AWS Application Development & DevOps 3

Question 1

Which AWS service lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers?

Accepted Answer

AWS Lambda

Answer

Lambda runs code in response to events without server management.

Question 2

What is the maximum execution timeout for a single AWS Lambda function invocation?

Accepted Answer

15 minutes

Answer

Lambda functions can run for a maximum of 15 minutes per invocation.

Question 3

Which service is commonly used to create, publish, and manage REST and HTTP APIs for serverless backends?

Accepted Answer

Amazon API Gateway

Answer

API Gateway acts as the front door for APIs that invoke Lambda or other backends.

Question 4

In a serverless application, which AWS service provides a NoSQL database that scales automatically with single-digit millisecond latency?

Accepted Answer

Amazon DynamoDB

Answer

DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL key-value and document database built for serverless scale.

Question 5

What framework, built on CloudFormation, simplifies defining serverless resources with a shorthand syntax?

Accepted Answer

AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model)

Answer

SAM extends CloudFormation with simplified syntax for Lambda, APIs, and tables.

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