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AWS Compute Services Flashcards

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  1. Which EC2 purchasing option offers the greatest discount in exchange for a 1- or 3-year commitment to a specific instance type in a specific region?

    Answer: Reserved Instances

    Reserved Instances provide up to 72% discount over On-Demand pricing in exchange for a 1- or 3-year usage commitment.

  2. What is the maximum execution timeout for an AWS Lambda function?

    Answer: 15 minutes

    AWS Lambda functions can run for a maximum of 15 minutes (900 seconds) per invocation.

  3. Which EC2 feature runs your instance on single-tenant hardware dedicated solely to your account?

    Answer: Dedicated Instances

    Dedicated Instances run on hardware dedicated to a single customer, ensuring physical isolation from other AWS accounts.

  4. Which AWS service provides fully managed Kubernetes container orchestration?

    Answer: Amazon EKS

    Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) is the managed Kubernetes service that runs upstream Kubernetes without needing to install or operate a control plane.

  5. Which EC2 Auto Scaling policy type maintains a specified metric at a desired target value, such as keeping average CPU at 50%?

    Answer: Target tracking scaling

    Target tracking scaling automatically adjusts capacity to keep a chosen CloudWatch metric at a user-defined target value.

  6. What EC2 feature saves the in-memory state of a running instance so it can be stopped and later resumed exactly where it left off?

    Answer: Hibernate

    EC2 Hibernate saves the RAM contents to the EBS root volume so the instance can resume its previous state after stopping.