CCP Trivia 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS service is used to manage and automate the deployment of infrastructure using code templates?
- AWS CodeDeploy
- AWS CloudFormation (Correct answer)
- AWS Config
- AWS Systems Manager
Correct answer: AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation is the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service that provisions and manages AWS resources using JSON or YAML templates.
Question 2: What is the name of AWS's content delivery network (CDN) service?
- AWS Global Accelerator
- Amazon CloudFront (Correct answer)
- Amazon Route 53
- AWS Transit Gateway
Correct answer: Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is AWS's CDN service that delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs globally with low latency.
Question 3: Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, who is responsible for patching the guest operating system on an EC2 instance?
- AWS
- The customer (Correct answer)
- Both AWS and the customer equally
- AWS for Linux, customer for Windows
Correct answer: The customer
Customers are responsible for patching and maintaining the guest OS on EC2 instances; AWS manages the underlying hypervisor and hardware.
Question 4: Which AWS service provides centralized logging by collecting and monitoring log files from AWS resources?
- AWS X-Ray
- Amazon CloudWatch Logs (Correct answer)
- AWS CloudTrail
- Amazon GuardDuty
Correct answer: Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Amazon CloudWatch Logs allows you to centralize log collection, monitor, and store log data from EC2 instances, Lambda, and other AWS services.
Question 5: What does the AWS Free Tier offer for Amazon EC2?
- Unlimited t2.micro usage for 12 months
- 750 hours per month of t2.micro or t3.micro for 12 months (Correct answer)
- Free EC2 usage for all instance types
- Free EC2 for students only
Correct answer: 750 hours per month of t2.micro or t3.micro for 12 months
The AWS Free Tier includes 750 hours per month of t2.micro (or t3.micro in supported regions) Linux/Windows usage for the first 12 months.
Question 6: Which AWS service helps you assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources for compliance?
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- AWS Config (Correct answer)
- Amazon Inspector
- AWS Security Hub
Correct answer: AWS Config
AWS Config continuously monitors and records your AWS resource configurations and evaluates them against desired compliance rules.
Question 7: What is the minimum number of Availability Zones recommended for a highly available AWS architecture?
- 1
- 2 (Correct answer)
- 3
- 4
Correct answer: 2
AWS recommends deploying across at least 2 Availability Zones to achieve high availability and fault tolerance.
CCP Trivia 4
Which AWS service is used to manage and automate the deployment of infrastructure using code templates?