AWS Cloud Essentials 2

Question 1

Which AWS pricing model offers the largest discount for committing to a one- or three-year term?

Accepted Answer

Reserved Instances

Answer

Reserved Instances provide significant discounts in exchange for a one- or three-year usage commitment.

Question 2

What does the AWS shared responsibility model say AWS is responsible for?

Accepted Answer

Security of the cloud (infrastructure)

Answer

AWS is responsible for security of the cloud, meaning the underlying infrastructure that runs the services.

Question 3

Which service provides object storage with high durability for files and backups?

Accepted Answer

Amazon S3

Answer

Amazon S3 is an object storage service designed for 99.999999999% durability.

Question 4

What is the primary benefit of the AWS pay-as-you-go pricing approach?

Accepted Answer

Paying only for resources you consume

Answer

Pay-as-you-go means you are billed only for the resources you actually use.

Question 5

Which AWS resource grouping represents an isolated geographic location containing multiple data centers?

Accepted Answer

Region

Answer

An AWS Region is a separate geographic area composed of multiple Availability Zones.

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