Question 1

A user has a stateful workload that will run on Amazon EC2 for the next 3 years. What is the MOST cost-effective pricing model for this workload?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A user has a stateful workload that...

Question 2

Which guidelines are key AWS architectural design principles? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Scalability and managed services are key AWS architectural design principles because they allow you to build applications that can handle varying loads and take advantage of the latest AWS features and services.

Question 3

A company needs a firewall that will control network connections to and from a single Amazon EC2 instance. This firewall will not control network connections to and from other instances that are in the same subnet. Which AWS service or feature can the company use to meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Security groups act as a virtual firewall for individual EC2 instances, controlling inbound and outbound traffic specifically for that instance, unlike Network ACLs which apply to entire subnets.

Question 4

How can moving to the AWS Cloud help users reduce the time dedicated to operating system patching? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Using managed services on AWS (A) reduces the need for users to handle patching themselves, as AWS manages the underlying infrastructure. AWS Systems Manager (E) provides automation tools for patching, reducing manual effort.

Question 5

Which AWS service uses edge locations?

Accepted Answer

AWS Global Accelerator uses edge locations to improve the availability and performance of applications by routing traffic to the optimal endpoint.

Question 6

When using Amazon RDS, what is the customer responsible for?

Accepted Answer

Customers are responsible for controlling network access through security groups in Amazon RDS. Amazon manages the underlying infrastructure, including patching and maintenance of the operating system, automatic backups, and replacing failed instances.

Question 7

What AWS billing support resource is available to all support levels?

Accepted Answer

AWS Customer Service is available to all support levels, providing basic account and billing support.

Question 8

Which AWS service or feature provides users with recommendations for common billing questions?

Accepted Answer

AWS Knowledge Center provides users with recommendations and answers to common billing questions.

Question 9

A company needs a content delivery network that provides secure delivery of data, videos, applications, and APIs to users globally with low latency and high transfer speed. Which AWS service meets these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to users globally with low latency and high transfer speeds.

Question 10

A company implements an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling policy along with     an Application Load Balancer to automatically recover unhealthy applications that run on Amazon EC2 instances. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this action cover?

Accepted Answer

The action of automatically recovering unhealthy applications using Auto Scaling and a Load Balancer is related to the Reliability pillar, which focuses on ensuring a workload performs its intended function correctly and consistently.

Question 11

Which AWS service can be used to retrieve compliance reports on demand?

Accepted Answer

AWS Artifact is the service that provides on-demand access to AWS compliance reports and agreements.

Question 12

Service control policies (SCPs) manage permissions for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

SCPs are used to manage permissions across accounts in AWS Organizations, allowing you to control what services and actions can be accessed by accounts within the organization.

Question 13

How does consolidated billing help reduce costs for a company that has multiple AWS accounts?

Accepted Answer

Consolidated billing aggregates usage across all linked accounts, allowing the company to reach volume discount thresholds sooner, which can lead to cost savings.

Question 14

Which AWS service should a company use to decouple large monolithic applications into smaller microservices components?

Accepted Answer

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) is used to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications by allowing components to communicate asynchronously.

Question 15

A company wants to build a new architecture with AWS services. The company needs to compare service costs at various scales. Which AWS service, tool, or feature should the company use to meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

AWS Pricing Calculator allows users to compare service costs at various scales.

Question 16

According to the AWS shared responsibility model, the customer is responsible for applying the latest security updates and patches for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The customer is responsible for applying the latest security updates and patches for Amazon EC2 instances.

Question 17

A company wants to eliminate the need to guess infrastructure capacity before deployments. The company also wants to spend its budget on cloud resources only as the company uses the resources. Which advantage of the AWS Cloud matches the company's requirements?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A company wants to eliminate the need...

Question 18

Which are customer responsibilities when using Amazon EC2? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Guest operating system firewall configuration and Hypervisor-level software patching are customer responsibilities when using Amazon EC2.

Question 19

Which action will provide documentation to help a company evaluate whether its use of the AWS Cloud is compliant with local regulatory standards?

Accepted Answer

AWS Artifact provides access to AWS compliance reports and agreements, which can help a company evaluate its compliance with local regulatory standards.

Question 20

Which AWS Trusted Advisor checks are available to users with AWS Basic Support? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

AWS Basic Support provides access to the Service Limits and Security Groups - Specific Ports Unrestricted checks. These checks help users monitor their resource usage and security configurations.

Exam 3: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)