CLF-C02 Cloud Concepts & AWS Core Services 4

Question 1

Which AWS service would you use to monitor CPU utilization of your EC2 instances and set alarms when thresholds are breached?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudWatch

Answer

Amazon CloudWatch collects metrics like CPU utilization and lets you create alarms that trigger notifications or actions when thresholds are exceeded.

Question 2

A company needs to send transactional emails (order confirmations, password resets) at scale from their AWS-hosted application. Which service should they use?

Accepted Answer

Amazon SES

Answer

Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) is designed for sending large volumes of transactional or marketing emails from applications.

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of an AWS Availability Zone (AZ)?

Accepted Answer

To provide fault isolation so a failure in one AZ does not affect others

Answer

Availability Zones are physically separate data centers within a Region, designed so failures (power, cooling, network) are isolated and do not cascade.

Question 4

Which AWS tool provides automated recommendations to help optimize your AWS environment for cost, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits?

Accepted Answer

AWS Trusted Advisor

Answer

AWS Trusted Advisor analyzes your AWS environment and provides real-time guidance across five categories: cost, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits.

Question 5

Which deployment model describes running workloads on infrastructure you own and operate in your own facilities, without using cloud services?

Accepted Answer

Private cloud (on-premises)

Answer

A private/on-premises deployment means infrastructure is owned and managed internally, not hosted by a cloud provider like AWS.

(CLF-C02) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Test

(CLF-C02) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Test

CLF-C02 Cloud Concepts & AWS Core Services 4