AWS Cloud Technical Essentials -Week1
1. Question
What are the four main factors that a solutions architect should consider when they must choose a Region?
1 / 1 point
Latency, price, service availability, and compliance
Latency, high availability, taxes, and compliance
Latency, taxes, speed, and compliance
Latency, security, high availability, and resiliency
2.Question
True or False: Every action a user takes in AWS is an API call.
1 point
True
False
3. Question
Which statement BEST describes the relationship between Regions, Availability Zones and data centers? 1 point
Availability Zones are clusters of Regions. Regions are clusters of data centers.
Data centers are cluster of Availability Zones. Regions are clusters of Availability Zones.
Regions are clusters of Availability Zones. Availability Zones are clusters of data centers.
Data centers are clusters of Regions. Regions are clusters of Availability Zones.
4. Question
Which of the following is a benefit of cloud computing?
1 point
Run and maintain your own data centers.
Increase time-to-market.
Overprovision for scale.
Go global in minutes.
5.Question
A company wants to manage AWS services by using the command line and automating them with scripts. What should the company use to accomplish this goal?
1 point
AWS Management Console
AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
AWS SDKs
AWS Management Console and AWS SDKs
6.Question
What is a best practice when securing the AWS account root user?
1 point
Activate AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) access to the Billing and Cost Management console
Use the root user for routine administrative tasks
Change account settings
Enable multi-factor authentication
7. Question
A solutions architect is consulting for a company. When users in the company authenticate to a corporate network, they want to be able to use AWS without needing to sign in again. Which AWS identity should the solutions architect recommend for this use case?
1 point
AWS account root user
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user
IAM Role
IAM Group
8. Question
Which of the following can be found in an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy?
1 point
Effect
Action
Object
A and B
B and C
9. Question
True or False: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies can restrict the actions of the AWS account root user.
1 point
True
False
10. Question
According to the AWS shared responsibility model, which of the following is the responsibility of AWS?
1 point
Controlling the operating system and application platform, as well as encrypting, protecting, and managing customer data.
Managing customer data, encrypting that data, and protecting the data through network firewalls and backups.
Managing the hardware, software, and networking components that run AWS services, such as the physical servers, host operating systems, virtualization layers, and AWS networking components.
Managing customer data, encrypting that data, and protecting the data through client-side encryption.
11. Question
Which of the following is recommended if a company has a single AWS account, and multiple people who work with AWS services in that account?
1 point
All people must use the root user to work with AWS services on a daily basis.
The company should create an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) group, grant the group permissions to perform specific job functions, and assign users to a group, or use IAM roles.
The company must create AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users, and grant users the permissions to perform specific job functions.
The company must create an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user and grant the user the permissions to access all AWS resources.
12. Question
True or False: According to the AWS shared responsibility model, a customer is responsible for security in the cloud.
1point
True
False
13. Question
Which of the following provides temporary credentials (that expire after a defined period of time) to AWS services?
1 point
Principle of least privilege
IAM role
Identity provider (IdP)
AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On)
14. Question
A user is hosting a solution on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Which networking component is needed to create a private network for their AWS resources?
1point
Virtual private cloud (VPC)
Instance
Tags
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)