AWS Cloud Essentials 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS support feature offers 24/7 access to a Technical Account Manager?
- Basic Support
- Developer Support
- Business Support
- Enterprise Support (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Enterprise Support
Enterprise Support includes a designated Technical Account Manager for proactive guidance.
Question 2: What is the main purpose of Amazon VPC?
- Storing objects durably
- Provisioning a logically isolated virtual network (Correct answer)
- Distributing content globally
- Managing database backups
Correct answer: Provisioning a logically isolated virtual network
Amazon VPC lets you provision a logically isolated section of the AWS cloud as your own virtual network.
Question 3: Which AWS service helps distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets?
- Elastic Load Balancing (Correct answer)
- Amazon Route 53
- AWS Direct Connect
- Amazon SNS
Correct answer: Elastic Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets.
Question 4: What does AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) control?
- Network bandwidth limits
- Who can access AWS resources and what actions they can perform (Correct answer)
- Object storage durability
- Region availability
Correct answer: Who can access AWS resources and what actions they can perform
IAM manages authentication and authorization, controlling access to AWS resources.
Question 5: Which storage class is best for infrequently accessed data needing rapid retrieval?
- S3 Standard
- S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (Correct answer)
- S3 Glacier Deep Archive
- S3 One Zone-IA only for primary data
Correct answer: S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
S3 Standard-Infrequent Access is designed for data accessed less often but requiring fast retrieval.
Question 6: What benefit does the AWS global infrastructure of multiple Availability Zones provide?
- Lower compute pricing
- High availability and fault tolerance (Correct answer)
- Unlimited storage
- Free data transfer
Correct answer: High availability and fault tolerance
Multiple Availability Zones enable architectures that remain available even if one zone fails.
Question 7: Which tool provides a cost estimate before deploying AWS resources?
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Pricing Calculator (Correct answer)
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Trusted Advisor
Correct answer: AWS Pricing Calculator
The AWS Pricing Calculator estimates costs for AWS services before you deploy them.
AWS Cloud Essentials 3
Which AWS support feature offers 24/7 access to a Technical Account Manager?