AWS Core Infrastructure Services Flashcards
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Which AWS compute service runs code without requiring you to provision or manage servers?
Answer: AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that executes code in response to events without any server management, billing only for execution time.
Which AWS service automatically adjusts the number of EC2 instances based on demand?
Answer: AWS Auto Scaling
AWS Auto Scaling monitors your applications and automatically adds or removes EC2 instances to maintain performance and minimize cost.
What does 'Availability Zone' mean in AWS?
Answer: An isolated data center location within an AWS Region
An Availability Zone is one or more discrete, physically isolated data centers within a Region, each with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Which AWS service provides a managed platform to deploy and scale web applications without managing the underlying infrastructure?
Answer: AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk handles capacity provisioning, load balancing, scaling, and health monitoring so you can focus on writing code.
Which Amazon S3 feature ensures that a deleted or overwritten object can be recovered?
Answer: S3 Versioning
S3 Versioning preserves every version of an object, allowing you to recover from accidental deletions or overwrites by restoring a previous version.
Which AWS network feature establishes a dedicated private connection from your on-premises data center to AWS?
Answer: AWS Direct Connect
AWS Direct Connect provides a dedicated physical network connection between your on-premises environment and AWS, offering consistent performance and lower data transfer costs.