Tuesday 23 November 2021

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C01 Practice Exams Set 9

 A company with a set of Admin jobs currently setup in the C# programming language, is moving their infrastructure to AWS. Which of the following would be an efficient means of hosting the Admin related jobs in AWS?   

Options are :

  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) DynamoDB to store the jobs and then run them on demand.
  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) Lambda functions with C# for the Admin jobs.
  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) S3 to store the jobs and then run them on demand.
  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) Config functions with C# for the Admin jobs.

Answer :Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) Lambda functions with C# for the Admin jobs.

Your company has a set of resources hosted on the AWS(Amazon Web Service) Cloud. As a part of the new governing model, there is a requirement that all activity on AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources should be monitored. What is the most efficient way to have this implemented?   

Options are :

  • Use VPC Flow Logs to monitor all activity in your VPC.
  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) Trusted Advisor to monitor all of your AWS(Amazon Web Service) resources.
  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) Inspector to inspect all of the resources in your account.
  • Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) CloudTrail to monitor all API activity.

Answer :Use AWS(Amazon Web Service) CloudTrail to monitor all API activity.

Below are the requirements for a data store in AWS:

a) Ability to perform SQL queries

b) Integration with existing business intelligence tools

c) High concurrency workload that generally involves reading and writing all columns of a small number of records at a time

Which of the following would be an ideal data store for the above requirements? Choose 2 answers from the options below.

Options are :

  • AWS Redshift
  • AWS RDS
  • AWS Aurora
  • AWS S3

Answer :AWS Redshift AWS Aurora

A company currently uses Redshift in AWS. The Redshift cluster is required to be used in a cost-effective manner. As an architect, which of the following would you consider to ensure cost-effectiveness?   

Options are :

  • Use Spot Instances for the underlying nodes in the cluster.
  • Ensure that unnecessary manual snapshots of the cluster are deleted.
  • Ensure VPC Enhanced Routing is enabled.
  • Ensure that CloudWatch metrics are disabled.

Answer :Ensure that unnecessary manual snapshots of the cluster are deleted.

A company has a set of resources hosted in an AWS(Amazon Web Service) VPC. Having acquired another company with its own set of resources hosted in AWS, it is required to ensure that resources in the VPC of the parent company can access the resources in the VPC of the child company. How can this be accomplished?   

Options are :

  • Establish a NAT Instance to establish communication across VPCs.
  • Establish a NAT Gateway to establish communication across VPCs.
  • Use a VPN Connection to peer both VPCs.
  • Use VPC Peering to peer both VPCs.

Answer :Use VPC Peering to peer both VPCs.

An application consists of the following architecture:

a. EC2 Instances in a single AZ behind an ELB

b. A NAT Instance which is used to ensure that instances can download updates from the Internet

Which of the following can be used to ensure better fault tolerance in this setup? Choose 2 answers from the options given below.

Options are :

  • Add more instances in the existing Availability Zone.
  • Add an Auto Scaling Group to the setup.
  • Add more instances in another Availability Zone.
  • Add another ELB for more fault tolerance.

Answer :Add an Auto Scaling Group to the setup. Add more instances in another Availability Zone.

A company has a lot of data hosted on their On-premise infrastructure. Running out of storage space, the company wants a quick win solution using AWS. Which of the following would allow easy extension of their data infrastructure to AWS?   

Options are :

  • The company could start using Gateway Cached Volumes.
  • The company could start using Gateway Stored Volumes.
  • The company could start using the Simple Storage Service.
  • The company could start using Amazon Glacier.

Answer :The company could start using Gateway Cached Volumes.

A company has a sales team and each member of this team uploads their sales figures daily. A Solutions Architect needs a durable storage solution for these documents and also a way to prevent users from accidentally deleting important documents. What among the following choices would deliver protection against unintended user actions?   

Options are :

  • Store data in an EBS Volume and create snapshots once a week.
  • Store data in an S3 bucket and enable versioning.
  • Store data in two S3 buckets in different AWS(Amazon Web Service) regions.
  • Store data on EC2 Instance storage.

Answer :Store data in an S3 bucket and enable versioning.

An application requires a highly available relational database with an initial storage capacity of 8TB. This database will grow by 8GB everyday. To support the expected traffic, at least eight read replicas will be required to handle the database reads. Which of the below options meets these requirements?   

Options are :

  • DynamoDB
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift

Answer :Amazon Aurora

A company has an application that delivers objects from S3 to users. Of late, some users spread across the globe have been complaining of slow response times. Which of the following additional steps would help in building a cost-effective solution and also help ensure that the users get an optimal response to objects from S3?   

Options are :

  • Use S3 Replication to replicate the objects to regions closest to the users.
  • Ensure S3 Transfer Acceleration is enabled to ensure all users get the desired response times.
  • Place an ELB in front of S3 to distribute the load across S3.
  • Place the S3 bucket behind a CloudFront distribution.

Answer :Place the S3 bucket behind a CloudFront distribution.

An application needs to have a messaging system in AWS. It is of the utmost importance that the order of messages is preserved and duplicate messages are not sent. Which of the following services can help fulfill this requirement?   

Options are :

  • AWS SQS FIFO
  • AWS SNS
  • AWS Config
  • AWS ELB

Answer :AWS SQS FIFO

A company is planning on building an application using the services available on AWS. This application will be stateless in nature, and the service must have the ability to scale according to the demand. Which of the following would be an ideal compute service to use in this scenario?   

Options are :

  • AWS DynamoDB
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS S3
  • AWS SQS

Answer :AWS Lambda


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