AWS Associate Certified Solutions Architect - Associate 3

Question 1

A workload requires that compute capacity automatically increases when CPU utilization exceeds 70% and decreases when it drops below 30%. Which Auto Scaling policy type should be configured?

Accepted Answer

Target tracking scaling

Answer

Target tracking scaling automatically adjusts capacity to maintain a specified metric target, such as 70% average CPU utilization.

Question 2

An architect needs to decouple a order-processing system so that the order service and fulfillment service can scale independently. Which AWS service provides a durable message buffer?

Accepted Answer

Amazon SQS

Answer

Amazon SQS is a managed message queue that buffers messages between producers and consumers, allowing independent scaling of each tier.

Question 3

An S3 bucket contains objects that are frequently accessed for the first 30 days and rarely accessed afterward. Which lifecycle policy minimizes storage cost?

Accepted Answer

Transition objects to S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval after 30 days

Answer

S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval offers the lowest storage cost for rarely accessed data that still requires millisecond retrieval.

Question 4

A Lambda function must access a secret stored in AWS Secrets Manager. Which permission model is required?

Accepted Answer

Grant secretsmanager:GetSecretValue permission to the Lambda execution role

Answer

The Lambda execution role must have the secretsmanager:GetSecretValue action allowed so the function can retrieve the secret at runtime.

Question 5

A company wants to run containers without managing the underlying EC2 instances. Which AWS compute option achieves this?

Accepted Answer

Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate

Answer

AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers that removes the need to provision or manage EC2 instances.

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AWS Associate Certified Solutions Architect - Associate 3