A company wants to run a simulation for 3 years without interruptions.
Which Amazon EC2 instance purchasing option will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

A. Spot Instances

B. Reserved Instances

C. Dedicated Hosts

D. On-Demand Instances

A company has deployed several public applications behind Application Load Balancers. The company wants to improve the performance of the applications.
Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

A. AWS Global Accelerator

B. Amazon Connect

C. Amazon ElastiCache

D. Amazon CloudWatch

A company wants to define a central data protection policy that works across AWS services for compute, storage, and database resources.
Which AWS service will meet this requirement?

A. AWS Batch

B. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

C. AWS Backup

D. Amazon FSx

Which of the following actions are controlled with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? (Choose two.)

A. Control access to AWS service APIs and to other specific resources.

B. Provide intelligent threat detection and continuous monitoring.

C. Protect the AWS environment using multi-factor authentication (MFA).

D. Grant users access to AWS data centers.

E. Provide firewall protection for applications from common web attacks.

Which option is an environment that consists of one or more data centers?

A. Amazon CloudFront

B. Availability Zone

C. VPC

D. AWS Outposts

A company wants to migrate critical on-premises production systems to Amazon EC2 instances. The production instances will be used for at least 3 years. The company wants a pricing option that will minimize cost.
Which solution will meet these requirements?

A. On-Demand Instances

B. Reserved Instances

C. Spot Instances

D. AWS Free Tier

Which AWS service gives users the ability to build interactive business intelligence dashboards that include machine learning insights?

A. Amazon Athena

B. Amazon Kendra

C. Amazon QuickSight

D. Amazon Redshift

Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code?

A. AWS CodePipeline

B. AWS CodeDeploy

C. AWS Direct Connect

D. AWS CloudFormation

Which actions are the responsibility of AWS, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)

A. Securing the virtualization layer

B. Patching the operating system on Amazon EC2 instances

C. Enforcing a strict password policy for IAM users

D. Patching the operating system on Amazon RDS instances

E. configuring security groups and network ACLs

Which task is the responsibility of AWS, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

A. Apply guest operating system patches to Amazon EC2 instances.

B. Provide monitoring of human resources information management (HRIM) systems.

C. Perform automated backups of Amazon RDS instances.

D. Optimize the costs of running AWS services.

Which AWS service provides command line access to AWS tools and resources directly from a web browser?

A. AWS CloudHSM

B. AWS CloudShell

C. Amazon WorkSpaces

D. AWS Cloud Map

Which task is a customer's responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

A. Management of the guest operating systems

B. Maintenance of the configuration of infrastructure devices

C. Management of the host operating systems and virtualization

D. Maintenance of the software that powers Availability Zones

A university receives a grant to conduct research by using AWS services. The research team needs to make sure the grant money lasts for the entire school year. The team has decided on a monthly allocation that adds up to the total grant amount.
Which AWS service or feature will notify the team if spending exceeds the planned amount?

A. AWS Budgets

B. Cost Explorer

C. Cost allocation tags

D. Cost categories

A systems administrator created a new IAM user for a developer and assigned the user an access key instead of a user name and password. What is the access key used for?

A. To access the AWS account as the AWS account root user

B. To access the AWS account through the AWS Management Console

C. To access the AWS account through a CLI

D. To access all of a company’s AWS accounts

A company launched an Amazon EC2 instance with the latest Amazon Linux 2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
Which actions can a system administrator take to connect to the EC2 instance? (Choose two.)

A. Use Amazon EC2 Instance Connect.

B. Use a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection.

C. Use AWS Batch.

D. Use AWS Systems Manager Session Manager.

E. Use Amazon Connect.

Which AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) perspective focuses on managing identities and permissions at scale?

A. Operations

B. Platform

C. Governance

D. Security

Which Amazon EC2 instance pricing model can provide discounts of up to 90%?

A. Reserved Instances

B. On-Demand

C. Dedicated Hosts

D. Spot Instances

A company needs to use dashboards and charts to analyze insights from business data.
Which AWS service will provide the dashboards and charts for these insights?

A. Amazon Macie

B. Amazon Aurora

C. Amazon QuickSight

D. AWS CloudTrail

Which AWS service or feature provides a firewall at the subnet level within a VPC?

A. Security group

B. Network ACL

C. Elastic network interface

D. AWS WAF

Which AWS service provides the ability to host a NoSQL database in the AWS Cloud?

A. Amazon Aurora

B. Amazon DynamoDB

C. Amazon RDS

D. Amazon Redshift

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model provides the MOST cost savings for an always-up, right-sized database server running for a project that will last 1 year?

A. On-Demand Instances

B. Convertible Reserved Instances

C. Spot Instances

D. Standard Reserved Instances

A company has batch workloads that need to run for short periods of time on Amazon EC2. The workloads can handle interruptions and can start again from where they ended.
What is the MOST cost-effective EC2 instance purchasing option to meet these requirements?

A. Reserved Instances

B. Spot Instances

C. Dedicated Instances

D. On-Demand Instances

A company runs Amazon EC2 instances in a research lab. The instances run for 3 hours each week and cannot be interrupted.
What is the MOST cost-effective instance purchasing option to meet these requirements?

A. Compute Savings Plan

B. On-Demand Instances

C. Convertible Reserved Instances

D. Spot Instances

A company stores data in an Amazon S3 bucket.
Which task is the responsibility of AWS?

A. Configure an S3 Lifecycle policy.

B. Activate S3 Versioning.

C. Configure S3 bucket policies.

D. Protect the infrastructure that supports S3 storage.

A company wants a unified tool to provide a consistent method to interact with AWS services.
Which AWS service or tool will meet this requirement?

A. AWS CLI

B. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

C. AWS Cloud9

D. AWS Virtual Private Network (AWS VPN)

What does the concept of agility mean in AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two.)

A. The speed at which AWS resources are implemented

B. The speed at which AWS creates new AWS Regions

C. The ability to experiment quickly

D. The elimination of wasted capacity

E. The low cost of entry into cloud computing

A company wants to track the monthly cost and usage of all Amazon EC2 instances in a specific AWS environment.
Which AWS service or tool will meet these requirements?

A. AWS Cost Anomaly Detection

B. AWS Budgets

C. AWS Compute Optimizer

D. AWS Trusted Advisor

A company is in the early stages of planning a migration to AWS. The company wants to obtain the monthly predicted total AWS cost of ownership for future Amazon EC2 instances and associated storage.
Which AWS service or tool should the company use to meet these requirements?

A. AWS Pricing Calculator

B. AWS Compute Optimizer

C. AWS Trusted Advisor

D. AWS Application Migration Service

Which AWS service or feature allows a user to establish a dedicated network connection between a company's on-premises data center and the AWS Cloud?

A. AWS Direct Connect

B. VPC peering

C. AWS VPN

D. Amazon Route 53

Which of the following is an AWS value proposition that describes a user's ability to scale infrastructure based on demand?

A. Speed of innovation

B. Resource elasticity

C. Decoupled architecture

D. Global deployment

A company plans to onboard new employees that will be working remotely. The company needs to set up Windows virtual desktops to create a working environment for the new employees. The employees must be able access the working environment from anywhere and by using their computer or a web browser.
Which AWS service or feature will meet these requirements?

A. Dedicated Hosts

B. AWS Global Accelerator

C. Amazon Workspaces

D. Amazon CloudFront

Which AWS service or tool can be used to capture information about inbound and outbound traffic in an Amazon VPC?

A. VPC Flow Logs

B. Amazon Inspector

C. VPC endpoint services

D. NAT gateway

Which pricing model will interrupt a running Amazon EC2 instance if capacity becomes temporarily unavailable?

A. On-Demand Instances

B. Standard Reserved Instances

C. Spot Instances

D. Convertible Reserved Instances

Which AWS service or tool can provide rightsizing recommendations for Amazon EC2 resources at no additional cost?

A. AWS Well-Architected Tool

B. Amazon CloudWatch

C. AWS Cost Explorer

D. Amazon S3 analytics

A company needs to check for IAM access keys that have not been rotated recently.
Which AWS service should the company use to meet this requirement?

A. AWS WAF

B. AWS Shield

C. Amazon Cognito

D. AWS Trusted Advisor

Which abilities are benefits of the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

A. Trade variable expenses for capital expenses.

B. Deploy globally in minutes.

C. Plan capacity in advance of deployments.

D. Take advantage of economies of scale.

E. Reduce dependencies on network connectivity.

A company that is planning to migrate to the AWS Cloud is based in an isolated area that has limited internet connectivity. The company needs to perform local data processing on premises. The company needs a solution that can operate without a stable internet connection.
Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

A. Amazon S3

B. AWS Snowball Edge

C. AWS Storage Gateway

D. AWS Backup

A company wants to make an upfront commitment for continued use of its production Amazon EC2 instances in exchange for a reduced overall cost.
Which pricing options meet these requirements with the LOWEST cost? (Choose two.)

A. Spot Instances

B. On-Demand Instances

C. Reserved Instances

D. Savings Plans

E. Dedicated Hosts

Which AWS service supports user sign-up functionality and authentication to mobile and web applications?

A. Amazon Cognito

B. AWS Config

C. Amazon GuardDuty

D. AWS Systems Manager

A company wants to connect its supported AWS services and VPCs. The company does not want to expose its internal traffic to the public internet.
Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

A. Amazon Inspector

B. AWS PrivateLink

C. Amazon Connect

D. AWS Internet Gateway

A company is migrating to the AWS Cloud instead of running its infrastructure on premises.
Which of the following are advantages of this migration? (Choose two.)

A. Elimination of the need to perform security auditing

B. Increased global reach and agility

C. Ability to deploy globally in minutes

D. Elimination of the cost of IT staff members

E. Redundancy by default for all compute services

Which AWS network services or features allow CIDR block notation when providing an IP address range? (Choose two.)

A. Security groups

B. Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

C. Network access control list (network ACL)

D. AWS Budgets

E. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

A company has a compute workload that is steady, predictable, and uninterruptible. Which Amazon EC2 instance purchasing options meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively? (Choose two.)

A. On-Demand Instances

B. Reserved Instances

C. Spot Instances

D. Saving Plans

E. Dedicated Hosts

A company wants to establish a private network connection between AWS and its corporate network.
Which AWS service or feature will meet this requirement?

A. Amazon Connect

B. Amazon Route 53

C. AWS Direct Connect

D. VPC peering

Which AWS service can be used at no additional cost?

A. Amazon SageMaker

B. AWS config

C. AWS Organizations

D. Amazon CloudWatch

A company is planning to migrate to the AWS Cloud. The company needs to understand the existing on-premises usage and configuration. The company does not want to replicate its workloads to AWS, yet.
Which AWS service or tool will meet these requirements?

A. AWS Application Discovery Service

B. AWS Application Migration Service

C. Cloud Migration Factory

D. AWS Transfer Family

A company has deployed an Amazon EC2 instance.
Which option is an AWS responsibility under the AWS shared responsibility model?

A. Managing and encrypting application data

B. Installing updates and security patches of guest operating system

C. configuration of infrastructure devices

D. configuration of security groups on each instance

A company has an AWS Business Support plan. The company needs to gain access to the AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT) to help mitigate DDoS events.
Which AWS service or resource must the company use to meet these requirements?

A. AWS Shield Standard

B. AWS Enterprise Support

C. AWS WAF

D. AWS Shield Advanced

Which of the following are features of network ACLs as they are used in the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

A. They are stateless.

B. They are stateful.

C. They evaluate all rules before allowing traffic.

D. They process rules in order, starting with the lowest numbered rule, when deciding whether to allow traffic.

E. They operate at the instance level.

A company wants to receive a notification when a specific AWS cost threshold is reached. Which AWS services or tools can the company use to meet this requirement? (Choose two.)

A. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

B. AWS Budgets

C. Cost Explorer

D. Amazon CloudWatch

E. AWS Cost and Usage Report