Cloud Computing - Examination - HiiT Online Training

Question 1

Which statement describes cloud computing?

It provides services under a fixed-price contract.
It requires the customer to maintain their own hardware.
It delivers information technology (IT) resources on demand.
It delivers resources to manage data only.

Question 2

A software developer is focused on deploying code that runs on the AWS Cloud. Which cloud service model does this developer use?

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS)
Hybrid model

Question 3

A company has an on-premises data center and also runs a portion of its infrastructure in the cloud. Which cloud computing deployment model describes this scenario?

Public cloud
Dedicated cloud
Private cloud
Hybrid cloud

Question 4

Which statements describe the benefits of virtualization? (Select TWO.)

A virtual machine does not require an operating system.
Multiple virtual machines can be run on a single physical computer.
Implementing virtual machines can reduce resiliency.
Virtual machines can reduce the number of wasted computing resources from underutilized servers.
All hardware or software can be virtualized.

Question 5

What are the benefits of trading fixed expenses for variable expenses? (Select TWO.)

Being able to invest in data centres based on forecast
Paying only when computing resources are consumed
Purchasing physical servers as needed
Paying for only how much is consumed
Purchasing property and buildings as needed

Question 6

What does the concept of massive economies of scale mean in terms of cloud computing?

The cost of cloud computing is reduced when customers use scaling services.
Cloud computing has a lower variable cost when the economy is good.
Savings can be passed on to customers when more customers use AWS.
Savings can be passed on to customers when AWS builds more data centers.

Question 7

What does the phrase “go global in minutes” mean?

Users can instantly have customers from around the world added to their AWS accounts.
Users can deploy their solutions in multiple AWS Regions around the world with a few clicks.
Users can share their computing resources in one AWS Region with other Regions.
Users can access developer resources from around the world to speed up their projects.

Question 8

Which tools can customers use to create and manage resources in the AWS Cloud? (Select THREE.)

AWS Direct Connect
AWS Management Console
AWS CLI
Amazon Aurora
AWS software development kits (SDKs)

Question 9

Which payment options are available for most Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances? (Select THREE.)

All Upfront payment
Partial Upfront payment
No Upfront payment
Instalment payment
Quarterly payment

Question 10

Which types of data transfer are free for Amazon S3? (Select TWO.)

Outbound data transfer from Amazon S3 to Amazon EC2 across different Regions
Outbound data transfer from Amazon S3 to Amazon CloudFront in the same Region
Inbound data transfer from Amazon EC2 to Amazon S3 across different Regions
Inbound data transfer from the internet to Amazon S3
Outbound data transfer from Amazon S3 to the internet

Question 11

Which categories are fundamental drivers of cost with AWS? (Select THREE.)

Compute
Networking and content delivery
Storage
Hardware purchases
Data transfer

Question 12

What is an Availability Zone?

One or more data centers that are built with fault isolation
An isolated geographical area
Data centers that are without fault isolation because they are grouped together
All data centers in a 100-mile radius

Question 13

What is an AWS Region?

A single data center
A group of data centers in a 100-mile radius
A geographical area in the world
A geographical area in the United States

Question 14

An administrator wants to create new users for their AWS account and assign permissions to these users. Which service should the administrator use?

Amazon EC2
AWS Organizations
Amazon Route 53
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Question 15

Which services are in the AWS storage category? (Select TWO.)

Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
AWS Lambda
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

Question 16

Which of the following are AWS service categories? (Select TWO.)

Security, Identity, and Compliance
Availability Zones
Compute
Data warehouse
Amazon Route 53

Question 17

What is AWS responsible for according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

Security in the cloud
Security outside the cloud
Security in and of the cloud
Security of the cloud

Question 18

Which area of concern does the AWS shared responsibility model address in addition to security?

Cost
Performance
Compliance
Availability

Question 19

Which task is the customer responsible for according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

Ensuring that users have entered a user ID and password before they use an application
Securing the physical building where the servers are running
Isolating the virtual server instances in the infrastructure
Applying operating system security updates to the servers that run an AWS managed service

Question 20

How many 9s of durability is Amazon S3 designed to provide?

4 9s (99.99)
6 9s (99.9999)
8 9s (99.999999)
11 9s (99.999999999)

Question 21

A financial company wants to use the lowest-cost Amazon S3 solution for long-term storage. They will need to access their data only once or twice a year. Which Amazon S3 storage class should they choose?

S3 Glacier Deep Archive
S3 Standard-Infrequent Access
S3 Standard
S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access

Question 22

What property uniquely identifies an object in an Amazon S3 bucket?

Object value
Object key
Version
Metadata

Question 23

A developer wants to run an application that loads a large amount of data into memory on an Amazon EC2 instance. Which instance type should the developer choose to achieve the best performance?

General-purpose
Accelerated computing
Memory-optimized
Compute-optimized

Question 24

A company needs to run an application that is fault-tolerant and tolerates interruptions on AWS. Which pricing model would best fit their requirements and help them lower costs as much as possible?

On-Demand Instances
Reserved Instances
Dedicated Instances
Spot Instances

Question 25

A network is assigned the following IP address range: 10.0.0.0–10.255.255.255 Which IP address is the network’s broadcast address?

10.0.0.1
10.0.0.254
10.0.255.254
10.255.255.255

Question 26

A network engineer wants to separate a network from the internet and from other networks. Which IP address type should the engineer use?

Private IP address
Dynamic IP address
Static IP address
Public IP address

Question 27

Which Class Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation defines the smallest range of IP addresses, where x represents a digit?

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/8
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/16
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/24
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/31

Question 28

When configuring an Amazon VPC which of the following is true (Pick Two)?

IP address ranges are defined using CIDR notation and can be as large as /16 or as small as /28
There should not be any IP address overlap with addresses of other networks a VPC is connected to.
IP addresses can overlap with addresses of other networks a VPC is connected to without any issue
IP address ranges are defined using Binary notation and can be as large as 65,000 addresses or as small as 16.

Question 29

Which option is a serverless service for running containers?

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
AWS Fargate
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

Question 30

A company has deployed several relational databases on Amazon EC2 instances. Every month, the database software vendor releases new security patches that need to be applied to the databases. What is the MOST efficient way to apply the security patches?

Connect to each database instance on a monthly basis, and download and apply the necessary security patches from the vendor.
Enable automatic patching for the instances using the Amazon RDS console.
In AWS Config, configure a rule for the instances and the required patch level.
Use AWS Systems Manager to automate database patching according to a schedule.

Question 31

Which tool enables customers to define custom rules for AWS Config?

AWS Lambda
AWS CloudFormation
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon API Gateway

Question 32

Which Systems Manager feature provides secure, hierarchical storage for configuration data and secret management?

Run command
Parameter store
Key management service
Change manager

Question 33

Which type of database is Amazon DynamoDB?

Centralized database
NoSQL database
Relational database
Personal database

Question 34

What does it mean to grant the least privilege to AWS IAM users?

It is granting permissions to a single user only.
It is granting permissions using AWS IAM policies only.
It is granting Administrator Access policy permissions to trustworthy users.
It is granting only the permissions required to perform a given task.

Question 35

If a customer needs to audit the change management of AWS resources, which of the following AWS services should the customer use?

AWS Config
AWS Trusted Advisor
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon Inspector

Question 36

Which AWS container service will help a user install, operate, and scale the cluster management infrastructure?

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

Question 37

Which Systems manager feature provides a simple way to run predefined commands against managed EC2 instances?

Run command
Parameter store
AppConfig
Change manager

Question 38

Which method helps ensure that data saved on disks can only be read with a public key?

Encrypting data in motion
Encrypting data at rest
Detecting malware
Authenticating certificates

Question 39

Which types of information are captured by AWS CloudTrail events when a user performs a service request? (Select TWO.)

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) application programming interface (API) calls that the user request triggers
The cost of the call to the service
The size of the request in kilobytes (KB)
The user who performed the request
E. The IP address where the request originated

Question 40

Which service can be used to build and run applications without provisioning or managing servers?

AWS Lambda
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Docker

Question 41

Which AWS IAM feature allows developers to access AWS services through the AWS CLI?

API keys
Access keys
User names/Passwords
SSH keys

Question 42

A user would like to encrypt data that is received, stored, and managed by AWS CloudTrail. Which AWS service will provide this capability?

AWS Secrets Manager
AWS Systems Manager
AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
AWS Certificate Manager

Question 43

A user needs to quickly deploy a non-relational database on AWS. The user does not want to manage the underlying hardware or the database software. Which AWS service can be used to accomplish this?

Amazon RDS
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Redshift

Question 44

What is a name-value pair that is used for identifying metrics in Amazon CloudWatch?

Metric
Dimension
Namespace
Period

Question 45

How does Amazon DynamoDB achieve high availability and scalability across Regions?

By using a collection of multiple replica tables
By using a collection of multiple items
By using a collection of multiple partition keys
By using a collection of one or more attributes

Question 46

What is Network Address Translation (NAT)?

A protocol that translates public IP addresses to private IP addresses, and private IP addresses to public IP addresses
A protocol that associates multiple private IP addresses with one public IP address
A protocol that’s used when a network is segmented into public subnets and private subnets
A protocol that translates between publicly visible ports and internal ports

Question 47

Which task can be automatically performed by Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) or manually performed by a user?

Periodic backups
Hardware provisioning
Database setup
Operating system (OS) patching

Question 48

Which of the following AWS features enables a user to launch a pre-configured Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance?

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Amazon Machine Image
Amazon EC2 Systems Manager
Amazon AppStream 2.0

Question 49

Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose two.)

Multiple Availability Zones
Performance efficiency
Security
Encryption usage
High availability

Question 50

What does Amazon Web Services (AWS) Enterprise Support offer? (Select TWO.)

Support 24/7 through phone, chat, or email
A response time of less than 15 minutes for all issues
A dedicated consultant from AWS Professional Services
A dedicated AWS Technical Account Manager (TAM)
A dedicated consultant from the AWS Partner Network (APN)

Question 51

Which type of resource does a security group protect?

Virtual server
Router
Subnet
Switch

Question 52

What are the roles of Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to the AWS approach to compliance? (Select TWO.)

To provide highly secure and controlled environments
To provide an array of security features
To configure the customer’s IT environments
To scan the customer’s IT infrastructure for security breaches
To certify that the customer’s IT environments are secure

Question 53

According to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, what change management steps should be taken to achieve reliability in the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

Use AWS Config to generate an inventory of AWS resources
Use service limits to prevent users from creating or making changes to AWS resources
Use AWS CloudTrail to record AWS API calls into an auditable log file
Use AWS Certificate Manager to whitelist approved AWS resources and services
Use Amazon GuardDuty to validate configuration changes made to AWS resources

Question 54

Which resource provides a set of foundational questions that customers can use to understand if their architecture aligns with cloud best practices?

AWS Well-Architected Framework documents
AWS Well-Architected Lenses
AWS Well-Architected Tool
Design document

Question 55

Which scenarios represent the concept of elasticity on AWS? (Choose two.)

Scaling the number of Amazon EC2 instances based on traffic.
Resizing Amazon RDS instances as business needs change.
Automatically directing traffic to less-utilized Amazon EC2 instances.
Using AWS compliance documents to accelerate the compliance process.
Having the ability to create and govern environments using code.

Question 56

What is a key design principle when designing a framework in the cloud?

Test systems at production scale.
Guess capacity needs.
Test systems at development scale.
Exercise the runbook when an issue occurs in production.

Question 57

How does AWS Trusted Advisor provide guidance to users of the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

It identifies software vulnerabilities in applications running on AWS
It provides a list of cost optimization recommendations based on current AWS usage
It detects potential security vulnerabilities caused by permissions settings on account resources
It automatically corrects potential security issues caused by permissions settings on account resource
It provides proactive alerting whenever an Amazon EC2 instance has been compromised

Question 58

What are the basic parts of a security group rule? (Select TWO.)

Media Access Control (MAC) address
IP address
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) name
Port number
Route table name

Question 59

How would an AWS customer easily apply common access controls to a large set of users?

Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group.
Apply an IAM policy to an IAM role.
Apply the same IAM policy to all IAM users with access to the same workload.
Apply an IAM policy to an Amazon Cognito user pool.

Question 60

Which tool can be used to monitor AWS service quotas?

AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Personal Health Dashboard
AWS Cost and Usage report

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