CLF-C02 Compute Services 2

Question 1

A company wants to run containerized applications without managing the underlying servers. Which AWS service is the best fit?

Accepted Answer

AWS Fargate

Answer

AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers that removes the need to provision or manage servers.

Question 2

Which EC2 pricing model provides the largest discount in exchange for a firm 1- or 3-year commitment with full upfront payment?

Accepted Answer

Reserved Instances

Answer

Reserved Instances with an all-upfront, 3-year term offer the steepest discount (up to ~72%) compared to On-Demand pricing.

Question 3

What happens to an EC2 Spot Instance when AWS needs the capacity back?

Accepted Answer

It receives a 2-minute warning and is then terminated

Answer

AWS provides a 2-minute interruption notice before reclaiming a Spot Instance, after which it is stopped or terminated.

Question 4

Which AWS service lets you run code in response to events such as an S3 object upload without provisioning any servers?

Accepted Answer

AWS Lambda

Answer

AWS Lambda executes code triggered by events and automatically manages all the underlying compute infrastructure.

Question 5

A startup needs a simple way to deploy a web application without worrying about infrastructure configuration. Which service handles capacity provisioning, load balancing, and monitoring automatically?

Accepted Answer

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Answer

Elastic Beanstalk is a PaaS that automatically handles deployment, scaling, load balancing, and health monitoring for web applications.

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CLF-C02 Compute Services 2