AWS Associate Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Question 1

You have been asked to design a high-availability architecture for a web application that needs to handle fluctuating levels of traffic. Which combination of services would best meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Use an Application Load Balancer across multiple Availability Zones with EC2 Auto Scaling.

Answer

Use a single EC2 instance with an Elastic IP and configure it with Auto Scaling.

Answer

Use EC2 instances in a single Availability Zone with an Application Load Balancer.

Answer

Use an Application Load Balancer across multiple Availability Zones with a single EC2 instance.

Question 2

Which AWS service would you use to manage a relational database that automatically takes care of backups, patching, and scaling?

Accepted Answer

Amazon RDS

Answer

Amazon S3

Answer

Amazon EC2

Answer

Amazon Redshift

Question 3

You are setting up a multi-tier architecture on AWS. Which service should you use to decouple the application layer from the database layer?

Accepted Answer

Amazon SQS

Answer

Amazon S3

Answer

Amazon SNS

Answer

Amazon CloudFront

Question 4

Which AWS service allows you to deploy applications in Docker containers and automatically manage the underlying infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

Amazon ECS

Answer

AWS Lambda

Answer

Amazon RDS

Answer

Amazon Redshift

Question 5

You need to ensure that users across the globe can access your application with low latency. Which AWS service would you use to distribute content closer to users?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudFront

Answer

Amazon RDS

Answer

Amazon Elastic Load Balancer

Answer

AWS Direct Connect