B. Network Security
• C. Serverless Computing
• D. Elastic Load Balancing

Answer: A

Explanation:
Elasticity is the concept that a system can easily (and cost-effectively) both increase in capacity based on-demand and also shrink in capacity based on-demand. Auto Scaling on AWS is specifically designed to (automatically) increase and decrease server capacity based on-demand.

NEW QUESTION 6
Jeff is building a web application on AWS. He wants to make sure his application is highly available to his customers. What infrastructure components of the AWS cloud allow Jeff to accomplish this goal? (Select all that apply)
Choose the 2 Correct answers:

• A. Availability Zones
• B. Regional Zones
• C. Regions
• D. Data Locations

Answer: AC

Explanation:
As part of AWS' global infrastructure, Regions and Availability Zones allow for backups and duplicate components to be placed in seperate (isolated) areas of the globe. If one region/Availability Zone
were to fail, duplicates in other regions/Availability Zones can be used.

NEW QUESTION 7
If you want in-depth details on how to create, manage, and attach IAM access policies to IAM users, in what AWS resource should you look?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. AWS How-To-Help Section
• B. AWS Service Documentation
• C. AWS Whitepapers
• D. None of the above

Answer: B

Explanation:
AWS Service documentation is a collection of documents specific to each AWS service. They contain detailed how-to's, as well as technical walkthroughs and specifications.

NEW QUESTION 8
What AWS database service is used for data warehousing of petabytes of data?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. RDS
• B. Elasticache
• C. Redshift
• D. DynamoDB

Answer: C

Explanation:
Redshift is a fully-managed data warehouse that is perfect for storing petabytes worth of data.

NEW QUESTION 9
What AWS storage class should be used for long-term, archival storage?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Glacier
• B. Long-Term
• C. Standard
• D. Infrequent Access

Answer: A

Explanation:
Glacier should be used for (and is specifically designed for) long-term , archival storage.

NEW QUESTION 10
What SQL database engine options are available in RDS? (Select all that apply) Choose the 3 Correct answers:

• A. MariaDB
• B. PostreSQL
• C. MongoDB
• D. MySQL

Answer: ABD

Explanation:
RDS offers the following SQL options: Aurora MySQL MariaDB PostreSQL Oracle Miscrosft SQLServer

NEW QUESTION 11
What does TCO stand for?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Tally of Cost Ownership
• B. Total Continual Ownership
• C. The Cost of Ownership
• D. None of the above

Answer: D

Explanation:
TCO stand for Total Cost of Ownership.

NEW QUESTION 12
You have been tasked by your department head to upload a batch of files to an S3 bucket; however, when you select S3 on the AWS console, you see a notification stating that you do not have permission to access S3. What is the most probable cause of this error?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. It takes 24 hours go get access to S3.
• B. The S3 service is currently down for maintenance.
• C. You do not have an S3 access policy attached to your IAM user.
• D. Your boss has not enabled proper bucket permission

Answer: C

Explanation:
If you get an error stating that you do not have proper permissions to access/use and AWS service, then most likely your IAM user does not have the proper permission policy attached.

NEW QUESTION 13
What are the four primary benefits of using the cloud/AWS?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Elasticity, scalability, easy access, limited storage.
• B. Fault tolerance, scalability, elasticity, and high availability.
• C. Unlimited storage, limited compute capacity, fault tolerance, and high availability.
• D. Fault tolerance, scalability, sometimes available, unlimited storage

Answer: B

Explanation:
Fault tolerance, scalability, elasticity, and high availability are the four primary benefits of AWS/the cloud.

NEW QUESTION 14
What is a main benefit of consolidated billing?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Faster response from AWS technical support.
• B. Gain a volume discount for usage across all your AWS accounts.
• C. Access to a higher support plan level.
• D. None of the abov

Answer: B

Explanation:
Consolidated billing allows you to view, manage, and pay bills for multiple AWS accounts in one user interface. Volume discounts can be earned by combining the usage from all accounts your own.

NEW QUESTION 15
What is the availability and durability rating of S3 Standard Storage Class?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. 99.999999999% Durability and 99.99% Availability
• B. 99.999999999% Availability and 99.90% Durability
• C. 99.999999999% Availability and 99.99% Durability
• D. 99.999999999% Durability and 99.00% Availability

Answer: A

Explanation:
S3 Standard Storage class has a rating of 99.999999999% durability (referred to as 11 nines) and 99.99% availability.

NEW QUESTION 16
Why would a company decide to use AWS over an on-premises data center? (Select all that apply) Choose the 4 Correct answers:

• A. Highly available infrastructure
• B. Elastic resources based on demand
• C. No upfront cost
• D. Cost-effective

Answer: ABCD

Explanation:
All four answers listed are reasons why a company may decide to use AWS over an on-premises data center.

NEW QUESTION 17
What best describes the concept of a virtual private cloud?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. A private section of AWS in which you control what resources are placed inside.
• B. A collection of data centers.
• C. A shared section of AWS between you and other AWS account holders.
• D. A private section of AWS in which you control what resources are placed inside and who can access those resources.

Answer: D

Explanation:
A VPC is a private section of AWS in which you control what resources are placed inside and who can access those resources. A VPC defines your own private network that runs on AWS infrastructure.

NEW QUESTION 18
An Edge Location is a specialized AWS data center that works in conjunction with what AWS service?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Route 53
• B. CloudWatch
• C. Lambda
• D. CloudFront

Answer: D

Explanation:
CloudFront is comprised of a network of Edge Locations (which is where content is cached).

NEW QUESTION 19
What AWS service help you estimate the cost of using AWS vs. an on-premises data center?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Cost Explorer
• B. Consolidated Billing
• C. TCO Calculator
• D. None of the above

Answer: C

Explanation:
The TCO (total cost of ownership) calculator helps you estimate the cost of using AWS vs. an onpremises data center.

NEW QUESTION 20
What you create and S3 bucket, what rules must be followed regarding the bucket name? (Select all that apply) Choose the 2 Correct answers:

• A. Bucket names must be unique across all of AWS.
• B. Bucket names must be between 3-63 characters in length.
• C. Bucket names must contain at least one uppercase letter
• D. Bucket names can be formatted as IP addresses

Answer: AB

Explanation:
Although certain regions do allow for uppercase letters in the bucket name, uppercase letters are NOT required. Also, a bucket name cannot be formatted as an IP address.

NEW QUESTION 21
What AWS service allows you to have your own private network in the AWS cloud?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• B. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• C. Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)
• D. None of the abov

Answer: B

Explanation:
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a private sub-section of AWS that is your own private network. You control what resources you place inside the VPC and the security features around it.

NEW QUESTION 22
Which of the following will effect price you pay for an EC2 instance? (Select all that apply) Choose the 3 Correct answers:

• A. Instance Type.
• B. Selected Storage Class
• C. How long you use the instance for.
• D. Amazon Machine Image (AMI).

Answer: ACD

Explanation:
EC2 instance pricing various depending on many variables. 1) The type of buying option 2) Selected Ami 3) Selected instance type 4) Region 5) Data in/out 6) Storage capacity

NEW QUESTION 23
What acts as an address (like a mailing address) for a web server located on a network?
Choose the Correct Answer

• A. DNS Server
• B. IP Address
• C. Common language domain name
• D. None of the above

Answer: B

Explanation:
An IP address is a severs address on a network. It is how traffic/request get routed to it (much like a piece of mail gets routed to your home).

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