CCP Trivia 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS pricing model allows customers to pay a lower hourly rate in exchange for a capacity commitment over 1 or 3 years?
- On-Demand Instances
- Spot Instances
- Reserved Instances (Correct answer)
- Dedicated Hosts
Correct answer: Reserved Instances
Reserved Instances provide a significant discount compared to On-Demand pricing in exchange for a 1- or 3-year usage commitment.
Question 2: What AWS service provides a managed Kubernetes container orchestration platform?
- Amazon ECS
- Amazon EKS (Correct answer)
- AWS Fargate
- AWS App Runner
Correct answer: Amazon EKS
Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) is the fully managed Kubernetes service from AWS.
Question 3: Which of the following is NOT one of the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?
- Operational Excellence
- Cost Optimization
- Profitability (Correct answer)
- Reliability
Correct answer: Profitability
The five pillars are Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization — Profitability is not one of them.
Question 4: Which AWS service acts as a virtual firewall to control inbound and outbound traffic at the instance level?
- Network ACL
- Security Group (Correct answer)
- AWS WAF
- AWS Shield
Correct answer: Security Group
Security Groups act as virtual firewalls at the EC2 instance level, controlling inbound and outbound traffic using stateful rules.
Question 5: What does 'high availability' mean in the context of AWS cloud architecture?
- Fast compute speed
- Systems remain operational with minimal downtime (Correct answer)
- Low-cost pricing tiers
- Large storage capacity
Correct answer: Systems remain operational with minimal downtime
High availability refers to designing systems that continue to operate with minimal interruption, even during failures.
Question 6: Which AWS service provides a dedicated private connection between on-premises networks and AWS?
- AWS VPN
- AWS Direct Connect (Correct answer)
- Amazon VPC Peering
- AWS Transit Gateway
Correct answer: AWS Direct Connect
AWS Direct Connect provides a dedicated, private physical network connection between your on-premises data center and AWS.
Question 7: Amazon EC2 Spot Instances allow customers to use spare AWS capacity at what kind of pricing?
- Fixed monthly pricing
- Heavily discounted, market-based pricing (Correct answer)
- On-demand pricing with no commitment
- Prepaid annual pricing only
Correct answer: Heavily discounted, market-based pricing
Spot Instances let you use unused EC2 capacity at up to 90% off On-Demand prices, but AWS can reclaim them with a 2-minute warning.
CCP Trivia 3
Which AWS pricing model allows customers to pay a lower hourly rate in exchange for a capacity commitment over 1 or 3 years?