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Networking and Connectivity Flashcards

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  1. A company requires a dedicated, low-latency private connection from their data center to a cloud provider with guaranteed throughput. Which solution is MOST appropriate?

    Answer: Direct Connect or ExpressRoute dedicated circuit

    Direct Connect (AWS) and ExpressRoute (Azure) provide dedicated private circuits between on-premises infrastructure and the cloud, offering consistent bandwidth and lower latency than internet-based VPNs.

  2. What is the primary advantage of using a Content Delivery Network (CDN) in a cloud architecture?

    Answer: It reduces latency by caching content at edge locations near users

    A CDN caches content at geographically distributed edge locations, reducing latency by serving requests from the point of presence closest to each user.

  3. A cloud architect needs to connect multiple VPCs and on-premises networks using a hub-and-spoke topology. Which service best supports this design?

    Answer: Transit Gateway

    A Transit Gateway acts as a central hub connecting multiple VPCs and on-premises networks, simplifying large-scale network architectures in a hub-and-spoke model.

  4. What is the CIDR notation for a subnet that provides exactly 254 usable host addresses?

    Answer: /24

    A /24 subnet provides 256 total addresses (2^8), with 254 usable host addresses after reserving the network address and broadcast address.

  5. Which type of cloud load balancer operates at OSI Layer 7 and can route requests based on HTTP headers, URL paths, and hostnames?

    Answer: Application Load Balancer

    An Application Load Balancer (ALB) operates at Layer 7 (application layer) and supports content-based routing using HTTP headers, URL paths, and hostnames.

  6. In cloud networking terminology, what does 'east-west traffic' refer to?

    Answer: Lateral traffic flowing between servers or services within the same cloud environment

    East-west traffic refers to lateral traffic flowing between servers, microservices, or workloads within the same cloud environment or data center.

  7. A cloud engineer needs two subnets in different VPCs across different AWS accounts (same region) to communicate privately without internet transit. Which solution achieves this?

    Answer: VPC Peering with cross-account authorization

    VPC Peering supports cross-account connections, enabling private communication between VPCs in different accounts using private IP addresses with no internet transit.