1. You need a configuration management service that will allow your system administrators to use Chef to configure and operate your web applications. Which AWS service would best suit your needs?
AWS OpsWorks is a configuration management service that uses Chef, an automation platform that treats server configurations as code.
Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/welcome.html
2. Which database service would you use to migrate a database from Oracle to MySQL?
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) can migrate your data to and from most widely used commercial and open-source databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, MariaDB, and MySQL. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/userguide/Welcome.html
3. Which AWS service offers the following database engines: SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora, and Oracle?
Amazon RDS offer those database engines as a managed service. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html
4. Your digital media agency needs to convert its media files to formats that can be viewed on a variety of devices. Which AWS service should you use to meet this need?
5. You need to add new users to your AWS account and set password rotation policies for these new users. Which AWS service should you use to do so?
6. What does an AWS Region consist of?
Each region is a separate geographic area. Each region has multiple, isolated locations known as Availability Zones. Further information:
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html
7. Which of the following services connects an on-premise software appliance (or virtual machine) with cloud-based storage?
AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid storage service that enables your on-premises applications to seamlessly use storage in the AWS Cloud. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/userguide/WhatIsStorageGateway.html
8. What is an Amazon VPC?
VPC stands for Virtual Private Cloud. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/
9. An AWS VPC is a component of which group of AWS services?
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a virtual network dedicated to a single AWS account. It is logically isolated from other virtual networks in the AWS cloud, providing compute resources with security and robust networking functionality. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gettingstarted/latest/awsgsg-intro/gsg-aws-compute-network.html
10. Amazon's highly scalable DNS service is known as .
Route53 is AWS' DNS service. The name is a portmanteau of Route 66, an American highway, and 53, the port used for DNS. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/route53/
11. Your company is interested in implementing a VDI solution to replace their local desktop environment. Which AWS service should you consider?
Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed, secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution that runs on AWS. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/
12. What is the fundamental difference between Elastic Beanstalk & CloudFormation?
13. Which AWS service is specifically designed to assist you in processing large datasets?
Amazon EMR is a web service that makes it easy to process large amounts of data efficiently. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-what-is-emr.html
14. Which AWS service is specifically designed to automatically provision the resources required to host the code a developer uploads during the Development process?
15. Which AWS service allows you to run code without having to worry about provisioning any underlying resources (such as virtual machines, databases etc.)
Lambda is the AWS Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) offering that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/
16. Which AWS service is a Content Delivery Network?
CloudFront is AWS' content delivery network. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/
17. Your system administrators need to receive notification of specified events affecting your AWS environment (such as alarms, etc.) Which service should you enable?
18. Which AWS service is used for collating large amounts of data streamed from multiple sources?
Amazon Kinesis is used to collect, process, and analyze real-time streaming data. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/kinesis/
19. You need to implement an automated service that will scan your AWS environment with the goal of both improving security and reducing costs. Which service should you use?
An online resource to help you reduce cost, increase performance, and improve security by optimizing your AWS environment, Trusted Advisor provides real-time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/getting-started.html#trusted-advisor
20. Which of the following is Amazon's No-SQL database service?
DynamoDB is AWS' No-SQL database service. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/dynamodb/
21. Which AWS service offers durable storage for flat files?
S3 is object storage built to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere – websites and mobile apps, corporate applications, and data from IoT sensors or devices. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/gsg/GetStartedWithS3.html
22. Which statement best describes Availability Zones?
An Availability Zone (AZ) is a distinct location within an AWS Region. Each Region comprises at least two AZs. Further information: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/
23. You need to monitor the performance of your EC2 instances (including metrics such as CPU Utilization, Disk IO, etc.) Which service would best meet this requirement?
24. Which AWS service is effectively a NAS in the cloud, allowing you to connect it to multiple EC2 instances at once?
Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) provides simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/whatisefs.html
25. What is an AWS region?
A region is a geographical area divided into Availability Zones. Each region contains at least two Availability Zones. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html#concepts-regions-availability-zones
26. Which AWS service would be the best choice for long-term data archival?
27. What AWS service would you use primarily for data warehousing?
28. Which of the following is a petabyte-scale data transfer solution?
Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses secure appliances to transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS cloud. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/ug/whatissnowball.html
29. You need a service that will aggregate your data from multiple data sources (S3, DynamoDB, RDS, etc.) and provide business intelligence based on this data. Which AWS service should you use?
Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from your data. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/welcome.html
30. You need to supply auditors with logs showing which Users provisioned given resources on your AWS infrastructure. Which service would best satisfy this need?
AWS CloudTrail is a service that enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of your AWS account. Further information: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/cloudtrail-user-guide.html