CCP Certified Cloud Practitioner 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS service provides a fully managed message queuing service to decouple microservices?
- Amazon SNS
- Amazon SQS (Correct answer)
- Amazon MQ
- AWS Step Functions
Correct answer: Amazon SQS
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables decoupling and scaling of microservices.
Question 2: What AWS feature allows you to set spending limits and receive alerts when costs exceed a threshold?
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- AWS Budgets (Correct answer)
- AWS Pricing Calculator
Correct answer: AWS Budgets
AWS Budgets allows you to set custom cost and usage budgets and sends alerts when your spending exceeds or is forecasted to exceed your thresholds.
Question 3: Which security service protects AWS applications from common web exploits like SQL injection?
- AWS Shield
- Amazon GuardDuty
- AWS WAF (Correct answer)
- Amazon Macie
Correct answer: AWS WAF
AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) protects web applications from common exploits like SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
Question 4: Which AWS service automatically detects security threats using machine learning and threat intelligence?
- AWS WAF
- Amazon Inspector
- Amazon GuardDuty (Correct answer)
- AWS Shield
Correct answer: Amazon GuardDuty
Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior using ML.
Question 5: A company wants to use AWS services in China. What should they be aware of?
- China Regions use the same AWS accounts as global regions
- China Regions are operated by local partners and require separate accounts (Correct answer)
- AWS does not offer services in China
- China Regions offer all the same services as US Regions
Correct answer: China Regions are operated by local partners and require separate accounts
AWS China Regions are operated by local Chinese partners (Sinnet and NWCD) and require separate accounts from global AWS accounts.
Question 6: Which AWS service enables you to create infrastructure as code using templates to provision resources consistently?
- AWS OpsWorks
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS CloudFormation (Correct answer)
- AWS Config
Correct answer: AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation allows you to model, provision, and manage AWS resources using infrastructure-as-code templates in JSON or YAML.
Question 7: What is an AWS Region?
- A single data center used for disaster recovery
- A group of edge locations for content delivery
- A geographic area with multiple, isolated Availability Zones (Correct answer)
- A virtual network dedicated to one AWS account
Correct answer: A geographic area with multiple, isolated Availability Zones
An AWS Region is a physical location around the world where AWS clusters data centers, consisting of multiple isolated Availability Zones.
CCP Certified Cloud Practitioner 5
Which AWS service provides a fully managed message queuing service to decouple microservices?