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# Practice Exam 11
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Click on the **Answer** button for the correct answer and its explanation.
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1. How can a company reduce its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) using AWS?
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- A. By minimizing large capital expenditures.
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- B. By having no responsibility for third-party license costs.
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- C. By having no operational expenditures.
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- D. By having AWS manage applications.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A
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2. Which options does AWS make available for customers who want to learn about security in the cloud in an instructor-led setting? (Select TWO)
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- A. AWS Trusted Advisor.
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- B. AWS Online Tech Talks.
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- C. AWS Blog.
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- D. AWS Forums.
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- E. AWS Classroom Training.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B, E
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</details>
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3. Which of the following will enhance the security of access to the AWS Management Console’? (Select TWO)
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- A. AWS Secrets Manager.
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- B. AWS Certificate Manager.
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- C. AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (AWS MFA).
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- D. Security groups.
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- E. Password policies.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C, E
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4. Which of the following features can be configured through the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Dashboard? (Select TWO)
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- A. Amazon CloudFront distributions.
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- B. Amazon Route 53.
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- C. Security Groups.
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- D. Subnets.
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- E. Elastic Load Balancing.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C, D
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</details>
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5. For which auditing process does AWS have sole responsibility?
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- A. AWS IAM policies.
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- B. Physical security.
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- C. Amazon S3 bucket policies.
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- D. AWS CloudTrail Logs.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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6. Which of the following are advantages of AWS consolidated billing? (Select TWO)
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- A. The ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts.
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- B. Service limits increasing by default in all accounts.
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- C. A fixed discount on the monthly bill.
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- D. Potential volume discounts, as usage in all accounts is combined.
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- E. The automatic extension of the master account’s AWS support plan to all accounts.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A, D
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</details>
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7. Which of the following common IT tasks can AWS cover to free up company IT resources? (Select TWO)
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- A. Patching databases software.
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- B. Testing application releases.
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- C. Backing up databases.
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- D. Creating database schema.
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- E. Running penetration tests.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A, C
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</details>
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8. A company wants to expand from one AWS Region into a second AWS Region. What does the company need to do to start supporting the new Region?
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- A. Contact an AWS Account Manager to sign a new contract.
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- B. Move an Availability Zone to the new Region.
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- C. Begin deploying resources in the second Region.
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- D. Download the AWS Management Console for the new Region.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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9. Why is it beneficial to use Elastic Load Balancers with applications?
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- A. They allow for the conversion from Application Load.
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- B. Balancers to Classic Load Balancers.
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- C. They are capable of handling constant changes in network traffic patterns.
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- D. They automatically adjust capacity. They are provided at no charge to users.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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10. Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that allows for one-hour target response time for support cases?
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- A. Enterprise.
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- B. Business.
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- C. Developer
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- D. Basic
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer:
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</details>
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11. What is the lowest-cost, durable storage option for retaining database backups for immediate retrieval?
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- A. Amazon S3.
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- B. Amazon Glacier.
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- C. Amazon EBS.
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- D. Amazon EC2 Instance Store.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A
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</details>
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12. What AWS team assists customers with accelerating cloud adoption through paid engagements in any of several specialty practice areas?
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- A. AWS Enterprise Support.
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- B. AWS Solutions Architects.
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- C. AWS Professional Services.
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- D. AWS Account Managers.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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13. A company needs 24/7 phone email and chat access with a response time of less than 1 hour if a production system has a service interruption Which AWS Support plan meets these requirements at the LOWEST cost?
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- A. Basic.
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- B. Developer.
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- C. Business.
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- D. Enterprise.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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14. If a customer needs to audit the change management of AWS resources, which of the following AWS services should the customer use?
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- A. AWS Config.
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- B. AWS Trusted Advisor.
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- C. Amazon CloudWatch.
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- D. Amazon Inspector.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A
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</details>
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15. How does AWS Trusted Advisor provide guidance to users of the AWS Cloud? (Select TWO)
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- A. It identifies software vulnerabilities in applications running on AWS.
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- B. It provides a list of cost optimization recommendations based on current AWS usage.
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- C. It detects potential security vulnerabilities caused by permissions settings on account resources.
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- D. It automatically corrects potential security issues caused by permissions settings on account resources.
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- E. It provides proactive alerting whenever an Amazon EC2 instance has been compromised.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B, C
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</details>
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16. Which AWS managed service is used to host databases?
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- A. AWS Batch.
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- B. AWS Artifact.
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- C. AWS Data Pipeline.
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- D. Amazon RDS.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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17. Which of the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) entities is associated with an access key ID and secret access key when using AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)?
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- A. IAM group.
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- B. IAM user.
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- C. IAM role.
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- D. IAM policy.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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18. Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the customer responsible for?
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- A. Ensuring that disk drives are wiped after use.
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- B. Ensuring that firmware is updated on hardware devices.
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- C. Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest.
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- D. Ensuring that network cables are category six or higher.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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19. Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for use with Linux-based AWS and on-premises servers?
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- A. Amazon S3.
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- B. Amazon Glacier.
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- C. Amazon EBS.
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- D. Amazon EFS.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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20. What credential components are required to gain programmatic access to an AWS account? (Select TWO)
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- A. An access key ID.
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- B. A primary key.
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- C. A secret access key.
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- D. A user ID.
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- E. A secondary key.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A, C
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</details>
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21. Which of the following is a shared control between the customer and AWS?
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- A. Providing a key for Amazon S3 client-side encryption.
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- B. Configuration of an Amazon EC2 instance.
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- C. Environmental controls of physical AWS data centers.
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- D. Awareness.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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22. Which type of AWS storage is ephemeral and is deleted when an instance is stopped Of terminated?
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- A. Amazon EBS.
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- B. Amazon EC2 instance store.
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- C. Amazon EFS.
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- D. Amazon S3.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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23. Which of the following is an advantage of consolidated billing on AWS?
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- A. Volume pricing qualification.
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- B. Shared access permissions.
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- C. Multiple bills per account.
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- D. Eliminates the need for tagging.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A
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</details>
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24. Which services are parts of the AWS serverless platform?
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- A. Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Athena.
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- B. Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SQS, Amazon EMR.
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- C. AWS Step Functions, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon SNS.
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- D. Amazon Athena, Amazon Cognito, Amazon EC2.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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25. Which of the following Amazon EC2 pricing models allow customers to use existing server-bound software licenses?
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- A. Spot Instances.
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- B. Reserved Instances.
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- C. Dedicated Hosts.
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- D. On-Demand Instances.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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26. Which of the following security measures protect access to an AWS account? (Select TWO)
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- A. Enable AWS CloudTrail.
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- B. Grant least privilege access to IAM users.
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- C. Create one IAM user and share with many developers and users.
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- D. Enable Amazon CloudFront.
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- E. Activate multi-factor authentication (MFA) for privileged users.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B, E
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</details>
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27. Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code?
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- A. AWS CodePipeline.
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- B. AWS CodeDeploy.
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- C. AWS Direct Connect.
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- D. AWS CloudFormation.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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28. What is an advantage of deploying an application across multiple Availability Zones?
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- A. There is a lower risk of service failure if a natural disaster causes a service disruption in a given AWS Region.
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- B. The application will have higher availability because it can withstand a service disruption in one Availability Zone.
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- C. There will be better coverage as Availability Zones are geographical^ distant and can serve a wider area.
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- D. There will be decreased application latency that will improve the user experience.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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29. A customer needs to run a MySQL database that easily scales. Which AWS service should they use?
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- A. Amazon Aurora.
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- B. Amazon Redshift.
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- C. Amazon DynamoDB.
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- D. Amazon ElastiCache.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A
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</details>
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30. Which of the following is an AWS Cloud architecture design principle?
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- A. Implement single points of failure.
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- B. Implement loose coupling.
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- C. Implement monolithic design.
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- D. Implement vertical scaling.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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31. AWS Enterprise Support users have access to which service or feature that is not available to users with other AWS Support plans?
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- A. AWS Trusted Advisor.
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- B. AWS Support case.
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- C. Concierge team.
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- D. Amazon Connect.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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32. A company will be moving from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. What would be one financial difference after the move?
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- A. Moving from variable operational expense ( opex ) to upfront capital expense (capex).
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- B. Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable capital expense (capex).
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- C. Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable operational expense ( opex ).
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- D. Elimination of upfront capital expense (capex) and elimination of variable operational expense ( opex ).
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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33. When performing a cost analysis that supports physical isolation of a customer workload, which compute hosting model should be accounted for in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)?
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- A. Dedicated Hosts
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- B. Reserved Instances
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- C. On-Demand Instances
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- D. No Upfront Reserved Instances
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A
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</details>
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34. Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data backups?
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- A. Amazon RDS.
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- B. Amazon Glacier.
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- C. AWS Snowball.
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- D. AWS EBS.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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35. Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that provides technical support through phone calls?
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- A. Enterprise.
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- B. Business.
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- C. Developer.
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- D. Basic.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B
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</details>
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36. Which Amazon EC2 instance pricing model can provide discounts of up to 90%?
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- A. Reserved Instances.
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- B. On-Demand.
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- C. Dedicated Hosts.
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- D. Spot Instances.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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37. Which of the following AWS services can be used to serve large amounts of online video content with the lowest possible latency? (Select TWO)
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- A. appGateway.
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- B. Amazon S3.
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- C. Amazon Elastic File System (EFS).
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- D. Amazon Glacier.
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- E. Amazom CloudFront.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B, E
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</details>
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38. What can AWS edge locations be used for? (Select TWO)
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- A. Hosting applications.
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- B. Delivering content closer to users.
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- C. Running NoSQL database caching services.
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- D. Reducing traffic on the server by caching responses.
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- E. Sending notification messages to end users.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B, D
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</details>
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39. A company is planning to migrate from on-premises to the AWS Cloud. When AWS tool or service provides detailed reports on estimated cost savings after migration?
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- A. AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator.
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- B. Cost Explorer.
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- C. AWS Budgets.
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- D. AWS Migration Hub.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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40. Which AWS service provides a customized view of the health of specific AWS services that power a customer’s workloads running on AWS?
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- A. AWS Service Health Dashboard.
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- B. AWS X-Ray.
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- C. AWS Personal Health Dashboard.
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- D. Amazon CloudWatch.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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41. One of the advantages to moving infrastructure from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud is:
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- A. It allows the business to eliminate IT bills.
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- B. It allows the business to put a server in each customer’s data center.
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- C. It allows the business to focus on business activities.
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- D. It allows the business to leave servers unpatched.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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42. How can an AWS user with an AWS Basic Support plan obtain technical assistance from AWS?
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- A. AWS Senior Support Engineers.
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- B. AWS Technical Account Managers.
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- C. AWS Trusted Advisor.
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- D. AWS Discussion Forums.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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43. How can a user protect against AWS service disruptions if a natural disaster affects an entire geographic area?
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- A. Deploy applications across multiple Availability Zones within an AWS Region.
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- B. Use a hybrid cloud computing deployment model within the geographic area.
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- C. Deploy applications across multiple AWS Regions.
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- D. Store application artifacts using AWS Artifact and replicate them across multiple AWS Regions.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: C
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</details>
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44. Which activity is a customer responsibility in the AWS Cloud according to the AWS shared responsibility model?
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- A. Ensuring network connectivity from AWS to the internet.
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- B. Patching and fixing flaws within the AWS Cloud infrastructure.
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- C. Ensuring the physical security of cloud data centers.
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- D. Ensuring Amazon EBS volumes are backed up.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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45. In which scenario should Amazon EC2 Spot Instances be used?
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- A. A company wants to move its main website to AWS from an on-premises web server.
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- B. A company has a number of application services whose Service Level Agreement (SLA) requires 99.999% uptime.
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- C. A company’s heavily used legacy database is currently running on-premises.
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- D. A company has a number of infrequent, interruptible jobs that are currently using On-Demand Instances.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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46. A customer is deploying a new application and needs to choose an AWS Region. Which of the following factors could influence the customer’s decision? (Select TWO)
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- A. Reduced latency to users.
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- B. The application’s presentation in the local language.
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- C. Data sovereignty compliance.
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- D. Cooling costs in hotter climates.
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- E. Proximity to the customer’s office for on-site visits.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A, C
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</details>
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47. Which AWS service provides alerts when an AWS event may impact a company’s AWS resources?
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- A. AWS Personal Health Dashboard.
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- B. AWS Service Health Dashboard.
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- C. AWS Trusted Advisor.
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- D. AWS Infrastructure Event Management.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: A
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</details>
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48. Which disaster recovery scenario offers the lowest probability of down time?
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- A. Backup and restore.
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- B. Pilot light.
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- C. Warm standby.
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- D. Multi-site active-active.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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49. Which service’s PRIMARY purpose is software version control?
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- A. Amazon CodeStar.
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- B. AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
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- C. Amazon Cognito.
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- D. AWS CodeCommit.
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: D
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</details>
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50. How can a customer increase security to AWS account logons? (Select TWO)
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- A. Configure AWS Certificate Manager
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- B. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
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- C. Use Amazon Cognito to manage access
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- D. Configure a strong password policy
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- E. Enable AWS Organizations
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<details markdown=1><summary markdown='span'>Answer</summary>
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Correct answer: B, D
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</details>
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Please feel free to comment below if any information is inaccurate or if any answers need correction.
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