Architecting on AWS Certification Amazon Web Services 5

Question 1

Which AWS global infrastructure component caches content at locations close to end users to reduce latency for web applications?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudFront Edge Locations

Answer

CloudFront Edge Locations are globally distributed points of presence that cache content and serve it from the location nearest to the user.

Question 2

A financial services company must ensure API keys and database passwords are rotated automatically and never hardcoded. Which AWS service is purpose-built for this?

Accepted Answer

AWS Secrets Manager

Answer

AWS Secrets Manager stores, rotates, and manages access to secrets such as database credentials and API keys automatically.

Question 3

Which AWS compute service is best for running event-driven code in response to triggers such as S3 uploads or API Gateway calls without provisioning servers?

Accepted Answer

AWS Lambda

Answer

AWS Lambda runs code in response to triggers and automatically manages the compute resources, charging only for execution time.

Question 4

What is the maximum size of a single object that can be stored in Amazon S3?

Accepted Answer

5 TB

Answer

Amazon S3 supports individual objects up to 5 TB; objects larger than 5 GB must use the multipart upload API.

Question 5

An architect needs to connect dozens of VPCs and on-premises networks through a central hub with minimal operational overhead. Which service is best suited?

Accepted Answer

AWS Transit Gateway

Answer

AWS Transit Gateway acts as a network transit hub, enabling transitive routing between thousands of VPCs and on-premises networks.

Architecting on AWS Certification Practice Test

Architecting on AWS Certification Practice Test

Architecting on AWS Certification Amazon Web Services 5