AWS Associate General Knowledge and Prerequisites

Question 1

Which of the following AWS services is used to manage and provision computing power in the cloud?

Accepted Answer

Amazon EC2

Answer

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) provides scalable computing capacity in the AWS cloud. It allows users to provision and manage virtual servers (instances) with various operating systems and hardware configurations, offering flexible and resizable compute resources for virtually any workload.

Question 2

What is the purpose of the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?

Accepted Answer

To outline the division of responsibilities between AWS and the customer regarding security

Answer

The AWS Shared Responsibility Model defines what security tasks AWS manages ("security *of* the cloud") and what tasks the customer is responsible for ("security *in* the cloud"). This model clarifies the division of labor, ensuring customers understand their role in securing their data and applications while AWS secures the underlying infrastructure.

Question 3

Which AWS service would you use to ensure that your application can scale automatically based on changes in demand?

Accepted Answer

EC2 Auto Scaling

Answer

EC2 Auto Scaling automatically adjusts the number of EC2 instances in your application based on demand, ensuring consistent performance and availability. It dynamically launches or terminates instances according to predefined policies, such as CPU utilization or network traffic, to efficiently handle fluctuating workloads without manual intervention.

Question 4

You want to set up a virtual network in AWS and control how resources communicate with each other. Which service would you use?

Accepted Answer

Amazon VPC

Answer

Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) allows you to provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define. You have complete control over your virtual networking environment, including IP address ranges, subnets, route tables, and network gateways, enabling secure and customized network configurations.

Question 5

Which AWS service is designed to provide a content delivery network (CDN) to distribute content globally with low latency?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudFront

Answer

Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds. It caches content at edge locations worldwide, bringing it closer to users and reducing load on origin servers, thereby improving user experience.

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AWS Associate General Knowledge and Prerequisites