AWS SAA Certification Test! Hardest Trivia Quiz

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Knowledge of the AWS cloud is one of the things that any cloud operator should know. Getting a certification in this course not only shows your ability to maintain or helping in cloud adoption but also guarantees you a chance to gain employment in a field that is lacking professionals. Are you studying for the AWS Saa certification? Take up this test and get to refresh your memory!

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  • 2. 

    While creating the snapshots using the API, which Action should I be using?

    • MakeSnapShot

    • FreshSnapshot

    • DeploySnapshot

    • CreateSnapshot

    Correct Answer
    A. CreateSnapshot
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-action-should-i-be-using-5/

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  • 3. 

    What does RRS stand for when talking about S3?

    • Redundancy Removal System

    • Relational Rights Storage

    • Regional Rights Standard

    • Reduced Redundancy Storage

    Correct Answer
    A. Reduced Redundancy Storage
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-does-rrs-stand-for-when-talking-about-s3-3/

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  • 4. 

    Which is the default region in AWS?

    • Eu-west-1

    • Us-east-1

    • Us-east-2

    • Ap-southeast-1

    Correct Answer
    A. Us-east-1
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-is-the-default-region-in-aws-4/

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  • 5. 

    After creating a new AWS account, you use the API to request 40 on-demand EC2 instances in a single AZ. After 20 successful requests, subsequent requests failed. What could be a reason for this issue, and how would you resolve it?

    • You encountered a soft limit of 20 instances per region. Submit the limit increase form and retry the failed requests once approved.

    • AWS allows you to provision no more than 20 instances per Availability Zone. Select a different Availability Zone and retry the failed request.

    • You need to use Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in order to provision more than 20 instances in a single Availability Zone. Simply terminate the resources already provisioned and re-launch them all in a VPC.

    • You encountered an API throttling situation and should try the failed requests using an exponential decay retry algorithm.

    Correct Answer
    A. You encountered a soft limit of 20 instances per region. Submit the limit increase form and retry the failed requests once approved.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-could-be-a-reason-for-this-issue-and-how-would-yo-2/

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  • 6. 

    Multi-AZ deployment is supported for Microsoft SQL Server DB Instances.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/multi-az-deployment-is-supported-for-microsoft-sql-serv-2/

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  • 7. 

    How many relational database engines does RDS currently support?

    • Three: MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.

    • Just two: MySQL and Oracle.

    • Six: Amazon Aurora, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB.

    • Just one: MySQL.

    Correct Answer
    A. Six: Amazon Aurora, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/how-many-relational-database-engines-does-rds-currently-3/

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  • 8. 

    You are a student currently learning about the different AWS services. Your employer asks you to tell him a bit about Amazon’s glacier service. Which of the following best describes the use cases for Glacier?

    • Infrequently accessed data & data archives

    • Hosting active databases

    • Replicating Files across multiple availability zones and regions

    • Frequently Accessed Data

    Correct Answer
    A. Infrequently accessed data & data archives
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-of-the-following-best-describes-the-use-cases-for/

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  • 9. 

    A custorner has a requirement to extend their on-premises data center to AWS. The custorner requires a 50-Mbps dedicated and private connection to their VPC. Which AWS product or feature satisfies this requirernent?

    • Amazon VPC

    • Elastic IP Addresses

    • AWS Direct Connect

    • Amazon VPC virtual private gateway

    Correct Answer
    A. AWS Direct Connect
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-aws-product-or-feature-satisfies-this-requirernent-2/

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  • 10. 

    How can software determine the public and private IP addresses of the EC2 instance that it is running on?

    • Query the local instance metadata.

    • Query the local instance userdata.

    • Query the appropriate Amazon CloudWatch metric.

    • Use an ipconfig or ifconfig command.

    Correct Answer
    A. Query the local instance metadata.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/how-can-software-determine-the-public-and-private-ip-ad-3/

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  • 11. 

    While creating an Amazon RDS DB, your first task is to set up a DB ______ that controls what IP addresses or EC2 instances have access to your DB Instance.

    • Security Pool

    • Secure Zone

    • Security Token Pool

    • Security Group

    Correct Answer
    A. Security Group
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/while-creating-an-amazon-rds-db-your-first-task-is-to-3/

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  • 12. 

    You must assign each server to at least _____ security group

    • 3

    • 2

    • 4

    • 1

    Correct Answer
    A. 1
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/you-must-assign-each-server-to-at-least-_-security-group-4/

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  • 13. 

    Is an edge location in AWS the same as a region?

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/is-an-edge-location-in-aws-the-same-as-a-region-2/

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  • 14. 

    IAM’s Policy Evaluation Logic always starts with a default ____________ for every request, except for those that use the AWS account’s root security credentials b

    • Permit

    • Deny

    • Cancel

    Correct Answer
    A. Deny
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/iams-policy-evaluation-logic-always-starts-with-a-defa-3/

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  • 15. 

    What is Amazon Glacier?

    • You mean Amazon “Iceberg”: it’s a low-cost storage service.

    • A security tool that allows to “freeze” an EBS volume and perform computer forensics on it.

    • A low-cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for data archiving and backup.

    • It’s a security tool that allows to “freeze” an EC2 instance and perform computer forensics on it.

    Correct Answer
    A. A low-cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for data archiving and backup.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-is-amazon-glacier-4/

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  • 16. 

    While creating the snapshots using the command line tools, which command should I be using?

    • Ec2-deploy-snapshot

    • Ec2-fresh-snapshot

    • Ec2-create-snapshot

    • Ec2-new-snapshot

    Correct Answer
    A. Ec2-create-snapshot
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-command-should-i-be-using-4/

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  • 17. 

    While creating an EC2 snapshot using the API, which Action should I be using?

    • MakeSnapShot

    • FreshSnapshot

    • DeploySnapshot

    • CreateSnapshot

    Correct Answer
    A. CreateSnapshot
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-action-should-i-be-using-6/

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  • 18. 

    You can have 1 subnet stretched across multiple availability zones.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/you-can-have-1-subnet-stretched-across-multiple-availab/

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  • 19. 

    Is there any way to own a direct connection to Amazon Web Services?

    • You can create an encrypted tunnel to VPC, but you don’t own the connection.

    • Yes, it’s called Amazon Dedicated Connection.

    • No, AWS only allows access from the public Internet.

    • Yes, it’s called Direct Connect.

    Correct Answer
    A. Yes, it’s called Direct Connect.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/is-there-any-way-to-own-a-direct-connection-to-amazon-w-4/

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  • 20. 

    Can I encrypt connections between my application and my DB Instance using SSL?

    • No

    • Yes

    • Only in VPC

    • Only in certain regions

    Correct Answer
    A. Yes
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/can-i-encrypt-connections-between-my-application-and-my-3/

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  • 21. 

    Amazon RDS automated backups and DB Snapshots are currently supported for only the ______ storage engine

    • MyISAM

    • InnoDB

    Correct Answer
    A. InnoDB
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/amazon-rds-automated-backups-and-db-snapshots-are-curre-5/

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  • 22. 

    Without _____, you must either create multiple AWS accounts-each with its own billing and subscriptions to AWS products-or your employees must share the security credentials of a single AWS account.

    • Amazon RDS

    • Amazon Glacier

    • Amazon EMR

    • Amazon IAM

    Correct Answer
    A. Amazon IAM
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/without-_-you-must-either-create-multiple-aws-acco-3/

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  • 23. 

    How many relational database engines does RDS currently support?

    • Three: MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.

    • Just two: MySQL and Oracle.

    • Six: Amazon Aurora, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB.

    • Just one: MySQL.

    Correct Answer
    A. Six: Amazon Aurora, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/how-many-relational-database-engines-does-rds-currently-4/

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  • 24. 

    Amazon Glacier is designed for: (Choose 2 answers)

    • Active database storage.

    • Infrequently accessed data.

    • Data archives.

    • Frequently accessed data.

    • Cached session data

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Infrequently accessed data.
    A. Data archives.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/amazon-glacier-is-designed-for-choose-2-answers-3/

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  • 25. 

    You have uploaded a file to S3. What HTTP code would indicate that the upload was successful?

    • HTTP 404

    • HTTP 501

    • HTTP 200

    • HTTP 307

    Correct Answer
    A. HTTP 200
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-http-code-would-indicate-that-the-upload-was-succe/

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  • 26. 

    A company is deploying a two-tier, highly available web application to AWS. Which service provides durable storage for static content while utilizing lower Overall CPU resources for the web tier?

    • Amazon EBS volume

    • Amazon S3

    • Amazon EC2 instance store

    • Amazon RDS instance

    Correct Answer
    A. Amazon S3
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-service-provides-durable-storage-for-static-conte-2/

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  • 27. 

    You have an application running on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instance, that uploads 5 GB video objects to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Video uploads are taking longer than expected, resulting in poor application performance. Which method will help improve performance of your application?

    • Enable enhanced networking

    • Use Amazon S3 multipart upload

    • Leveraging Amazon CloudFront, use the HTTP POST method to reduce latency.

    • Use Amazon Elastic Block Store Provisioned IOPs and use an Amazon EBS-optimized instance

    Correct Answer
    A. Use Amazon S3 multipart upload
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-method-will-help-improve-performance-of-your-appl/

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  • 28. 

    What does Amazon ElastiCache provide?

    • A service by this name doesn’t exist. Perhaps you mean Amazon CloudCache.

    • A virtual server with a huge amount of memory.

    • A managed In-memory cache service.

    • An Amazon EC2 instance with the Memcached software already pre-installed.

    Correct Answer
    A. A managed In-memory cache service.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-does-amazon-elasticache-provide-4/

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  • 29. 

    Fill in the blanks: _________ let you categorize your EC2 resources in different ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment.

    • Wildcards

    • Pointers

    • Tags

    • Special filters

    Correct Answer
    A. Tags
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/fill-in-the-blanks-_-let-you-categorize-your-e-2/

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  • 30. 

    If I want an instance to have a public IP address, which IP address should I use?

    • Elastic IP Address

    • Class B IP Address

    • Class A IP Address

    • Dynamic IP Address

    Correct Answer
    A. Elastic IP Address
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/which-ip-address-should-i-use-3/

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  • 31. 

    You are appointed as your company’s Chief Security Officer and you want to be able to track all changes made to your AWS environment, by all users and at all times, in all regions. What AWS service should you use to achieve this?

    • CloudAudit

    • CloudWatch

    • CloudTrail

    • CloudDetective

    Correct Answer
    A. CloudTrail
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-aws-service-should-you-use-to-achieve-this-2/

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  • 32. 

    Amazon S3 buckets in the US Standard region do not provide eventual consistency.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/amazon-s3-buckets-in-the-us-standard-region-do-not-prov/

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  • 33. 

    Every user you create in the IAM system starts with ___________.

    • Full permissions

    • No permissions

    • Partial permissions

    Correct Answer
    A. No permissions
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/every-user-you-create-in-the-iam-system-starts-with-_-6/

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  • 34. 

    The _____ service is targeted at organizations with multiple users or systems that use AWS products such as Amazon EC2, Amazon SimpleDB, and the AWS Management Console.

    • Amazon RDS

    • AWS Integrity Management

    • AWS Identity and Access Management

    • Amazon EMR

    Correct Answer
    A. AWS Identity and Access Management
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/the-_-service-is-targeted-at-organizations-with-mul-3/

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  • 35. 

    While performing the volume status checks, if the status is insufficient-data, what does it mean?

    • The checks may still be in progress on the volume

    • The check has passed

    • The check has failed

    Correct Answer
    A. The checks may still be in progress on the volume
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-does-it-mean-5/

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  • 36. 

    A company is hosting EC2 instances which focuses on work-loads are on non-production and non-priority batch loads. Also these processes can be interrupted at any time. What is the best pricing model which can be used for EC2 instances in ülis case?

    • Reserved Instances

    • On-Demand Instances

    • Spot Instances

    • Regular Instances

    Correct Answer
    A. Spot Instances
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-is-the-best-pricing-model-which-can-be-used-for-ec-2/

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  • 37. 

    You have an EC2 instance which needs to find out both its private IP address and its public IP address. To do this you need to;

    • Run IPCONFIG (Windows) or IFCONFIG (Linux)

    • Retrieve the instance Metadata from http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/

    • Retrieve the instance Userdata from http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/

    • Use the following command; AWS EC2 displayIP

    Correct Answer
    A. Retrieve the instance Metadata from http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/you-need-to-4/

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  • 38. 

    You working in the media industry and you have created a web application where users will be able to upload photos they create to your website. This web application must be able to call the S3 API in order to be able to function. Where should you store your API credentials whilst maintaining the maximum level of security.

    • Save the API credentials to your php files.

    • Don’t save your API credentials. Instead create a role in IAM and assign this role to an EC2 instance when you first create it.

    • Save your API credentials in a public Github repository.

    • Pass API credentials to the instance using instance userdata.

    Correct Answer
    A. Don’t save your API credentials. Instead create a role in IAM and assign this role to an EC2 instance when you first create it.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/where-should-you-store-your-api-credentials-whilst-main/

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  • 39. 

    You run an ad-supported photo sharing website using S3 to serve photos to visitors of your site. At some point you find out that other sites have been linking to the photos on your site, causing loss to your business. What is an effective method to mitigate this?

    • Remove public read access and use signed URLs with expiry dates.

    • Use CloudFront distributions for static content.

    • Block the IPs of the offending websites in Security Groups.

    • Store photos on an EBS volume of the web server.

    Correct Answer
    A. Remove public read access and use signed URLs with expiry dates.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-is-an-effective-method-to-mitigate-this-6/

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  • 40. 

    What does Amazon SES stand for?

    • Simple Elastic Server

    • Simple Email Service

    • Software Email Solution

    • Software Enabled Server

    Correct Answer
    A. Simple Email Service
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-does-amazon-ses-stand-for-3/

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  • 41. 

    What does Amazon RDS stand for?

    • Regional Data Server.

    • Relational Database Service.

    • Nothing.

    • Regional Database Service.

    Correct Answer
    A. Relational Database Service.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-does-amazon-rds-stand-for-4/

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  • 42. 

    You can use _____ and _____ to help secure the instances in your VPC,

    • Security groups and multi-factor authentication

    • Security groups and 2-Factor authentication

    • Security groups and biometric authentication

    • Security groups and network ACLs

    Correct Answer
    A. Security groups and network ACLs
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/you-can-use-_-and-_-to-help-secure-the-instance-3/

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  • 43. 

    Every user you create in the IAM system starts with _________.

    • Partial permissions

    • Full permissions

    • No permissions

    Correct Answer
    A. No permissions
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/every-user-you-create-in-the-iam-system-starts-with-_-5/

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  • 44. 

    What is the default per account limit of Elastic IPs?

    • 1

    • 3

    • 5

    Correct Answer
    A. 5
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-is-the-default-per-account-limit-of-elastic-ips-2/

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  • 45. 

    Amazon S3 buckets in all other regions (other than US Standard) do not provide eventual consistency for overwrite PUTS and DELETES.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/amazon-s3-buckets-in-all-other-regions-other-than-us-s-3/

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  • 46. 

    You are a security architect working for a large antivirus company. The production environment has recently been moved to AWS and is in a public subnet. You are able to view the production environment over HTTP however when your customers try to update their virus definition files over a custom port, that port is blocked. You log in to the console and you allow traffic in over the custom port. How long will this take to take effect?

    • Straight away but to the new instances only.

    • Immediately.

    • After a few minutes this should take effect.

    • Straight away to the new instances, but old instances must be stopped and restarted before the new rules apply.

    Correct Answer
    A. Immediately.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/how-long-will-this-take-to-take-effect-2/

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  • 47. 

    Can I attach more than one policy to a particular entity?

    • Yes always

    • Only if within GovCloud

    • No

    • Only if within VPC

    Correct Answer
    A. Yes always
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/can-i-attach-more-than-one-policy-to-a-particular-entity-4/

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  • 48. 

    What does Amazon S3 stand for?

    • Simple Storage Solution.

    • Storage Storage Storage (triple redundancy Storage).

    • Storage Server Solution.

    • Simple Storage Service.

    Correct Answer
    A. Simple Storage Service.
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/what-does-amazon-s3-stand-for-3/

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  • 49. 

    Does AWS allow for the use of Multi Factor Authentication tokens?

    • Yes, with both hardware or virtual MFA devices

    • Yes, but only virtual MFA devices.

    • Yes, but only physical (hardware) MFA devices.

    • No

    Correct Answer
    A. Yes, with both hardware or virtual MFA devices
    Explanation
    http://www.aiotestking.com/amazon/does-aws-allow-for-the-use-of-multi-factor-authenticati/

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