CCP (CLF-C01) 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS service provides a global content delivery network (CDN) to deliver content with low latency?
- Amazon Route 53
- AWS Global Accelerator
- Amazon CloudFront (Correct answer)
- Elastic Load Balancing
Correct answer: Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is a CDN that delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to users globally with low latency from edge locations.
Question 2: Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is AWS responsible for?
- Encrypting application data
- Managing IAM user permissions
- Patching underlying physical hardware (Correct answer)
- Configuring security groups
Correct answer: Patching underlying physical hardware
AWS is responsible for the security 'of' the cloud, including maintaining and patching the physical hardware and underlying infrastructure.
Question 3: Which AWS service would you use to migrate an existing on-premises database to AWS with minimal downtime?
- AWS DataSync
- AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) (Correct answer)
- AWS Snowball
- AWS Transfer Family
Correct answer: AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) migrates databases to AWS with minimal downtime by continuously replicating changes during migration.
Question 4: What is a key advantage of using AWS Spot Instances?
- Guaranteed capacity at any time
- Up to 90% cost savings over On-Demand pricing (Correct answer)
- No interruptions to running workloads
- Fixed pricing regardless of demand
Correct answer: Up to 90% cost savings over On-Demand pricing
Spot Instances use spare AWS capacity and can save up to 90% compared to On-Demand prices, though they can be interrupted with a 2-minute warning.
Question 5: Which AWS service provides a NoSQL key-value and document database with single-digit millisecond performance?
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon DynamoDB (Correct answer)
- Amazon Aurora
Correct answer: Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database offering consistent single-digit millisecond latency at any scale.
Question 6: A company wants to run containerized applications without managing the underlying infrastructure. Which AWS service fits this need?
- Amazon EC2
- AWS Fargate (Correct answer)
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- Amazon WorkSpaces
Correct answer: AWS Fargate
AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers that removes the need to provision and manage servers.
Question 7: Which AWS tool provides automated recommendations to help optimize costs, security, performance, and fault tolerance?
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Config
- AWS Trusted Advisor (Correct answer)
- AWS Compute Optimizer
Correct answer: AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Trusted Advisor inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time recommendations across cost optimization, security, performance, and fault tolerance.
CCP (CLF-C01) 5
Which AWS service provides a global content delivery network (CDN) to deliver content with low latency?