CLF-C02 Compute Services 3

Question 1

Which AWS service is specifically designed for running batch computing workloads at any scale without managing clusters?

Accepted Answer

AWS Batch

Answer

AWS Batch dynamically provisions the optimal quantity and type of compute resources to run batch jobs without you managing clusters.

Question 2

What is the maximum execution duration for a single AWS Lambda function invocation?

Accepted Answer

15 minutes

Answer

AWS Lambda functions can run for a maximum of 15 minutes (900 seconds) per invocation.

Question 3

A company runs a fleet of EC2 instances and wants to automatically replace any instance that fails a health check. Which feature provides this?

Accepted Answer

EC2 Auto Scaling

Answer

EC2 Auto Scaling monitors instance health and automatically terminates and replaces unhealthy instances to maintain the desired capacity.

Question 4

Which statement accurately describes the relationship between Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate?

Accepted Answer

ECS is the container orchestrator; Fargate is a serverless launch type for ECS tasks

Answer

Amazon ECS orchestrates containers and can use either the EC2 launch type (you manage servers) or the Fargate launch type (serverless).

Question 5

Which compute service would you choose to run a machine learning training job that requires GPU acceleration?

Accepted Answer

Accelerated Computing EC2 (P or G family)

Answer

Accelerated Computing instances (P, G, Trn families) include GPUs or custom ASICs suited for ML training, graphics rendering, and HPC.

(CLF-C02) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Test